Emmy Award-winning actor LeVar Burton shares fond memories of performing scenes from “Roots” with the late Louis Gossett Jr., who died at the age of 87, according to a statement from his family.
After he was in the running to host Jeopardy!, LeVar Burton has found a new gig. The Emmy Award winner, 67, has officially signed on to host and executive produce The CW's upcoming revival of the ...
LeVar Burton is about to get his trivia on! A new report from TMZ citing “network sources” reveals that the beloved Reading Rainbow host has secured his next project: hosting Trivial Pursuit ...
The Insight Award recognizes an individual or organization for an outstanding ... Previous recipients include LeVar Burton and “60 Minutes.” Currently, O’Brien hosts "Matter of Fact with Soledad ...
Emil Foley which he won an Academy Award for in the best supporting actor ... #WeLoveYouForever” LeVar Burton remembered his Roots co-star as “one of the best to ever do it” while sharing ...
LeVar Burton celebrates his television series Reading ... collecting a Peabody Award and 26 Emmy Awards throughout the course ...
As a lifelong literacy advocate, Burton has dedicated decades to encouraging children to read. In 2017, long-standing literacy non-profit, Reading is Fundamental, acquired Burton’s Skybrary ...
Following an introduction by DGA Board Member LeVar Burton and a screening of all the nominated works, 2008 DGA Commercial Award Nominees Peter Thwaites and Fredrik Bond joined moderator Robert ...
Louis Gossett Jr., left, as Fiddler and LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte in the TV drama ... in “An Officer and a Gentleman” and an Emmy Award as a wise, older guide to the enslaved Kunta ...
Emil Foley which he won an Academy Award for in the best supporting actor category. He was the second Black man to win an acting Oscar, following Sidney Poitier in 1964. After news of his passing ...
the educational show promoting literacy that Burton hosted for 23 seasons. The program first aired on PBS and later on PBS Kids before signing off in November of 2006, collecting a Peabody Award ...