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After winning his first ever Oscar, iconic director Spike Lee took the stage to deliver a speech that called for mobilization in the 2020 election to get Trump out of office. “The 2020 presidential election is around the corner,” Spike Lee said. “Let’s all be on the right side of history. Make the moral choice between love and […]
Spike Lee expertly channeled the swelling emotions of millions Sunday night when, per firsthand accounts, he straight up attempted to walk out of the Oscars after Green Book was announced as this year’s Best Picture winner. Spike Lee was visibly angry when “Green Book” was announced as the winner of best picture at the […]
The next sentence may be hard to believe. Spike Lee won his first ever Oscar in a competitive category tonight. The much-lauded filmmaker took home the statue for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on BlacKkKlannsman and took the stage in a Prince homage of a get-up with Oscar gold Jordans. After waiting that […]
Boots Riley isn’t a fan BlacKkKlansman. The director/musician took to Twitter back in August to share his three-page critique of the Spike Lee-directed film. Though Riley referred to Lee as one of his biggest influences, he blasted BlacKkKlansman for its “fabricated story notes” and how it essentially served as pro-police propaganda. “It’s a made-up story in which the false parts of […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has responded to criticism they received from a long list of directors, cinematographers, and filmmakers that signed an open letter slamming the news that the awards for cinematography, editing, hair and makeup, and live action short would not be broadcast live. People like Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, Seth Rogen, Martin Scorsese, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Spike […]
Although the Lumiere Brothers released the first motion picture in 1895, it took at least 30 years for the first black person, Stepin Fetchit, to earn screen credit. Later, Hattie McDaniel would become the first African-American person to win an Academy Award, and 24 years after that, Sidney Poitier would win his, becoming the first African-American […]
Chadwick Boseman has reportedly landed his next big role. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 41-year-old actor has been tapped to star in the Spike Lee-directed drama Da 5 Bloods. The film will center on a group of Vietnam veterans who return to the jungle “to find their lost innocence” and “to put their broken selves back […]
Spike Lee is shocked by Liam Neeson‘s confession that he looked to beat up a random black person after he learned that his friend was raped. In an interview on The Andrew Marr Show, Lee said he had no idea why Neeson felt compelled to share that particular story. “What a crazy, bizarre world we […]
Jerry Lorenzo isn’t a fan of Gucci’s recent controversial “Balaclava” sweater, a turtleneck that has a design resembling blackface. The fashion designer spoke with TMZ and said he would “never wear that” item. He then compared the situation to a popular scene from the 1995 film Casino, where a character has to fire a family […]
T.I. and Soulja Boy are encouraging fans to follow in Spike Lee’s footsteps by boycotting Gucci. The Atlanta rapper shared a series of Instagram posts Friday night blasting the Italian label over its recent blackface scandal. As previously reported, Gucci caught heat this week for a black sweater design that evoked racist imagery. The since-discontinued piece was widely criticized for […]
