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Spike Lee (pictured) and his criticism of the gentrification of New York, more specifically Brooklyn, was one of the most-buzzed about topics in the news yesterday. After his appearance as a guest lecturer at the Pratt Institute this week where he railed against how much the city has changed, Brooklyn residents have lashed out at the famed […]

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Spike Lee (pictured) has spoken at length in times past about how his beloved borough of Brooklyn has changed over the years due to gentrification. Last night, the director unleashed a fiery rant about New York’s rapidly changing landscape during a talk and was frank about his disgust at people of color being pushed out. RELATED: Spike […]

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Spike Lee and Tyler Perry, two creative minds whose body of work has secured them legions of fans globally, have been depicted as arch enemies over the last few years in the dog-eat-dog Hollywood film industry. Both men have uttered unkind statements about the other. Now Lee, whom many actually point the finger of blame at for igniting […]

After being called out for homophobia in his classic film School Daze, on Twitter Monday evening, legendary filmmaker Spike Lee vigorously defended his work and called the criticism “off.” RELATED: Legendary Activist, Comedian Dick Gregory On ‘Django Unchained’: Spike Lee Is A Punk And A Thug [VIDEO] Luther ‘Uncle Luke’ Campbell: Spike Lee Is A Conniving and Scheming Uncle Tom […]

Django Unchained star, Jamie Foxx, is the latest entertainer to sharply criticize legendary director Spike Lee over his blanket negative assessment of the film and its creator, Quentin Tarantino, saying that the iconic film-maker had “run his course,” reports The Guardian. The question for me is: where’s Spike Lee coming from?” Foxx said. “He didn’t […]

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Legendary social activist, comedian, and author Dick Gregory weighed in on the controversial Quentin Tarantino film “Django Unchained,” and he made some controversial comments about film director Spike Lee. In an interview posted to YouTube.com, Gregory says that the movie spoke to him in ways that no film had in all his years on earth. […]

When Director Spike Lee said that he wouldn’t be supporting Quentin Tarantino‘s ‘Django Unchained,’ my reaction was simple (and said with one raised eyebrow): “[Lee] has had a Black woman play a crackhead, a Black man get drunk and kill his wife, a Black woman make a living having phone sex with wealthy, White men […]

Director Spike Lee has never been one to hold his tongue when it comes to matters of politics and race, and when he weighed in on President Barack Obama while sitting down with CNN’s Don Lemon, he stayed true to form, reports Eurweb.com. RELATED: It’s Official: Romney Taps Paul Ryan As His Running Mate [VIDEO] When asked […]

The ’90s was a time when being Black was kind of cool: There were a slew of popular Black TV shows, plenty of Black movies that hit the scene, rap even earned its spot as a respected art form, and we elected our first “Black” president with Bill Clinton!  Yet with all of the good […]

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — An elderly couple who reported being forced to leave their Florida home when a Twitter posting that Spike Lee helped spread listed their address as that of the man who shot an unarmed teen has settled with the director. The couple’s attorney, Matt Morgan, announced the settlement Thursday. Morgan says Lee […]

Call it a lesson in the power of Twitter. Respected film director Spike Lee was one of many Twitter users who retweeted the wrong address of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed Florida teen Trayvon Martin in February. RELATED: Trayvon’s Parents Find Support On Capitol Hill Since the case has made […]

A former hoops star from Brooklyn has claimed that director Spike Lee has failed to give him proper credit or compensation for being the inspiration for the 1998 film, He Got Game, according to a New York Daily News report. SEE ALSO: Starbucks Launches Juice Bar Chain Maurice Ballard, now 37, spent part of his […]