Spike Lee Got Creative With Flashbacks In ‘Da 5 Bloods’: “I Was Not Getting $100 Million To De-Age Our Guys”

Emerald Fennell and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, have officially met!

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras chief executive Albert Kruger has called for a full NSW police investigation into the circumstances that led to the ejection of one of the original ‘78ers Barbara Karpinski from her seat in the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) during the Mardi Gras parade on Saturday night. He has also initiated an internal Mardi Gras investigation. Kruger told the Star Observer that he is in no doubt that the incident happened. He said that the police action was “unacceptable” and that he is “upset about it to be honest”. Karpinski was removed after standing briefly in the stadium seating area holding a handmade poster calling for peace and an end to the war in Ukraine.

Mark Ruffalo, 54, may be a successful actor, but his wife Sunrise Coigney, 49, is every bit as impressive as he is. The beauty and supporter of the star got married to him in 2000 and has led her own successful life and career over the years. Mark once admitted that their love story began when he was struggling and she is the one that turned things around for the better.

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Variety reports.“We are adhering to international sanctions and, along with our employees and artists, have been working with groups from a range of countries… to support humanitarian relief efforts to bring urgent aid to refugees in the region.”According to Variety, a source has revealed that while the company’s staffers will continue to receive their salaries for an indeterminate amount of time, artists will likely see their recording activity frozen.Universal are the latest business to announce their withdrawal from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, with the attack drawing widespread condemnation around the globe.Earlier this month, Live Nation announced they would not be promoting shows in Russia or doing business with the country, saying in a statement they were joining “the world in condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine”.Spotify, meanwhile, shuttered its Moscow office in response to the invasion, and said it would restrict the discoverability of content owned and operated by Russian state-affiliated media. They stopped short of shutting off service to Russian users, saying they believe it’s “critically important to try to keep our service operational in Russia to allow for the global flow of information”.One company who has suspended their service in Russia is Netflix, who shut down streaming in the country last week.

Luke Steele from Empire Of The Sun and The Sleepy Jackson has shared a new single ‘Armageddon Slice’, the latest cut from his forthcoming solo album ‘Listen To The Water’.Written during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the track is carried by a bright yet pensive tone, with Steele meditating on mankind’s future above gentle fingerpicked acoustic guitar and warm synth pads.The accompanying music video sees Steele performing in waterways and forests. Watch it below:The video actually opens with a poignant message from Steele regarding his path to completing ‘Listen To The Water’.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe return of the Jazz Foundation of America’s annual benefit at Herb Alpert’s Vibrato club saw lifetime achievement awards being presented to four musical legends whose careers date to the ’60s or before, Randy Newman, Smokey Robinson, jazz fusion figure Bennie Maupin and producer Lou Adler. Homage was paid at the intimate nightspot in Bel Air by singers and actors including Jackson Browne, Merry Clayton, Herbie Hancock, Jeffrey Wright and Danny Glover.Drummer Steve Jordan — currently between Rolling Stones pickup gigs — led a house band out of the fantasies of anyone who scanned liner notes during the last 60 years, joined by Stones backup singers Lisa Fischer and Bernard Fowler among the serenaders, and jazz players Tom Scott, Billy Childs and Davell Crawford also taking the lead on tribute numbers during a two-and-a-half hour dream jam.

is partly enforced by allowing parents to sue any school they believe violated it.“The Animation Guild and the QueerTAG Committee want to express our immense disappointment with how The Walt Disney Company has responded to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. It is disheartening that Disney, one of the world’s most successful brands with massive resources and a global platform, failed to take any action to help prevent the passage of this bill,” the guild said in a statement posted to its various social media accounts.“It is one thing to say that you ‘unequivocally stand in support of our LGBTQ+ employees, their families, and their communities.’ It’s quite another for you to stand silent while this scurrilous piece of homophobic legislation passes,” the group continued.

Halle Berry, 55, wished her boyfriend, Van Hunt, a very special birthday in nothing but a t-shirt with his name on it! “HERE’S TO MY ONE AND ONLY! Happy Birthday VanO,” Halle wrote in the caption of her Instagram which showed her in the black “Van Hunt” t-shirt, underwear, and a newsboy cap.

Yegor Gordeev is host of Ukrainian TV morning show “Breaking with 1+1”, which has continued to broadcast from Kyiv as Russian forces assault the city.

Tony Hawk is on the mend after breaking his femur on Monday.

Actress, singer, and director Zoe Kravitz is speaking candidly about her experiences in Hollywood and the harsh reality of rejection.

