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J.Rocc, the Thrones, Band of Skulls, the Slits and Brett Dennen
Also Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Espers, a Nicollete Larson Tribute, and others.
Of the many maladies of middle age, being compared to your father-in-law ranks with being accused of turning into the PM, writes Paul Daley.
Spike Lee - still doing the right thing
As the BFI celebrates 20 years since the release of Spike Lee's seminal film with The Independent Interview and a season of movies on the Southbank, the director talks to Kaleem Aftab about race and retrospectives Pizza de resistance: Spike Lee in New York enlarge Spike Lee arrives at the BFI Southbank on Monday as part of a celebration of Do The ...
Let's sit this Dance Flick out
THERE have been several parodies of late that have struck gold at the box office and Dance Flick is the latest hoping to lure summer cinema-goers. The films up for a lampooning are High School Musical, Hairspray, Fame, Save the Last Dance and Step Up, amongst others.
Attention Deficit: Spike Lee's "Passing Strange"
Spike Lee is among the busiest men in show business, and you might not even know it.
Mazel tov to metalJust a couple of local rabbis chasing that elusive...
Mazel tov to metal Just a couple of local rabbis chasing that elusive link between the modern Jewish experience and KISS by Dave Kirby Most definitely Mos Def gets back into hip-hop with his new album by Dan Hinkel Ten years ago this October, the Brooklyn backpacker hero dropped his revelatory solo debut, Black on Both Sides.
With his film 'adaptation' of Stew's rock musical, Spike Lee explores the Obama phenomenon and what it means to pass for black.
Oscar-winning a On the Waterfronta screenplay writer Budd Schulberg dies in NY at 95
Budd Schulberg, the son of a studio boss who wrote a novel that defined the Hollywood hustle and later proved himself a player with the Oscar-winning screenplay for the Marlon Brando classic "On the Waterfront," died Wednesday at age 95.
Oscar-winning a On the Waterfronta screenplay writer Budd Schulberg dies in NY at 95
Budd Schulberg, the son of a studio boss who wrote a novel that defined the Hollywood hustle and later proved himself a player with the Oscar-winning screenplay for the Marlon Brando classic "On the Waterfront," died Wednesday at age 95.
Oscar-winning a On the Waterfronta screenplay writer Budd Schulberg dies in NY at 95
Budd Schulberg, the son of a studio boss who wrote a novel that defined the Hollywood hustle and later proved himself a player with the Oscar-winning screenplay for the Marlon Brando classic "On the Waterfront," died Wednesday at age 95.
Oscar-winning a On the Waterfronta screenplay writer Budd Schulberg dies in NY at 95
Budd Schulberg, the son of a studio boss who wrote a novel that defined the Hollywood hustle and later proved himself a player with the Oscar-winning screenplay for the Marlon Brando classic "On the Waterfront," died Wednesday at age 95.
Brooklyn's Mos Def is 'Ecstatic'
Dazzling colleagues with offstage freestylin', discussing the events of 9/11 while sitting between Bill Maher and Cornell West on an HBO show, "campaigning for president" in a Rock the Vote advertisement, crankin' out verses in front a live studio audience on Def Poetry , banging a tympani while rapping on The Late Show with David Letterman , ...
ALMOST FAMOUS. Cameron Crowe's rapturously entertaining picture, based on recollections of his own experience, centers on a nerdy high school senior who lands an unbelievably cool job as a rock journalist in 1973 and goes on a cross-country tour with a band.
'On The Waterfront' Screenwriter Dies At 95 1hr
Budd Schulberg, the son of a studio boss who wrote a novel that defined the Hollywood hustle and later proved himself a player with the Oscar-winning screenplay for the Marlon Brando classic "On the Waterfront," died Wednesday at age 95.
This just in: the Music Farm announced a solid booking for Brooklyn-based hip-hop artist Mos Def and opening act Jay Electronica on Thurs.
'Holy shit!' someone says. The black SUV with tinted windows pulls over near the corner of Stuyvesant and Lexington Avenues, depositing a familiar five-foot-six disruption to this quiet Brooklyn block's space-time continuum.
An African-American writer for film and television who started out in the business as an actor, Reggie Rock Bythewood went from teen star on NBC's "Another World" to big screen success, penning the.... An African-American writer for film and television who started out in the business as an actor, Reggie Rock Bythewood went from teen star on NBC's ...
Maryland native Jada Pinkett Smith studied dance and acting at the Baltimore School for the Arts and the North Carolina School of the Arts before getting her big break when she landed a role on the long-running NBC-series, " A Different World ." The multi-talented actress, producer, director and philanthropist continually challenges herself in a ...
Spike Lee classic turns 20 with anniversary edition
It's hard to believe that it's already been 20 years since the summer of '89 when "Do the Right Thing" made such a splash upon arriving in theaters.
Episode Sixty: Fight the Power! a Celebration of Spike Lee
Tom and Derrick team up with their Hip Hop Maestro, Kelen 'B Hyphen' Conley as they discuss one of Brooklyn's favorite filmmaking sons, Spike Lee! Join the trio as they discuss a quintet of Spike's films, from the seminal dramedy Do The Right Thing to the utterly savage satire Bamboozled and the controversial relationship dramas She's Gotta Have It ...
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