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Spike Lee has just made history as the first Black filmmaker to lead the Cannes Film Festival jury. Lee, 62, is making a mark in Cannes Film Festival history as the first Black president of its jury. “I’m honored to be the first person of the African diaspora (USA) to …

Veteran actor Danny Aiello, known for his supporting roles in many acclaimed movies since the ’70s including “Moonstruck”, “Do The Right Thing” and “The Professional,” died Thursday night. According to TMZ, The Aiello family said that Danny passed away at a medical facility in New Jersey where he was being …

Legendary Entertainment has announced that Spike Lee is set to direct the adaptation of Ron Wimberly’s graphic novel “Prince of Cats,” a hip-hop take on Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet.” Lee will also rewrite the script and work with Wimberly and the screenwriter Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, who is a former editor …

Spike Lee wants to know why people keep questioning whether Donald Trump is a white supremacist. Academy award-winning film director Spike Lee sat down with CNN’s Anderson Cooper to discuss race and slavery in America. During the conversation, Lee expressed his disdain for Trump, his occupancy of the White House …

’Star Wars’ actor John Boyega took offense to episode 5 of the second season of Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” on Netflix.  In the episode titled, “SuperCaliFragiSexy,” Nola Darling (DeWanda Wise) and her new lust interest Olumide “Olu” Owoye (Michael Luwoye) discussed Black British actors’ impact on Hollywood versus …

Congratulations to Spike Lee for finally winning his first Oscar!  On Sunday night, the A-listers of the entertainment industry came together for the 91st Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California. Although everyone was extremely happy for Lee…Donald Trump not so much.  Monday morning, Trump made jabs at film director …

This has been one hell of a Black History Month, but the 2019 Academy Awards may have saved us as we approach the last days of February. The 2019 Academy Awards glimmered with the epitome of Black Excellence. While every Black hero may not have won in their category, Black …

Spike Lee is nominated for six Academy Awards at this year’s Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay- but the celebrated filmmaker with a long history of Oscar snubs is self-aware enough to not take his nominations personally. According to The Hollywood Reporter, at the Icon Mann …

Spike Lee says Christopher Columbus was a terrorist. Spike Lee is well-known for keeping it real when it comes to politics, race and other social issues. During an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” the iconic director called Christopher Columbus – the man who claimed to have discovered America – a …

Fresh off his award-winning performance as the Black Panther in the record-breaking Marvel film, “Black Panther,” Chadwick Boseman is taking his talents to Netflix for a brand new Spike Lee Joint, “Da 5 Bloods.” According to Variety, Spike Lee has teamed up with Boseman and Netflix for his next film, …

Within the first week of Black History Month, Liam Neeson revealed his past urge to kill “some black bastard,” Michelle Rodriguez defended Neeson’s statement, claiming an interracial kiss eliminates racism, and Gucci promoted and apologized for a sweater that resembled blackface; and quite frankly, we are tired.  In fact, amid …

The recent influx of rising black filmmakers in the industry has introduced a spotlight on screenwriters like Ryan Coogler, (Black Panther) Barry Jenkins, (Moonlight) and Steve McQueen (Widows). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In a recent interview with The Wrap, Spike Lee sat down to discuss the recent increase, saying he hopes that it continues.  …

The Golden Globes has released its list of nominees! On Thursday (Dec. 6), the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual ceremony announced the nominations for the 2019 Golden Globe Awards.  Films like “BlackPanther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “A Star Is Born” are on the list for …

Iconic indie filmmaker, Spike Lee, who gave us one of this year’s biggest movies, ”BlacKkKlansman,” will receive the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Career Achievement Award at the 30th annual awards gala on January 3rd. Festival chairman Harold Matzner said, “Spike Lee has been an outstanding warrior for equal rights …

Spike Lee is once again bringing a one-man stage show by Roger Guenveur Smith to the big screen, this time, to tell the story of the late social reformer, abolitionist, orator and writer, Frederick Douglass.  In the latest collaboration between Lee and Smith, whose relationship expands through three decades, the …