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Monday, March 20, 2017

Happy Birthday Spike Lee

“It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are” - Spike Lee
(Spike Lee)
Spike Lee was born as Shelton Lee on March 20th, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. As a child his family moved to Brooklyn, NY. He then got the nickname “Spike” as a child.
(Lee in high school)
Lee attended Morehouse college in Atlanta, GA. He graduated with a BA from Morehouse in Mass Communication. In 1985 Lee began on his 1st feature film She’s Gotta Have It. The film released in 1986 and earned $7 million at the US box office.
(Lee in She’s Gotta Have It (1986))
In 1989 Lee’s film Do the Right Thing (1989) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
(Lee in Do the Right Thing(1989))
In 1990 Lee’s film Mo’ Better Blues was accused of antisemitism by the Anti-Defamation League and several film critics. Lee denied the charges, Lee said that he would not release an anti semitic film because Jews run Hollywood. In 1991 Lee taught a course at Harvard about filmmaking. In 1993 Lee began to teach at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. In the mid 90’s Lee produced TV commercials for Levi’s jeans. Also Spike Lee joined with Michael Jordan to promote Air Jordan sneakers.
(Michael Jordan (Left) and Lee (Right))
In 1997 Lee’s film 4 Little Girls was nominated for the Best Feature Documentary Academy Award. In 2007 Spike Lee was honored with the San Francisco Film Society's Directing Award. In 2008 he received the Wexner Prize. In 2012 after the shooting of Trayvon Martin, Spike Lee was one of many people who used Twitter to circulate a message which claimed to give the home address of the shooter George Zimmerman.
(Lee in 2012)
In 2013 Lee won The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. In 2015 Lee received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his contributions to film. Lee is the director, writer, and producer of the MyCareer story mode in the video game NBA 2K16.
(Lee in 2015)
Today is his 60th birthday and we would all like to say happy birthday Spike Lee.

Spike Lee’s filmography
  • Joe’s Bed Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)
  • She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
  • School Daze (1988)
  • Do the Right Thing (1989)
  • Mo’ Better Blues (1990)
  • Jungle Fever (1991)
  • Malcolm X (1992)
  • Crooklyn (1994)
  • Clockers (1995)
  • Lumiere and Company (1995)
  • Girl 6 (1996)
  • Get on the Bus (1996)
  • 4 Little Girls (1997)
  • He Got Game (1998)
  • Freak (1998)
  • Pavarotti and Friends for the Children of Liberia (1998)
  • Summer of Sam (1999)
  • Pavarotti and Friends for the Guatemala and Kosovo (1999)
  • The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)
  • Bamboozled (2000)
  • A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
  • The Concert for New York City (2001)
  • 25th Hour (2002)
  • Jim Brown: All American (2002)
  • Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
  • She Hate Me (2004)
  • Sucker Free City (2004)
  • Inside Man (2006)
  • When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
  • Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
  • Passing Strange (2008)
  • Kobe Doin’ Work (2009)
  • If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise (2010)
  • Red Hook Summer (2012)
  • Bad 25 (2012)
  • Oldboy (2013)
  • Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (2013)
  • Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
  • Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife (2014)
  • Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store (2014)
  • Chi-Raq (2015)
  • Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016)

Videos of Spike Lee

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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Happy Birthday Denzel Washington

“You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it” - Denzel Washington
Image result for denzel washington(Denzel Washington)
Denzel Washington was born as Denzel Washington Jr. on December 28th, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA. When he was 14 his parents separated. In 1977 Washington earned a B.A. in Drama and Journalism from Fordham University.
Image result for denzel washington 1977(Washington in 1977)
Also in 1977 he starred in the film Wilma. In 1981 he starred in Carbon Copy. Also in 1981 he starred in the play “A Soldier’s Play”.
Image result for denzel washington 1981(Washington in 1981)
In 1982 he starred in the TV show “St. Elsewhere”. In 1983 he married Pauletta Pearson. In 1984 he starred in the movie A Soldier’s Story.
Image result for denzel washington 1984(Washington in A Soldier's Story (1984))
In 1986 he starred in the movies Hard Lessons and Power. In 1987 he starred in the film Cry Freedom.
Image result for denzel washington 1987(Washington in Cry Freedom (1987))
In 1989 he starred in Glory.
Image result for denzel washington 1989(Washington in Glory (1989))
In 1990 he starred in Mo’ Better Blues. In 1992 he starred in Malcolm X.
Image result for denzel washington 1992(Washington in Malcolm X (1992))
In 1993 he starred in Philadelphia. In 1995 he donated US$2.5 million to help build the new West Angeles Church of God in Christ facility in Los Angeles. In 1996 he appeared in Courage Under Fire and The Preacher’s Wife. In 1998 he starred in He Got Game.
Image result for denzel washington 1998(Washington in He Got Game (1998))
In 1999 he starred in The Hurricane. In 2000 he starred in Remember the Titans. In 2001 he starred in Training Day.
Image result for denzel washington training day(Washington in Training Day (2001))
In 2005 he starred in the play “Julius Caesar”. In 2006 he starred in Inside Man. In 2007 he starred in The Great Debaters. In 2008 Washington supported Barack Obama. In 2010 he starred in the play “Fences”. Also in 2010 he starred in The Book of Eli.
Image result for denzel washington 2010 book of eli(Washington in The Book of Eli (2010))
In 2012 he starred in Flight. In 2016 he starred in The Magnificent Seven. Also in 2016 he starred in the film Fences.
Image result for denzel washington 2016 fences(Washington (Left) and Viola Davis (Right) in Fences (2016))
Today he turns 62 years old and we would all like to say happy birthday Denzel Washington.

