Throughout the course of the 20th century, the public has long been enamored with the life and legacy of Billie Holiday. Her vocal delivery and stage presence brought this Baltimore native to the ...

Along with ‘The Godfather,’ 1972 gave us two movies about Black lives and Black love that attracted the attention of the Academy at the time — and still deserve recognition today This year marks the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Director Lee Daniels calls it “kismet.” Fated or not, there’s a fun-facty familial connection between Daniels's new film, The ...

Jay Weston, who was working as a publicist when a chance meeting with Billie Holiday at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival would lead to the producing of her 1972 biopic Lady Sings the Blues, died ...

Jay Weston, a veteran producer of Hollywood films including 1972’s “Lady Sings the Blues” starring Diana Ross and 1968’s “For Love of Ivy” starring Sidney Poitier, has died at the age of 93. Weston, ...

He also led the Al Pacino-starring 'Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?' for Broadway and Billy Wilder's final feature, 'Buddy Buddy.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Weston died Tuesday of natural causes at ...

Jay Weston, who produced the Diana Ross-starring Lady Sings the Blues and Billy Wilder’s final feature, Buddy Buddy, has died. He was 93. Weston died Tuesday of natural causes at the Motion Picture & ...

Jay Weston, producer of films like “Lady Sings the Blues” and “Buddy Buddy,” died of natural causes Feb. 28 at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 93. Weston first met Billie ...