Cher & Oprah Winfrey Make Rare Red Carpet Appearances At ‘Sidney’ LA Premiere

Oprah Winfrey, 68, and “Believe” singer, Cher, 76, wowed astatine the premiere of Sidney successful Los Angeles connected Sept. 21. The speech amusement big looked elegant successful a achromatic button-up with transparent sleeves and a multilayer floor-length skirt. She besides wore her pitchy achromatic hairsbreadth successful a stylish half-up-half-down benignant portion connected the reddish carpet. Oprah completed the ensemble with achromatic pumps and heart-shaped diamond earrings. Cher besides looked arsenic chic arsenic ever sporting a monochromatic achromatic pantsuit for the nighttime out. Adding an borderline to her look was Cher’s azygous ruffled lapel and achromatic level boots. There was, however, a popular of colour with Cher’s glittery reddish eyeshadow and rosy cheeks.

Oprah Winfrey astatine ‘Sidney’ premiere connected Sept. 21. (Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)

The 2 icons bash not measurement retired for premieres each excessively often, but Wednesday nighttime was a precise peculiar occasion. The Apple Original Film, Sidney, premiered that nighttime conscionable 8 months aft the death of histrion and manager Sidney Poitier. Sidney is a documentary movie that takes a look astatine the legendary beingness of the precocious actor. Sidney was known for being the archetypal Black histrion for winning the Academy Award for Best Actor successful 1964. He starred successful galore Hollywood classics similar Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967), To Sir, with Love (1967), Lilies of the Field (1963), and galore more.

Also successful attendance for the premiere were Sidney’s full family. His girl who shares his name, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, 48, and her sisters attended the reddish carpet arsenic a unified front. Anika Poitier, 50, Beverly Poitier-Henderson, 70, Pamela Poitier, 68, and Sherri Poitier, 66, each looked astonishing connected the reddish carpet with their sister. Sidney did person different daughter, Gina Poitier, who sadly passed distant successful 2018 astatine the property of 57. Oprah kindly popped successful for a radical snapshot with Sidney’s daughters, successful which they each smiled ear-to-ear.

Cher astatine the premiere of ‘Sidney’ successful Los Angeles connected Sept. 21. (Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)

Other celebrities showed up to grant the precocious histrion for the highly anticipated documentary. The database of celebrated faces connected the reddish carpet included: Moesha’s Sheryl Lee Ralph, Waiting to Exhale prima Loretta Devine, histrion Shari Belafonte, Saints and Sinners histrion Vanessa Bell Calloway, and Diana Ross‘ son, Evan Ross. The Beauty and the Beast histrion John Savage, 73, was besides successful attendance and showed up with his girlfriend, Blanca Blanco, 41.

Oprah not lone showed up connected the reddish carpet due to the fact that she is simply a instrumentality of the caller documentary, but she besides appears successful the film! In the trailer, which was released connected Aug. 16, The Oprah Winfrey Show big was seen successful tears erstwhile she talked astir Sidney. “When you turn up successful a assemblage wherever everything you cognize is almighty and good, and it’s Black, there’s nary conception of contention – that defines Sidney Poitier. That’s the summary of him,” Oprah said. Towards the extremity of the trailer, Oprah and the precocious histrion were seen sharing a buss connected the acceptable of her speech show. “I emotion him truthful much,” she added done tears.