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Another former New York Knicks player has come out in support of director and superfan Spike Lee in his simmering feud with the team. This week, Lee got into a confrontation with a security guard as he was entering Madison Square Garden using an employee entrance that he has reportedly used for the last 28 […]

Former New York Knicks star Chris Childs is not happy with the way the team is handling the Spike Lee drama, saying the organization needs to bring an end to the feud with its most famous fan. The 53-year-old, who helped lead the Knicks to the NBA Finals in 1999, told TMZ Sports this week […]

On Tuesday a video of Spike Lee yelling at Madison Square Garden security went viral. The next day, he appeared on a sports talk show and claimed he is “done” with the New York Knicks this season because he has been harassed by the team’s owner. The famed film director has been a courtside mainstay […]

Hollywood is reeling over the death of Danny Aiello. The iconic movie actor, best known for his work in Moonstruck and Do the Right Thing, passed away at age 86 on Thursday while being treated for a brief illness. Now, fans and famous friends are remembering the happy times they had with the legendary actor. […]

Academy Award-winning film director Spike Lee is bringing She’s Gotta Have It back to Netflix on May 24. The series adaptation of Lee’s first feature film is in its second season, and follows Nola Darling (DeWanda Wise) who is an artist that is on a “journey of self discovery” while navigating her way through the […]

Barbra Streisand chose not to introduce A Star Is Born at the Academy Awards, leaving film fans puzzled as to why she would instead choose to sing the praises of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman in its quest to win the Best Picture award. Streisand starred in the second remake of the film alongside Kris Kristofferson, which […]

Controversial British journalist and TV host Piers Morgan took aim at the 91st Academy Awards in an op-ed published by The Daily Mail on Monday, as he described how Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony was the “unfunniest” and “most politically correct” in the event’s history. Despite praising Daily Show host Trevor Noah for what he felt […]

Throughout all of the chaos of the Oscars season this year, with producers seeking to make the show shorter and trying in vain to find a host and shorten the show, the implicit reason behind most of those movies was to end the Academy Awards’ multiyear slide in ratings. The 2018 show’s ratings had actually […]

Hot on the heels of an Oscar celebration that highlighted diversity and bore witness to numerous Hollywood A-listers criticizing him, President Donald Trump fired back, choosing director Spike Lee as the target for his ire, according to The Independent. The president, who is en route to a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in […]

BlacKkKlansman director Spike Lee showed an array of different emotions during the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 24. While the 61-year-old filmmaker was more than ecstatic to win his very first Oscar earlier in the evening, he was reportedly visibly upset after learning that he did not win the night’s top prize, Best Picture. […]

Director Spike Lee had some sharp words for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and the Oscars even as he accepted a different award Thursday night, saying that the #OscarsSoWhite movement had a lot to do with him even having a shot at taking home his first statuette on Sunday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reversed its controversial decision on Friday and announced that it would air all award categories live after facing a backlash from major Hollywood leaders, according to Variety. Previously, the academy had said that it would break with tradition and award four categories during commercial breaks in order […]

A group of prominent film industry professionals has taken the Academy to task for their plan to air some award presentations during commercial breaks, a plan they called “an insult, according to the Hollywood Reporter. In the sharply-worded letter, dozens of filmmakers, cinematographers, and directors have called on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts to […]

Spike Lee has announced he is boycotting designers Gucci and Prada, Page Six is reporting. The director took to Instagram to post that he would no longer purchase anything from the companies until an actual black person is available to help with the designs and potentially veto any racist imagery before the product hits the […]

U.S. indie rock band The Killers has released a new politically charged single titled “Land of the Free,” which is an unashamed attack on Donald Trump’s America. The song touches on the issues of gun violence, racism, mass incarceration, and the border wall and is accompanied by a video directed by filmmaker Spike Lee, according […]

Jada Pinkett Smith has been getting real on a variety of issues on her show Red Table Talk. The actress is joined by her daughter Willow and mother Adrienne as they discuss topics related to relationships, family, and race. On the latest episode, Smith opened up with her own experiences with domestic abuse. According to […]

Spike Lee has been directing films since the late 1970s, but he officially broke through to mainstream attention in 1989 with Do The Right Thing, and in 1992 with the biopic Malcolm X. A critically acclaimed movie about the black rights activist who rose to prominence during the 1960s, Malcolm X starred Denzel Washington in […]

