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Spike Lee

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.

Not Just the Levees Broke is now available in Trade Paperback
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Not Just the Levees Broke is now available in Trade Paperback
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DO THE RIGHT THING will be released on October 06, 2008 in eBook
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DO THE RIGHT THING will be released on October 06, 2008 in eBook
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DO THE RIGHT THING will be released on October 06, 2008 in eBook
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DO THE RIGHT THING is now available in eBook
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Not Just the Levees Broke will be released on August 19, 2008 in Hardcover
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Please, Baby, Please will be released on September 18, 2007 in Board Book
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Please, Puppy, Please will be released on October 18, 2005 in Hardcover
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Please, Baby, Please has won an award
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Please, Baby, Please has won an award
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Vibe.com, November 20, 2009
...Film heavyweights Antoine Fuqua, Spike Lee and John Ridley are teaming up to adapt a French graphic novel into a motion picture. Fuqua has been tapped to direct a film based around Miss: Better Living...
Emerging Minds, November 13, 2009
...second year, was created by Southern Chancellor Dr. Kofi Lomotey. It has brought speakers such as actor, director Spike Lee and authors Iyanla Vanzant and Cornel West to the university. For more information, contact Southern’s Office of Media Relations...
Washington Square News, November 13, 2009
...of a series of conversations called 'Primary Sources.' Tomorrow, the series will continue with a discussion between director Spike Lee and NYU journalism professor James McBride...
Cool Hunting, November 12, 2009
...quality art that arrived from around the world. But the icing on the cake was an e-mail from Spike Lee after he stumbled upon one of Perry-Zucker?s submissions, a recreation of the poster for his movie ',' and proposed they co-edit a book collection....
Black Enterprise, November 2, 2009
...A reporters roundtable looking at race and politics over the summer September 26, 2009 0:19:48 Filmmaker Spike Lee Discusses Hollywood Featuring: One-on-one interview with Spike Lee at the 2009 B.E. Entrepreneurs Conference May 30, 2009 0:19:42 A...
Globe and Mail, October 30, 2009
...at the hip of their designer jeans these days. LeBron James and Tom Brady guest star on Entourage, Spike Lee and Jack Nicholson sit courtside at NBA games, and ESPN has commissioned a series of 30 sports films by some of Hollywood's top directors to...
SoMdNews.com, October 29, 2009
...His second book, 'Miracle at St. Anna,' was made into a major motion picture directed by film maker Spike Lee. Regarding 'Song Yet Sung,' the best-selling novel's cover note paints a vivid picture of the story. 'In the days before the Civil War, a group...
Epoch Times, October 23, 2009
...Atkin, Joshua Marston and Randy Balsmeyer. I didnt want to go to the usual New York suspects; to Spike Lee, or Woody Allen, or Martin Scorsese, says producer, Emmanuel Benbihy in the press notes. I consciously went to younger, newer directors from all...
Broadway World, October 13, 2009
...in the made-for-TV movie 'Strange Justice,' a protective mother who puts a drug dealer in his place in Spike Lee's film 'Clockers' and a reluctant parent in 'Lean on Me,' her big-screen debut. Taylor also starred in the Masterpiece Theatre production of...
Michigan Live, October 12, 2009
...between high and popular culture. In essence, it's the war between the Wannabes and the Jigaboos in Spike Lee's School Daze. The issue is who are black people and what do we want out of our artists? Are we the jazz-loving, highbrow Huxtables or the...
Daily Item, September 25, 2009
...the author of another memoir, Brothers and Keepers, and several short story collections. His articles on Malcolm X, Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Michael Jordan, Emmett Till, Thelonius Monk and womens professional basketball have appeared in The New...
Momlogic, September 16, 2009
...story. Tonya Lewis Lee is busy enough as a best-selling author, award-winning TV producer, wife of acclaimed director Spike Lee, and mother of two. For the past two years, she's added national spokesperson to her already full plate. She is the face of...
All Hip Hop, September 11, 2009
...In addition, the poet has appeared in The Soloist with Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. and the Spike Lee directed Inside Man with Denzel Washington. Lee, along with The Culture Project, will present County of Kings as the play officially begins its...
Black America Web, August 21, 2009
...Iron Chef Cat Cora. ON SCREEN: ?Passing Strange,? starring D?Adre Aziza, Daniel Breaker, Eisa Davis (Unrated) Spike Lee?s film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical. ?Inglorious Basterds,? starring Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth...
Los Angeles Times, August 12, 2009
...work that includes Michael Eric Dyson?s 'Come Hell or High Water'; Douglas Brinkley?s 'The Great Deluge'; Spike Lee?s 'When the Levees Broke'; or Tia Lessin, Carl Deal and Kimberly Rivers Roberts? 'Trouble the Water.' " Michael Eric Dyson has...
