PHOTO CALL: "Passing Strange The Movie"
Spike Lee's screen version of the Broadway musical Passing Strange hits movie theatres Aug. 21 featuring the original cast and band.

THEATRE BITS: Jasmine Guy's "for colored girls..." in Atlanta; Spike Lee's 'Passing Strange' in theaters next month; Sister Act cast album in UK.
      *Atlanta's True Colors Theatre production of Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf began performances on July 12 with Robin Givens and Nicole Ari Parker in the starring roles. Directed by Jasmine Guy, the production features 20 vignettes that inspire laughter and tears for the passion and pain of the black woman's experience. for colored girls… officially opens July 15 and will run through Aug. 9 at the...

Spike Lee film opens war wounds in Italy
The American film director Spike Lee has provoked a furious row in Italy with his latest film, Miracle at Sant'Anna, which opens across the country this week. By depicting the Partisans, the Italian resistance which fought against the Nazis and fascists in the last two years of the Second World War, as partially to blame for one of the worst massacres of the war, he has put a large American boot into an issue which, though 60 years old, is for many Italians still a matter of acute sensitivity.

Spike Lee Revisits The L.A. RIOTS!!
--> Merrick here... Spike Lee is returning to politically charged subject matter with the simply titled L.A. RIOTS. He's putting it together with INSIDE MAN producer Brian Grazer and scripter John Ridley. Logically enough, it's about the Los Angeles riots which erupted back in 1992 when white police officers were exonerated in court despite their videotaped pummeling of Rodney King. One of the most vivid memories of my life is the newscopter shot of Reginald Denny being bashed in the head with...

Review: Miracle at St. Anna
I feel sorry for Spike Lee. He is, after all, a tremendously talented filmmaker. However, with his new film Miracle at St. Anna, his personal issues, political views and overbearing ego gets in the way of making a good movie. This film first gained national attention last year when Lee complained ...

Lee is Universal's inside man on 'Riots'
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment are teaming with helmer Spike Lee on "L.A. Riots," a drama framed around the racially charged April 1992 riots. John Ridley will write the script. Brian Grazer will produce. Lee, who's also developing an "Inside Man" sequel for the studio and Grazer, said the goal is to have a script in front of prexy Donna Langley before business closes for the holidays. Project could well be his next feature and shoot next year. The riots, which followed the...

Miracolo a S. Anna
Un gruppo di soldati afroamericani si ritrova dietro alle linee nemiche e deve cercare di sopravvivere. Spike Lee tenta la...

Spike Lee insists he is not rich
New York, Jan 7 (ANI): Even though Emmy Award winning director Spike Lee owns houses on the Upper East Side and on Martha''s Vineyard, and sends his kids to private schools, he still cribs about his wealth. Lee, 51, says that he is not ve" />

'Do the Right Thing' still has something to say
In 1989, the warnings were dire. The Spike Lee film "Do the Right Thing," critics and columnists said, would provoke violence and disrupt race relations.

Family Affair
Here is Spike Lee and his family at his Miracle at St. Anna premiere in Rome, Italy. How precious. More images, plus LisaRaye still trying to get her swagger back at some Hennessey party in Hollyweird below: Photos: Wireimage Comments (23) | | These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. | Send to Phone Related PostsCoupled UpMaking It Rain On These HoesTr

Miracle at St. Anna Review
Of all of the war-movie staples that have become embedded in audiences' minds over the past 50 years, black characters – even token ones – are not one of them. Never one to shy away from controversy, Spike Lee has fervently criticized this lack of diversity, especially in WWII movies, which is at least part of why his latest film Miracle at St. Anna focuses on African-American soldiers. Unfortunately, by choosing for his definitive portrait a tale based on a fictional novel rather than an actu

Spike Lee fends off partisan attack
Film News: 'Miracle' blasted in Italy as misrepresentation -- Spike Lee’s "Miracle at St. Anna" is raising historical hackles in Italy, where the WWII drama — which links an anti-Fascist Italian partisan resistance group to the 1944 Nazi massacre of 560 Italian civilians — is being blasted as misrepresentation.