On Friday, Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman is set to hit theaters and it is going to take a hard look at how blurred the racial lines were back in the ’70s. In the film, Topher Grace (That ’70s Show) is taking on the role of David Duke who is a former Grand Wizard of the Ku […]

Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, receiving an almost 10-minute standing ovation from the audience. Although the film is a satirical comedy, the message is clearly a serious one. Spike Lee, himself, refers to the project as a “wake-up call for Trump’s America.” A majority of critics agree. According to Gold […]

Film director Spike Lee tweeted a flyer Tuesday for a “United We Stand” support rally for Colin Kaepernick on August 23 at the NFL Headquarters, 345 Park Avenue, New York City. Lee clarified an hour later that he did not organize the rally himself, but he was throwing his support behind the event on behalf […]

A few years ago, he was starting for the San Francisco 49ers as they appeared in the Super Bowl, and now, he may have played his final down in the NFL. At the beginning of March, Colin Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the 49ers and officially became a free agent. Some teams have […]

Colin Kaepernick rumors have director Spike Lee weighing in now. The latest Kaepernick news has Lee suggesting that there is a controversy behind the reason that his friend doesn’t have a new contract yet. An Instagram post was made by Lee, who feels that the New York Jets should have already signed the veteran quarterback […]

A lot of Chrisette Michele’s fans are upset that she decided to sing at Donald Trump’s inauguration ball but it seems none are as upset as Spike Lee. The famous director lashed out at Chrisette, claiming that if she went through with her plans to sing for the new POTUS, he would pull her music […]

Bill Nunn, a versatile actor, who is probably best known for his role as Radio Raheem in Do the Right Thing, died Saturday at his home in Pittsburgh. His wife, Donna, said that he had been battling cancer. He was 62. William Goldwyn “Bill Nunn III was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 20, 1953, […]

Bill Nunn died today, September 24, from “undisclosed causes.” No one expected Nunn’s death at the relatively early age of 62, and the actor’s many, many fans are in shock. To those who knew and loved Bill’s work, the fact that Bill is dead is almost as much of a shock as Angelina Jolie and […]

Halle Berry is poised to debut another blockbuster with the action thriller, Kidnap, but her career may have taken another direction entirely if she hadn’t been so determined to prove herself as a serious actress. Coming to acting with a modeling background at a time when Hollywood looked down on models, Halle says she had […]

Put away your iPhones, earbuds, and any actual piece of gym equipment because we’ve reached the start of video game season. In the coming months, everything from sports games (FIFA 17, WWE 2K17, and Pro Evolution Soccer 17) to shooters (Battlefield 1, Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare, and Gears of War 4) to even open-worlds […]

In an attempt to raise his approval rating among African-Americans voters, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has appointed Celebrity Apprentice alumnus Omarosa Manigault to be his campaign’s African-American Outreach Director. Essence reports that Trump is hoping that Manigault can do for his presidential campaign what she did for his ratings during the pilot season of […]

On Saturday, film director Spike Lee threw an outdoor party in Brooklyn, N.Y. in honor of the late Prince, whose birthday is on Tuesday, where he would have turned 58. According to USA Today, the six-hour party was described as a celebration of Prince’s music and life, not his death. It was revealed last week […]

Spike Lee loves the city of Chicago, but he detests Chicago violence. Whether you were a fan of his movie Chi-Raq or not is irrelevant. Spike Lee’s love for Chicago cannot be denied. The famous director went on ESPN’s “First Take” to talk about his new short film 2 Fists Up. Spike Lee’s visit with […]

Bernie Sanders, fresh off his victory over Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin, began his campaign to win the April 19 New York primary by airing an interview with director Spike Lee. Sanders, the Vermont senator and self-avowed socialist, has now won six primaries in a row against former secretary of state Clinton. The interview was conducted […]

Spike Lee believes Bernie Sanders will do the right thing if he is elected the next president of the United States. The filmmaker, who rose to prominence in the 1980s with indie features like She’s Gotta Have It and Do the Right Thing, expressed his support for the Vermont senator by releasing a radio ad […]

After all the nominees for major categories at this year’s Academy Awards were all White, there was a huge uproar. Under Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, sudden new rules were put in place. According to a statement on the Academy’s website, historic measures were taken in order to ensure diversity exists with future nominations. Under […]

Jada Pinkett Smith is an incredibly talented actress. However, she also has a beef with Hollywood – the under-representation of African Americans at the Oscars. Entertainment Weekly reports that Pinkett Smith took to Facebook and Twitter to express her disappointment at the nominations. “At the Oscars… people of color are always welcomed to give out […]