Movies starring Denzel Washington
  • Carbon Copy (1981) as Roger Porter
  • A Soldier’s Story (1984) as Private First Class Melvin Peterson
  • Power (1986) as Arnold Billings
  • Cry Freedom (1987) as Steve Biko
  • For Queen and Country (1988) as Reuben James
  • The Mighty Quinn (1989) as Xavier Quinn
  • Glory (1989) as Trip
  • Heart Condition (1990) as Napoleon Stone
  • Mo’ Better Blues (1990) as Bleek Gilliam
  • Mississippi Masala (1991) as Demetrius Williams
  • Ricochet (1991) as Nick Styles
  • Malcolm X (1992) as Malcolm X
  • Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992) as narrator
  • Much Ado About Nothing (1993) as Don Pedro of Aragon
  • The Pelican Brief (1993) as Gray Grantham
  • Philadelphia (1993) as Joe Miller
  • Crimson Tide (1995) as Lt. Commander Ron Hunter
  • Virtuosity (1995) as Lt. Parker Barnes
  • Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) as Easy Rawlins
  • Courage Under Fire (1996) as Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling
  • The Preacher’s Wife (1996) as Dudley
  • Fallen (1998) as Det. John Hobbes
  • He Got Game (1998) as Jake Shuttlesworth
  • The Siege (1998) as Anthony Hubbard
  • The Bone Collector (1999) as Lincoln Rhyme
  • The Hurricane (1999) as Rubin Carter
  • Remember the Titans (2000) as Herman Boone
  • Training Day (2001) as Det. Alonzo Harris
  • John Q. (2002) as John Archibald
  • Antwone Fisher (2002) as Dr. Jerome Davenport
  • Out of Time (2003) as Matt Whitlock
  • Man on Fire (2004) as John Creasy
  • The Manchurian Candidate (2004) as Maj. Ben Marco
  • Inside Man (2006) as Keith Frazier
  • Deja Vu (2006) as Doug Carlin
  • American Gangster (2007) as Frank Lucas
  • The Great Debaters (2007) as Melvin Tolson
  • The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) as Walter Garber
  • The Book of Eli (2010) as Eli
  • Unstoppable (2010) as Frank Barnes
  • Safe House (2012) as Tobin Frost
  • Flight (2012) as William Whitaker Sr.
  • 2 Guns (2013) as Robert Trench
  • The Equalizer (2014) as Robert McCall
  • The Magnificent Seven (2016) as Sam Chisholm
  • Fences (2016) as Troy Maxson
TV Shows starring Denzel Washington
  • “The Wilma Rudolph Story” (1977) as Robert Eldrige
  • “Flesh and Blood” (1979) as Kirk
  • “St. Elsewhere” (1982-1988) as Dr. Phillip Chandler
  • “Licence to Kill” (1984) as Martin Sawyer
  • “The George McKenna Story” (1986) as George McKenna
  • “Great Performances” (1992) as narrator
  • “Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child” (1995) as King Omar
  • “The March” (2013) as narrator
Plays starring Denzel Washington
  • “Coriolanus” (1979) as Aediles, Roman Citizen, Voscian Citizen, Roman Soldier, Voscian Soldier
  • “A Soldier’s Play” (1981-1983) as Private First Class Melvin Peterson
  • “Checkmates” (1988) as Sylvester Williams
  • “The Tragedy of Richard III” (1990) as Richard III of England
  • “Julius Caesar” (2005) as Marcus Brutus
  • “Fences” (2010) as Troy Maxson
  • “A Raisin in the Sun” (2014) as Walter Younger
Videos of Denzel Washington



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