Spike Lee just started shooting the Do The Right Thing prequel, sequel or spinoff Red Hook Summer. He’ll be reprising his role as Mookie, now the other old boy.
Fresh clucking fodder for fellow film geeks: Spike Lee is in talks to direct the remake of the South Korean, Kafka-esque, Greek tragedy-style (read: very fucked up) revenge tale Oldboy. Read more »
Teens from the Children’s Aid Society called out Spike Lee for the high concentration of Absolut Brooklyn ads in Bed-Stuy and peddling his booze “in areas that can barely afford food.” Spike’s curiou$ moral code: Slap a “Da Bomb” sticker on a 40 in Bamboozled to expose exploitation in targeted alcohol advertising, but put a brownstone decal on an Absolut bottle and it’s all good.
Continuing with their ‘City Series’ of limited edition vodkas, Absolut enlisted once relevant film director, Spike Lee, for Absolut Brooklyn. Flavored with apple and ginger, the bottle features an artsy depiction of the guido-surrounded, Cobble Hill building he grew up in. |Grub Street|
Obama Art Website Gets Bound Up
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- “Vote Obama” by James J
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- “The Man of Hope” by Sweetestbaboon
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- “Baby Got Hope” by Sweetestbaboon
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- “Did the Right Thing” by Don Button
After Shepard Fairey’s “Art for Obama” comes “Design for Obama,” a book of posters for the president. The “grassroots anthology” features a Spike Lee-curated collection of images drawn from the submissions to its eponymous website: “Do the Right Thing”-inspired pieces, variations on Shepard Fairey’s image of “Hope,” as well as a bizarre Obama tramp stamp. Taschen books will release the title next week, but until then you can browse the uncurated contents online.
Last night, Kobe Bryant scored a “record-setting” 61 points against the Knicks, leading the Lakers to a huge victory in Madison Square Garden. When asked what what motivated him, he said it was the opposing team’s #1 cheerleader fan:
“I’m going to review this documentary I’m doing with Spike Lee tonight after the game and I didn’t feel like sitting next to him and hearing him talking trash about the Knicks, so that was added incentive as well,” Bryant said. “Seriously. He’s going to get an earful tonight.”
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is on the cover of the upcoming June issue of UPTOWN magazine, “the only luxury lifestyle publication targeted at Affluent African Americans (AAA).” It’s the first time the mag has gone with an illustrated cover, commissioning artist Alex Ostroy. The Entertainment Issue drops on June 15th, and features director-activist Spike Lee discussing the “Obama Effect,” claiming that a black president isn’t just symbolic, “Do you know how uplifting it’s going to be for people of color to have someone who looks like them be President of the United States? It changes everything, and it’s not just symbolism.” The issue also includes stories about “Bloggers Behind the Web’s Juiciest Stars,” “72 Hours in Tuscany from behind the wheel of a Bentley,” and the perfect travel guide to African American elitism: “an inside look at popular black summer enclaves in Martha’s Vineyard, Sag Harbor and Hilton Head.”
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