Lee Daniels The first time I saw myself on-screen was in 1972. The film was “Lady Sings the Blues,” a cinematic masterpiece about jazz icon Billie Holiday.
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All Time Low have approved of a sea shanty cover of their 2008 single ‘Dear Maria, Count Me In’.The US band shared a clip of British musician Sam Pope’s rendition which transforms their pop-punk track into a swashbuckling tune in line with the viral TikTok trend.While sharing Pope’s cover yesterday (January 27), the band wrote: “It was only a matter of time.”It was only a matter of timehttps://t.co/py48hW6GVP pic.twitter.com/lRtyLszJ1P— All Time Low (@AllTimeLow) January 27, 2021In related news,
.Lee Daniels The first time I saw myself on-screen was in 1972. The film was “Lady Sings the Blues,” a cinematic masterpiece about jazz icon Billie Holiday.
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Minari, which opens today, is the most autobiographical film of this award season — a distinction that only highlights how painstakingly, yet disarmingly, the multigenerational drama was made.
Spike Lee is receiving a major honour.
Spike Lee will be honored by the American Cinema Editors with its ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award “in recognition of his distinguished achievement in the art and business of film.” The award will be presented at the 71st annual ACE Eddie Awards on April 18. Exact plans for the ceremony are still to be determined but will likely be a virtual event due to the pandemic.
EXCLUSIVE: While 2020 was most everyone’s worst year, you’d be hard pressed to find a filmmaker who got more done than Spike Lee.
Kemar Roofe has received a two-match ban for a tackle in the match against St Johnstone last Wednesday despite an appeal.The English striker was pulled up by a three-person disciplinary panel after a challenge on midfielder Murray Davidson on the stretch.The tackle was deemed worthy of a yellow card at the time by referee David Munro but that prompted further action from the governing body.Ibrox manager Steven Gerrard believed there was little intent behind Roofe's actions and confirmed the club
Liz Phair has released ‘Hey Lou’, her first new song in two years.The American singer’s latest effort is a heartfelt homage to both Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson and comes accompanied by a video that features puppet versions of both iconic artists.While the track itself features references to Anderson’s seminal classic ‘O Superman’, Phair says it is a behind-closed-doors look at their famous relationship.“Have you ever wondered what love looks like for your favorite celebrity couple behind closed
President Joe Biden will participate in a CNN town hall next week in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, answering questions from Americans as the nation struggles to contain the coronavirus pandemic and jumpstart a troubled economy.
It’s hard not to mistake Rafferty “Raff” Law for his father. The 24-year-old son of Jude Law, 48, looks exactly like the Sherlock Holmes star, especially in the pictures appearing in British GQ’s digital weekly, GQ Hype. With stunning blue eyes, a dimpled chin, and curly locks, Raff – born Rafferty Jellicoe Frost Law – has already locked down looking like a movie star. He just now needs a film career to match – and that will likely come sooner than later.
Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler.Lee was making an acceptance speech at the New York Film Critics Awards yesterday (24 January), with his message pre-recorded on January 6, the day a mob of pro-Trump supporters rioted at the US Capitol building.Winning an award for his 2020 short film New York New York, which was filmed during the coronavirus pandemic, Lee reflected on the riot and said the country needed to come together at the “crossroads” they find themselves at.“It’s a very sad day in the
Spike Lee was honoured with a special award during the New York Film Critics Circle.
To follow up his 2017 breakout indie hit God’s Own Country, Francis Lee found inspiration in the story of a little-known British fossil collector named Mary Anning. For Ammonite, he embellished what little is known about Anning, fashioning a romantic story for her, and cast Kate Winslet as the enigmatic heroine and Saoirse Ronan as the young woman who cracks her shell.
“When I thought of Billie Holiday, I just thought of her as a jazz singer, maybe a troubled artist, you hear about drugs, a little bit of trouble with the law,” says Lee Daniels, director of the upcoming biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday. With all that Holiday accomplished during her storied career, rarely highlighted is her work in the civil rights movement of the 1930s and ’40s, which was why Daniels was inspired to tackle this project.
It’s the end of an era at The End Of The F***ing World and Misfits producer Clerkenwell Films, where founder Murray Ferguson is leaving after 23 years and BBC Studios is taking full control of the business.
A lot of the discussion surrounding Christopher Nolan last year was how he wanted to release “Tenet” in theaters to help provide a spark for the industry to hopefully bring people back to cinemas and help resuscitate an industry that has been hit incredibly hard since the pandemic began.
Spike Lee says his wife Tonya Lewis Lee deserves “all the credit” for bringing up their two children. The 63-year-old filmmaker heaped praise on his “beautiful” spouse for raising Satchel, 26, and Jackson, 24, while he was often away making movies.