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Spike Lee Needed More Than Tea After Green Book Won the Oscar for Best Picture
After multiple Oscar nominations and an honorary award, Spike Lee finally won a competitive Oscar for co-writing the adapted screenplay for his film, BlacKkKlansman. However, he still had to take a backseat to Green Book, which won Best Picture of the year. Backstage, Spike channeled our best drunk uncle and had a few words to…
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Ruth E. Carter and Marci Rodgers Nab Costume Designers Guild Award Nominations for Black Panther and BlacKkKlansman
The BAFTAs may have turned a blind eye to the brilliance of legendary costume designer Ruth E. Carter, but a jury of her peers see the light. Recognizing her incredible artistry in Black Panther, Carter has been nominated for a 2019 Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film for her work on the…
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BlacKkKlansMan Wins Top Prize at Cannes, Spike Lee’s 1st-Ever Nod From the French Film Fest
Love Spike Lee to death, but we wouldn’t be throwing that much shade if we said that sometimes the big homie’s films are about as good as his beloved Knicks in the playoffs. But if reports from the 2018 Cannes Film Festival are accurate, Lee’s got a winner in BlacKkKlansman, which not only received a…
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Spike Lee Rips Donald Trump: ‘That Motherfucker Did Not Denounce the Motherfucking Klan’
Spike Lee is not a man to mince words, and during a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival to promote his upcoming film BlacKkKlansman, the prolific director ripped President Donald Trump a new one because of his refusal to denounce the Ku Klux Klan after the Unite the Right white supremacy rally in August…
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Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman Gets Standing Ovation at Cannes
Filmmaker Spike Lee’s latest offering, BlacKkKlansman, is set to be released on Aug. 10, the one-year anniversary of the deadly Charlottesville, Va., white nationalist rally. At its world premiere in Cannes, the film received 10 minutes of applause and standing ovation. As the Hollywood Reporter notes, Lee was previously overlooked for the Palme d’Or in…