Terrell native Jamie Foxx is seen portraying music legend Ray Charles in the 2004 movie "Ray." Foxx won an Academy Award for his performance. 

On this date in 2005, Terrell native Jamie Foxx won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of legendary soul singer Ray Charles in “Ray.”

Foxx, who also is an award-winning singer, was praised for perfecting the look and sound of Charles.

Foxx, also was a nominee, but did not win, for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Collateral” as a cab driver held against his will by a professional hit man played by Tom Cruise.

In the Spotlight

— 2014: Longview native Forest Whitaker is a guest on “Tavis Smiley” TV show.

— 2014:  Dustin Ybarra, who lived in Daingerfield as a youth, is a guest on “Chelsea Lately” talk show.

— 2007: Anna Nicole Smith, who grew up in Mexia, is a guest on “Larry King Live.”

— 2003: Marshall native George Foreman is a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

— 2003: Anna Nicole Smith, who grew up in Mexia, is a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” 

— 2002: At the Grammy Awards:

• Brave Combo, a polka band featuring Texarkana native Carl Finch, is a nominee for Best Polka Album and Best Musical Album for Children

• Commerce native Gary Nicholson, wins in the Best Contemporary Blues Album category for his work on Delbert McClinton’s album “Nothing Personal.”

— 2000: Travis Tedford, who grew up in Athens, voices a guest role on the animated TV show “Recess.”

— 1999: Anjanette Comer, a native of Navarro County, has a guest role on “Profiler.”

— 1995:  Rusk native Caroline Williams appears on “Models Inc.”

— 1995: Tyler native Phyllis Cicero begins the role of Stella the Storyteller on “Barney and Friends.”

— 1992: Richard Bradford, who was born in Tyler, stars in “Under Cover of Darkness.”

— 1988: “‘80s Ladies” by K.T. Oslin, who attended Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, hits No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

— 1991: Rusk native Caroline Williams appears on the TV drama “Equal Justice.”

— 1980: At the Grammy Awards, the Eagles, featuring Linden native Don Henley, win Best Vocal Performance by a group (“Heartache Tonight”).

— 1978: Tyler native Sandy Duncan is a celebrity on “Hollywood Squares.”

— 1978: James Wheaton, who attended Wiley College in Marshall, appears in the movie “A Piece of the Action.”

— 1976: Marshall native George Foreman makes a guest appearance on “Sanford and Son.”

— 1961: “Wait a Minute” by The Coasters, featuring Tyler native Carl Gardner,” peaks at No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

— 1960: Honey Grove native Bill Erwin has a guest role on “Perry Mason.”

— 1954: Whitewright native Guy Wilkerson appears in “The Boy From Oklahoma” starring Will Rogers Jr.

— 1942: Wills Point native Lee “Lassus” White appears in “Riding the Wind.”

— 1937: Corsicana native Mary Brian and Gary Cooper star in “The Amazing Adventure.”