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Spike Lee is gearing up for the release of his new film Red Hook Summer and the director stopped by Majic 107.5 / 97.5 to discuss the project and more. The Atlanta-born/Brooklyn-raised director also talked about his days at Morehouse College and shared his memories of Whitney Houston, who would have turned 49 years old […]

It looks like President Obama’s war chest for the 2012 elections will receive some hefty deposits on Jan. 19. Legendary filmmaker Spike Lee will host a $38,000-per-ticket fundraiser for Obama that evening in New York City. Earlier that same day, the president will hope to leave a few pockets with lint as he hosts a […]

Spike Lee will reprise his role as Mookie from 1989’s “Do the Right Thing” in his next joint “Red Hook Summer,” which will premiere Jan. 22 at the Sundance Film Festival. The film depicts a diverse set of characters sweating out the summer in Brooklyn, according to a new synopsis released by the festival. One […]

Eddie Murphy is prepping to play former Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry in a drama to be directed by Spike Lee. Barry had two runs as mayor of DC from 1979-1991 and from 1995-1999, and made national news when he was caught smoking crack cocaine in 1990. Despite the scandal, Barry was able to get […]

Director Spike Lee is not letting this NBA lockout stop him from being the uber NY sports fan. He just tweeted a pic of himself at the Jets vs. Chargers game with actor John Boyega and his son Jackson. Boyega stars in his Lee’s HBO pilot “Da Brick”, based on the early life of Mike […]

The 15th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival presented by BET Networks kicked off last night in NYC with the Opening Night world premiere of Nelson George and Diane Paragas’ documentary Brooklyn Boheme. Stars such as Chris Rock, Spike Lee, festival ambassador Mario Van Peebles, Maxwell, Giancarlo Esposito and John Boyega (who’s filming a movie with Spike) came out in support of the film […]

Join us for an all new episode of “Cinema in Noir.”  On this week’s podcast: –Reviews of  The Devil’s Double and Final Destination 5 –The lastest in casting and film news (Viola Davis, Kim Fields, Hype Williams, Morgan Freeman) –Actor P.J. Byrne gives us the scoop on his new film Final Destination 5 and Season […]

(via The Hollywood Reporter) This past Thursday, director Spike Lee sat down with journalist Charlie Rose for a Q&A session at PromaxBDA (an annual marketing, branding and design conference) in NYC.  Spike was at the the conference to receive the organization’s lifetime achievement award for his work in film and television, in particular his series […]

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 […]

I was reminded of this short-lived series which Alex Haley hosted not-so long before he died in 1992, titled Dialogue With Black Filmmakers. The title should be self-explanatory. I believe the episodes were shot in 1991, but I couldn’t find very much written about the series; I couldn’t even find any absolute confirmation that it […]

Actor, Clifton Powell has a serious message for Spike Lee. He visited the Russ Parr morning show and when asked about the Tyler Perry, Spike Lee feud, responded: “I don’t like Spike, for real. I’m just saying it publicly on the radio. Spike is a hater. He was doing all these movies, Sam and all […]

Tyler Perry visited The Monique Show and voiced how he felt about Spike Lee’s “attack” against him. Tyler Perry makes some good points about the state of the black race in general and in film, but he obviously wasn’t paying attention to the news a few years back when he said he never saw Italians […]