Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorVimeo announced the expected 11 members of its board of directors ahead of the video-hosting platform’s spinoff from IAC — a group that includes noted filmmakers Spike Lee and George C.
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Film director and New York Knicks superfan Spike Lee has blasted Madison Square Garden security for hassling Patrick Ewing, the Georgetown basketball coach who was involved in an incident earlier this week.
Ewing, a Knicks legend whose jersey hangs in the rafters of the world’s most famous arena, claimed he was “accosted” by security on Thursday while he prepared to coach Georgetown in the Big East Tournament.
Lee underwent similar problems with MSG security before, and vented on ESPN’s First
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorVimeo announced the expected 11 members of its board of directors ahead of the video-hosting platform’s spinoff from IAC — a group that includes noted filmmakers Spike Lee and George C.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorCopenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival, better known as CPH:DOX, has unveiled its full program, which includes the screenings of 180 films, interactive art, and 40 live debates and talks with artists, experts and opinion-makers.The festival offers new films from a number of leading directors.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment has agreed to acquire MSG Networks in an all-stock deal, setting up a recombination of the two companies.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment has reached an agreement to acquire MSG Networks in an all-stock deal, confirming long-simmering press speculation.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon welcomed a live, albeit reduced, studio audience to its taping last night, with the host sharing space with an invited group of first responders and health care workers.
health crisis. It's set to take place July 6-17.Lee is the first Black person to head the Cannes jury, which selects one of cinema's top prizes, the Palme d'Or.Pierre Lescure, president of the festival, praised Lee for his loyalty and spirit.“Throughout the months of uncertainty we’ve just been through, Spike Lee has never stopped encouraging us,” said Lescure in a statement.
Spike Lee, who was set to lead last year’s jury for the Cannes Film Festival that was ultimately cancelled by the pandemic, will preside over this year’s jury instead.
Spike Lee will head up this year's competition jury for the Cannes International Film Festival, organizers announced on Tuesday. He had been tapped to head up the jury for the 2020 festival, which ended up getting canceled due to the pandemic.
The Cannes Film Festival said Tuesday that Spike Lee will be its jury president in 2021, one year after he was due to preside over the festival but couldn’t due to its cancellation.
It is truly beginning to feel like we’re in a time loop. It was only a year ago when the Cannes Film Festival announced that Spike Lee would be the Jury President for the film festival.
Spike Lee has been named jury president for this year’s Cannes Film Festival, returning to the fest after previously being named jury president for last year’s canceled edition due to the coronavirus.This year’s festival will take place later than usual but is scheduled for July 6-17.“Throughout the months of uncertainty we’ve just been through, Spike Lee has never stopped encouraging us.
By Lisa RichwineLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Directors Spike Lee and Regina King were left off the list of this year's Academy Awards contenders, though voters made history by nominating two women in the directing category for the first time. Lee's Vietnam War film "Da 5 Bloods," which is vying for the top movie honor at the upcoming Screen Actors Guild awards, was nearly absent from this year's Oscar nominees.
describing the multi-part documentary as “an epic chronicle of life, loss and survival in the city of New York over the twenty years since the September 11th attacks.”In interviews with some 200 New Yorkers and firsthand 9/11 accounts, Lee reveals the resilience of the city in the two decades since the deadliest terror attack on American soil — and now through the painful prism of the pandemic. “As a New Yawker who bleeds orange and blue (the colors of New York City), I’m proud to have a ‘Spike
Mónica Marie Zorrilla HBO Documentary Films and Academy Award and Emmy-winning director and screenwriter Spike Lee are currently in production on “NYC Epicenters 9/11→ 2021½,” a film that will chronicle the life, loss and survival of New York City residents over the twenty years since the terrorist attacks on the original World Trade Center complex.“As a New Yawker who bleeds orange and blue (the colors of New York City), I’m proud to have a ‘Spike Lee Joint’ about how our/my city dealt with
Director Spike Lee and HBO Documentary Films are in production on NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½, a multi-part documentary described by the network as “an epic chronicle of life, loss and survival in the city of New York over the twenty years since the September 11th attacks.” The epicenters of the title refer to both 9/11 and Covid-19.
Fresh off the successful debut of his recent concert film, “David Byrne’s American Utopia,” it appears Spike Lee is ready to keep his relationship with HBO going strong with another project, a new docuseries focused on New York City and the events of the past 20 years, “NYC Epicenters 9/11→2021½.” READ MORE: Delroy Lindo Revisits ‘Da 5 Bloods’ & Chadwick Boseman’s First Day On Set [Interview] According to HBO, production has already begun on Spike Lee’s next documentary project, “NYC Epicenters
Also Read: 'TheWrap-Up' Podcast: Spike Lee and Delroy Lindo From 'Da 5 Bloods'“As a New Yawker who bleeds orange and blue (the colors of New York City), I’m proud to have a ‘Spike Lee Joint’ about how our/my city dealt with being the epicenters of 9/11 and COVID-19,” Lee said in a statement. “With over 200 interviews, we dig deep into what makes NYC the greatest city on this God’s earth and also the diverse citizens who make it so.
Spike Lee’s children Satchel and Jackson may have made history as Golden Globe Ambassadors this year, but many are wondering why the Globes snubbed Spike and his film “Da 5 Bloods”.
Jackson and Satchel Lee strike a pose together on the red carpet as they arrive for the 2021 Golden Globes held at The Beverly Hilton on Sunday (February 28) in Beverly Hills, Calif.