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Jeffrey Wright Joins Cast Of High And Low

Jeffrey Wright is to star in 'High and Low'.The 58-year-old actor is set to join Spike Lee's English-language adaptation of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's 1963 crime thriller of the same name alongside Denzel Washington and...

Spike Lee Slams Critics Who Claimed ‘Do The Right Thing’ Would Spark Riots When It Was Released

Spike Lee has blasted critics who claimed ‘Do the Right Thing’ would spark riots.The 66-year-old director said his film was accused of being powerful enough to incite violence among black people when it opened in...

Michael Imperioli Consulted With A Witch To Get Summer Of Sam Made

Michael Imperioli met a witch to get the film 'Summer of Sam' made.'The Sopranos' star was living at the notoriously haunted Chelsea Hotel in New York City and explained how he took supernatural steps to...

Spike Lee And Pedro AlmodóVar Are First Honourees Announced For 2023 Tiff Tribute Awards

Spike Lee and Pedro Almodóvar are the first honourees announced for this year’s TIFF Tribute Awards. ‘Do the Right Thing’ director Spike, 66, will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award, which recognises filmmakers who have...

Spike Lee Vows To Tell Colin Kaepernick's Real Story

Spike Lee has vowed to tell Colin Kaepernick's real story in his upcomnig documentary series.The 'Do the Right Thing' filmmaker is working on a programme about the former NFL star - who hasn't played in...

Spike Lee To Receive Dga's Lifetime Achievement Award

Spike Lee is set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 Directors Guild Of America Awards.The Hollywood icon will be bestowed with the "highest honour" for his trailblazing contributions to cinema as a...

Spike Lee And Netflix Sign Creative Partnership

Spike Lee has teamed up with Netflix for a multi-year creative partnership.The 64-year-old director and his 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks have forged a partnership with the streaming giant following successful collaborations on 'Da...

David Byrne Wins Special Tony Award For American Utopia

David Byrne was honoured with a Special Tony Award at the 74th Annual ceremony.The former Talking Heads frontman accepted the prize at New York City’s Winter Garden Theatre on Sunday (26.09.21) for his outstanding Broadway...

Titane Wins Palme D'or

'Titane' has won the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival.Director Julia Ducournau became only the second woman to receive the prestigious honour and the first female to win it alone thanks to her...

Spike Lee Wants More Louis Vuitton Collaborations

Spike Lee wants to work with Louis Vuitton again.The 64-year-old director was approached by designer Virgil Abloh about collaborating on his Cannes Film Festival wardrobe and Spike hopes that they can work together again in...

Spike Lee Praised As 'Biggest Innovator Of His Kind'

Spike Lee is "the biggest innovator of his kind".The 64-year-old director will preside over this year’s Cannes Film Festival jury and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah - who is working on a new movie with Spike -...

Scarlett Johansson To Receive American Cinematheque Award

Scarlett Johansson will receive the American Cinematheque Award this year.The 'Black Widow' actress will receive the accolade at a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton hotel on 18 November and has been chosen for the honour...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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