Spike Lee

'Dancing with the Stars: All Stars' recap, Michael Jackson night

2012-11-20 07:54:00

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...

Blacks and Republicans: an overdue debate

2012-10-21 05:00:00

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...

UMBC president named among world's most influential leaders

2012-04-18 04:00:00

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...

Congressman Elijah Cummings lives in a Spike Lee joint

2012-05-03 07:41:00

Rep. 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...

25 movies added to National Film Registry

2010-12-29 07:30:25

From 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...

Two men, one vision

2005-06-05 00:00:00

"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...

After summer of flops, a season of quality?

2002-09-12 00:00:00

Hail, 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...

Job hunting in the digital age

2004-07-26 00:00:00

Finding 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...

On a screen near you ...

2004-05-20 00:00:00

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...

Oscars offer mix of edgier prospects

2002-12-19 00:00:00

Ebert and Siskel interview each other

2013-04-04 13:47:00

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,...

Aaron Neville, "War Horse" Creators, Kronos Quartet Highlight New Haven Festival

2013-04-02 07:21:00

The 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...

A Long time New York Knicks Fan Spike Lee gets ready for the game against the Miami Heat during a game on April 2, 2013 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida.

2013-04-02 00:00:00

MIAMI, FL - APRIL 02: Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers talks with Spike Lee during a game between the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks at American Airlines Arena on April 2, 2013 in Miami, Florida.

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Pittsburgh Steeler's quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, at left in red shirt, looks at New York superfan Spike Lee during first period action.

2013-04-02 00:00:00