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BAM Gala 2023
May 12, 2023
Spike Lee and The Gersh Agency have officially announced the first-ever class of Spike Fellows at the Gersh Program ...
April 29, 2023
It took me a minute to realize that the 1998 film starring Denzel Washington and Ray Allen was about so…
November 24, 2022
On Thanksgiving, what movie should you and the family watch? There are several great movies that you and the family…
October 7, 2022
Williams, Lee, Tracee Ellis Ross, Shaquille O'Neal and Killer Mike are among those set to help celebrate Black success and…
February 20, 2022
Howard University narrowly beat Morgan State University during the NBA's inaugural HBCU Classic on Saturday, February 19.
Spike Lee thegrio.com
January 20, 2022
Academy Award winner Spike Lee will receive the DGA's Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Motion Picture Direction.
January 4, 2022
Maxine McNair, 93, was the mother of Carol Denise McNair, who, at 11, was the youngest of the four girls…
Spike Lee/ ICM Partners
December 17, 2021
It looks like Netflix is willing to bet on Spike Lee joints. The massive streamer has officially formed a creative…
December 15, 2021
Some classic Black films are being added to the National Film Registry, including Richard Pryor's acclaimed 1979 stand-up set.
December 3, 2021
This Saturday, the channel kicks off free streaming for a doubleheader match-up between Howard University and Hofstra University.
"American Skin" Red Carpet Arrivals - The 76th Venice Film Festival
October 21, 2021
Spike Lee and Nate Parker were hit with a lawsuit over copyright infringement by independent filmmakers Selton and Langston Shaw.
The Hollywood Reporter's 7th Annual Nominees Night - Arrivals
September 17, 2021
Blanchard discusses the complexities of presenting "Fire Shut Up In My Bones" in a genre of music where Blacks have…
September 7, 2021
A host of celebrities shared social-media tributes to Williams, the popular actor found dead in his Brooklyn home on Monday.
August 27, 2021
Lee's four-part "NYC Epicenters: 9/11-2021½" airs over the next three Sundays, ending on the Sept. 11 attack's 20-year anniversary.
August 26, 2021
"People are going to just think what they think," Lee, the acclaimed film director, told The New York Times in…
"OSS 117: From Africa With Love" Final Screeing
August 24, 2021
In a New York Times profile, esteemed director Spike Lee explains why his 9/11 documentary series includes conspiracy theorists.
Jury Press Conference - The 74th Annual Cannes Film Festival
July 6, 2021
At the Cannes press conference jury president and filmmaker Spike Lee spoke on "Black people being hunted down," Donald Trump…
93rd Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals
April 27, 2021
According to Glenn Close, the now famous clip of her doing "Da Butt" dance at the Oscars was a "completely…
April 21, 2021
In a Facebook post Tuesday, Frazier, who filmed Floyd's murder, wrote "I just cried so hard. This last hour my…
March 26, 2021
'Oz' actor and spoken word artist Craig 'MuMs' Grant has died at age 52. His rep said he passed Wednesday…