Banner-Graphic, August 12, 2009
...the local community to enjoy. Previous guests have included Benazir Bhutto, Tony Blair, Shimon Peres, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Spike Lee, Peyton Manning, Mitch Albom, General Colin Powell, Greg Mortenson, Elie Wiesel, Ken Burns, Todd Rundgren, General...
DePauw University, August 10, 2009
...the local community to enjoy. Previous guests have included Benazir Bhutto, Tony Blair, Shimon Peres, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Spike Lee, Peyton Manning, Mitch Albom, General Colin Powell, Greg Mortenson, Elie Wiesel, Ken Burns, Todd Rundgren, General...
DePauw University, August 8, 2009
...the local community to enjoy. Previous guests have included Benazir Bhutto, Tony Blair, Shimon Peres, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Spike Lee, Peyton Manning, Mitch Albom, General Colin Powell, Greg Mortenson, Elie Wiesel, Ken Burns, Todd Rundgren, General...
Tampa Tribune, August 7, 2009
...books, teleplays and screenplays - including the Kazan-directed 'A Face in the Crowd' - and scores of articles. Spike Lee was an admirer, dedicating the entertainment satire 'Bamboozled' to Schulberg and working with him on a film about boxer Joe Louis....
St. Catherines Standard, August 7, 2009
...books, teleplays and screenplays -- including the Kazan-directed A Face in the Crowd -- and scores of articles. Spike Lee was an admirer, dedicating the entertainment satire Bamboozled to Schulberg and working with him on a film about boxer Joe Louis....
BBC, August 6, 2009
...books, teleplays and screenplays, working with Kazan again on the 1957 film A Face in the Crowd. Director Spike Lee, a friend and admirer, collaborated with him on a film about boxer Joe Louis. In 1968, Schulberg was only yards away from presidential...
Winston-Salem Journal, August 6, 2009
...books, teleplays and screenplays -- including the Kazan-directed A Face in the Crowd -- and scores of articles. Spike Lee was an admirer, dedicating the entertainment satire Bamboozled to Schulberg and working with him on a film about boxer Joe Louis....
Boston Globe, August 6, 2009
...books, teleplays, and screenplays - including the Kazan-directed A Face in the Crowd - and scores of articles. Spike Lee was an admirer, dedicating the entertainment satire Bamboozled to Mr. Schulberg and working with him on a film about boxer Joe Louis....
Earthtimes.org, August 6, 2009
...Face in the Crowd. He continued to write screenplays into his later years, and three years ago, director Spike Lee said he would film a movie about the legendary 1938 boxing match between Max Schmeling and Joe Louis from Schulberg's script...
Times Online, August 6, 2009
...success of On the Waterfront, but he continued to write books, teleplays and screenplays and scores of articles. Spike Lee was an admirer, dedicating the entertainment satire Bamboozled to Schulberg and working with him on a film about boxer Joe Louis....
MSN Movies, August 6, 2009
...books, teleplays and screenplays â including the Kazan-directed "A Face in the Crowd" â and scores of articles. Spike Lee was an admirer, dedicating the entertainment satire "Bamboozled" to Schulberg and also working with him on a film about boxer Joe...
ABC News, August 5, 2009
...to write books, teleplays and screenplays including the Kazan-directed 'A Face in the Crowd' and scores of articles. Spike Lee was an admirer, dedicating the entertainment satire 'Bamboozled' to Schulberg and working with him on a film about boxer Joe...
Star Ledger, July 25, 2009
...s blinging outside. Even if/ your shades are drawn, homie.' 'Do the Right Thing' describes meeting the filmmaker Spike Lee, who counters an autograph request with the snide observation: 'Why you care? You/ ain't even black.' As 'Colloquialism' notes, in...
Los Angeles Times, July 21, 2009
...Louis Gates Jr.'s writing after the jump. One of his first acts at Harvard was to hire Spike Lee as a guest lecturer; another was to lure Cornell West from Princeton. These bold moves, according to a 1994 profile of Gates that ran in the L.A....
Los Angeles Times, July 21, 2009
...Louis Gates Jr.'s writing after the jump. One of his first acts at Harvard was to hire Spike Lee as a guest lecturer; another was to lure Cornell West from Princeton. These bold moves, according to a 1994 profile of Gates that ran in the L.A....
Huliq.com, July 7, 2009
...solo show Freak completed a successful run on Broadway in 1998. A special presentation of Freak, directed by Spike Lee, aired on HBO (Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program and nomination for Outstanding Variety, Music or...
