All posts tagged "spike lee"

  • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign stop at the Pinkerton Academy Stockbridge Theatre, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
    Spike Lee endorses Sanders: ‘He will do the right thing’

    Outspoken filmmaker Spike Lee is endorsing Bernie Sanders for president in a South Carolina radio ad. Arguing, in Sanders’ words, that the “system is rigged,” Lee praises Sanders for not taking money from corporations in the ad....

    • Posted February 23, 2016
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  • Spike Lee attends the premiere of "Chi-Raq" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
    Calls for boycott of Oscars grow over diversity of nominees

    NEW YORK (AP) — Calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards are growing over the Oscars’ second straight year of all-white acting nominees, as Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith each said Monday that they will...

    • Posted January 18, 2016
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    ‘Oldboy’ remake flops at box office

    Earns only $1,458 per screen Spike Lee or not, the remake of the twisted Korean thriller “Oldboy” looks like it will become one of the biggest box office flops of the year. With both “Hunger Games: Catching Fire”...

    • Posted December 2, 2013
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