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Another Former New York Knicks Star Backs Spike Lee In Feud With Team

Another Former New York Knicks Star Backs Spike Lee In Feud With Team

Another former New York Knicks player has come out in support of director and superfan Spike Lee in his simmering feud with the team. This week, Lee got into a confrontation with a security guard as he was entering Madison Square Garden using an employee entrance that he has reportedly used for the last 28 […]

4y ago

Former New York Knicks Star Calls Team ‘Laughingstock Of The League’ Amid Spike Lee Drama

Former New York Knicks Star Calls Team ‘Laughingstock Of The League’ Amid Spike Lee Drama

Former New York Knicks star Chris Childs is not happy with the way the team is handling the Spike Lee drama, saying the organization needs to bring an end to the feud with its most famous fan. The 53-year-old, who helped lead the Knicks to the NBA Finals in 1999, told TMZ Sports this week […]

4y ago

Spike Lee Says He’s ‘Done’ With The New York Knicks After Video Of Him Fighting With Security Goes Viral

Spike Lee Says He’s ‘Done’ With The New York Knicks After Video Of Him Fighting With Security Goes Viral

On Tuesday a video of Spike Lee yelling at Madison Square Garden security went viral. The next day, he appeared on a sports talk show and claimed he is “done” with the New York Knicks this season because he has been harassed by the team’s owner. The famed film director has been a courtside mainstay […]

4y ago

Spike Lee, Cher & More Co-Stars Pay Tribute To Danny Aiello Following His Sudden Death

Spike Lee, Cher & More Co-Stars Pay Tribute To Danny Aiello Following His Sudden Death

Hollywood is reeling over the death of Danny Aiello. The iconic movie actor, best known for his work in Moonstruck and Do the Right Thing, passed away at age 86 on Thursday while being treated for a brief illness. Now, fans and famous friends are remembering the happy times they had with the legendary actor. […]

5y ago

Spike Lee’s ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Series Will Return To Netflix For Season 2

Spike Lee’s ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Series Will Return To Netflix For Season 2

Academy Award-winning film director Spike Lee is bringing She’s Gotta Have It back to Netflix on May 24. The series adaptation of Lee’s first feature film is in its second season, and follows Nola Darling (DeWanda Wise) who is an artist that is on a “journey of self discovery” while navigating her way through the […]

5y ago

Barbra Streisand Declined To Introduce ‘A Star Is Born’ At The Oscars For This Reason

Barbra Streisand Declined To Introduce ‘A Star Is Born’ At The Oscars For This Reason

Barbra Streisand chose not to introduce A Star Is Born at the Academy Awards, leaving film fans puzzled as to why she would instead choose to sing the praises of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman in its quest to win the Best Picture award. Streisand starred in the second remake of the film alongside Kris Kristofferson, which […]

5y ago

Piers Morgan Blasts 2019 Oscars As ‘Most Politically Correct’ And ‘Unfunniest’ In History

Piers Morgan Blasts 2019 Oscars As ‘Most Politically Correct’ And ‘Unfunniest’ In History

Controversial British journalist and TV host Piers Morgan took aim at the 91st Academy Awards in an op-ed published by The Daily Mail on Monday, as he described how Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony was the “unfunniest” and “most politically correct” in the event’s history. Despite praising Daily Show host Trevor Noah for what he felt […]

5y ago

Oscars Ratings Rise For First Time In Years

Oscars Ratings Rise For First Time In Years

Throughout all of the chaos of the Oscars season this year, with producers seeking to make the show shorter and trying in vain to find a host and shorten the show, the implicit reason behind most of those movies was to end the Academy Awards’ multiyear slide in ratings. The 2018 show’s ratings had actually […]

5y ago

Trump Accuses Spike Lee Of ‘Being Racist Toward Your President’ During His Oscar Speech

Trump Accuses Spike Lee Of ‘Being Racist Toward Your President’ During His Oscar Speech

Hot on the heels of an Oscar celebration that highlighted diversity and bore witness to numerous Hollywood A-listers criticizing him, President Donald Trump fired back, choosing director Spike Lee as the target for his ire, according to The Independent. The president, who is en route to a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in […]

5y ago

Spike Lee Reportedly Furious After ‘Green Book’ Won Oscar For Best Picture

Spike Lee Reportedly Furious After ‘Green Book’ Won Oscar For Best Picture

BlacKkKlansman director Spike Lee showed an array of different emotions during the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 24. While the 61-year-old filmmaker was more than ecstatic to win his very first Oscar earlier in the evening, he was reportedly visibly upset after learning that he did not win the night’s top prize, Best Picture. […]

