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   Spike Lee Under Fire for Tweeting Wrong Address in Trayvon Martin Controversy

   1:15 pm 3/27/2012

   • by Paul Bond

   The director is accused of inciting racial violence with his retweet of the alleged whereabouts of George Zimmerman.Read more

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   Spike Lee Uses Twitter To Spread Awareness for Trayvon Martin Case

   6:36 am 3/26/2012

   • by Jordan Zakarin

   The filmmaker has been retweeting messages and photos of people wearing hoodies in call for the arrest of the 17-year-old's killer.Read more

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   Geraldo Rivera Says Trayvon Martin's Hoodie Made Him a Target, Receives Major Backlash (Video)

   10:33 am 3/23/2012

   • by Jordan Zakarin

   The Fox News commentator says Martin's killer should be prosecuted but that the victim's attire put him at fault, too. Aziz Ansari responds, "F--k you, Geraldo."Read more

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   The Trayvon Martin Case Stirs Hollywood, Splits the Media

   10:08 am 3/23/2012

   • by Jordan Zakarin

   The murder of a 17-year-old African American boy in Florida has drawn national outrage, with various stars pushing for justice -- and media figures sometimes drawing scrutiny for their commentary.Read more

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   HBO Not Moving Forward With Spike Lee/Doug Ellin's 'Da Brick'

   3:37 pm 3/13/2012

   • by Lesley Goldberg

   The boxing drama pilot, which counts Mike Tyson among its executive producers, becomes the second Doug Ellin project to be killed at the premium cable network this pilot season.Read more

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   Todd McCarthy's Sundance Wrap: Why the 'Beasts' Rule

   11:30 am 1/30/2012

   • by Todd McCarthy

   THR's film critic on the triumph of "Beasts of the Southern Wild," Spike Lee's belly-flop and the sad glut of crass sex comedies at Park City.Read more

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   Red Hook Summer: Sundance Film Review

   12:30 am 1/23/2012

   • by David Rooney

   Spike Lee's return to rough-and-ready independent filmmaking is not the invigorating creative shot in the arm that the director's admirers might have wished for. Read more

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   Obama's Al Green 'Lets Stay Together' Video Goes Viral (Video)

   8:03 pm 1/20/2012

   • by Andy Lewis

   The president thrilled an audience at Harlem's Apollo Theater with his singing.Read more

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   Sundance 2012: Spike Lee Talks 'Red Hook Summer,' His Feature Debut at the Festival (Q&A)

   8:00 am 1/20/2012

   • by Stacey Wilson

   After a long hiatus and on the eve of his premiere, the director discusses "The Help," "Inside Man's" (nonstarter) sequel and the state of blacks in Hollywood.Read more

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    Obama Receives Warm Reception at Spike Lee Fundraiser

    11:06 pm 1/19/2012

    • by Tina Daunt

    Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon are among the 45 guests at the $35,800-per-ticket dinner in NYC.Read more

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