Spike Lee has been named Jury President for the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. The Oscar winning writer was initially scheduled to serve as Jury President for last year’s festival, but due to the Coronavirus upset, which brought the festival to a pause, his role became dysfunctional. “Loyal to his commitments, the American director promised to support the festival on its …

Satchel and Jackson Lee will serve as this year’s Golden Globes Ambassadors, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. The children of Spike Lee and producer Tonya Lewis Lee’s appointment marks the first time in HFPA history that two siblings of color have held the position, with Jackson being the first Black male ambassador. The Lees …

“My brother, the world has changed,” Spike Lee started his conversation with Jimmy Fallon on Monday night’s edition of The Tonight Show. Though the Da 5 Bloods filmmaker was referring in the moment to the fact that he and the late-night host were speaking over video chat rather than at The Tonight Show’s 30 Rock studios, he could have just …

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has revealed that Spike Lee and Pedro Almodovar will be among the artists curating exhibitions when the museum opens in December. “Highlighting the unique position of this institution as the premier museum of cinema in the world’s moviemaking capital, the Academy Museum has invited celebrated international motion picture artists Spike Lee, Pedro Almodóvar, Hildur …

In an exclusive chat with Variety, Cannes Film Festival jury president Spike Lee has shared his judgement on the festival organizers’ decision to postpone the biggest festival in film to a later date. Lee, who is currently stationed at home with his family in Brooklyn disclosed, “I agree 100% with Thierry and the Cannes Film Festival. The world has changed …

Just a year after his Oscar glory with ‘BlackkKlansman’, Spike Lee has been named Jury president for the 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival. His presidential role makes him the first African-American and first person of the African diaspora to head Cannes. Lee acknowledged the new role and expressed gratitude saying, “In this life I have lived, my biggest blessings have …

Spike Lee is following up his Oscars 2019 best director nomination with a developing legendary film ‘Prince of Cats.’ The adaptation is based on a graphic novel written and illustrated by Ron Wimberly, who Lee will rewrite the script with, alongside Selwyn Seyfu Hinds. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the project is described as an 80s-set hip-hop take on Shakespeare’s …