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No one from Ghana’s film industry approached me while I was here – Spike Lee

Joy Online 30 Mar 2023
Award-winning American director and producer, Spike Lee has revealed that nobody from Ghana’s film industry attempted to approach or speak to him during his stay in the country ... Spike Lee was also shocked to know Ghana had a film school, NAFTI (now the University of Media, Arts and Communication).
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No one from Ghana’s film industry approached me – Spike Lee

Joy Online 30 Mar 2023
Award-winning American director and producer, Spike Lee has revealed that nobody from Ghana’s film industry attempted to approach or speak to him during his stay in the country ... Veteran filmmaker, Spike Lee says nobody in a Ghana’s film industry leadership has approached him on issues of the craft.
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Rosie Perez says Spike Lee has made amends with her after she spoke out against ...

The Daily Mail 30 Mar 2023
Rosie Perez says she and Spike Lee have made amends in the decades since she complained about performing in a nude scene for the director in the 1989 movie Do the Right Thing ... 'And when Spike Lee puts ice cubes on my nipples, the reason you don't see my head is because I'm crying.
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Rosie Perez fired agent in stunned rage after they told her to get nose job ...

Independent online (SA) 30 Mar 2023
Oscar and multiple Primetime Emmy Award nominee Perez told Variety ... “I had nobody ... The actress – whose breakthrough role came in Spike Lee’s 1989Do the Right Thing’ – was helped by her ‘Criminal Justice’ co-star Jennifer Grey, 62, who immediately got an agent to represent Perez when she heard the story, and branded the showbiz industry “racist’’ ... .
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Rosie Perez fired an agent in a stunned rage after they told her to get ...

Black Hills Pioneer 30 Mar 2023
Oscar and multiple Primetime Emmy Award nominee Rosie told Variety ... The actress – whose breakthrough role came in Spike Lee’s 1989Do the Right Thing’ – was helped by her ‘Criminal Justice’ co-star Jennifer Grey, 62, who immediately got her agent to represent Rosie when she heard the story, and branded the showbiz industry “racist’. Rosie added ... ....
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Rosie Perez on Latino representation — or lack of it — in Hollywood: ‘Just not enough’

The Los Angeles Times 30 Mar 2023
And then if it’s too real, they’re, ‘Could you pull it back, ’cause we don’t want the audience to feel offended.’ And people are getting sick of it.' Perez's career took off after she starred in Spike Lee's influential 1989 film, 'Do the Right Thing.' She gave another memorable ...
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African economic aid plan set

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 30 Mar 2023
As part of that effort, U.S ... Harris made the announcement during a meeting with six Ghanaian female entrepreneurs ... It's a vision that requires money, and the desire for investment was on full display during a state banquet Monday at Ghana's presidential palace where Hollywood stars Spike Lee, Idris Elba and Rosario Dawson were among the attendees ... .
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Rosie Perez: My agent told me to go blond, get nose job to land more roles

New York Post 30 Mar 2023
More On.. rosie perez. Rosie Perez jokes she was ‘pissed off’ at Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes during Oscars. Spike Lee honored with the 34th American Cinematheque Award. Rosie Perez had ‘terrifying’ COVID-19 a year ago. A.J. Johnson takes credit for Rosie Perez and Jennifer Lopez’s big breaks ... “I couldn’t believe it ... ....
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Harris out to reframe US views on Africa, foster partnership

The Roseburg News-Review 30 Mar 2023
ACCRA, Ghana — If U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has a favorite number on her trip to Africa, it's undoubtedly 19 ... It's a vision that requires money, and the desire for investment was on full display during a state banquet Monday at Ghana's presidential palace where Hollywood stars Spike Lee, Idris Elba and Rosario Dawson were among the attendees.
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Black, Hispanic investors struggle with faith in crypto

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 30 Mar 2023
But he still promotes it to the Black community and would like to get back in himself ... dollars ... Coin Cloud, a company that makes ATMs for cryptocurrencies and which has filed for bankruptcy, launched an ad featuring movie director Spike Lee deriding "old money" as "exploitative," "oppressive" and "white," and crypto as "positive" and "inclusive.".
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‘A Thousand and One’ Had to Acknowledge Colorism In Telling a Black Woman’s Story

The Daily Beast 30 Mar 2023
Moviegoers have been taught to view films set in New York as “love letters” to the city, no matter how gritty or unflattering they may be. Blame Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, or any member of a long list of other New-York-bred filmmakers capturing the divine chaos and innate romanticism of the Big Apple ... (Warning ... I don’t know ... No ... .
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American filmmaker Spike Lee in Ghana

Business Ghana 29 Mar 2023
Popular American filmmaker Shelton Jackson, widely known as Spike Lee, has arrived in Ghana yesterday, March 26 ... Spike Lee was received by the ‘Beyond The Return’ team and the CEO of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) Kwesi Agyeman at the Kotoka International Airport.
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Kamala Harris in Ghana: The US Vice President and the arts

Joy Online 29 Mar 2023
They include renowned producer and filmmaker Spike Lee, BET President Scott Mills, NAACP President Derrick Johnson, Howard President Wayne Frederick and actress and producer Rosario Dawson. Rosario Dawson, Spike Lee, VP Kamala Harris, and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff at tonight’s banquet dinner in Ghana.

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