It was Kanye West’s recent rants that started this entire conversation in the #Teambeautiful office. We laughed as Kanye tried to steer us away from…
Spike Lee doesn’t have much to say about Quentin Tarantino’s new film about a slave-turned-gunslinger. When it comes to “Django Unchained” he simply won’t watch…
Spike Lee’s critically acclaimed Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25, which explores the making of King of Pop’s landmark 1987 album, failed to attract an audience when it debuted on ABC this Thanksgiving. The film had a brief run in theaters after making a big splash in the film festival circuit. The release of the film […]
Spike Lee is the most prolific black filmmaker of his generation. No filmmaker has made more films, and polarized viewers as much for his artistry and his politics as has Lee. Tyler Perry arguably has more mainstream success, but Lee has earned more respect over time. From his 1986 debut “She’s Gotta Have It” to […]
Spike Lee, director and friend of late pop star Michael Jackson, is in the process of gathering footage of the singer’s iconic ‘Bad’ album. The “Do The Right Thing” director worked closely with Michael and considered him a friend, but the director says even he learned a lot combing through footage of the icon for a […]
Edward Albee. Terrence McNally. Horton Foote. Mike Tyson? The ear-gnawing former heavyweight champion will bring his one-man-show to Broadway’s Longacre Theater (which, yes, has staged all those playwrights’ work) for a limited engagement. And it will come courtesy of an unlikely director: Spike Lee. “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” will premiere on July 31 for a […]
Legendary film director Spike Lee is taking his talents to the Broadway stage. Lee is in final talks to direct Mike Tyson’s one man show “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” when it hits The Great White Way. Mike Tyson debuted his one man show with a week long in Las Vegas. Spike Lee and Mike Tyson […]
The black community has long had a love-hate relationship with the Academy Awards. Hollywood’s highest honors have only recently started to become more inclusive and even still, the black performances they’ve chosen to recognize are often polarizing and controversial. Hattie McDaniel famously won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as ‘Mammy’ in […]
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part opinion series on Spike Lee’s criticisms of the film industry and Tyler Perry’s complicated relationship with black moviegoers. Tomorrow’s column will focus on why Terrell Jermaine Starr feels Tyler Perry should be a director all independent film makers should emulate. SEE ALSO: Has GOP Racism […]
In the national conversation about gay bashing that has been taking place since last year, the difficulties of black teenagers who want to come out is rarely mentioned.
LOS ANGELES — Film Director Spike Lee was recently interviewed by the Hollywood Reporter and criticized both Hollywood actors and The Oscars. “In 1989, ‘Do the Right Thing’ was not even nominated,” he said. “What film won best picture in 1989? ‘Driving Miss Mother F*cking Daisy!’ That’s why [Oscars] don’t matter. Because 20 years later, […]
Spike Lee has never been one to shy away from controversy. In the 1988 film School Daze, Lee gives a semi-autobiographical account of his experience attending Morehouse College, the historically all male black institution in Atlanta, Georgia. With a satirical eye, Lee explored hot-button topics such as colorism, misogyny, class divisions and apartheid. While School Daze […]
