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Chadwick Boseman Honoured With Posthumous New York Film Critics Circle Award
Chadwick Boseman has been posthumously honoured with the Best Supporting Actor accolade at the 2020 New York Film Critics Circle awards.The 43-year-old actor tragically passed away in August following a secret four-year battle with colon...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19 December 2020
Spike Lee To Direct Movie Musical About Viagra
Spike Lee is to direct a movie musical about Viagra.The 63-year-old filmmaker is to helm the motion picture about Pfizer's discovery and launch of the erectile dysfunction drug.The original music and songs will be written...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18 November 2020
Spike Lee Didn't Know Chadwick Boseman Was Sick During Da 5 Bloods Filming
Spike Lee had no idea Chadwick Boseman was sick when they were filming 'Da 5 Bloods'. The 43-year-old actor died on Friday (28.08.20) after secretly battling colon cancer for the past four years and director...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 August 2020
Spike Lee Says No Country Has Handled Racism Better Than The Us
Spike Lee thinks no country has ''handled racism or slavery better than the US''.The 63-year-old filmmaker admits American society still witnesses ''blatant acts of racism'' - but he's not sure if any other country is...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 12 June 2020
Spike Lee: Racism And Hatred Is Learned
Spike Lee thinks ''racism and hatred is learned''.The 63-year-old director believes it's important to teach children ''peace and love at a very early age'' because he doesn't think anyone is born with racist ideas in...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 12 June 2020
Bryce Dallas Howard Tells People Not To Watch The Help
Bryce Dallas Howard has advised people not to watch 'The Help' as it is told from a ''white perspective''.The 2011 civil rights movie has become the most viewed film on Netflix in recent weeks in...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10 June 2020
Spike Lee Warns Of World Peril If Trump Is Re-elected
Spike Lee has warned the world will be ''in peril'' if President Donald Trump is re-elected.The US leader is currently performing poorly in polls, but the 63-year-old filmmaker doesn't think that means he'll definitely lose...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 08 June 2020
Spike Lee Is 'Glad' People Will Get To See Da 5 Bloods
Spike Lee is ''glad'' that people will be able to 'Da 5 Bloods', even if it isn't on the big screen.The 63-year-old director has helmed the Netflix war drama - which tells the story of...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 June 2020
Spike Lee Blasts Donald Trump
Spike Lee has blasted US President Donald Trump's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.The 63-year-old director is horrified by the high death rate in America due to the global health crisis and he believes Trump's suggestions...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 29 May 2020
Spike Lee Slams Plan To Lift Lockdown In Georgia
Spike Lee has slammed the plan to lift the lockdown and reopen cinemas in the US state of Georgia.The award-winning director insisted he isn't going to risk his own health by venturing outside amid the...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 24 April 2020
Spike Lee: 'Academy Changes Would Not Have Happened Without Oscars Ruckus'
Director Spike Lee has spoken about his decision to boycott this year’s Oscars at the Berlin International Film Festival while premiering his latest movie Chi-Raq. Lee announced in January that he would not be attending...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17 February 2016
Will Smith Says His Decision To Boycott Oscars "Isn't About Me"
Will Smith has spoken some more about his decision to join his wife Jada Pinkett Smith in boycotting this year’s Oscars ceremony, saying that he wants to be “part of the solution” to the diversity...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 29 January 2016
Chris Rock Under Pressure To Step Down As Oscars Host In Diversity Row
Oscars host Chris Rock is coming under increasing calls to boycott the awards ceremony in the aftermath of the controversial nominations last week, in which none of the 20 acting nominations went to a black...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20 January 2016
Lupita Nyong'o And George Clooney Join Oscars' Diversity Debate
Lupita Nyong’o and George Clooney have become the latest stars to speak out about this year’s Oscar nominations, which have been criticised for their lack of diversity. Already director Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett-Smith have...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20 January 2016
The Academy Speaks On Lack Of Diversity In Oscar Nominations, As Stars Call For Boycott
As the debate over the lack of diversity among this year’s Oscar nominees continues, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has released a lengthly statement addressing the issue....
