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‘I’m honoring these people’: Spike Lee on ‘filling’ the Brooklyn Museum with his creative sources

A new exhibit highlights the icons who have shaped the New York film-maker’s unique style

The Guardian - US

The Talking Heads on the once-in-a-lifetime 'Stop Making Sense'

For nearly four decades, the Talking Heads documentary “Stop Making Sense” has exerted an inexorable pull on all who encounter the frenetic fever of arguably the finest concert film ever made

The Independent UK

Spike Lee: critics said Do the Right Thing would ‘incite riots’

Speaking at the Toronto film festival, where he was accepting an award, the auteur recalled the press response to his 1989 film

The Guardian - UK

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John David Washington Shares His Favorite Performance From His Dad Denzel Washington

John David Washington reveals which Denzel Washington movie is his favorite, and his pick is a classic.

Cinemablend

Oldboy Turns 20: Revisiting the Hallway Fight, the Meaning of Vengeance, and That Spike Lee Remake

Oldboy director Park Chan-wook reflects on his iconic movie ahead of its 20th-anniversary theatrical remaster.

Inverse

11 Great Teyonah Parris Movies And TV Shows And How To Watch Them

The best movies and TV shows starring They Cloned Tyrone and The Marvels star, Teyonah Parris.

Cinemablend

Samuel L. Jackson Says He And Spike Lee Once Feuded, But Like The Rock And Vin Diesel They Made Up

Samuel L. Jackson and Spike Lee didn't work together for years, and now we know why.

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'They Cloned Tyrone' review: 'Get Out' meets 'The Cabin in the Woods' in sci-fi comedy

The comic sci-fi blaxploitation homage "They Cloned Tyrone" is a wild genre mashup that mixes styles and influences from across the genre spectrum, like a trip to the video store with nods to filmmakers John Carpenter, Spike Lee, Boots Riley and others.

Tribune News Service

Alan Cumming hopes his involvement will broaden A Strange Loop audiences

The actor is a producer of the play, which is described as a ‘black, queer writer writing a musical about a black, queer writer’.

The Independent UK

Spike Lee announces the death of his jazz bassist father who scored his early films

Spike Lee has paid tribute to his father Bill Lee who was a jazz bassist who played for Bob Dylan and composed the music for his son's early films

Daily Mirror

Bill Lee, jazz bassist, composer and father of Spike Lee, dies aged 94

The double bass loyalist who rejected the rising wave of electric basses in the '70s worked with Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Gordon Lightfoot and more, and scored Spike's first four feature films

Guitar World

Bill Lee, jazz musician who worked with Bob Dylan and on son Spike Lee's early movies, dies at 94

Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte and scored four of his son Spike’s early films, has died

The Independent UK

TV tonight: Suranne Jones stars in new family drama about secrets and double lives

Sisters reunite after their mother’s death in Maryland. Plus: things get ugly in the penultimate episode of Succession. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Jim Brown: an immovable fixture in American life with a complex legacy

The star athlete, Hollywood pioneer and civil rights icon, who died on Thursday aged 87, was the paragon for an unflinching brand of masculinity that remained undiluted to the end

The Guardian - US

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Jim Brown, all-time NFL great running back and social activist, dead at 87

An unstoppable runner with power, speed and endurance, Brown’s arrival sparked the game’s burgeoning popularity on television. As Black Americans fought for equality, Brown used his platform and voice to advance their cause.

The Independent UK

All-time NFL great running back, social activist Jim Brown dead at 87

NFL legend, actor and social activist Jim Brown has died at the age of 87

The Guardian - UK

White Men Can’t Jump to Do the Right Thing: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

A remake no one asked for is a quippy and surprisingly fun sports caper – plus Spike Lee’s powerful racial drama still packs a mighty punch 34 years on

Guitar World

Eric Bibb: “I find the most effective songs, the ones that resonate most with the people who hear my music, are songs that come fairly quickly”

With his new album, Ridin', Bibb paints moving, historical portraits of people on the road to a better life – with help from a six-string banjo and a host of acoustic possibilities

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The Guardian - US

Richard Avedon: major names celebrate the legacy of a unique photographer

An expansive new exhibition, on the 100th anniversary of his birthday, sees notable names from Cindy Crawford to Spike Lee pick their favorite images

Cinemablend

Iconic Singer Harry Belafonte Is Dead At 96, See Spike Lee's Sweet Tribute

The legendary "Banana Boat" singer has died at 96.

Tom’s Guide

My 7 favorite new to Netflix movies that you should watch this month

Netflix's April brought rewatchable movies to the big red streaming machine. Here are my top 7 movies added earlier this month.

Manchester Evening News

'I started painting after sepsis and cancer - now I'm viral on TikTok and have sold works to Spike Lee'

Kevin has sold his art to the stars after picking up the hobby in recovery from thyroid cancer

Tom’s Guide

My 5 favorite new to Netflix movies that you should watch in April 2023

Netflix has a lot of new movies in April, but which ones are worth watching?

The Guardian - UK

‘This celebrates a coming of age’: David Harewood on how Black American culture took over the world

The actor’s new documentary series salutes 50 years of African American creativity, from Sidney Poitier and Stevie Wonder to Beyoncé and Black Panther

Chicago Sun-Times

Goonie Gang terrorized Englewood with 3 shootouts a day, boasted on Facebook, feds say

Prosecutors have a mountain of evidence against the small Englewood gang charged with 10 killings, gun-trafficking and other crimes in a racketeering trial set for May.

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