Observer, June 21, 2009
...funny. Lumet proves that a movie can and maybe should do all these things. Do the Right Thing Spike Lee (1989) I saw this when it came out, and it just messed with my mind. It broke so many rules of film-making, starting with that incredible Rosie Perez...
EURweb, June 16, 2009
...how they need to be given tough options or just dogged out in public. Some people say that Spike Lee is speaking out of turn for declaring that some of Tyler Perryâs characters harm the image of African Americans. Some say that Tavis Smiley was...
Baltimore City Paper Online, June 10, 2009
...now been in as many Scott movies (Pelham, Déjà Vu, Man on Fire, Crimson Tide) as he has Spike Lee movies (Inside Man, Mo' Better Blues, Malcolm X, He Got Game). Lee's movies push Washington to do his best work-such as his slept-on turn in Game and his...
MediaSyndicate, May 31, 2009
...books and music, with powerful statements against greed and religious hypocrisy. You might say he's like the Spike Lee of the music industry. Gabriel of Urantia's lyrics deal with our common struggles in life death, divorce, loneliness, suffering and,...
MediaSyndicate, May 31, 2009
...books and music, with powerful statements against greed and religious hypocrisy. You might say he's like the Spike Lee of the music industry. Gabriel of Urantia's lyrics deal with our common struggles in life death, divorce, loneliness, suffering and,...
Examiner.com, May 24, 2009
...Anna by James McBride. Republished by Riverhead Trade in 2008 as a tie-in with the movie directed by Spike Lee. $5.00 paperback, 320 pp. 'McBride offers a powerful and emotional novel of black American soldiers fighting the German army in the mountains...
Examiner.com, May 16, 2009
...Writer, director, producer Spike Lee met his wife Tonya Lewis Lee in 1992 at a Congressional Black Caucus dinner. In a 2004 interview with Avenue Magazine, Tonya said, 'We walked past each other. He...
Paste Magazine, May 14, 2009
...read from Walt Whitman's 'Crossing Brooklyn Ferry') and jazz musician Bill Lee, who also happens to be Spike Lee's dad. Directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker Diane Paragas, Open Book attempts to shed light on both up-and-coming and prominent...
Newswise, May 14, 2009
...His film and television acting credits include Married with Children, The Sopranos, Beloved, One Red Rose, and the Spike Lee films, Get on The Bus and He Got Game...
Examiner.com, May 12, 2009
...his homeland of Sierra Leone and how writing, for him, bridges those worlds. Musician Bill Lee (father of Spike Lee) recites the Eight P's, the responsibilities of the artist to his community. Novelist Jennifer Egan strolls through a navy yard in...
Observer, May 8, 2009
...Elvis when I was meeting girls.' But he also found himself caught up in some very public spats. Spike Lee railed against Tarantino for the preponderance of the word 'nigger' in Pulp Fiction: 'I'm not against the word, and I use it, but not excessively...
Variety, April 28, 2009
...in post-production on 'St. John of Las Vegas,' starring Steve Buscemi and Sarah Silverman and exec produced by Spike Lee...
National Post, April 28, 2009
...community. Novels are always being adapted into movies. What are some poems that deserve the Hollywood treatment? Someone (Spike Lee, maybe?) might do a wonderful film inspired by bits of Langston Hughes's poetry, like what Robert Altman did in Short...
Suburban Guerilla, April 21, 2009
...on. National Public Radio?s ?This American Life? did a segment on Dr. Mallett in 2007. Two of Spike Lee?s graduate students heard it and told the film director about the physicist. Lee read Dr. Mallett?s memoir, ?Time Traveler: A...
EURweb, April 3, 2009
...Interviews Other confirmed guests to appear on the show within its first two weeks include: Sean â??Diddyâ? Combs, Spike Lee, Hill Harper, Donna Brazile, Samuel L. Jackson and Wendy Kopp, Founder of Teach for America. List of Michael Eric Dyson...
Schenectady Daily Gazette, April 2, 2009
...Blanchard made by expanding his soundtrack ? and no tragedy has ever had a finer one ? for Spike Lee?s HBO documentary ?When the Levees Broke.? Blanchard takes his mother back to her flood-wrecked home in a heartbreaking scene in the film, an...
America.gov, April 1, 2009
...United States. Its alumni include Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martin Luther King Jr., as well as award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee and Olympic champion Edwin Moses. Spelman College, also in Atlanta, is the oldest four-year liberal arts institution for...
New Yorker, March 28, 2009
...Corner for the same reason. Goldberg accurately brings up various recent left-wing conspiracy theorists, from Naomi Klein to Spike Lee (he might have mentioned Michael Moore as well), and concludes, ?By all means, dust off your dog-eared copies of...