5y ago

Spike Lee Says #OscarsSoWhite Is ‘Why We Got Nominations’ For ‘BlacKkKlansman’

Spike Lee Says #OscarsSoWhite Is ‘Why We Got Nominations’ For ‘BlacKkKlansman’

Director Spike Lee had some sharp words for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and the Oscars even as he accepted a different award Thursday night, saying that the #OscarsSoWhite movement had a lot to do with him even having a shot at taking home his first statuette on Sunday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. […]

5y ago

Oscars Reverse Course And Agree To Air All Award Categories After Hollywood Protest

Oscars Reverse Course And Agree To Air All Award Categories After Hollywood Protest

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reversed its controversial decision on Friday and announced that it would air all award categories live after facing a backlash from major Hollywood leaders, according to Variety. Previously, the academy had said that it would break with tradition and award four categories during commercial breaks in order […]

5y ago

Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese Call Out Academy For ‘Insulting’ Plan To Air Awards During Ad Breaks

Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese Call Out Academy For ‘Insulting’ Plan To Air Awards During Ad Breaks

A group of prominent film industry professionals has taken the Academy to task for their plan to air some award presentations during commercial breaks, a plan they called “an insult, according to the Hollywood Reporter. In the sharply-worded letter, dozens of filmmakers, cinematographers, and directors have called on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts to […]

5y ago

Spike Lee Boycotting Gucci & Prada Following Racist Controversies

Spike Lee Boycotting Gucci & Prada Following Racist Controversies

Spike Lee has announced he is boycotting designers Gucci and Prada, Page Six is reporting. The director took to Instagram to post that he would no longer purchase anything from the companies until an actual black person is available to help with the designs and potentially veto any racist imagery before the product hits the […]

5y ago

The Killers Release Politically Charged New Song ‘Land Of The Free’ Attacking Trump’s America

The Killers Release Politically Charged New Song ‘Land Of The Free’ Attacking Trump’s America

U.S. indie rock band The Killers has released a new politically charged single titled “Land of the Free,” which is an unashamed attack on Donald Trump’s America. The song touches on the issues of gun violence, racism, mass incarceration, and the border wall and is accompanied by a video directed by filmmaker Spike Lee, according […]

6y ago

Jada Pinkett Smith Once Had To Pull Out A Knife To Protect Herself From An Aggressive Ex-Boyfriend

Jada Pinkett Smith Once Had To Pull Out A Knife To Protect Herself From An Aggressive Ex-Boyfriend

Jada Pinkett Smith has been getting real on a variety of issues on her show Red Table Talk. The actress is joined by her daughter Willow and mother Adrienne as they discuss topics related to relationships, family, and race. On the latest episode, Smith opened up with her own experiences with domestic abuse. According to […]

6y ago

The Reviews For ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Suggest It May Be The Year’s First Oscar Frontrunner

The Reviews For ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Suggest It May Be The Year’s First Oscar Frontrunner

Spike Lee has been directing films since the late 1970s, but he officially broke through to mainstream attention in 1989 with Do The Right Thing, and in 1992 with the biopic Malcolm X. A critically acclaimed movie about the black rights activist who rose to prominence during the 1960s, Malcolm X starred Denzel Washington in […]

6y ago

Topher Grace Reveals How Spike Lee Got Him To Say The ‘N-Word’ In ‘BlacKkKlansman’

Topher Grace Reveals How Spike Lee Got Him To Say The ‘N-Word’ In ‘BlacKkKlansman’

On Friday, Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman is set to hit theaters and it is going to take a hard look at how blurred the racial lines were back in the ’70s. In the film, Topher Grace (That ’70s Show) is taking on the role of David Duke who is a former Grand Wizard of the Ku […]

6y ago

Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Contending For 2018 Palme d’Or With Strong Anti-Racism Message

Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Contending For 2018 Palme d’Or With Strong Anti-Racism Message

Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, receiving an almost 10-minute standing ovation from the audience. Although the film is a satirical comedy, the message is clearly a serious one. Spike Lee, himself, refers to the project as a “wake-up call for Trump’s America.” A majority of critics agree. According to Gold […]

6y ago

Spike Lee Tweets Announcement For A Colin Kaepernick Support Rally

Spike Lee Tweets Announcement For A Colin Kaepernick Support Rally

Film director Spike Lee tweeted a flyer Tuesday for a “United We Stand” support rally for Colin Kaepernick on August 23 at the NFL Headquarters, 345 Park Avenue, New York City. Lee clarified an hour later that he did not organize the rally himself, but he was throwing his support behind the event on behalf […]

7y ago

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