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Spike Lee film angers Italy's surviving partisans
ROME (Reuters Life!) - Film director Spike Lee has set off a storm in Italy with a movie about black American soldiers fighting alongside Italian partisans in World War Two. Surviving members of the resistance to the Nazi occupation of Italy have taken issue with "Miracle at St. Anna" ahead of the film's Italian release on Friday, distributing protest flyers and accusing Lee of distorting history. Lee has said he wanted to set the record straight about the role played by black U.S. soldiers

Spike Lee film angers Italy's surviving partisans - Reuters
Film director Spike Lee has set off a storm in Italy with a movie about black American soldiers fighting alongside Italian partisans in World War Two.

Spike Lee film angers Italy's surviving partisans
Film director Spike Lee has set off a storm in Italy with a movie about black American soldiers fighting alongside Italian partisans in World War Two.

MIRACLE AT St. ANNA Review
If you’re sick and tired of watching war movies, try and make some time to watch this one because the story at least will get you intrigued. It’s obvious to see that … Spike Lee made this movie, he’s gung-ho when it comes to championing African Americans and that’s cool… keep in mind that the story itself is an adaptation of a novel, and the screenplay, though rough at times, does well in portraying the soldiers wondering what it is exactly that they’re really figh

Spike Lee movie upsets Italians
Spike Lee's World War II movie MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA has provoked a storm of controversy in Italy, because it links an anti-Fascist resistance group to the Nazi killing of 560 civilians.

Lee's tears at Paris Jackson's 'killer' speech
Lee's tears at Paris Jackson's 'killer' speech Director Spike Lee lost his composure during Michael Jackson's Los Angeles memorial on Tuesday (07Jul09) when the King of Pop's daughter PARIS voiced her devastation at the loss of her beloved father. Celebrity News

Eagle Eye LeBeouf and a Warring Spike Lee
Politics, in all its forms, invades theaters this weekend. This past year, Spike Lee and Clint Eastwood engaged in a very public feud over Eastwood's two WWII films (Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima). Lee called out Eastwood for ignoring black soldiers, and Eastwood shot back saying Lee should "shut his face." Lee replied, "We're not on a plantation, Clint." Mmkay, then. The feud provides an interesting backdrop for Lee's latest, Miracle at St. Anna, which follows a battalion of black soldi

Spike Lee - Stars Arrive For Jackson Memorial
Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes and Michael Jackson's trainer Lou Ferrigno were among the first celebrities to arrive at the memorial to the King of Pop in Los Angeles minutes ago. TV stars Jaleel White and Elizabeth Berkley joined news woman Barbara Walters and moviemaker Tyler Perry on the black carpet outside the Staples Center. Reports suggest Queen Latifah has been added to those adding personal messages to the ceremony - even though she couldn't attend the memorial. She has recorded a special...

Spike Lee Takes Another Stab at World War II
Spike Lee has a pretty good cinematic track record. He makes, we watch, he usually conquers. But then he decided to shine a light on the African American contributions to World War II with Miracle at St. Anna. Gone was the box office he gained from Inside Man, and the critical acclaim he earned with both that film and When the Levees Broke. However, while his first try sits at a paltry 32% on Rotten Tomatoes, not even reaching $8 mil at the box office, Lee is ready for more.According to The Hollywood Report

PICS: Rocawear 10th Anniversary Party: PHOTO
Rocawear celebrated their 10th Anniversary with a party at their Rocawear showroom in New York City. Attendees included Rihanna, Kevin Lies, Spike Lee, Memphis Bleek and others.

Jay-Z Celebrates 10 Years Of Rocawear With Spike Lee-Directed Ad
Jay-Z celebrated 10 years of Rocawear with a Spike Lee-directed commercial. The rapper is "more than honored" to work with the filmmaker, who's also from Brooklyn.

More Pics From The Rocawear 10th Anniversary Party: PHOTO
We’ve got some more pics from the Rocawear 10th Anniversary party that went down the other night at the Rocawear showroom: Jay was there of course sipping on some water. June Ambrose and Rih Rih kicked it. Chuck Bone, Spike Lee, Memphis Bleek , and G-Baby all kicked it too. More pics when you read the rest…