Ebony Magazine, March 14, 2009
...21st century now so why donâ??t the networks get it? I look at Oscar Michaeux, I look at Spike Lee, I look at Tyler Perry and I see that we can definitely have the ability and opportunity to be creative and own our own work. And what do you...
Bradenton Herald, March 13, 2009
...did in researching his watershed 1992 novel 'Clockers,' an exploration of the crack epidemic that became a 1995 Spike Lee film. 'I am kinda taking notes, and at some point a note becomes a sentence and then a sentence becomes a paragraph,' Price said....
Fast Forward Weekly, March 13, 2009
...holds his own as a jack-of-all-trades whos got some pretty fancy footwork. Miracle at St. Anna (2008, dir. Spike Lee, Touchstone): Two of my favourite things, together at last Spike Lee and Second World War movies. Lees black perspective on the combat...
Sacramento Bee, March 8, 2009
...did in researching his watershed 1992 novel 'Clockers,' an exploration of the crack epidemic that became a 1995 Spike Lee film. 'I am kinda taking notes, and at some point a note becomes a sentence and then a sentence becomes a paragraph,' Price said....
Tulsa World, March 1, 2009
...Inside worries: One morning several years ago, somebody called me at home and said quick, put on NPR. Spike Lee was being interviewed about a movie he had just done, 'Inside Man,' starring Denzel Washington. 'That sounds like your idea,' the friend who...
NewsMax.com, February 18, 2009
...Chris Paul, and Allen Iverson. Americans head to the cinema in droves, making blockbusters of movies directed by Spike Lee or starring actors such as Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Samuel L. Jackson and Morgan Freeman. Record mogul Russell Simmons...
Katu.com, February 10, 2009
...at 2:16 PM PST You never know what you?re going to get with a Spike Lee film. On one hand, the man is immensely talented, but far too often his skills are overshadowed by his reckless desire to expound his racial politics, which often border...
Katu.com, February 9, 2009
...You never know what youre going to get with a Spike Lee film. On one hand, the man is immensely talented, but far too often his skills are overshadowed by his reckless desire to expound his racial politics, which often border...
Oxford Press, February 8, 2009
...want to shake.? McBride?s first novel, ?Miracle at St. Anna,? was made into a recent film by Spike Lee. McBride penned the script for the film adaptation. The DVD of the movie has just been released. James McBride visits Books and Company at the...
Collider.com, February 5, 2009
...gloss through her childhood acting years. I also wonder if they'll use Garland's actual recordings (like Spike Lee is doing with Wesley Snipes for the James Brown biopic) or if they'll get an actress who thinks she can sing as well as Judy Garland. My...
Malaysia Sun, February 4, 2009
...Washington, Feb 3 : Spike Lee has grabbed rights to produce Brendan Koerner's book 'Now the Hell Will Start' which based on World War II. Lee will produce the manhunt tale under his company...
WBRZ, January 25, 2009
...Road in Lafayette. Related Entertainment Links Arts writer Page 1 of 6 Award-winning director, producer, writer and actor Spike Lee will be the second guest appearing in Southern University?s Chancellor?s Lecture Series at 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 30, in...
Florida Times-Union, January 20, 2009
...Part II, Lawrence of Arabia and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He took Michelle to see Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing on their first date. Music Rolling Stone editor and publisher Jann S. Wenner got Obama to open up about the music he loves. Many...
Tulsa World, January 18, 2009
...original thoughts left on Earth, somebody could, well, borrow it. I did a novel called 'Quick Change' that Spike Lee sort of picked up on later and called it 'Inside Man.' This idea of mine was so novel that movie people started fighting over the rights...
Curve Magazine, January 9, 2009
...She has received three Lambda Literary Awards and won the Coretta Scott King Award for Miracle?s Boys?which Spike Lee made into a miniseries. Breathing life into the places that mainstream literature ignores, Woodson demonstrates a belief in the...
Reuters, January 6, 2009
...of civil rights era photographs; music, like soul singer Irma Thomas' 1964 recording of 'Breakaway'; and movies, including Spike Lee's 1997 documentary '4 Little Girls.' 'It was good to get us into the music that was out at the time, to get images of...
Free Articles Directory, December 30, 2008
...Both schools have long list of film writers and directors who owe their training to them. For instance, Spike Lee reminds me of New York University. It appears that if you wish an entry into the 'golden gates' of any of these symbols of academic fame,...
Philadelphia Daily News, December 8, 2008
...battles. Today's interview will be broadcast on Sirius throughout the week. Spike speaks tonight at Temple Filmmaker Spike Lee will speak about his career and the movie business tonight at Temple. At 7 p.m. Lee appears at the Great Court at Mitten Hall...
