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

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

Evening Standard

‘I’m on the right side of history’: Spike Lee on speaking truth to power – and why Beyoncé was robbed

As the BlacKkKlansman film-maker picks up the British Film Institute’s top honour, he talks about being accused of provoking race riots, why his Malcolm X biopic will endure – and the problem with awards

The Guardian - UK

Everything Everywhere All at Once director criticised for describing Spike Lee’s Malcolm X as a ‘crime movie’

Remark has prompted a debate on social media

The Independent UK

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The 10 most baffling Oscar wins

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

The Independent UK

‘I buckled when I saw her remains’ – the biopic about ‘Europe’s first female suicide bomber’

After repeating ‘fake news’ about Hasna Aït Boulahcen’s role in the Paris attacks, Dina Amer switched from journalism to directing – to uncover deeper truths about this tragic misfit

The Guardian - UK

Inside Golden Globes' explosive past ahead of ceremony's controversial TV return

As the Golden Globes return to our screens, after being boycotted by celebrities and NBC last year, we take a look back at some of the most controversial moments from years gone by

Daily Mirror

What links Whitney Houston to Raiders of the Lost Ark – and Stanley Tucci’s recipes?

From a biopic of the singer to the adventures of the whip-cracking archaeologist, all via a galaxy far, far away

The Guardian - UK

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Brooklyn’s rich cinematic history detailed in new book

“Filmed in Brooklyn" by Margo Donohue; Arcadia Publishing (176 pages, $23.99)

Tribune News Service

‘You want it to outlive you’: an often-overlooked piece of civil rights history

A new documentary looks back at Lowndes county, where often-forgotten figures fought against white supremacy

The Guardian - US

You need to watch the best heist thriller on HBO Max before it leaves next week

This joint is way more fun than you remember — if you remember it at all. Here's why 'Inside Man' is worth revisiting before it breaks loose from HBO Max.

Inverse

On the Georgia Trail: Herschel Walker urges GOP ‘team effort’ to win

HIRAM, Ga. — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley had a message for the GOP faithful who had flocked to a Herschel Walker rally here: “America is counting on the people of Georgia.”

Tribune News Service

Why art is necessary for social change

Artist Devin Allen talks to Salon about Baltimore, his new book "No Justice No Peace" and the power of the image

Salon

Music inspires powerful emotions on screen, just like in real life

There are some classic films in which music is so integral to a scene, it would be hard to imagine the scene without it.

The Conversation

Is That Black Enough For You?!?: inside the Black cinema revolution of the 70s

Historian and critic Elvis Mitchell talks about his revealing Netflix documentary that focuses on an often forgotten era

The Guardian - US

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The Independent UK

Venus Williams, Spike Lee set for Black Entrepreneurs Day

A celebration of Black business success and opportunity is back for its third year

The Guardian - US

A Jazzman’s Blues review – soulful Netflix drama is Tyler Perry’s magnum opus

The divisive multi-hyphenate has delivered a surprisingly stirring period romance, a passion project for him that could spark a drastic career change

Tribune News Service

What to stream: As 'Sidney' documentary arrives, where to find Poitier's best films

On Friday, Reginald Hudlin’s documentary “Sidney” debuts on Apple TV+, after its bow at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month. The film depicts the life and groundbreaking career of the pioneering Bahamian American actor Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Academy Award. Produced by Oprah…

Asharq Al-Awsat

For Oprah Winfrey, ‘Sidney’ Is an Act of Love for Poitier

Oprah Winfrey was discussing her profound affection for trailblazing actor Sidney Poitier — a longtime friend and mentor to her — when she was overcome by emotion during an interview on the upcoming documentary “Sidney,” a life-spanning portrait. She plunged her head into her hands and cried, “I just love…

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Tiger Woods, Zendaya Headline Celebs Watching Serena Williams

The stars came out to support the 23-time Grand Slam champion on Wednesday night.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Academy Unearths Long-lost 'Race Films' in Black Cinema Exhibit

Long before Denzel Washington, Spike Lee or even Sidney Poitier, generations of pioneering and revolutionary Black US filmmakers played a key role in shaping early American cinema and dispelling pejorative stereotypes, a major new Hollywood exhibition argues. "Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971," opening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in…

Tribune News Service

Jackie Robinson Museum opens in lower Manhattan, detailing life of Dodgers great

NEW YORK — As Spike Lee sat in the front row of a rousing ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning, he thought about resurrecting one of his greatest disappointments.

Tribune News Service

Derek Jeter documentary ‘The Captain’ shows ‘candid, open and vulnerable’ side of Yankees great, director Randy Wilkins says

NEW YORK — ESPN’s new Derek Jeter documentary series promises to be the ultimate curveball for fans of the Yankees great.

The Guardian - UK

The Guide #43: Pop culture picks to help you through a heatwave

In this week’s newsletter: It’s too hot out there, so stay inside and work your way through our list of films, TV and music to pass the time

The Guardian - UK

If you watch only one film … the greatest movies by the greatest directors

Some directors come with such huge back catalogues that it can be hard to know where to start. Enter our film critics, who suggest the best routes in to the works of some of our most prolific film-makers

Tribune News Service

Paul Walter Hauser on 'Black Bird,' Ray Liotta and playing a psycho

DETROIT — Paul Walter Hauser auditioned for the role of a suspected serial killer in "Black Bird" over Zoom from his parents' basement in Saginaw.

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