Gina Wilhelm Actress – Cicely Tyson Honored Cicely Tyson is going to be honored at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon. Tyson will receive the Legend Award. She will get the award at the March 4 event at the Beverly Hils Hotel in Los Angeles alongside previously announced honorees Queen Latifah, Zoe Saldana, Mary J. Blige, and Gabourey Sidibe. The Legend Award honors “pioneers who have paved the way and broken barriers for African-American
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Trying to Pick Oscar’s Good Actress Apparently the best actor race is all tied up already (I had no idea, did you?) and will go to Jeff Bridges. That leaves the debate open for the best actress award. Bloggers Jack Matthews and Anne Thompson both think Meryl Streep should win, but suspect that Sandra Bullock may get the Oscar instead. Both bloggers suspect that voters may think they’ll never get another
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Hilary Duff Engagement Hilary Duff, star of Lizzie McGuire, got engaged recently while on vacation in Hawaii. Rumors have circulated several times that she was engaged to hockey player Mike Comrie, whom the 22-year-old actress has dated for two years. However, this time her representative has confirmed that the pair actually got engaged over Valentine’s weekend. Comrie plays for the Edmonton Oilers. Duff was spotted at Katsuya in LA showing off
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Caroline McWilliams Remembered Broadway and television veteran and Seattle native Caroline McWilliams passed away earlier this month at the age of 64. McWilliams was part of the Broadway revival cast of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” in 1975, as well as starring in “The Rothschilds” and “Boccaccio.” She also appeared in the New York Shakespeare Festival and worked off Broadway in the American Shakespeare Festival. On television, she was best
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Celebrating Dorothy Dandridge African American actress Dorothy Dandridge got her start as part of a child act with her sister Vivian in an act known as The Wonder Children. She came to Hollywood during the Depression. Unsatisfied with the sorts of roles she got, she continued to perform live with her sister in an act now known as The Dandridge Sisters. Dandridge felt she wasn’t the greatest singer, but knew her
