• Director Spike Lee First New Yorker Named Marathon Grand Marshal

    Famed director Spike Lee has an array of titles under his belt. Not only is he known as an accredited filmmaker, but Lee is also viewed as a New York sports fanatic, a teacher, marketing specialist and an honorary Oscar winner. Now he has another title to add to his belt, the next grand marshal of the New York City Marathon, the first New Yorker to earn the title.

  • Michael Jackson Gets Bollywood Treatment in Viral Video from India

    The best of American and Indian pop music has come together in the most recent mashup to go viral, as a team of artists from both countries have combined Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" and A.R. Rahman's "Chaiya Chaiya," a popular track from a 1998 Bollywood film.

  • Kanye West, Common to Reportedly Star in Spike Lee Amazon Film 'Chiraq'

    Kanye West and Common are reportedly being tapped to star in the new Spike Lee film 'Chiraq,' being developed for Amazon Studios. Lee is also courting major acting stars Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Piven for the film, according to The Wrap. Though details are scarce about the film, the plot might deal with the gun violence that has plagued the city, notably the South Side, in recent years.

  • Sony's Security Breach Reveals Drake and Kevin Hart as Possible Leads in Spike Lee's New Film 'School Daze Too'

    While Sony's recent security breach has uncovered information some folks would have liked to keep private, fans will be pleased to know that in the midst Drake and Kevin Hart were revealed as possible leads for Spike Lee's new film "School Daze Too."According to "HipHopDX," an email from Lee's agent to the head of Sony Pictures Entertainment about a possible follow-up to the director's 1988 movie "School Daze" was discovered during the leak. In the email, Lee's agent, Doug Belgrad, offers up a pitch for the film with the hopes of casting Drake and Hart as the lead roles."This is a new draft that Spike has written after meetings with Drake, who will play the lead role of PE*NIS, and Kevin Hart who will play DAT N---A JIGGA," Belgrad wrote. "The budget is $ 9 million (net, after Georgia tax credits), not including historic costs, star salaries, creative producer fees. I believe in the film both as an entertainment — a college film — and as a provocative and exciting piece about the conflict of traditional values (education, college) and hip hop/star/celebrity culture. Why go to college to get a job to make money when you can make more money rapping, stripping, and creating salacious music videos even if they demean women??"Talks of a sequel for the film, which originally starred Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito and Tisha Campbell-Martin, came about last year after Lee revealed he had completed a script for "School Daze Too."
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