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Spike Lee announces the death of his jazz bassist father who scored his early films

Spike Lee has paid tribute to his father Bill Lee who was a jazz bassist who played for Bob Dylan and composed the music for his son's early films

Daily Mirror

Bill Lee, jazz bassist, composer and father of Spike Lee, dies aged 94

The double bass loyalist who rejected the rising wave of electric basses in the '70s worked with Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Gordon Lightfoot and more, and scored Spike's first four feature films

Guitar World

Bill Lee, jazz musician who worked with Bob Dylan and on son Spike Lee's early movies, dies at 94

Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte and scored four of his son Spike’s early films, has died

The Independent UK

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TV tonight: Suranne Jones stars in new family drama about secrets and double lives

Sisters reunite after their mother’s death in Maryland. Plus: things get ugly in the penultimate episode of Succession. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Jim Brown: an immovable fixture in American life with a complex legacy

The star athlete, Hollywood pioneer and civil rights icon, who died on Thursday aged 87, was the paragon for an unflinching brand of masculinity that remained undiluted to the end

The Guardian - US

Jim Brown, all-time NFL great running back and social activist, dead at 87

An unstoppable runner with power, speed and endurance, Brown’s arrival sparked the game’s burgeoning popularity on television. As Black Americans fought for equality, Brown used his platform and voice to advance their cause.

Chicago Sun-Times

All-time NFL great running back, social activist Jim Brown dead at 87

NFL legend, actor and social activist Jim Brown has died at the age of 87

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White Men Can’t Jump to Do the Right Thing: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

A remake no one asked for is a quippy and surprisingly fun sports caper – plus Spike Lee’s powerful racial drama still packs a mighty punch 34 years on

The Guardian - UK

Eric Bibb: “I find the most effective songs, the ones that resonate most with the people who hear my music, are songs that come fairly quickly”

With his new album, Ridin', Bibb paints moving, historical portraits of people on the road to a better life – with help from a six-string banjo and a host of acoustic possibilities

Guitar World

Richard Avedon: major names celebrate the legacy of a unique photographer

An expansive new exhibition, on the 100th anniversary of his birthday, sees notable names from Cindy Crawford to Spike Lee pick their favorite images

The Guardian - US

Iconic Singer Harry Belafonte Is Dead At 96, See Spike Lee's Sweet Tribute

The legendary "Banana Boat" singer has died at 96.

Cinemablend

My 7 favorite new to Netflix movies that you should watch this month

Netflix's April brought rewatchable movies to the big red streaming machine. Here are my top 7 movies added earlier this month.

Tom’s Guide

'I started painting after sepsis and cancer - now I'm viral on TikTok and have sold works to Spike Lee'

Kevin has sold his art to the stars after picking up the hobby in recovery from thyroid cancer

Manchester Evening News

My 5 favorite new to Netflix movies that you should watch in April 2023

Netflix has a lot of new movies in April, but which ones are worth watching?

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‘This celebrates a coming of age’: David Harewood on how Black American culture took over the world

The actor’s new documentary series salutes 50 years of African American creativity, from Sidney Poitier and Stevie Wonder to Beyoncé and Black Panther

Chicago Sun-Times

Goonie Gang terrorized Englewood with 3 shootouts a day, boasted on Facebook, feds say

Prosecutors have a mountain of evidence against the small Englewood gang charged with 10 killings, gun-trafficking and other crimes in a racketeering trial set for May.

The Independent UK

The view from above the Oscars: The slap, the snafu, Spike

An Associated Press reporter has spent the past several years watching an opera box that give him a unique perspective on the audience at the Oscars

Salon

Chris Rock fans: "This was real and raw"

The comedian's fans traveled far to attend his live set in Baltimore, and here's what resonated with them most

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The Independent UK

The 10 most baffling Oscar victories

Helen O’Hara unveils some of the greatest injustices at the Academy Awards

Los Angeles Times

‘Chicago’ shouldn’t have won best picture in 2003. Here’s what should have

LOS ANGELES — There’s a case to be made that Oscars should be awarded not a few months but a few years after the movies are released. Maybe even 20 years, so as to weed out the overpraised clunkers, elevate the overlooked gems and ensure that the winners truly stand…

The Guardian - UK

The romcom effect: will a new movie gentrify Peckham as Richard Curtis gentrified Notting Hill?

The likable new release Rye Lane bills itself as ‘a love letter to south London’. But, like Amélie in Montmartre, could it end up damaging the place it sets out to celebrate?

The Independent UK

Jonathan Majors flexes his acting muscle, turns heavyweight

After breaking through in 2019’s “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” 33-year-old Jonathan Majors has been steadily bulking up as an actor

Chicago Tribune

Nina Metz: 1989 was a pivotal year for Black film. A new podcast goes deep and looks back

“Dating back to the beginning of Hollywood, Black films were always seen as lesser-than projects. I wanted to correct that and do something that honors all of these films,” said journalist Len Webb. “And since I’m a glutton for punishment, I decided: I want to watch every Black film ever…

The Guardian - US

Shell Toes and hoop earrings: eight hip-hop fashion items that changed what we wear

New York exhibition traces style evolution: ‘These are intergenerational ideas of what it meant to be stylish’

Evening Standard

Why are the Tories being slow choosing their candidate for mayor?

Last time Shaun Bailey was chosen more than 18 months before the vote

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