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Patti Smith Receives Key To New York City: "I Wish I Could Give NYC The Key To Me"
Last week, Mayor de Blasio gave a key to Spike Lee.
By
Jen Chung
Arts & Entertainment
First Trailer Released For Spike Lee's New "NYC Epicenters" Docuseries
From 9/11 to the pandemic, NYC EPICENTERS 9/11➔2021½ "is an epic chronicle" of the past twenty years in what Lee calls "the greatest city on this God’s earth."
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Film Forum To Screen New 4K Restoration Of "Do The Right Thing"
The classic, Oscar-nominated movie by Spike Lee is set in Brooklyn on the hottest day of the year.
By
Jen Chung
News
Former Wall Street Exec Ray McGuire Drops Spike Lee-Narrated Video To Launch Mayoral Bid
"Every New Yorker deserves a chance to get back in the game, and all of New York deserves a leader who can bring the city together and solve this crisis," he says.
By
Brigid Bergin
Arts & Entertainment
Spike Lee Releases Video Juxtaposing "Do The Right Thing" With Murders Of George Floyd & Eric Garner
"People are fed up and people are tired of the debasing, the killing of black bodies. That’s what this country is built upon.”
By
Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Watch Spike Lee's Affecting New Short Film, A Love Letter To NYC During The Pandemic
Spike Lee called his three minute short video on Instagram "plain and simple."
By
Ben Yakas
News
Video: Spike Lee Unloads On James Dolan After Heated Dispute With MSG Security
"I'm being harassed by James Dolan. I don't know why."
By
Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Photos: Spike Lee Celebrates 'Do The Right Thing' 30th Anniversary At Annual Brooklyn Block Party
This year's event was a celebration of the 30th anniversary of Lee's classic film 'Do The Right Thing,' taking place on one of the very blocks where the movie was shot in Bed-Stuy.
By
Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Trump Ragetweets That Spike Lee's Oscar Speech Was A 'Racist Hit On Your President'
Spike Lee's Best Adapted Screenplay win and speech at last night's Oscars was one of the feel-good moments of the evening. So of course Trump had to take a dump on it.
By
Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Spike Lee Will Introduce 'BlacKkKlansman' For Metrograph's Spike Lee Series
It's part of a six-film Spike Lee series running from Friday Nov. 30th through next Wednesday Dec. 5th.
By
Ben Yakas
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