African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi.
MIAMI — The guest list seemingly could not have set up better for the Miami Heat on the night they retired Udonis Haslem’s jersey. Not only were Dwyane Wade, Tim Hardaway, Pat Riley and Goran Dragic ...
MIAMI – Dwyane Wade can have good things. The Miami Heat made that clear Sunday, announcing the franchise icon next fall will become the team’s first player to have a statue in front of Kaseya Center, ...
Norman Jewison, the multifaceted filmmaker who could direct a racial drama (In the Heat of the Night), stylish thriller (The Thomas Crown Affair), musical (Fiddler on the Roof) or romantic comedy ...
Check out these two classic movies with 4K restorations so sharp they’d make the filmmakers do a double take. Criterion’s price tags can make you wonder if they’re selling gold-plated celluloid, but ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Norman Jewison, the acclaimed and versatile Canadian-born director whose Hollywood films ranged from Doris Day comedies and “Moonstruck” to social dramas such as the Oscar-winning “In ...
Movie buffs and film critics alike are revisiting the 1968 Academy Award-winning motion picture “In the Heat of the Night,” which recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its release. The film ...
Jan 22 (Reuters) - Canadian film director Norman Jewison, whose eclectic array of masterpieces included the 1967 racial drama "In the Heat of the Night," the 1987 tart romantic comedy "Moonstruck" and ...
Oscar-nominated film director and producer Norman Jewison, who steered the 1967 racial drama “In the Heat of the Night” to a best picture Oscar and also helmed such popular films as “Moonstruck,” “The ...