Philadelphia Inquirer, December 8, 2008
...battles. Today's interview will be broadcast on Sirius throughout the week. Spike speaks tonight at Temple Filmmaker Spike Lee will speak about his career and the movie business tonight at Temple. At 7 p.m. Lee appears at the Great Court at Mitten Hall...
Philly.com, December 7, 2008
...worked on the TV shows Summerland and Charmed, is a grad of Germantown Academy and Boston University. Filmmaker Spike Lee is scheduled to speak at Temple University's Mitten Hall at 7 p.m. tomorrow. It's free, though Owls get priority seating. That rumor...
BlackNews.com, December 3, 2008
...the first African American to fly for a major passenger airline. Others receiving the award have included filmmaker Spike Lee and Olympic track and field gold medallist, Edwin Moses. 'I'm honored and humbled by this award from American Legacy magazine,...
Blogger News Network, November 24, 2008
...but Gov. Huckabee had to know what he was in for when he named his book after a Spike Lee movie. No, ?Do the Right Thing?? was mainly aboot Huckabee?s 2008 campaign for president and I have to say, homeboy sure sounds bitter. Don?t get me wrong...
Denver Post, November 23, 2008
...writes in the voice of Ethel Freeman, whose posthumous fate was one of the most heartbreaking images of Spike Lee's documentary. 'I believe him when he says help gon' come.' The tireless work of filmmakers, journalists and survivors determined to tell...
Denver Advertising Agency Design Marketing Jobs Ne, October 19, 2009
...and supporters could upload their artworks and download others. Edited by designforobama.org founder Aaron Perry-Zucker and filmmaker Spike Lee, Design For Obama showcases over 200 of the best pro-Obama posters. Local talent Jeff Walters is featured in...
The Source, October 13, 2009
...Spike Lee presents Lemon Andersen’s County of Kings is a riveting, tour de force of one man’s coming-of-age in the midst of Disco, drug dealers, a tough Brooklyn upbringing...
TFC Journal, September 29, 2009
...Related posts: TFC Morning Report – Friday, March 13, 2009 – Stephen King’s It feature coming soon Spike Lee & De Niro plan Alphabet City series – TFC Morning Report Darabont to run ‘Walking Dead’ series for AMC – TFC Morning Report...
Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs, September 28, 2009
...flair. It was as modern and hip as decor in 1990 could be. Written, Produced and Directed by Spike Lee. Be sure to add to your NetFlix. [Juliette Chair, Faulkner Table Trunk, EnZo Lamp, Jayson Home and Garden . Charles P. Rogers Beds Direct , $999, Happy...
Music On Play - We Global Now, September 11, 2009
...In addition, the poet has appeared in The Soloist with Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. and the Spike Lee directed Inside Man with Denzel Washington. Lee, along with The Culture Project, will present County of Kings as the play officially begins its...
brooklynvegan, August 24, 2009
...the Black Lips ++ MP3's & 4 new videos (1 w/ Times New Viking) | Main | Spike Lee's Michael Jackson birthday party happening near Prospect Park West (the possible future HBO show topic) » Posted in music | tour dates on August 24, 2009 Ryan Adams...
:: The Playlist ::, August 19, 2009
...a depressed man who finds solace in wearing a beaver hand-puppet. This could be great. [ Variety ] Spike Lee ’s " Passing Strange The Movie " will launch the Sundance Channel’s ' Sundance Selects' series, a new video-on-demand program that...
A Line A Day, August 5, 2009
...an outrageous BET reality show or lighthearted Tyler Perry production so long as balanced by substantive screenplays by Spike Lee. Books have a far more lasting impact than TV or movies. Classics of today will be taught in classrooms a century from now....
ParentDish, August 3, 2009
...Lunch-Money Waiting: What It's Good For Where The Extension Cord Ends Where The Wild Thangs Are: A Spike Lee Joint Where The Wild Things Are: West Hollywood...
Pajiba, July 30, 2009
...I've Lost the Faith Dogma / Drew Morton Film Reviews | July 31, 2009 | Comments (6) Kevin Smith is a screenwriter who, due to the success of American independent cinema movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s, seems to have fallen into directing. The...
Vulture, June 8, 2009
...al.) Book-club member, big on Cervantes , 86 Zemeckis, Robert Argues with Jonathan Kaplan and Marc Lawrence about whether Spike Lee is derivative, citing Josef Conrad and Saul Bellow for comparison, 14 Zimmer, Jeremy (co-founder, United Talent Agency),...
Amazon.com Bookstore's Blog, June 1, 2009
...they've followed up with another board-book post , this time about titles with more racially diverse characters (including Spike Lee's Please, baby, please ). A Dragon in a Wagon scans. Some kind blogger has posted high-res images from this fun Magic...
