Celebrating the Living: Bert I. Gordon
I have to admit that I judge people a lot based on how they react…
Celebrating the Living: Ruth E. Carter
It is true that Costume Design is undoubtedly the field best known for being dominated…
Celebrating the Living: Yaphet Kotto
Man, would I love to see Yaphet Kotto on Finding Your Roots, if for no…
Celebrating the Living: Octavia Spencer
I’m going to level with you here—I hated The Help. Honestly, 2011 felt like one…
Celebrating the Living: Morgan Freeman
Two years and three days ago, I walked down a hospital hallway, out the back…
Celebrating the Living: Geena Davis
I’m not going to lie. The temptation to use an image from her appearance on…
Celebrating the Living: Forest Whitaker
In my opinion, The Crying Game is a movie we just don’t talk about enough…
Celebrating the Living: Glenn Close
I have to admit that there’s only one year where I can definitely say, “Yes,…
Celebrating the Living: Gedde Watanabe
There are a lot of reasons Pacific Overtures doesn’t get performed much—the majority of the…
Celebrating the Living: K Callan
Sometimes, you just want to write about someone familiar. Someone who, when you see them,…