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Spike Lee Raising Money for Bloody Good Movie [VIDEO]

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  If you’ve ever wanted to have dinner with Spike Lee or sit next to him courtside at a New York Knicks game, here is…

Spike Lee Raising Money for Bloody Good Movie [VIDEO]

Columnist Calls For The Black Community To “Wake Up”

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By Raynard Jackson, NNPA Columnist: I was flipping through the TV channels last week and came across one of Spike Lee’s best movies, School Daze.  This was…

Columnist Calls For The Black Community To “Wake Up”

Ho Sit Down: Sarah Silverman Defends Quentin Tarantino’s Use Of The N-Word: “You Can’t Tell Art What To Do”

That’s a slippery slope you’re sliding down… Sarah Silverman Defends Quentin Tarantino’s Use Of The N-Word In D’Jango Unchained According to Sarah Silverman, Spike Lee isn’t respecting the code of artists that declares that any and everything can and will be used in composing creative works. Lee recently sparked controversy after he deemed Tarantino’s latest piece of cinema, D’Jango Unchained , “disrespectful to (his) ancestors” due to the use of the N-word over 100 times. While out in Los Angeles, Silverman was asked what she thought of Spike’s refusal to see D’Jango According to Silverman: “Doesn’t it take place like during slavery? Wouldn’t it be odd if they didn’t have that horrific word in it?” “I think slave owners said it a lot, that’s why it has a stigma to this day.” While Silverman does claim to be a huge Spike Lee fan, she also acknowledges that he has some strange opinions when it comes to film. “I love Spike Lee, we were just talking about School Daze, but he’s a got a lot of mishegas (yiddish word for “crazy weird isht”) with art. I think you can’t really tell art what to do” What do you think about the use of the n-word so repetitively in D’Jango? Are you too offended by the word to even SEE the movie??? Image via WENN

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‘Michael Jackson: Bad25′ Documentary To Air On Thanksgiving Day [SNEAK PEEK]

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Fans have been waiting impatiently for Spike Lee to finish his documentary on Michael Jackson‘s landmark project, Bad. They will finally have a chance to…

‘Michael Jackson: Bad25′ Documentary To Air On Thanksgiving Day [SNEAK PEEK]

Will You Be Watching?? Spike Lee’s “Bad 25″ (The Making Of Michael Jackson’s “Bad” Album) Will Air Nationwide On Thanksgiving Day!

Shamone! Spike Lee’s Bad 25 will air on ABC Nationwide Thanksgiving Day Via IndieWire Following its Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival screenings, Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson documentary, made in collaboration with the estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music, titled Bad 25, is already scheduled to air on ABC on Thanksgiving Day, in November. However, before that, as reported this morning, the feature documentary will be released theatrically for 1 week, beginning October 19, but, unfortunately, only in New York, and Los Angeles. If you live in the area here is where you can check it out in theaters early. New York: Oct. 19 to 26 at AMC Loews Theater; 66 Third Ave. Los Angeles: Oct. 26 to Nov. 2 at Chinese 6 Theaters; 6801 Hollywood Blvd. The rest of the USA will have to wait about another month, to see it on ABC on Thanksgiving night (November 22). Bad 25 shares fresh insights into the King of Pop’s creative vision that resulted in his landmark Bad album, marking its 25th anniversary this year. “This will be a very special Thanksgiving for all families to enjoy the genius of Michael Jackson… Big thanks to ABC for allowing people to witness the making of Michael Jackson’s ‘BAD’ album. Shamon,” said Spike Lee in a statement. The film promises rare and never-before-seen footage, and the first ever in-depth, behind-the-scenes film project to chronicle a Michael Jackson album and tour. Included will be numerous interviews conducted by Spike Lee, including Jackson’s confidants, choreographers, musicians and collaborators. This better be good Spike, you can’t fawk around with “The King Of Pop”. That said, we will be glued to the TV with “the itis” Thanksgiving night! Peep the trailer below.

