Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn what may be a case of unfortunate timing, Kendrick Lamar will appear in an extended Spotify podcast series that examines his classic 2015 album “To Pimp a Butterfly” — premiering Wednesday (Feb. 16).
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Ellise Shafer Spike Lee is set to direct a multi-part documentary on athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick for ESPN Films, Variety has confirmed.Production has started on the documentary, which was first announced in July 2020 as part of Kaepernick’s first-look deal with Walt Disney through his production company, Ra Vision Media.“Kaepernick, who has never given a full, first-person account of his journey, is collaborating closely with Lee who plans to use extensive new interviews and a vast never-before-seen archive to help Kaepernick tell his story from his perspective,” the press release states.Kaepernick recently executive produced and starred in the Netflix series “Colin in Black & White,” which premiered on the streamer in October. Starring Jaden Michael as a young Kaepernick, the show chronicles the athlete’s formative years, focusing on how he navigated obstacles of race, culture and class as a Black child adopted into a white family.
Kaepernick rose to prominence in the football world as the quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. He played six seasons in the NFL, leading the team in championship games including Super Bowl XLVII.
In 2016, Kaepernick began to kneel during the national anthem in order to protest police brutality and systemic racism in America. After that season ended, Kaepernick became a free agent and went unsigned by any other NFL team.
In November 2017, the former player filed a grievance with the NFL, claiming that they were conspiring to keep him out of the league. In February 2019, he reached a settlement with the NFL and remains a free agent.Trailblazing director Lee, who won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay for 2019’s “BlacKkKlansman,” most recently helmed Netflix’s “Da 5 Bloods.”
.Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn what may be a case of unfortunate timing, Kendrick Lamar will appear in an extended Spotify podcast series that examines his classic 2015 album “To Pimp a Butterfly” — premiering Wednesday (Feb. 16).
Eminem from taking a knee during his appearance at this year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show.Eminem performed during Sunday’s (February 13) show at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California along with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J.
When Eminem finished performing his song "Lose Yourself" during the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show he took a knee. Though unconfirmed by the man himself, many have interpreted this as a show of support for Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers player who was largely ostracized by the league after he began kneeling before games in 2016. Early reports from Sunday suggested that Eminem had been prohibited from making the gesture while on stage, and that his decision to do it went against the NFL's demands.
EXCLUSIVE: NFL fans are going to see Colin Kaepernick at the Super Bowl tomorrow.
Alvin Deutsch, the attorney who represented singer Peggy Lee in her landmark victory over Walt Disney Productions and more recently tangled with Broadway producer Scott Rudin and the estate of author Harper Lee over rights to a stage production of To Kill A Mockingbird, died Oct. 6 at his home in New York City. He was 89.
EXCLUSIVE: Abbey Lee (The Neon Demon, Lovecraft Country) and Christopher Abbott (Black Bear, Catch-22) are attached to lead Fear is the Rider, a chase thriller from BAFTA-nominated director John Michael McDonagh (The Guard, Calvary, The Forgiven) that The Exchange is introducing to international buyers at the 2022 virtual EFM.
Flag on the play. From Tom Brady’s Deflategate to Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protests, the NFL has been at the center of several controversies through the years.
Bolton Wanderers will appeal Ricardo Almeida Santos' red card in the draw against Morecambe if the Whites feel a 'clear and obvious' error has been made.
EXCLUSIVE: Disney Branded Television has assembled well known Disney talent for Prom Pact (working title), a teen rom-com movie for Disney+. Prom Pact, which I hear is among several original movies DBT will be announcing during their TCA session tomorrow, is toplined by Disney Channel favorites, former Andi Mack star Peyton Elizabeth Lee, who is now the lead of Disney+’s Doogie Kamealoha, M.D., and Zombies‘ Milo Manheim, who also was a runner-up on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. The film comes from Julie Bowen, star of ABC’s signature comedy Modern Family, and Melvin Mar, producer behind such Disney series as ABC’s Fresh off the Boat and Disney+’s Doogie Kamealoha, M.D., headlined by Lee.
Spike Lee will direct a multi-part documentary for ESPN on Colin Kaepernick that features extensive interviews with the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and access to his personal archive.
Over his long career, Spike Lee has always jumped back and forth between documentaries and narrative features. It seems as if the filmmaker doesn’t necessarily think about what people expect from him and just does what he wants.
football in 2016, the same year he started kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice. Although the NFL has encouraged teams to look at Kaepernick, he has yet to receive another pro contract.No title or release date for the docu-series was announced.Lee directed the 2009 film, “Kobe Doin' Work,” on Lakers great Kobe Bryant.
Spike Lee and Colin Kaepernick are teaming up with ESPN to tackle the life and career of the activist and former NFL player.
infamous 1995 sex tape, premieres Wednesday on Hulu — and it doesn’t take long before s–t gets weird.Lily James and Sebastian Stan star as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, the bikini-clad “Baywatch” star and bad-boy Mötley Crüe drummer — recently divorced from Heather Locklear — who meet-cute in an LA club and, four days later, get married on the beach in Mexico.They settle into Lee’s ginormous Malibu estate, which is undergoing major renovations. When Lee — a childish, arrogant jerk who struts around in thong underwear — fires carpenter Rand Gauthier (Seth Rogen) and refuses to pay him the thousands he owes him or return his tool box, Gauthier (an ex-porn actor) steals Lee’s safe from his garage.
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As one of Hollywood’s most on-again, off-again couples, fans have always wondered: Why did Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee divorce? The reason has to do with more than their infamous sex tape.
Stranger than fiction. Pam & Tommy is a fictionalized version of a real-life scandal that engulfed Pamela Anderson and then-husband Tommy Lee in the 1990s, but the truth behind the series is full of unbelievable twists and turns.
For years, fans have wondered what the true story was around Pamela Anderson’s sex tape with Tommy Lee and whether the former couple made any money from the leaked private video.