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America’s favorite team representing America’s favorite past time. The New York Yankees have characterized a lot of things that people, American and overseas, have long associated with the U.S.’s superior athletes. Celebrity. Success. Greed. Capitalism. Scandal. However, the cultural impact the Yankees have is unmatched in all of sports. And if that impact had one symbolic […]
Like a lot of people, Spike Lee is using this time of self-isolation to do some reflecting. This led him to share his script for a Jackie Robinson biopic that never hit production. “Afternoon From Da Corona Epicenter Of The USA-NYC I Dug Deep Into Da 40 Acres Vault And Pulled Out This Script From […]
Like any good beef in 2020, Spike Lee has decided to take his issues with the New York Knicks front office to the ‘gram. On Saturday, the legendary movie director posted a picture of his ticket to the Knicks’ game against the Houston Rockets on Instagram. In the post, Lee continued to explain that he […]
On Wednesday night, Parasite director Bong Joon-Ho received the award at the African American Film Critics Association Awards for best foreign film (perhaps a prelude to an Oscar?), and then he used his acceptance speech to charm the crowd with an anecdote about how Spike Lee taught him to properly swear in English. That’s the magic […]
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Spike Lee will direct the film Prince of Cats, an adaptation of the graphic novel written and illustrated by Ron Wimberly. Prince of Cats is described as a hip-hop take on William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet set in 1980’s Brooklyn. The story will be told through the perspective of Juliet’s hot-headed cousin Tybalt, who navigates […]
Spike Lee‘s She’s Gotta Have It has been canceled by Netflix, Variety reports. The show, which is based on Lee’s 1986 movie of the same name, ran for two seasons. The show’s second season premiered on the streaming service back on May 24, 2019. The show starred DeWanda Wise as Nola Darling, Anthony Ramos as Mars Blackmon, Lyriq Bent as […]
Paul Benjamin, who played one of the three “cornermen” in 1989’s Do the Right Thing, has died at age 81. The film’s director, Spike Lee, announced the tragic news via Instagram on Wednesday, along with a touching tribute. “I’m Sad To Write That The Great Actor PAUL BENJAMIN (Who Played ML, {Far Left} One Of The Cornermen […]
While Mars Blackmon worked the small screen, Lee put Jordans on the silver screen in most of his early film work. His first flick, 1986’s She’s Gotta Have It, opened Wieden+Kennedy’s eyes to Mars’ love of Js. The director’s 1989 opus, Do the Right Thing, upped the ante, with more Nike footwear featured in the […]
Mercifully, it’s Us release week, meaning we’re all just days away from seeing where Jordan Peele is taking our minds following his universally acclaimed debut Get Out. Speaking on the difference in the writing process behind each film on The Tonight Show Monday, Peele was careful not to give too much away while saying just […]
National Socialist Movement, one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in America, has named its new president. The man who will sit at the helm, called the “race whisperer,” has no intention of upholding the white supremacist doctrine of his predecessors. James Hart Stern, a black 54-year-old activist and pastor from California, outmaneuvered members of NSM […]