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Will You Be Watching?? Spike Lee’s “Bad 25″ (The Making Of Michael Jackson’s “Bad” Album) Will Air Nationwide On Thanksgiving Day!

Will You Be Watching?? Spike Lee’s “Bad 25″ (The Making Of Michael Jackson’s “Bad” Album) Will Air Nationwide On Thanksgiving Day!

Shamone! Spike Lee’s Bad 25 will air on ABC Nationwide Thanksgiving Day Via IndieWire Following its Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival screenings, Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson documentary, made in collaboration with the estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music, titled Bad 25, is already scheduled to air on ABC on Thanksgiving Day, in November. However, before that, as reported this morning, the feature documentary will be released theatrically for 1 week, beginning October 19, but, unfortunately, only in New York, and Los Angeles. If you live in the area here is where you can check it out in theaters early. New York: Oct. 19 to 26 at AMC Loews Theater; 66 Third Ave. Los Angeles: Oct. 26 to Nov. 2 at Chinese 6 Theaters; 6801 Hollywood Blvd. The rest of the USA will have to wait about another month, to see it on ABC on Thanksgiving night (November 22). Bad 25 shares fresh insights into the King of Pop’s creative vision that resulted in his landmark Bad album, marking its 25th anniversary this year. “This will be a very special Thanksgiving for all families to enjoy the genius of Michael Jackson… Big thanks to ABC for allowing people to witness the making of Michael Jackson’s ‘BAD’ album. Shamon,” said Spike Lee in a statement. The film promises rare and never-before-seen footage, and the first ever in-depth, behind-the-scenes film project to chronicle a Michael Jackson album and tour. Included will be numerous interviews conducted by Spike Lee, including Jackson’s confidants, choreographers, musicians and collaborators. This better be good Spike, you can’t fawk around with “The King Of Pop”. That said, we will be glued to the TV with “the itis” Thanksgiving night! Peep the trailer below.

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Will You Be Watching?? Spike Lee’s “Bad 25″ (The Making Of Michael Jackson’s “Bad” Album) Will Air Nationwide On Thanksgiving Day!

Michael Jackson Wanted Bad To Outsell Thriller

MJ was determined ‘even though it was an impossible task,’ Spike Lee tells MTV News ahead of his ‘Bad 25’ documentary. By Rob Markman Michael Jackson’s Bad Photo: Epic

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Spike Lee’s ‘Red Hook Summer’: The Reviews Are In!

‘Lee refuses to make that gentle church movie we expected,’ Time Out New York says. By Kara Warner Spike Lee in “Red Hook Summer” Photo: Variance Films

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Out Of Pocket: North Dakota Cops Keeps His Gig After Chopping Down A Streetwalker In His Car, Having His Handcuffs Stolen, And Tasering A Motorist!

911 is a joke North Dakota Police Officer Keeps Job After Several Accounts Of Misconduct A Fargo police officer disciplined for having sex in his police car in 2002 has now been disciplined for leaving his police car unlocked, leading to the theft of police equipment. In the latest incident, officer Bret Witte left an unmarked police vehicle unlocked in his driveway on April 11 and someone stole several items from it, said Fargo police Lt. Joel Vettel. The items included several pairs of handcuffs, a bulletproof vest, a handheld radio, a Taser, two loaded ammunition clips for a handgun and a knife, Vettel said. One set of handcuffs was recovered the next day in Moorhead after a man called dispatchers to say he needed help getting out of them, according to a search warrant filed in Clay County District Court. Ohhh but wait, it gets better… Vettel said Witte received a letter of reprimand for leaving valuable items in a car and leaving the car unlocked, something he said police often warn the public not to do. In the 2002 incident, Witte lost 15 days without pay after admitting to supervisors he had sexual relations in his squad car with an 18-year-old woman he was dating at the time. The same woman was arrested in 2004 as part of a Fargo prostitution sting and later convicted. Vettel confirmed Monday that Witte also was involved in an incident in which he tried to use a Taser on a driver who was leaving the scene of a traffic stop. It was determined that the use of force fell outside of department policy, Vettel said. He said Witte’s latest disciplinary action would have taken into account Witte’s past performance. “We look at not only the situation at hand, but also the totality of his entire career and work history,” Vettel said, adding that the decision would also have been based in part on the type of discipline other officers received for similar incidents. “Serve and protect” huh? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit *Clay Davis voice* Source More On Bossip! Coupled Up In NYC: Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Spotted Cheesin’ & Swirlin’ In The Big Apple [Photos] Celebrity Cribs: Which Legendary Actor is Selling This La Quinta Cali Mansion For $4.5M?? [Photos] Some Instagram Preciousness Courtesy Of C-Milli, Swizzy And Slim Thug For The Ladies: 10 Men That Have Admitted To Enjoying Taking Their Oral Talents Down South

