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Shelton Jackson Lee, better known as Spike Lee, is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated film director, producer, writer, and actor, whose movies often examine controversial social and political issues. Brooklyn is the backdrop for many of his films, which he labels as "A Spike Lee Joint." Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever are some of his better-known films.
Shelton Jackson Lee, better known as Spike Lee, is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated film director, producer, writer, and actor, whose movies often examine controversial social and political issues. Brooklyn is the backdrop for many of his films, which he labels as "A Spike Lee Joint." Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever are some of his better-known films.
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ALL-STAR WEEK '08: WHAT'S GOING ON
STATUES ON PARADE Where: All over Manhattan When: Now Give me your tired, your poor and even your Red Sox fans. For one week only, the most New York of symbols will be used to honor all baseball fans, including some that usually aren't the most welcome...Tags: Josh Hamilton, Reggie Jackson, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Hank Aaron, Baseball
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McConaughey, Alves Have Baby
Matthew McConaughey girlfriend had a baby boy on Monday night, the first child for the couple, his rep told People magazine. The baby was born at 6:22 p.m. in Los Angeles, weighing in at 7 pounds, 4 ounces. "They're so happy!" a close pal of McConaughey...Tags: eBay Incorporated, David O'Hara, Walt Disney Co., O.J. Simpson, Celebrity
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Actor colombiano John Leguizamo, un rostro omnipresente en cartelera de EEUU
Antonio Martín Guirado Los Ángeles, 7 jul (EFE).- La cartelera de EEUU echa humo estos días con la llegada de las grandes producciones veraniegas, obras a las que no será ajeno el colombiano John Leguizamo, de moda gracias a "The Happening" y con...Tags: John Leguizamo, Humboldt Park, Celebrity, Robert De Niro, Minority Groups
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Actor colombiano John Leguizamo, un rostro omnipresente en cartelera de EE.UU
Antonio Martín Guirado Los Ángeles, 7 jul (EFE).- La cartelera de Estados Unidos echa humo estos días con la llegada de las grandes producciones veraniegas, obras a las que no será ajeno el colombiano John Leguizamo, de moda gracias a "The Happening"...Tags: John Leguizamo, Humboldt Park, Celebrity, Robert De Niro, Minority Groups
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A fan's guide to the All-Star Game
barbara.barker@newsday.comThe top names in Major League Baseball are converging upon New York City for the game's All-Star Week. Ok, so the All-Star Week is actually about five days, beginning Friday with the opening of the DHL All-Star FanFest at the Jacob Javits Center and...Tags: Josh Hamilton, Reggie Jackson, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Hank Aaron, Baseball
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Get tested for HIV, Magic Johnson's wife urges women
The Associated PressMagic Johnson's normally publicity-shy wife Cookie is emerging as a spokeswoman in a campaign urging black women to get tested for HIV. Cookie Johnson is appearing with the former LA Lakers star in a five-year, $60 million public service campaign with...Tags: Diseases, AIDS, Magic Johnson
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Magic Johnson's wife in public eye on HIV campaign
Magic Johnson's normally publicity-shy wife Cookie is emerging as a spokeswoman in a campaign urging black women to get tested for HIV. Cookie Johnson is appearing with the former LA Lakers star in a five-year, $60 million public service campaign with...Tags: Diseases, Elections, Political Candidates, AIDS, Magic Johnson
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Cookie and Magic Johnson and Spike Lee help fight HIV among blacks
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"Ladies," said Cookie Johnson, looking straight into the camera, her husband's arm draped across her shoulders. "Have you been tested . . . " " . . . for HIV?" finished Lakers basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson. As the most prominent African...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Civil and Public Service, Government
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Ronnie Mathews, jazz pianist
By PETER KEEPNEWS The New York Times Ronnie Mathews, a jazz pianist whose recorded output as a leader was sparse but whose resume as a sideman with stars of jazz was substantial, died Saturday in Brooklyn. He was 72 and lived in the Prospect Heights...Tags: Thelonious Monk, New York Times, Music Industry, Jazz Music, Brooklyn (King's, New York)
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Low-profile, big-résumé jazz pianist
New York Times News ServiceNEW YORK—Ronnie Mathews, a jazz pianist whose recorded output as a leader was sparse but whose résumé as a sideman with stars of jazz was substantial, died Saturday in Brooklyn. He was 72. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said his daughter,...Tags: Thelonious Monk, Manhattan, Dexter Gordon, Music Industry, Jazz Music
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