Discover Black Heritage, May 29, 2009
...world. Attracting such stars and industry insiders as Academy Award winners Forest Whitaker and Sidney Poitier, John Singleton, Spike Lee, George Tillman, Tina Andrews, Reuben Cannon, Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Sanaa Lathan, Bill Duke, Sheryl...
HomeGirl, May 27, 2009
...I haven't done book reviews in forever. I've been so busy being a stay-at-home mom lately and haven't been able to jump back in the reading saddle just yet. Since kid's books are the only ones I'm able to read from cover to cover these days, I've decided...
Wikipedia - New pages [en], May 25, 2009
...Bluegrass (University Press of Kentucky) and the Louisville Review . His visual art is in the private collections of Spike Lee, Opal Palmer Adisa, Morris FX Jeff, and Bill and Camille Cosby. Walker has served as founder/Executive Director of the...
On The Record, May 25, 2009
...of noise and chaos. Here’s a preview of the book. RIP Jay Bennett Spike’s got game. Spike Lee’s latest flick is Kobe Doin’ Work , a doc about LA Lakers baller Kobe Bryant . Taking his cues from Zidane , Lee used 30 cameras to track Bryant and co...
Gossip Rocks Forum, May 23, 2009
...the most honest and realistic portrayal of race relations in America, one of the all time great movies) Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing' turns 20 - Los Angeles Times The 1989 film about racial tensions in a New York neighborhood got people talking....
food « WordPress.com Tag Feed, May 17, 2009
...masterful piece of writing. blackink : In search of a fresh perspective on basketball, noted hoops fan and filmmaker Spike Lee came up an idea: what if he miked Kobe Bryant, brought 30 cameras to a game at and got Bryant to come into the studio for...
Diary of a Content Black Woman, May 14, 2009
...extravaganza was laced with a DJ spinning tunes in the hallway for wine sipping guests, including acclaimed director Spike Lee and TV broadcaster George Stephanopoulos, as the President and First Lady paid homage to the art of spoken word....
This Week With Barack Obama, May 13, 2009
...and be loose.” Several writers of various backgrounds performed, including James Earl Jones and Mayda del Valle. Director Spike Lee, ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, and even veep Joe Biden were spotted in the crowd, enjoying music from bassist...
This Week With Barack Obama, May 13, 2009
...and be loose.” Several writers of various backgrounds performed, including James Earl Jones and Mayda del Valle. Director Spike Lee, ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, and even veep Joe Biden were spotted in the crowd, enjoying music from bassist...
Greenlight Bookstore Blog, May 12, 2009
...best South African restaurant I know), M & H deli(Halal), the Walt Whitman Houses, the Navy Yards, Spike Lee's dad's house, and what I'm pretty sure is the inside of the Methodist church on Hanson Place. Authors I was looking forward to: Egan and Rux...
She Scribes, May 7, 2009
...poem "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry", global bestseller Ishmael Beah (A Long Way Gone), legendary jazz musician and father of Spike Lee, Bill Lee and many others. The above video is one of the vignette of Bill Lee from the upcoming episode. Subscribers would...
Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily, May 5, 2009
...I'm told that HBO has just ordered 9 episodes of the pilot Treme from The Wire writers David Simon and Eric Overmyer which has been in development for the pay channel. It's a post-Katrina hourlong set in the New Orleans music scene and will be filmed...
Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily, May 5, 2009
...EXCLUSIVE: I'm told that HBO has just ordered 9 episodes of the pilot Treme from The Wire writers David Simon and Eric Overmyer which has been in development for the pay channel. It's a post-Katrina hourlong set in the New Orleans music scene and will...
Abagond, May 2, 2009
...and is required reading at many schools and universities. He also wrote “Miracle at St. Anna” (2004), which Spike Lee made into a film of the same name in 2008. McBride has written music for Anita Baker (”Enough Love”), Grover Washington, Jr and...
Abagond, April 29, 2009
...women as sex objects and black men as violent brutes. That is what those rap videos are about. Spike Lee , meanwhile, did not sell out but then wound up getting sidelined. She says America is not so much racist as white supremacist . Racism is about how...
Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase, April 23, 2009
...In some classes you also have guest lecturers and occasionally famous alumni will teach a class such as Spike Lee or Woody Allen.  Each week the school hosts film screenings and the director or producers of the film will show up to discuss with the...
Black Voices Blogs, April 14, 2009
...critically acclaimed movie, 'Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire,' to the masses later this year. FilmMagic.com Spike Lee Besides Woody Allen, no other filmmaker has had more films on the big screen in the last 20 years than Lee. From 'She's Gotta Have...
ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blo, April 14, 2009
...has found a new home on cable. "King of the Hill" has found a new home on cable. Spike Lee nabs rights to WWII tale 'Hell' www.hollywoodreporter.com 2/3/2009 — Spike Lee's production company 40 Acres and a Mule has acquired rights to...
Screen Rant, April 13, 2009
...Tse has little experience with adapting (and script writing in general) with only Watchmen and his previously written Spike Lee non-comic-book film Sucker Free City beforehand, Battling Boy certainly won’t be his last. He also has the live-action...
[Technorati] Tag results for Nelson, April 6, 2009
...Samuel J. Tilden housing projects of Brooklyn, he has been a distinctive voice in African-American culture, working with Spike Lee, Samuel Jackson, Chris Rock, Halle Berry and Queen Latifah in authoring 15 books and creating multiple film and television...
The Official Blog of Author D. H. Schleicher, March 15, 2009
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ZenFetish, March 10, 2009
...CASHED IN. THIS IS DONE BY THE CHIP MONKS.  *wink* Phone Sex Quote of the Day:  From Spike Lee’s Girl 6 Scary Caller # 30:  "How can a slut be beautiful? The Mona Lisa is beautiful, the Statue of Liberty is beautiful, the Grand Canyon, the...
HollywoodChicago.com: movie reviews, movie intervi, March 3, 2009
...Sink ‘Nights in Rodanthe’ Blu-Ray Review: Cult of ‘Donnie Darko’ Extends to Two-Disc Director’s Cut Blu-Ray Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Miracle at St. Anna’ Disappoints in Every Way Blu-Ray Round Up, Feb. 10, 2009: ‘Pretty Woman,’ ‘Street...
AEI, February 27, 2009
...‘Twilight’ opens in Tokyo, Salma Hayek helps launch hair book, Spike Lee, The Jonas Brother and more Posted by Patty Hannon on February 27th, 2009 at 12:42 pm | Categorized as Celebrities , General | Tagged as Gossip Widget “Twilight” stars...
Superman4ever's Blog, February 20, 2009
...A few days ago I posted the final scene to Spike Lee’s biopic, Malcolm X , of the life and times of Malik El-Hajj Shabazz. As I said earlier it’s one of the greatest scenes in cinematic history. Every second...
burrp! blah, February 18, 2009
...Tim Robbins) on the unfastening of garters to the wonders of Walt Whitman. 5. Samuel Jackson, Jungle Fever Spike Lee’s inner-city melodrama is ostensibly about an affair between African-American architect Flipper (Wesley Snipes) and Italian-American...
morgan8818456, February 13, 2009
...IT 20 BILLION TIMES AND WANT TO BUY IT FOR MY OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION:) Not a die hard Spike Lee fan, but… I rented this when it first came out at 15 years old. My mom and I got thru the first two stories and due to the language...
steve, February 12, 2009
...Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/10/2005 Starring: Damon Wayans Jada Pinkett-smith Run time: 136 minutes Rating: R Director: Spike Lee Bamboozled I ordered this one for a relative of mine who is a big Spike Lee fan. I kinda liked the film. but it could...
bianca, February 8, 2009
...Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/10/2005 Starring: Damon Wayans Jada Pinkett-smith Run time: 136 minutes Rating: R Director: Spike Lee Bamboozled I ordered this one for a relative of mine who is a big Spike Lee fan. I kinda liked the film. but it could...
The A-List Magazine, February 6, 2009
...THE GOOD FOOT ...Bio pics, from Notorious to Cadillac Records seem to be Hollywood's latest fancy . Now, Spike Lee has announced his plans to cast Wesley Snipes in a James Brow n bio pic. Snipes won't sing, however; Lee says the film will feature the...
truman, February 2, 2009
...by clicking here Based on the riveting bestseller by Richard Price, this 1995 crime drama was directed by Spike Lee with such authority and authenticity that it has the hyper-real quality of a stylized documentary. Fully capturing the thoroughly...
abdpbt, January 28, 2009
...racial relations, Maya Angelou is the go-to blowhard of choice, narrowly edging out Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Spike Lee for her superior recognizability and credibility, respectively. I think you’re not supposed to actually call Maya Angelou a...
No Fact Zone, January 22, 2009
...to promote his new book, Do the Right Thing, which is already a major motion picture [clip of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, Radio Raheem teaches Mookie about Love and Hate]. That is Huckabee and former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, back when DeLay...
209.188.88.206 Blogs, January 22, 2009
...Entertainer, D. L. Hughley, and Bernie Mac. The comedy team would later be reunited in a film by Spike Lee called The Original Kings of Comedy. Steve Harvey is now widely known as the host of the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show, which has...
