Spike Lee Becomes 34th Recipient Of American Cinematheque Award And Vows To Keep Going: “If You Love What You Are Doing You Can Delay Father Time”

Andra Day gained fame as a singer thanks to her hit anthem “Rise Up”, but she’ll soon be seen making her acting debut in the role of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in the Lee Daniels-directed biopic “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”.

When 90 Day Fiancé premiered in Jan. 2014, the TLC show gave long distance shots at love a whole new meaning.

Also Read: 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' Leads 2021 Independent Spirit Awards NominationsThe list was dramatically different from the AFI top 10 list released on Monday by the American Film Institute.

NEW YORK -- Illustrator Michaela Goade became the first Native American to win the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for best children's picture story, cited for “We Are Water Protectors.”Tae Keller's “When You Trap a Tiger” won the John Newbery Medal for the outstanding children's book overall of 2020.Jacqueline Woodson, whose previous honors include a National Book Award, won her third Coretta Scott King Award for best work by a Black author for “Before the Ever After.” And a tribute to

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.

“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.

Lee Isaac Chung’s family drama Minari is named after a Korean herb that “comes in the pockets of immigrants, dies in the first year, thrives in the second, purifies the water and the soil around it.” There couldn’t be a more perfect analogy for this story about the American Dream.

EXCLUSIVE: Don DeLillo’s novel Libra, a speculative account of the plot to assassinate John F. Kennedy interwoven with the life story of his assassin Lee Oswald, is being adapted for television.

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.

Spike Lee is reflecting on his legacy as he's honored with the 34th American Cinematheque Award. The 63-year-old filmmaker was recognized for his contributions to the industry, as well as how his bodies of work have impacted society.«First of all I'm blessed,» Lee tells ET's Nishcelle Turner of the honor.

Spike Lee is paying tribute to Chadwick Boseman.

The trailer for Vanessa Kirby and Katherine Waterston‘s new period drama The World to Come has been released.

Angelique Jackson Storied filmmaker Spike Lee is the latest in a long line of auteurs to be awarded honors by the American Cinematheque.The ceremony celebrating Lee’s more than three decade-career was presented virtually due to the ongoing pandemic.

Robert F. Liu, theChina-born cinematographer who received Emmy nominations for his work on Lou Grantand Family Ties, died Sunday, the American Society of Cinematographers announced.

On a list of Civil Rights movement leaders, few people would think to name Billie Holiday. But in his new movie, The United States vs Billie Holiday, starring Andra Day, Lee Daniels shines a light on that facet of the jazz singer’s story, in which Holiday’s 1939 song about lynching, "Strange Fruit," made her a target of the FBI.

Clayton Davis Lee Daniels’ “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” is the next enigma in this awards season and could prove to be one of the more divisive entries.