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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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Spike Lee urges Shippensburg students to follow passion, not pay
waynesboro@herald-mail.comFilmmaker Spike Lee urged Shippensburg University students Thursday night to enter a career field for which they are passionate. “You can’t choose a major based on how much money you’ll make,” he said. Lee, whose films include...Tags: Entertainment, Brooklyn (New York City), Awards and Prizes, Elizabeth Taylor, Malcolm X
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Five for your planner: Monday, Feb. 13
1. Spike Lee for H.O.P.E.
H.O.P.E. Diversity Scholarship Program will present Spike Lee, who will discuss "The Cultural Diversity in America" at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at Shippensburg University's H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center, 1871 Old Main...Tags: Entertainment, Fine Artists, Auction Service, Arts and Culture, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Charlie Idol does the right thing
I've never seen Spike Lee's 1989 film "Do the Right Thing." The Oscar nominated motion picture is on my long list of I'll-get-to-it-one-of-these-days intendeds; meanwhile, I'll borrow the title. My young friend Charles Idol recently did the right...Tags: Entertainment, Economy, Business and Finance, Arts and Culture, Elections, Restaurants
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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: Howard Stern , Entertainment, Chris Farley, Reviews, Schindler's List (movie)
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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: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Fine Artists, Arts and Culture, Long Wharf Theatre, Festive Events
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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: Soundgarden (music group), Chris Cornell, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Pearl Jam (music group), Carole King
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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: Entertainment, Music, Red Hook Summer (movie), Jerry Garcia, Keith Jarrett
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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: Murder, Fine Artists, Zynga Inc., Barack Obama, Stock Market
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Friday's local college basketball roundup: VCU withstands Saint Joseph's to reach semis in Rams' A-10 tournament debut
Staff, wire reportsTreveon Graham scored 17 point as hot-shooting VCU beat Saint Joseph's 82-79 in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament Friday night in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Rams, seeded second and ranked 25th by The Associated Press, made 11 3-pointers to build...Tags: College Sports, Hampton University, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, UMass Minutemen, Khalif Wyatt
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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: World War II (1939-1945), Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Boxing, Robin Givens
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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: Boxing, Television, Mike Tyson, Cialis (drug), Chazz Palminteri
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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: Entertainment, Brownsville, Arts and Culture, Mike Tyson, Prisons
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