Sneaker Files (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A mere six days into November and we already have some exciting news regarding a very anticipated release. We saw a pair of red/black/white Nike Big Nike Highs release a little over a month ago as part of this year’s Spike Lee collection. But we have also been showing you glimpses of a [...]
Thighs Wide Shut (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire The Anonymous B.I.G. Trailers & Mo | Official Website In the past couple of decades, African-American dramas have been dominated by Spike Lee's joints, Tyler Perry's disjoints, blackstoric epics told by white men ( Color Purple , Glory ) and one and done eye/thigh-openers (Singleton's Boyz 'N the Hood and the Hughes Bros' Menace II Society ), so when...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
From my column this morning: In fact, what is sad is not the spin war. This happens after every election. The partisans and pundits race for the election results like kids charging the disgorged contents of a piñata, claiming convenient facts like candy and shouting, “Mine!” It’s always an unseemly process. No, what’s sad is how far Obama’s defenders have had to...
Sneaker Files (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Aside from the hype about the Spike Lee Nike Big Nike, Nike is still releasing the model in some great colorways. The Nike Big Nike High comes in a dark grey/metallic silver-white colorway. The hightop shoe uses a dark grey suede toe, white leather toebox, dark grey scale skin leather side panel, dark grey leather, [...]
Entertainment Tonight (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
New video! Cameras flashed and the stars twinkled as the Yankees won their 27th World Series title Wednesday night. ET plays ball with Kate Hudson , Kurt Russell and more! Watch the video to see newlyweds Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner , Donald Trump , Rudy Giuliani , Spike Lee , Oliver Stone , Lorne Michaels , Will Forte , Jimmy Fallon and Regis Philbin -- whose hometown is the Bronx -- with wife...
MoviesOnline! (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
MoviesOnline recently sat down with Michael Jackson?s musical director, Michael Bearden, to talk about his new film, Michael Jackson?s THIS IS IT , which offers Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this past summer in London?s O2 Arena. Bearden is...
Luxist (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
It is hard to believe that it is already the first anniversary of Barack Obama's election as the first African-American President of the United States. In honor of this historic occasion Taschen books New York is holding a book signing to celebrate the publication of Design for Obama. Posters for Change: A Grassroots Anthology . Taschen a publishing house originally started in Cologne, Germany 1980...
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Cake Man Raven The Brooklyn Paper reports that thieves took a TV from Cake Man Raven , who has baked for the likes of 50 Cent, Isaac Hayes, and Spike Lee. Strange to steal a TV from a bakery, but nowhere near as weird as the guy who, according to WLTX , went into a Taco Bell in Haverstraw, New York, and demanded some money at gunpoint, only to then walk into the manager’s office and ask for...
RadarOnline.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
There were no typical uniforms at the This is Tisch! Annual Gala To benefit Tisch School Of The Arts in New York on Monday night! Marcia Gay Harden was the style valedictorian, dropping jaws in a navy floor length with a plunging neckline. PHOTOS: See Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Johnston, Samuel L. Jackson And Spike Lee Dressed Up For The School Of Arts! What Snakes on a Plane actor needs some schooling...
Watch Us Explode! (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
I had no idea that Spike Lee was his personal mentor. I didn’t even know that they had anything to do with each other. Courtesy of EURweb… Lee Daniels says he doesn’t have time to get caught up in the back-and-forth between one of the executive producers of his new film Precious, in theaters Friday, and his [...]
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
p2pnet news view Politics | Movies:- It’s “like calling the back of a cereal box a novel”. That’s Boston Herald critic Mark A. Perigard on Barry Levinson’s documentry Poliwood, centering on the convergence of celebrity and politics. He’s quoted in IMDb which says the film includes a look Susan Sarandon, Spike Lee, Ellen Burstyn, Tim Daly, [...]
Abduzeedo by design - (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
A couple of weeks ago, a reader brought to our attention the work of photographer Roger Deckker. I'm really digging Roger's work, the portraits in particular. He's gotten the chance to photograph such a wide array of people ranging from Spike Lee, to Oasis, The Strokes, Karen O, David Rockefeller, Gerard Butler, Owen Wilson… His portfolio is really impressive! I made a collection here of some...
HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Pastor, former NFL player, conservative, and friend of Rush Limbaugh, Ken Hutcherson, explains what he thinks is behind much of the vilification of his friend Rush and those who think like he does : I truly believe that this is brought on by what I call the Minority Thought Pattern. Let's not mince words: the Minority Thought Pattern is the total disdain and hatred of what God has accomplished through...
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
by Tom Ziller Filed under: Knicks , NBA Fans ESPN's Chris Sheridan reports on the world's first non-uStream Stephon Marbury sighting of the NBA season. It came at Madison Square Garden , where Knicks security had to ask a paid-in-full Starbury to go to his seat. Marbury had purchased a ticket in row A (that's the second row) for Saturday night's Knicks home opener against the Sixers. The only problem...
The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Look, Stephon Marbury, I can understand you taking a year from basketball to, um, "build your empire" or whatever it is you're doing. But you probably can't do that by disrupting NBA games for no good reason. Worse, ESPN.com's Chris Sheridan reports that when you showed up at Madison Square Garden for the Knicks' home opener on Saturday, you couldn't even get the party-crashing to go right,...
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