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Rosa Acosta Does A Little Cake Shaking For “Entourage” Promo Shot By Director X [Video]

The rhythm is gonna get ya… Rosa Acosta Dances In New “Entourage” Commercial Shot By Director X If you’ve missed Rosa’s moves, they show up in a brand new commercial for “Entourage” which is heading to the Spike network very soon. In honor of the move Director X was recruited to film a brand new promo. Check out her very special two step in the “Entourage” car: While the video is plenty (of a$$) on it’s own — King Magazine tracked down Director X to talk with him about the project. Check out some excerpts from their interview below: KING: Tell us how this “Independent Project” come about? DIRECTOR X: It’s just something we did. That’s actually the Entourage car from [the show’s opening sequence]. So, we’re shooting the commercial, and we have Rosa do a dance in the car. But Rosa is pretty talented. So, she goes and choreographs something in her head. That’s what I mean: she’s a next level type of girl. And she does this. It’s only two takes, something we shot at the end of the day. When I was in the edit I realized this is gold, it’s so good I had to do something else with it. So I had Snoop’s CD, grabbed [”Luv Drunk” featuring The-Dream”], I put the two together, it looked like that’s what she was dancing to, and boom: we got the independent project. So is Rosa the star of the video or is the car the star? C’mon, Rosa. It’s nice that the car is from Entourage, it’s f***ing amazing that Rosa is doing what she’s doing on it. But this was from her actual sequence in the commercial, right? Oh yeah, you see a clip [of this dance] in the Spike commercial. The concept of the commercial is these girls rapping about the fact that they were once in Entourage. The commercial has all kinds of crazy stuff, Gary Busey’s in there…it’s just kind of insane. [Rosa’s] platform was to dance in the car. And normally when you tell a girl that, they just freestyle it away. But she actually planned something out. I haven’t seen any girls do anything like that. So is this the beginning of something bigger? Or is this a one-and-done type of deal? One and done. I didn’t plan to do it, but I did it. The world deserves to see all that footage, so there you go. You’ve set more than a few trends in the Hip-Hop video world. Do you see someone dropping a video of a girl in a car anytime soon? Let’s see what happens and how people respond to it when we put this out. We all know what Snoop and Dream look like. Would it have been better if we saw [them] in there rapping and singing at some point? I don’t think so. I think it’s perfect with just two shots of Rosa on a car. One wide, one medium, and she dances and there you go. Now that the social awareness of hip-hop has broadened, do you see people doing more artistic, conceptual videos instead of the norm? I don’t know, man. People are kinda stuck in their ways, so I’d be surprised to see a really big shift. But things like this show you…you can make something engaging. But you have to have Rosa Acosta. You need a girl of that talent. It’s not just a hot girl shaking her a$$. For more on X’s thoughts on his “HYFR” video visit KING So what did you think about about the video? We’re interested to see how Gary Busey fits into this one. More On Bossip! Coupled Up In NYC: Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Spotted Cheesin’ & Swirlin’ In The Big Apple [Photos] Celebrity Cribs: Which Legendary Actor is Selling This La Quinta Cali Mansion For $4.5M?? [Photos] Some Instagram Preciousness Courtesy Of C-Milli, Swizzy And Slim Thug For The Ladies: 10 Men That Have Admitted To Enjoying Taking Their Oral Talents Down South

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