Yesterday we observed the legacy of a man who challenged our country’s perception of the meaning of “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,”. Nearly 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr. changed the course of our nation, people of color, along with minorities, still find themselves in the […]

For the second year in a row, no person of color was nominated for the categories of Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, or even Best Director for the 88th Annual Academy Awards, a possible error in judgment that didn’t go unnoticed by the black community in Hollywood. Last Friday, Will […]

An Oscars boycott is in order following the announcement of only white nominees for major categories, according to reports from CNN and others. That’s the decision of Jada Pinkett-Smith and Spike Lee. The Oscars will air on February 28. This is the second consecutive year in which all nominees for major categories are white. Lee […]

Michael Jackson fans, get ready. The King of Pop is slated to return to television via Spike Lee’s new documentary next month. Digital Trends reports that Spike Lee’s documentary about Jackson, entitled Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, will appear on Showtime, on February 5. The documentary provides an in-depth exploration of […]

There have literally been hundreds of public shootings that have occurred in 2015 alone, and the conversation on gun violence has never been more ubiquitous. And it looks as if more and more people are speaking out in order to do something about it, reports ESPN. Acclaimed and controversial film director Spike Lee sat down […]

Film director and writer Spike Lee’s new Michael Jackson documentary is slated to debut at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, which kicks off next month. Essence reports that Lee’s new documentary, Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, will debut at the popular festival in Park City, Utah, in January. The documentary will […]

It would appear that Donald Trump has been trumped yet again, and this time the orange-hued billionaire with plenty of puff and posture has been owned by Spike Lee, who reminded the political player that just like the Muslims, Trump too is “a motherf**kin’ immigrant.” Trump, who has a net worth of $4 billion and […]

Don’t let the name Chiraq fool you. It is not a visual retelling of a Chief Keef mixtape or the latest installment in a Noisey documentary. Spike Lee’s newest project is modern twist of Aristophanes’ Greek play Lysistrata. It just happens to be set in Chicago, hence the name Chiraq. Just in time for an […]

Dr. Dre, hip-hop billionaire. This is the beginning of a new style. According to hiphopdx.com, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s Beats Electronics and Beats Music have been acquired by Apple, Inc. for a purchase price of approximately $2.6 billion and approximately $400 million that will vest over time. Jay-Z and Beyonces’ “On The Run Tour” […]

Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield will forever be tied together in sports history by an ear. Or at least what is left of an ear after Tyson chomped a piece out of Evander Holyfield’s ear during a fight between the two pugilists in 1997. And now, Mike Tyson will be presenting Holyfield into the Nevada […]

Pharrell Williams has been a very busy man! Currently touring cross country, and collaborating on a show with Bruno Mars during his own tour; it almost seems like Pharrell Williams is in multiple places at the same time. This time he was rocking the stage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. This same theater has […]

[Warning: Explicit Lyrics] In a truly touching tribute to his Mom on Mother’s Day, Eminem dropped a Spike Lee directed video, “Headlights,” in which he raps “But I love you, Debbie Mathers, oh, what a tangled web we have…” The often acrimonious relationship between Marshall Mathers and his mother, Debbie Mathers, has often served as […]

Mekhi Phifer, the 39-year-old Hollywood veteran whose highest-profile role came in a six-year run on the hit NBC medical drama ER, says in court papers that he now earns only $7,500 per month and has debts of almost $1.3 million, mostly to Uncle Sam. As a result, Phifer — most recently seen in the $250 […]

Spike Lee’s gentrification rant has sparked controversy in Brooklyn and throughout the nation. On Tuesday evening, the talented director was invited to speak at the Pratt Institute in honor of Black History Month. A native of Brooklyn, Lee focused on how much the city has changed. Gentrification is defined as the restoration and renewal of […]

Michael Jordan scores big time again, but this time by having twins with his new wife Yvette Jordan. Yvette whom is 35-years-old, had twin girls this past Sunday night in West Palm Beach, Florida with the 51-year-old legend. A representative of Jordan had confirmed all the way back in December 17 that the couple was […]

Do you need a trailer for Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake that you can readily share with your family and friends? A green band clip for the upcoming thriller recently hit the internet. Based on the Japanese manga and the 2003 South Korean classic, the film follows the adventures of a man (Josh Brolin) who seeks […]