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 may not have been able to leverage his gig as a guest host on Jeopardy! into a full-time job on the show, but it ...
LeVar Burton celebrates his television series Reading ... collecting a Peabody Award and 26 Emmy Awards throughout the course ...
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 ...
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 ...
In his own segment, “Reading in 2022 with LeVar Burton,” Burton further demonstrated the absurdity in many of the books targeted. As described by Mashable, “Burton attempts to read to his ...
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 ...
The previous year, he had been nominated for a Tony Award for "Jesus Christ Superstar ... father of engineer Geordi LaForge, played by LeVar Burton. In "Roots," he had played the grandson ...
Emmy Award-winning PBS children's show "Reading Rainbow," will be screened Sunday, April 28 at The Neon in downtown Dayton. Hosted by LeVar Burton with its iconic theme song soulfully rendered by Tina ...
Emmy Award-winning PBS children’s show “Reading Rainbow,” will be screened Sunday, April 28 at The Neon in downtown Dayton. Hosted by LeVar Burton with its iconic theme song soulfully ...