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Shelton Jackson Lee, better known as Spike Lee, is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated film director, producer, writer, and actor, whose movies often examine controversial social and political issues. Brooklyn is the backdrop for many of his films, which he labels as "A Spike Lee Joint." Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever are some of his better-known films.
Shelton Jackson Lee, better known as Spike Lee, is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated film director, producer, writer, and actor, whose movies often examine controversial social and political issues. Brooklyn is the backdrop for many of his films, which he labels as "A Spike Lee Joint." Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever are some of his better-known films.
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'Dancing with the Stars: All Stars' recap, Michael Jackson night
Tonight is a tribute to Michael Jackson's "Bad" and the show starts with pros and the troupe performing to two of the album's "monster hits" — "Smooth Criminal" and "The Way You Make Me Feel." I wish we were getting a "Thriller? tribute instead of a...
Tags: Dance, Music, MTV (tv network), Karina Smirnoff, Judges
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Blacks and Republicans: an overdue debate
Quick quiz: What do LL Cool J, The Rock, 50 Cent, Karl Malone, Don King, Lynn Swann, Wilt Chamberlain, Eldridge Cleaver, Peter Boulware, Tony Dungy and Alveda King, (niece of Martin Luther King Jr.) have in common? If you guessed membership in the...
Tags: Herman Cain, Colin Powell, Michael Steele, Harry Belafonte, Elections
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UMBC president named among world's most influential leaders
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, the longtime president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County whose trailblazing work in educating minority students in the sciences has catapulted the university onto the national stage, has been recognized as one of the...Tags: University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville, Civil Rights, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Facebook
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Congressman Elijah Cummings lives in a Spike Lee joint
The Baltimore SunRep. Elijah Cummings wants folks to know that he's keeping it real. Like really, really, really real. Starting with where he lives. He told a crowd at Howard University Wednesday just how down-and-dirty real his Baltimore neighborhood is. “I...Tags: Baltimore City College, Howard University, Real Estate
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25 movies added to National Film Registry
Baltimore Sun reporterFrom the MIchael Sragow Gets Reel blog: Today the Library of Congress announced 25 more selections for the National Film Registry. The Registry is designed to highlight the American cinema's broad social-cultural significance as well as mark its key...Tags: Linda Blair, Music, Minority Groups, Leo McCarey, Documentary (genre)
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Two men, one vision
Sun Architecture Critic"What obstacles will you overcome today?" The spirit and mission of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture - as well as its sometimes difficult journey toward a June 25 opening - are neatly encapsulated in a...Tags: Family, Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Joint Ventures, College Sports
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After summer of flops, a season of quality?
Sun Movie CriticHail, hail, the "Gang"'s finally here. That would be "Gangs of New York", Martin Scorsese's long-awaited latest, an epic tale of love and loyalties, played out among the rival immigrant groups of 19th-century New York City. Not since "Titanic" has a film...Tags: Roberto Benigni, Robert De Niro, Hugh Grant, Eddie Murphy, New York City
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Job hunting in the digital age
Special to Baltimoresun.comFinding employment in today's competitive market has gone far beyond mere ink and paper. It no longer consists of hours spent scouring classified advertisements in newspapers and mailing out resumes. Today, the process is more technologically advanced...Tags: Towson University, Maryland, PBS (tv network), Companies and Corporations, Southwest Airlines Co.
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On a screen near you ...
Tomorrow - The Agronomist: Jonathan Demme, keeping his hand in documentaries and pursuing his fascination with Haiti (previously reflected in a CD compilation of Haitian music), tells the story of the volatile Caribbean nation through the dissident...Tags: Disasters, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ioan Gruffudd, Michelle Pfeiffer
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Ebert and Siskel interview each other
This story originally ran in The Tribune's Arts & Entertainment section on April 19, 1998. Movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert have co-hosted the weekly, nationally syndicated film review TV show “Siskel & Ebert” for the past 23 years,...
Tags: Periodicals, Schindler's List (movie), Crosswords, Game Shows, Roger Ebert
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Aaron Neville, "War Horse" Creators, Kronos Quartet Highlight New Haven Festival
Hartford CourantThe latest show from the British director and South African puppeteers of Broadway’s award-winning “War Horse,” a premiere of a chamber opera based on a Chekhov short story, performance by Aaron Neville and the Kronos Quartet and talks...Tags: Funkadesi (music group), Music, Sprague, Broadway Theater, Festive Events
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