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Spike Lee
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Spike Lee

Spike Lee is one of the most prominent and influential media figures today. His films include the critically acclaimed School Daze; Academy Award nominee Do the Right Thing; Malcolm X; Clockers; and 25th Hour. Born in Atlanta, Spike attended Morehouse College and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned his master of fine arts degree in film production. Spike and his wife are the authors of Please, Baby, Please, their first picture book with Simon & Schuster. They live in New York City with their two children.

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Japan Times, February 10, 2012
...I acted. . . . I'm one of hundreds of thousands whose life was changed for the better." — Spike Lee. Impressive. Or how about . . . TOEIC for Caribou! "Offers such magic, mystery and sadness that, literally, this reader turned the last page and decided...
Bend Bulletin, February 10, 2012
...Ben Gazzara, an actor with a quiet, brooding intensity who was featured in films and on Broadway and who starred in the 1960s television series ?Run For Your Life,? died Feb. 3 in New York City. He was 81. A friend, Suzanne Mados, told the Associated...
Advance Monticellonian, February 9, 2012
...its conclusion. The film was directed by Sam Pollard, a well-known editor and director who has worked with Spike Lee and been a part of such films as Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crosswords, and When the Levees Broke. Slavery by Another...
All About Jazz, February 8, 2012
...film composer, Blanchard has more than 50 scores to his credit and received a Golden Globe nomination for Spike Lee's 25th Hour. In 2009, Blanchard loaned his musical voice to Louis the Alligator in The Princess and the Frog. He has completed scores for...
All About Jazz, February 8, 2012
...film composer, Blanchard has more than 50 scores to his credit and received a Golden Globe nomination for Spike Lee's 25th Hour. In 2009, Blanchard loaned his musical voice to Louis the Alligator in The Princess and the Frog. He has completed scores for...
Advance Monticellonian, February 8, 2012
...its conclusion. The film was directed by Sam Pollard, a well-known editor and director who has worked with Spike Lee and been a part of such films as Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crosswords, and When the Levees Broke. Slavery by Another...
The Shippensburg News-Chronicle, February 8, 2012
...lecture to focus on diversity SHIPPENSBURG – Shippensburg University will host an evening with talented filmmaker and lecturer, Spike Lee on Thursday Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. Lee will speak on the topic of “The Cultural Diversity in America,” as part of...
EUR This N That | Urban Black News Blog, October 9, 2011
...past; a film they felt would denigrate black people. Then Henry Louis Gates, Jr. took the idea to Spike Lee, but the film project was abandoned due to financing problems.  Foster’s novel challenges the accepted history of one of America’s most...
5 Minutes For Books, October 2, 2011
...are true celebrities in my eyes, but I’m talking about the phenomenon that sees folks like Madonna, Spike Lee, and Jeff Foxworthy officially sharing the title of Children’s Author with the aforementioned geniuses. (And yes, I purposefully did not...
EURweb, September 28, 2011
...a half. The red carpet was brimming with more A-list celebrity talent than ever before as Chris Rock, Spike Lee, 50 cent, Lynn Whitfield and an incredible gathering of talented directors and actors showed up to pay homage to the world’s premiere film...
Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News, September 26, 2011
...Straps, Jordan Brand and created exclusive pieces for celebrities such as Big Boi of OutKast, Erykah Badu and Spike Lee, to name a few. “We strive to create collections that are timeless and iconic,” said Kerri O’Connell, Partner at GoodWood....
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com, September 26, 2011
...Ticket They have just reopened a wing of huge Junior's Restaurant in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, just so Spike Lee can talk in peace. Though some may say he looks like a black Woody Allen, he's got the mouth of a filmmaking Cassius Clay. "People aren't going...
Fabiuszowy blog, September 26, 2011
...biography one particular of the most crucial guides of the twentieth century. Download Watch Moneyball Movie Online 2011 Spike Lee does an exceptional career of portraying Malcolm X’s lifestyle in movie. And Denzel Washington is superb as Malcolm X...
The Savvy Sista, September 23, 2011
...Highest Paid Man in Entertainment, just can't seem to catch a break from all the bashing. First Spike Lee, then scholarly black women, and now Toure is going in.Toure was not holding back. He even compared Tyler Perry to a drug dealer when it came to his...