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Shelton Jackson Lee, better known as Spike Lee, is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated film director, producer, writer, and actor, whose movies often examine controversial social and political issues. Brooklyn is the backdrop for many of his films, which he labels as "A Spike Lee Joint." Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever are some of his better-known films.
Shelton Jackson Lee, better known as Spike Lee, is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated film director, producer, writer, and actor, whose movies often examine controversial social and political issues. Brooklyn is the backdrop for many of his films, which he labels as "A Spike Lee Joint." Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever are some of his better-known films.
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Snoop Dogg was gangsta; Snoop Lion is Rasta
Snoop Dogg had come to Burbank to let loose the lion. Engulfed by a haze of marijuana smoke thick as London fog in a hotel suite high above the so-called Media Capital of the World, the gangsta rap superstar surrendered himself to a hairdresser's...
Tags: Dennis Rodman, Music, National Basketball Association, Conan (tv program), Chris Brown
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Review: 'Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth' is a knockout
If there was one ring in the world that I, a weakling theater critic, knew I could knock Mike Tyson out in, it was the Pantages Theatre, where "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" played this past weekend. Tyson might have 100 pounds more muscle on him than I...
Tags: Cannibalism, International Boxing Federation, Brad Pitt, Heavyweight, World War II (1939-1945)
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Mike Tyson says the 'Undisputed Truth' is he's changed
LAS VEGAS — Spend a sunny afternoon at home with Mike Tyson and if the erstwhile Baddest Man on the Planet is in an expansive mood, he may indulge his cherished pastime: letting loose the performing pigeons he raises in his backyard to flap and...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Entertainment, Morphine (drug), Restaurant and Catering Industry, Muhammad Ali
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Chan-wook Park has a lot riding on blood-filled 'Stoker'
In a high-tech bungalow on a back corner of the 20th Century Fox lot, the South Korean auteur Chan-wook Park is chiseling his opus as the clock ticks toward 9 p.m. Park, the toast of Asian cinema and hero to hordes of genre-film enthusiasts, is...
Tags: Nicole Kidman, Wentworth Miller, Argo (movie), Alfred Hitchcock, Seoul (South Korea)
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'Django Unchained's' word-use controversy rages on
If there's been one controversy that's dogged Quentin Tarantino for most of his career, it's been his frequent and pronounced use of the N-word in his scripts, dating all the way back to his debut film, "Reservoir Dogs." Perhaps the only time that...
Tags: NAACP Image Awards, Django Unchained (movie), Entertainment, Inglourious Basterds (movie), Antoine Fuqua
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'Django' an unsettling experience for many blacks
Tracey White's initial impression of "Django Unchained," Quentin Tarantino's new slave-era shoot-'em-up extravaganza, could be summed up in three words: smart, funny and ugly. Sitting through a recent screening in Beverly Hills, the L.A. costume...
Tags: NAACP Image Awards, Django Unchained (movie), Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Inglourious Basterds (movie)
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Ava DuVernay no longer in 'Middle of Nowhere'
After 15 years as a movie publicist, writer-director Ava DuVernay has found that some old habits die hard. "When I'm walking the red carpet, I'm looking at the carpet," DuVernay says. "I'm like, 'Oh, that's 28 pile.' I'm the only person who knows the...
Tags: Entertainment, Sundance Film Festival, Steven Soderbergh, Movies, Drama (genre)
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High hopes, low notes for film world's NC-17 rating
In the late '80s a thunderbolt of inspiration struck Jack Valenti, longtime chief of the Motion Picture Assn. of America: What if his organization got rid of the X rating, besmirched by years of misappropriation by hard-core exploitation films, and...
Tags: F-bomb Dropping, Larry Clark, Killer Joe (movie), Bernardo Bertolucci, Entertainment
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PASSINGS: Ron Palillo, Al Freeman Jr., James M. Naughton
Ron Palillo Actor played Arnold Horshack on 'Kotter' Ron Palillo, 63, an actor whose signature role was Arnold Horshack in the 1970s TV sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Tuesday of a heart attack in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., said his agent, Jackie...
Tags: News Media, Malcolm X (movie), Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Celebrities
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New Yorkers turn out to argue against, and for, sugary soda limit
NEW YORK -- It’s not often that a Twinkie earns a bit of praise from a nutrition expert, or that a hefty elected official confesses his food vices before a room packed with spectators and the media. But nothing was routine as New York’s Board...
Tags: Beverage Industry, Family, Health, Pizzas, Obesity
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Mike D'Antoni's Lakers are very quick — to fall behind
NEW YORK — How bad is it? I see Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni having lunch Thursday with Jack McCallum, who wrote about his time with D'Antoni in Phoenix in a book: ":07 Seconds or Less." And I'm asking D'Antoni if he's already working on a sequel:...
Tags: Magic Johnson, Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Jesse Jackson, Madison Square Garden
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