Spike Lee

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Spike Lee: Biography

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Birth Name: Shelton Jackson Lee
Birth Place: Atlanta, GA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/20/1957, Pisces
Profession: Director; producer; screenwriter; actor

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Spike Lee: TV Guide News

Eastwood to Spike Lee: "Shut Your Face" | Movie News | 6/6/2008
Remember last month at Cannes when Spike Lee — promoting his African-American WWII movie Miracle at St. Anna — made some characteristically aggressive remarks about the dearth of black characters in Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers? Well, the man who once played Dirty Harry has a few choice words for Lee."A guy like him should shut his face," Eastwood told the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper — apparently thinking that calling Lee a "dummy head" might sound childish. Despite his obvious anger, Eastwood gave a straightforward response to why there weren't more black roles in his film: "The story is Flags of Our Fathers, the famous flag-raising picture, and they didn't do that. If I go ahead and put an African-American actor in there, people'd go, 'This guy's lost his mind.' I mean, it's not accurate." Eastwood also claimed that Lee had once griped about Eastwood directing Bird, the biopic about African-American jazzman Charlie Parker, a story Lee thought should be told... read more
Spike Lee, Clint Eastwood in Spat over WWII Movies | Movie News | 5/22/2008
Spike Lee has called out Clint Eastwood over two of his World War II-era films because they do not include any African-Americans cast as soldiers.Lee specifically cited Flags of our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima. He made the comments in Cannes while promoting his own WWII film — Miracle at St. Anna — which tells the story of an all-black U.S. division based in Tuscany, Italy."Many veterans, African-Americans, who survived that war are upset at Clint Eastwood," Lee said. "In his vision of Iwo Jima, Negro soldiers did not exist. Simple as that. I have a different version."When Eastwood — also in Cannes promoting his upcoming movie, Changeling — was asked to respond to Lee's comments, a moderator instructed reporters to limit questions to Eastwood's movie. — J.R. Whalen read more
ESPN Upfront: SportsCenter Takes Over | TV Guide Sports Report | 5/13/2008
ESPN held its upfront presentation Tuesday morning at the Nokia Theater in New York. Anchors Scott Van Pelt and Steve Levy hosted the event as a mock SportsCenter episode. The 80-minute presentation was light on programming announcements, but the biggest news was the addition of a block of live SportsCenters from 6 am to 3 pm/ET, beginning Monday, Aug. 11. A new web site, SportsCenter.com, will also debut in August. It was also confirmed that The Early Show's Hannah Storm will be one of the new anchors for this block. In other SportsCenter news, a 1 am/ET edition produced live in Los Angeles, will premiere on April 9, 2009.Other new programming includes ESPN Homecoming, an profile/interview show with Rick Reilly, who the network poached from Sports Illustrated last fall.Features reporter, deadpan "comedian" and Dancing With the Stars vet Kenny Mayne will host a new humor show for espn.com called Mayne Street.ESPN will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2009 with "30 For 30," a... read more
Also at the Movies, Spike Lee and Stargaters | Today's News: Our Take | 7/5/2007
Spike Lee on Tuesday announced his plan to make a World War II film based on the novel Miracle at St. Anna, which focuses on the contribution of African-American soldiers who fought and died to liberate Europe.... A Dog's Breakfast, a comedy directed by David Hewlett and featuring fellow Stargate players Christopher Judge and Rachel Lutrell among its cast, will premiere on iTunes and Amazon's Unbox this Tuesday, before arriving on DVD in mid-September. read more
On Stage: Dancing with the Stars' Ohno Says Yes! | Today's News: Our Take | 6/27/2007
Although he initially didn't sign up for Dancing with the Stars' live tour, Season 4 champ Apolo Anton Ohno is proving he's a real winner by joining the show for five East Coast performances. Also, fellow hoofer John Ratzenberger will do a single turn when the tour hits his hometown of Bridgeport, Connecticut.... Spike Lee will make his Broadway directorial debut with a spring 2008 remounting of the World War II dramedy Stalag 17, says the New York Times. Though no casting has been announced, Lee wants "a name" for the lead, and vows that no rappers are on his shortlist.... Per Playbill.com, Duke of Hazzard Tom Wopat is joining Faith Prince and Harvey Fierstein in A Catered Affair, an upcoming B'way musical based on the 1956 movie of the same name. — Reporting by Raven Snook read more

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Spike Lee: Photos

sean combs, spike lee courtesy Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com

Denzel Washington, Spike Lee courtesy Jamie McCarthy/WireImage.com

Spike Lee, Terrence Howard, John Singleton courtesy Jamie McCarthy/WireImage.com

When the Levees Broke a Requiem in Four Acts courtesy David Lee/HBO

When the Levees Broke a Requiem in Four Acts courtesy Charlie Varley/HBO

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Spike Lee: TV Listings

Spike Lee: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Time Traveler (Director)	2009	Movie
Time Traveler (Writer)	2009	Movie
Miracle At St. Anna (Producer)	2008	Movie
Miracle At St. Anna (Director)	2008	Movie
That's The Way it Is: Celebrating Cronkite at 90 (Appearing)	2007	TV Show Series