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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, including Spike Lee, Naomi Campbell, Jamie Foxx and her “View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg.

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 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 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 Aug. 29, when Jackson would have turned 51.

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 is over.

“That thing with Clint was overblown, and that stuff was squashed. We’re cool,” he told Access’ Shaun Robinson at the Toronto International Film Festival, where he’s promoting his World War II drama, “Miracle at St. Anna.”

Read on to see what famous director helped them end the feud!

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 “seismic” change to the world.

“I don’t think his (Jackson’s) comments help anybody. It’s just unfortunate,” Lee said after taking part in a Television Critics Association panel.

Read on for what else Spike had to say!

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 sounds like “an angry old man.”

“First of all, the man is not my father and we’re not on a plantation either,” he told ABCNews.com. “He’s a great director. He makes his films, I make my films. The thing about it though, I didn’t personally attack him. And a comment like ‘a guy like that should shut his face’ — come on Clint, come on. He sounds like an angry old man right there.”

Find out what other words he had for Eastwood inside.

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 winner to suggest Lee should keep his mouth shut.

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 highlight the contribution of black American soldiers who fought and died to liberate Europe.

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?

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, reports National Correspondent Allison Samuels, belongs to 42-year-old Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, a survivor from New Orleans? Lower Ninth Ward.