MTV Movies Blog, January 16, 2009
...Big plot changes and casting continuity are in store for Spike Lee’s sequel to his 2006 bank heist blockbuster, “Inside Man,” the director exclusively told MTV News at Sundance. Early reports had the movie, tentatively titled “Inside Man 2,”...
FROM AFROS TO SHELLTOES BLOG, January 13, 2009
...the stage with prolific artists such as The Last Poets, M-1 of Dead Prez, Jessica Care Moore, and Spike Lee, but he also labors to cultivate the forgotten souls of Rikers Island. Johnson made his film debut in Dave Chappelle’s Block Party. The ASCAP...
Black Voices Blogs, January 10, 2009
..."...I am proud of my country..." statement from Mrs. Obama? Please! Let it go. As a Spike Lee movie character might say, "It's a Black thing – you wouldn't understand." So I guess what I am saying is, even if she's hatin' -...
DePauw University News, January 10, 2009
...Gates, Elie Wiesel, Ross Perot, L. Paul Bremer, Ralph Nader, Eric Schlosser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Willy Brandt, Jesse Jackson, Spike Lee, Mike Krzyzewski, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Peyton Manning, Hotel Rwanda 's Paul Rusesabagina, Willy Brandt, PostSecret...
Black Voices Blogs, January 9, 2009
..."...I am proud of my country..." statement from Mrs. Obama? Please! Let it go. As a Spike Lee movie character might say, "It's a Black thing – you wouldn't understand." So I guess what I am saying is, even if she's hatin' -...
tyree, January 1, 2009
...by clicking here Based on the riveting bestseller by Richard Price, this 1995 crime drama was directed by Spike Lee with such authority and authenticity that it has the hyper-real quality of a stylized documentary. Fully capturing the thoroughly...
masino blog, December 31, 2008
...How They Work Based on the riveting bestseller by Richard Price, this 1995 crime drama was directed by Spike Lee with such authority and authenticity that it has the hyper-real quality of a stylized documentary. Fully capturing the thoroughly researched...
lilyana, December 29, 2008
...by clicking here Based on the riveting bestseller by Richard Price, this 1995 crime drama was directed by Spike Lee with such authority and authenticity that it has the hyper-real quality of a stylized documentary. Fully capturing the thoroughly...
abraham, December 24, 2008
...by clicking here Based on the riveting bestseller by Richard Price, this 1995 crime drama was directed by Spike Lee with such authority and authenticity that it has the hyper-real quality of a stylized documentary. Fully capturing the thoroughly...
FROM AFROS TO SHELLTOES BLOG, December 23, 2008
...the stage with prolific artists such as The Last Poets, M-1 of Dead Prez, Jessica Care Moore, and Spike Lee, but he also labors to cultivate the forgotten souls of Rikers Island. Johnson made his film debut in Dave Chappelle’s Block Party. The ASCAP...
karma, December 13, 2008
...by clicking here Based on the riveting bestseller by Richard Price, this 1995 crime drama was directed by Spike Lee with such authority and authenticity that it has the hyper-real quality of a stylized documentary. Fully capturing the thoroughly...
Bookroomreviews's Weblog, December 10, 2008
...a visual moral wasteland acrid with evil deeds, reminiscent of “A Clockwork Orange” and, to a lesser degre, Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing.” But can the excellent quality writing of the novel’s first half overcome the disappointing fizzle of...
Cinematical, December 4, 2008
...for the course of one year. Cast: Michelle Conlin, Colin Beavan. World Premiere Passing Strange/U.S.A. (Director: Spike Lee; Lyrics: Stew; Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald)--A musical ry about the international exploits of a young man from Los Angeles who...
havlicek blog, November 30, 2008
...DOWNLOAD Clockers ONLINE! Based on the riveting bestseller by Richard Price, this 1995 crime drama was directed by Spike Lee with such authority and authenticity that it has the hyper-real quality of a stylized documentary. Fully capturing the thoroughly...
richins blog, November 28, 2008
...Summary of Clockers: Based on the riveting bestseller by Richard Price, this 1995 crime drama was directed by Spike Lee with such authority and authenticity that it has the hyper-real quality of a stylized documentary. Fully capturing the thoroughly...
Elon 495 Cinema Capstone Blog, November 25, 2008
...has a 32-year history of discovering and nurturing new filmmaking talent, including showing early works by Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, and Victor Nunez. Beyond showing completed films, the Atlanta has been involved in helping filmmakers at various...
comMITTed to Romney!, November 23, 2008
...But now this newest chatty, pedestrian book, “Do the Right Thing,” which also was the title of a Spike Lee movie, offers the Huckster’s best profit opportunity yet. That’s because he’s now known nationwide for having run surprisingly well this...