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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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Indy gets dose of star power with Super Bowl
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana — the place where Peyton Manning, Larry Bird, the Hoosiers and more have created the stuff of legend — is undoubtedly a sports mecca. A celeb magnet however? Not so much. But that will change over the next...Tags: American Football Conference, Carolina Panthers, Neil Patrick Harris, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg
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'Twilight' star Kellan Lutz defends Gisele
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — "Twlight" star Kellan Lutz sympathizes with Gisele Bundchen. Earlier in the week, some criticized the supermodel and wife of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady after an email she reportedly sent to friends and family...Tags: NFL Pro Bowl, Matthew Morrison, Celebrities, Football, New York Giants
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Cee Lo rocks NBA All-Star festivities in L.A.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fresh off his duet with Gwyneth Paltrow at the Grammy Awards, Cee Lo returned to Staples Center for NBA All-Star Saturday night. The singer-songwriter performed the cleaned-up version of his hit "Forget You," the same song he,...Tags: Los Angeles Clippers, Staples Center, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Boston Celtics, Terrell Owens
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Ebert and Siskel interview each other
This story originally ran in The Tribune's Arts & Entertainment section on April 19, 1998. Movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert have co-hosted the weekly, nationally syndicated film review TV show “Siskel & Ebert” for the past 23 years,...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Roger Ebert, Chris Farley, Game Playing, Television
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Aaron Neville, "War Horse" Creators, Kronos Quartet Highlight New Haven Festival
Hartford CourantThe latest show from the British director and South African puppeteers of Broadway’s award-winning “War Horse,” a premiere of a chamber opera based on a Chekhov short story, performance by Aaron Neville and the Kronos Quartet and talks...Tags: Rituals, Concerts, Entertainment Events, Religion and Belief, Africa
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King, Fogerty, Brown To Attend Rock Hall Induction Ceremony
Several major artists have been announced as additional presenters and performers at the 28th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, taking place April 18 in Los Angeles. Carole King will perform for inductee Lou Adler, John Fogerty and...
Tags: Jerry Cantrell, Harry Belafonte, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Randy Newman, Pearl Jam (music group)
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Concert review: Bruce Hornsby at Plaza Live
For even the most experienced performers, there’s an art to working in the spotlight alone. It takes more than solid material, more than self-assurance and engaging stage presence. All of those elements are required, of course, along with...
Tags: Keith Jarrett, Music, Red Hook Summer (movie), Jerry Garcia, Entertainment
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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: DMX, Stock Market, Toronto International Film Festival, NYSE Euronext, Inc., Entertainment Events
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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: Heavyweight, Brad Pitt, Human Interest, Boxing, Cannibalism
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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: Human Interest, NBC (tv network), Morphine (drug), Chazz Palminteri, Personal Service
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Tyson on his game for 'Undisputed'
The room became dark at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, where Jay-Z lyrics in the song, "Ni**as In Paris," repeated loudly. "Jackson, Tyson, Jordan, Game Six," looped on the sound system. And then just, "Tyson. Tyson. Tyson." The crowd cheered...
Tags: Prisons, Juliette Lewis, Human Interest, Charlize Theron, Dennis Miller
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'Stoker' review: Fear and loving in Connecticut
*** (out of four) Many thrillers contain eerie, mysterious figures and a villain waiting for just the right time to strike. Not many thrillers grant attention to the unnerving crackle of an eggshell or, gulp, a young girl’s orgasmic fantasy about...
Tags: Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Mia Wasikowska
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