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Access Excess: Headlines Round Up From Around The Web

Time for some link love! Who was caught smooching with her boyfriend courtside at the Lakers game? Who is planning to set sail for the Bermuda Triangle next month? Plus, who called Spike Lee...

Oprah’s South African Boarding School Opens

HENLEY-ON-KLIP, South Africa (January 2, 2007) — Oprah Winfrey headed a celebrity lineup that included Tina Turner and Spike Lee at the opening Tuesday of the talk show queen’s new...

Spike Lee Calls Michael Jackson Documentary ‘Treasure Chest’ Of Findings

Spike Lee worked with Michael Jackson and considered him a friend, but the director says even he learned a lot combing through footage of the...

Mike Tyson, Spike Lee Team Up For Broadway Show

Mike Tyson wants his next knockout to be on Broadway. The former boxer announced Monday that he will team up with director Spike Lee to bring his one-man show, “Mike Tyson: Undisputed...

Prince Brings Sherri Sheppard, Whoopi Goldberg, Spike Lee On Stage To Party At NYC Concert

Sherri Sheppard finally got her wish to spend the night with Prince — but she had to share him with a few other celebrities,...

Spike Lee Bashes US Report On Vanished Gulf Oil

Filmmaker Spike Lee is calling a “lie” a U.S. government report that 75 percent of the spilled Gulf Coast oil is gone.

Spike Lee To Mark Jackson’s Birthday With NYC Bash

Spike Lee is organizing a block party-style celebration in Brooklyn to mark Michael Jackson’s birthday. The filmmaker’s bash in Kings County for the late King of Pop will be on...

Spike Lee Throws Jackson Birthday Bash In Brooklyn

Filmmaker Spike Lee is throwing Michael Jackson a birthday party. The party will be held in a Brooklyn park Saturday on what would have been the 51st birthday of the late pop star.

Spike Lee Responds To Eastwood’s Comments: ‘He Sounds Like An Angry Old Man’

Spike Lee has hit back at Clint Eastwood’s recent suggestion to “shut his face,” by claiming the Oscar winner...

Spike Lee Defends Free Speech During Visit To Venezuela

Filmmaker Spike Lee championed a free press Friday during a visit to Venezuela, where broadcasters are under pressure to avoid criticizing President Hugo Chavez’s leftist government.

Access Exclusive: Spike Lee On Clint Eastwood: ‘We’re Cool’

After a war of words that took place in the press, Spike Lee has exclusively told Access Hollywood that his public beef with fellow director Clint Eastwood...

Spike Lee Directs Heartbreaking Katrina Doc

NEW YORK (August 17, 2006) — Several weeks after Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans, HBO documentary executives were stumped. How to respond on film to something so monumental?

Clint Eastwood Blasts Spike Lee: ‘A Guy Like Him Should Shut His Face’

Clint Eastwood has hit back over comments Spike Lee made about him during the Cannes film festival last month.Find out what prompted the Oscar...

Spike Lee Takes Jackson To Task For Obama Comments

Spike Lee says the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s crudely phrased criticism of Barack Obama won’t affect the Democrat’s campaign, which the filmmaker expects to succeed at bringing...

Spike Lee’s Next Movie To Highlight Black Soldiers In WWII

ROME (July 3, 2007) — Spike Lee announced plans Tuesday to make a movie about the struggle against Nazi occupiers in Italy during World War II that he hopes will...

FEMA Director Says He’d Likely Watch Spike Lee Katrina Film

MIAMI (July 31, 2006) — Spike Lee’s movie about Hurricane Katrina might just get an audience from the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but the...

Spike Lee’s ‘Requiem’ For New Orleans

NEW YORK (August 13, 2006) — Director Spike Lee interviewed more than 100 people for his upcoming HBO documentary about Hurricane Katrina. But the voice that will be remembered best,...