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Sunday Nov 1 | CBS News

Video: Tyler Perry

I personally think Spike Lee is the image of witch he speaks in the comment made towards Tyler Perry.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Spike Lee, Black Entertainment, Samuel L. Jackson

Fri Oct 30, 2009

AllHipHop.com

The Last Word: Michael Jackson's Still Makin' Money, Rocsi Vents, T.P. Vs Spike Lee

What's good, everybody? It's been a week since returning from Cali and there's no place like home.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Black Entertainment, Spike Lee, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Ruby Dee

Main American actress byname of Ruby Ann Wallace born Oct. 27, 1924, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. American actress and social activist who was known for her pioneering work in African American theatre and film and for her outspoken civil rights activism.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Jungle Fever, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Gone Are the Days!, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Ruby Dee, Black Entertainment, Activism

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Animal

Obama Art Website Gets Bound Up

After Shepard Faireya s a oe Art for Obama a comes a oe Design for Obama ,a a book of posters for the president.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Black Entertainment, Spike Lee

Sun Oct 25, 2009

ContactMusic.com

Spike Lee - Lee Sparks Film Fight with Perry

Caption: Spike Lee and Tonya Lews Lee 6th annual Keep a Child Alive New York City, USA .... Outspoken moviemaker SPIKE LEE has picked a new film fight with actor/director TYLER PERRY after suggesting the MADEA GOES TO JAIL star's hit films are a step backwards for African-Americans. The Do The Right Thing director accuses Perry of "coonery and ...

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Related Topix: Madea Goes to Jail, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Black Entertainment, Spike Lee

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Hollywood.com

Bill Nunn

Commanding black performer Bill Nunn made his feature debut in fellow Morehouse College graduate Spike Lee's "School Daze" but really etched himself into moviegoers' minds as a formidable screen presence in his.... Commanding black performer Bill Nunn made his feature debut in fellow Morehouse College graduate Spike Lee's "School Daze" but really ...

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, School Daze, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Sport Movies, Music!, He Got Game, Crime Movies, Mo' Better Blues, Extreme Measures, Thriller, Sister Act, Entertainment

Thu Oct 15, 2009

The Georgia Straight

Actor John Savage aids Vancouver's Manvils

He starred in the film The Deer Hunter , worked with Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone, coproduced Do the Right Thing , and spent six years working with anti-apartheid groups in South Africa.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, John Savage

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Associated Content

You Know

You are my sunshine when it's raining outside Somehow you brighten my day and just to hear you say How are, what are you doing, or you sure you're okay And when I say I'm good you know better it's so ironic That you know me You do know me So in the mist of it all we try to do the right thing But let the truth be known we're both human beings And of ...

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Black Entertainment, Spike Lee

Wed Oct 07, 2009

City Paper

Do The Right Thing

Spike Lee's third writing/directing effort may not feel as volatile as it did when it came out in 1989--some reactionary journalists actually believed that it might incite riots--but this warts/all look at race in America as it affects one Bed-Stuy block on the hottest day of the year still packs a tremendous punch.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Spike Lee, Black Entertainment, History Movies, America, Movies, Entertainment

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Post Tribune

Spike Lee in Gary for Michael Jackson film

Award-winning director Spike Lee and a film crew spent Wednesday at the childhood home of Michael Jackson filming a documentary about the King of Pop.

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Related Topix: Miracle at St. Anna, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, School Daze, Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Biography Movies, Musical Movies, Jungle Fever, Mo' Better Blues, Music!

Tue Sep 29, 2009

Black Voices

'Mo' Better Blues' Style

Ever since Design Sponge ever so brilliantly created a series aptly titled Living In, I thought it would be fitting of Get Togetha to create something based on one of my most favorite iconic films ever "Mo' Better Blues." Without giving away the nitty gritty, the story is about a love triangle gone awry where Denzel Washington makes clear to all ...

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Related Topix: Music!, Drama Movies, Mo' Better Blues, Black Entertainment, Denzel Washington, Jungle Fever, Wesley Snipes, Ruben Blades, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies

Sat Sep 26, 2009

The New York Times

Theater Review | 'Frederick Douglass Now' and 'The Cambria': Two Varied Views of an Abolitionist

Roger Guenveur Smith's career suggests a belief in the great-man theory of history.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Biography Movies, Roger Guenveur Smith, Theater, Arts

Thu Sep 24, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Film Weekly meets Spike Lee and Joe Wright

This week, on its 20th anniversary, Jason Solomons meets director Spike Lee to talk about the legacy of Do the Right Thing, its profound effect on American independent cinema and the role it played in bringing the Obamas together.

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Related Topix: The Soloist, Crime Movies, Pride and Prejudice, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Black Entertainment, Spike Lee

Tue Sep 22, 2009

Reno Gazette-Journal

Comedy clubs

CATCH A RISING STAR Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St. 775-325-7401. Shows are at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday, and at 7:30 and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

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Related Topix: Stateline, NV, Crime Movies, Coming to America, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Get on the Bus, History Movies, Steve White

Fri Sep 18, 2009

The Independent

Spike Lee - still doing the right thing

As the BFI celebrates 20 years since the release of Spike Lee's seminal film with The Independent Interview and a season of movies on the Southbank, the director talks to Kaleem Aftab about race and retrospectives Pizza de resistance: Spike Lee in New York enlarge Spike Lee arrives at the BFI Southbank on Monday as part of a celebration of Do The ...

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Biography Movies, Thriller, Bamboozled, Inside Man, Spike Lee, Black Entertainment, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Politics

Thu Sep 17, 2009

/film

Spike Lee and Robert De Niro Serialize Alphabet City for Showtime

All the big names are going to cable. We just reported on Martin Scorsese's work on an HBO series called Boardwalk Empire and now two other giants of the New York filmmaking scene are heading to showtime: Spike Lee and Robert De Niro are producing a series called Alphaville , with Lee directing the potential pilot episode.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Taxi Driver, Musical Movies, Comedy Movies, Showtime, Robert De Niro, Spike Lee, Black Entertainment, Martin Scorsese

Tue Sep 15, 2009

WTVF Nashville

Filmmaker Lee Tells UT Students To Follow Passions

Filmmaker Spike Lee said students should follow their passion in choosing a career.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Black Entertainment, Spike Lee, University of Tennessee, Morehouse College

Mon Sep 14, 2009

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Spike Lee speaks to packed crowd at UT's Legends Lecture Series

Filmmaker Spike Lee speaks to a capacity crowd at Cox Auditorium in the Alumni Memorial Building on Monday.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, She's Gotta Have It, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Inside Man, Black Entertainment, Spike Lee, University of Tennessee, Morehouse College

Wed Sep 09, 2009

WATE-TV Knoxville

Filmmaker Spike Lee to visit UT for Legends Lecture Series

Director, producer, writer and actor Spike Lee will visit the University of Tennessee campus on Monday, September 14 as part of the Legends Lecture Series.

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, Comedy Movies, Thriller, He Got Game, Crime Movies, Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Inside Man, Spike Lee, Black Entertainment, University of Tennessee

Mon Sep 07, 2009

Hollywood.com

Rosie Perez

Discovered by Spike Lee while dancing in a club, Rosie Perez was an Oscar-nominated actress and producer whose performances combined a brassy dynamism with an earthy sexuality.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Sport Movies, White Men Can't Jump, Mystery Movies, It Could Happen to You, Lackawanna Blues, Music!, Untamed Heart, Go, Diego, Go!, Entertainment, Television

Do the Right Thing Movie Info

Directed by Spike Lee

Starring Danny Aiello and Ossie Davis

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