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19 January 2016
Spike Lee Will Not Be Attending 2016 Oscars Due To Lack Of Diversity Among Nominees
Director Spike Lee has announced he will not be attending this year’s Oscars, due to the lack of diversity among the nominees. For the second year in a row the Oscar’s was criticised for failing...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18 January 2016
Spike Lee Hits Back At Chance The Rapper's 'Chi-raq' Criticism
Filmmaker and director Spike Lee has hit back at Chance The Rapper’s criticism of his new movie Chi-Raq, claiming that the rap star’s father works for the Mayor of Chicago and that his perspective is...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11 December 2015
Chi-raq Finds Spike Lee Speaking Out Again
Chi-Raq is about women in South Chicago who decide to withhold sex from their men to get them to stop killing each other. The story comes from ancient mythology, namely Lysistrata by Aristophanes. "It was...
By Rich Cline in Movies / TV / Theatre on 04 December 2015
Spike Lee Uses Governors Awards Speech To Criticise Hollywood
Director Spike Lee has once again criticised Hollywood for its lack of diversity. The director made the comments during a 15-minute speech at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' seventh annual Governors Awards...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15 November 2015
Spike Lee Explores Chicago's Gang Warfare In Intense Drama 'Chi-raq' [Trailer + Pictures]
The trailer for Spike Lee's emotionally charged new drama 'Chi-Raq' is here, and while it's based on an ancient war comedy, he takes a far more serious look at the war raging on the streets...
By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 November 2015
Spike Lee Appointed New York City Marathon Grand Marshal
The sports-mad Do the Right Thing actor/director will become the first Big Apple native, and only the third person ever in the race's 45-year history, to take on the honour. "It's gonna...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 October 2015
Spike Lee For Honorary Oscar
Spike Lee, Gena Rowlands and Debbie Reynolds are to receive honorary Oscars.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced that they will be handing out the special gongs to the filmmaker and two...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 28 August 2015
Amazon Studios Announces Spike Lee's 'Chi-raq' As First Original Movie Content
Amazon Studios has announced plans for its first movie release, teaming up with award-winning director Spike Lee for his forthcoming joint Chi-Raq.The media giant confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that Lee’s next major movie will...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 July 2015
Spike Lee Versus Chicago Intensifies After Street Party Is Blocked
A campaign to pressure movie director Spike Lee to change the name of his upcoming movie Chiraq has stepped up after a rookie alderman refused to grant a city permit to close a street for...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11 June 2015
Spike Lee Writing And Directing New Basketball Video Game
The die-hard New York Knicks fan is writing and directing the story for the single-player campaign option for the popular gaming franchise and he jumped at the opportunity to tackle a new way...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 June 2015
Kanye West Representatives Dismiss Reports He Will Appear In Spike Lee's New Movie
News surrounding West's casting hit headlines on Monday (11May15), but the Stronger hitmaker's team is now denying he will appear in the movie musical. The spokesperson tells Pitchfork.com, "Contrary to published...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 12 May 2015
Spike Lee Wants Kanye West And Common For Film About Chicago Violence
The Do The Right Thing filmmaker also wants Entourage star Jeremy Piven, who grew up in Evanston, near Chicago, and frequent collaborator Samuel L. Jackson to sign up for Chiraq, the nickname given...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 April 2015
Director Spike Lee Courts Controversy By Calling New Film 'Chiraq'
Famed director Spike Lee was accused of insulting the residents of the city of Chicago by titling his new project ‘Chiraq’, a movie which will look at education and violence. He has also been criticised...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11 April 2015
She's All That Reboot In The Works - Report
The star-studded 1999 film featured Freddie Prinze, Jr. as a popular high school jock attempting to win a bet by romancing a loner, played by Rachael Leigh Cook. It also starred the...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 April 2015
Pharrell To Team Up With Spike Lee For Apollo Theater Debut
Pharrell Williams is to team up with director Spike Lee for the streaming version of his upcoming concert at the Apollo Theater on the 3rd June. The concert will be part of American Express Unstaged,...
By Lauren James in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 May 2014
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