Lee Daniels: ‘No one sees the world the way I see it – and certainly not these old white men’

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime’s forthcoming American Rust has added Mark Pellegrino (Dexter) as a series regular. He joins Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney in the drama series which is scheduled to begin production in Pittsburgh in late March.

If you ever wondered what it’d be like if Lee Daniels directed a “Wolverine” movie, congratulations, because you may be Hugh Jackman. READ MORE: Russo Brothers Say Cut ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Sequences Could Still Show Up One Day & Still Would “Love A Crack At Wolverine” In a recent interview with Collider to promote his latest film, “The United States vs.

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COVID-related deaths.Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney is feeling better after her recent hospitalization for kidney stones, but she's not out of the woods yet.

Cops are investigating an attempted break-in that took place at Sandra Lee's Malibu, Calif. home. According to an incident report obtained by People magazine, a masked intruder attempted to break into Lee's property shortly after midnight on Feb.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorAndra Day was effervescent on Sunday evening after winning the Golden Globe Award for lead actress in drama for portraying the legendary jazz musician in “The United States Vs. Billie Holiday.”She gushed about her experience working with director Lee Daniels and all that he did to make her soar in the role of the troubled singer.“I can’t say enough about the brilliance of Lee Daniels.

History will be made at this year’s Golden Globes. For the first time in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s history, two siblings of color – Jackson Lee, 23, and Satchel Lee, 26 — will serve as ambassadors during the awards show ceremony.

The 2021 Golden Globes is featuring siblings as the 78th annual ceremony’s ambassadors, as director Spike Lee‘s son Jackson and daughter Satchel will getting to shine on the telecast. It won’t be the usual handing awards to the winners and showing them the direction to exit offstage, due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing a smaller ceremony with many of the nominees appearing remotely.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday” was the product of a year-and-a-half of research and planning, even before shooting began in late 2019.“These songs don’t sound like a record from that time,” executive music producer Salaam Remi tells Variety.

Spike and Tonya Lewis Lee's children, Satchel and Jackson, were raised to be unafraid of self-expression. But this year's Golden Globes Ambassadors are surprisingly soft-spoken, mixing thoughtfulness with the candor for which their auteur father is so well known.

Andra Day as Billie Holiday, who has already been nominated for two Golden Globes for the performance. The harrowing tale of Holiday’s traumatic childhood and tumultuous life in the spotlight has been famously recounted in the 1972 classic “Lady Sings the Blues,” starring Diana Ross, and on Broadway in the musical “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” led by Audra McDonald in 2014.

Lee Daniels tells ET’s Nischelle Turner as the game-changing filmmaker looks back on his career in Hollywood, which includes directing Oprah Winfrey in as well as helming, the first major biopic about the legendary jazz singer since 1972’s.

Andra Day is about to make a bigger name for herself, portraying legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in Lee Daniels’ biopic,. This marks the first lead onscreen role for the 36-year-old performer, who opens up to ET’s Rachel Smith about the dramatic transformation she went through to embody the 1940s icon.

Also Read: Spike Lee to Direct Musical About Invention of Viagra for eOne“Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulu” will be produced by Spike Lee, Lloyd Levin and Beatriz Levin. Lloyd Levin and Beatriz Levin initially optioned the spec screenplay from Woon and brought the film to Bristol and Lee.“Gordon Hemingway” will also have visual effects from the team at Goodbye Kansas.

Marvel fans have pointed out a touching tribute to late comic book writer Stan Lee in the latest episode of WandaVision.In the opening credits of episode seven, Wanda’s name is spelled out in a number of different ways including a number plate that features the numbers 122822 above it.Fans on Twitter pointed out that the date represents Stan Lee’s birthday, December 28, 1922.“In the opening scene of #WandaVision, one of these titles shows Wanda’s name on a license plate with the number 122822,”

Lee Daniels didn’t want to touch the story of Billie Holiday. “Lady Sings the Blues” already existed after all.