Spike Lee Says He Understands Why Chadwick Boseman Didn't Tell Him He Was Sick

"God willing we'll all be back working together," said Spike Lee as he accepted the Trailblazer Award on Saturday during a virtual presentation of the 7th annual Location Managers Guild International Awards. Lee saluted location managers, saying without them, "I would not be able do what I do" as he rarely shoots on sets.

The American Cinematheque will honor Spike Lee with its 34th American Cinematheque Award, which will be presented Jan. 14, 2021 as part of a pandemic-era virtual tribute.

Ever since the pandemic darkened theaters earlier this year, sending the entire performing arts world into a catastrophic state of limbo, we’ve seen all manner of creative virtual substitutes: Digital dance seasons, clever musical mashups, a live-captured version of “Hamilton.”Many of these have been good, some great. Yet none have truly matched the visceral experience many of us crave so profoundly: live performance, in a theater.

David Byrne and Spike Lee have shared their fears over the forthcoming US presidential election.The pair, who recently teamed up for a film version of Byrne’s show ‘American Utopia’, have said they fear Donald Trump could get a second term despite Joe Biden being ahead in the polls.Byrne said: “I’m scared about the election.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorShooting black-and-white still photography has long been a passion for “Clemency” cinematographer Eric Branco.

Da 5 Bloods' Spike Lee has opened up about working with late actor Chadwick Boseman, and how his passing has since changed the director's interpretation of his character in the Netflix movie. The filmmaker said he was "in shock" when he found out that the Marvel star had died of colon cancer on August 28, and that he and his wife immediately rewatched the acclaimed war drama after they learned the news.

Chadwick Boseman, especially because he never thought the actor was battling cancer on the set of his latest Netflix movie ‘Da 5 Bloods.’The Oscar winning director casted the actor for his last movie and revealed Boseman never discussed his diagnosis, “he did not look well, but my mind never took that he had cancer,” referring to scenes in the movie that were shot in Thailand, “It was 100 degrees every day.

Chadwick Boseman was a soldier until the very end.

Even though Spike Lee is a diehard Knicks fan and a longtime resident of NYC, the latter of which has been under attack recently due to its strict COVID precautions, the filmmaker is having one hell of a 2020. Not only is his recent Netflix feature, “Da 5 Bloods,” deep in the conversation for awards season but he’s also set to release a new HBO film, “David Byrne’s American Utopia” later this month.

Director Spike Lee is opening up about not knowing that Chadwick Boseman was sick with colon cancer while filming Da 5 Bloods, which was released earlier this year.

Clayton Davis In a new cover story with Variety, director Spike Lee talked about working with Chadwick Boseman on “Da 5 Bloods.” The Vietnam war drama, which came out on Netflix over the summer, would be one of the last roles for the 43-year-old actor, who died in August from colon cancer.“I didn’t know Chad was sick,” Lee said. “He did not look well, but my mind never took that he had cancer.

Director Spike Lee is opening up about the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman as he recalls working with the actor on his recent film “Da 5 Bloods”.

Spike Lee still gets recognized on a walk in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.On this sunny September morning, the 63-year-old director and activist is participating in a socially distanced photo shoot on the street outside his production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. As Lee stands on the corner, a dark Subaru screeches to a halt.

Thomas Jefferson Byrd was an actor known for roles in Spike Lee films including “Clockers” and “Get on the Bus.”Byrd worked with Lee in a number of the acclaimed director’s films, beginning with 1995’s “Clockers,” in which he played a drug lord’s enforcer. Byrd would return to the big screen in Lee’s “Girl 6” (1996), “Get on the Bus” (1996), “He Got Game” (1998), “Bamboozled” (2000), “Red Hook Summer” (2012), “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” (2014) and “Chi-Raq” (2015).

In an Instagram post Sunday, Lee said he was sad to announce Byrd’s death and recalled how the actor “did his thang” in his films including “Clockers,” “Chi-Raq,” “Bamboozled,” “He Got Game” and “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus,” among others.“May we all wish condolences and blessings to his family,” Lee wrote.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— Writer-director-star Radha Blank’s witty and vibrant directorial debut, “The Forty-Year-Old Version” made a splash at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where she won the directing prize and earned comparisons to a young Spike Lee.

Spike Lee is paying tribute to late actorThomas Jefferson Byrd, who starredin a myriad of the director's films including Clockers, He Got Game and Red Hook Summer. Lee took to Instagram Sunday to reveal that Byrd was murdered Saturday night in Atlanta, Georgia.In his post, Lee shared a photo of Thomas as the character Errol Barnes in his 1995 film, Clockers.

Clockers, Bamboozled and Chi-Raq, was found over the weekend after police were called to a home in Atlanta.They found an unresponsive man, who was pronounced dead by paramedics from multiple gunshot wounds to the back, Atlanta police spokesperson Anthony Grant confirmed (via USA Today).Grant added that homicide detectives were “working to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident”.