The Visual Effects Society is handing out its 20th annual VES Awards tonight at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, and Deadline is updating the winners list as they are announced. Have a look below.

SPOILER ALERT: The following story reveals plot points from Tuesday’s episode of CBS’ FBI: Most Wanted.

Members of Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399 have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new Location Managers Agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The new contract, which takes effect March 13, covers location managers, key assistant location managers and assistant location managers.

crowd crush tragedy at his Astroworld festival in Houston, Travis Scott has announced a new initiative called Project HEAL through his Cactus Jack Foundation, which will distribute $5million in community-based efforts.According to a description, Project HEAL is a “multi-tier initiative dedicated to addressing challenges facing today’s youth, especially those from marginalized and at-risk communities. Initiatives that will be funded through the project include academic scholarships, mental health resources, a creative design centre and “tech-driven solutions for event safety”.“Over the past few months I’ve been taking the time and space to grieve, reflect and do my part to heal my community,” Scott said when announcing the project on Instagram earlier today (March 9).

Bob Dylan is set to release a collection of more than 60 essays in a new book, The Philosophy Of Modern Song, which is set to be released on November 8 via Simon & Schuster.According to a press release, Dylan began work on The Philosophy Of Modern Song in 2010. The book will compile dozens of essays that the folk legend wrote about songs by other musicians, including Nina Simone, Elvis Costello and Hank Williams.“[Dylan] analyses what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal,” the press release reads.

EA Sports recently confirmed it would be removing Russian teams from FIFA 22, including the mobile and online versions, while it’d also be evaluating further changes that might be happening, and it seems that Ultimate Team has now had all Russian related items removed from it, following the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Similar to other celebrities in the entertainment industry, Spike Lee, the 63-year-old director, is feeling heavy about the death of George Floyd while in police custody in addition to the subsequent protests regarding police brutality. During a recent conversation with Entertainment Tonight’s Nischelle Turner, in the middle of promoting his new film, Da 5 Bloods, Spike Lee shared his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter protests.

Spike Lee is feeling the heaviness over the recent death of George Floyd and the subsequent protests against brutality.The 63-year-old director is known for speaking up for what he believes in, and stepped out to participate in a protest and vigil for Floyd in New York City this week. But as he told ET's Nischelle Turner while promoting his upcoming film, the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests are different than anything he's seen before.«This country, the United States of America, is in turmoil right now,» Lee expressed, adding that he's taking it «day by day.» «My heart is in a good place, though.

Spike Lee has compared the latest Black Lives Matter protests to the civil rights movements that took place in the 1960s.Following the death of African-American man George Floyd at the hands of a white cop in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 25 May, calls for an end to racial injustice have intensified worldwide. Accordingly, director Spike has responded by creating a new short film.

Shortly after the video was released of George Floyd being killed by a police officer and protests began to rise up around the US, Spike Lee released a short clip editing together the videos of Floyd and Eric Garner being killed alongside a similar scene in the director’s own “Do The Right Thing,” asking the question, “When will history stop repeating itself?” In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Lee talked about the connection between his 1989 acclaimed film and the recent racist killings of Black folks and why he thinks 2020 is already one of the worst years ever.

"He's trying to be a dictator"

Spike Lee is a filmmaker that has never shied away from being outspoken and infusing his films with clear messages about society and the issues that plague the country. So, with the events that have been dominating the media over the past several days, stemming from the brutal killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, it didn’t take long for Lee to put together a quick clip showcasing how his film, “Do the Right Thing,” connects to the string of police brutality issues that have been captured on video over the past few years.

Over 30 years later and “Do the Right Thing” still sadly rings true.

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The music for the Netflix movie is composed by GRAMMY Award-winning trumpeter Terence Blanchard

The music for the Netflix movie is composed by GRAMMY Award-winning trumpeter Terence Blanchard

Spike Lee is concerned Americans have died as a result of following President Donald Trump’s unscientific health advice during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The filmmaker previously spoke out against the decision to reopen cinemas in Georgia

In a perfect world, Spike Lee would be promoting his upcoming Netflix film, “Da 5 Bloods,” ahead of its June premiere and prepping to begin filming of his next feature, “Prince of Cats,” which he describes as “Romeo and Juliette during the age of hip-hop.” But COVID-19 had other plans, and even though Netflix is still moving forward with the June release of his next feature, the future is unclear, as he reveals in a new interview with Vanity Fair.

"We're second-class citizens"