Turn Me On: She's gotta have it - Globe and Mail


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Turn Me On: She's gotta have it
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Her best friend, Saralou (Malin Bjorhovde), dreams of moving to Texas to fight the death penalty; she writes letters to death-row inmates and chain smokes. Saralou's sister, Ingrid (Beate Stofring), is a catty townie with pretensions of experience and ...

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Spike Lee on Shooting in His Favorite Borough for Red Hook Summer - LA Weekly

Spike Lee on Shooting in His Favorite Borough for Red Hook Summer
LA Weekly
LA WEEKLY: This is your first self-funded film since 1986's She's Gotta Have It. What made you decide to work so fast and loose? SPIKE LEE: Well, I wouldn't use the word "loose," because when you finance them with your own money, the approach is very ...
"Red Hook Summer": Spike Lee Goes Back to Brooklyn SF Weekly

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'American Idol' recap: Top six channel Queen for a day - Los Angeles Times (blog)


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'American Idol' recap: Top six channel Queen for a day
Los Angeles Times (blog)
"This girl right here, she's gotta have it, dude," Jackson said in Jacksonspeak. "That was phenomenal." He then added, "She wants the finish line, and I love it." Tyler didn't think Laine took us where she usually takes us with this song, ...
'American Idol' rewind: Joshua Ledet and the music of Queen AZ Central.com
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'American Idol' Top 6 step up their game for Queen week Zap2it.com (blog)
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Spike Lee's Latest Headed to Theaters Soon - Inland Valley News


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Spike Lee's Latest Headed to Theaters Soon
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“From my very first joint back in 1986, 'She's Gotta Have It,' I have been an independent filmmaker, and even today I still am,” Lee said in a statement. “I'm elated to join forces with Variance Films for the independent distribution of my new joint ...

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Skylar Laine: Her 5 best 'American Idol' performances - AZ Central.com


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Skylar Laine: Her 5 best 'American Idol' performances
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6, 2012 04:30 PM She's been the contestant most likely to build on the momentum country artists seemed to have had going into the season after Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina snagged the top two spots on "American Idol" last year.
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How To Invest In Movies - San Francisco Chronicle

How To Invest In Movies
San Francisco Chronicle
Blockbusters tend to have a broad appeal; foreign films and documentaries, black and white and silent films have less appeal. Notable exceptions would be Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It" and the recently feted best picture, "The Artist.

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Indeed, festival programmer Janet Pierson, an industry maven who helped to bring She's Gotta Have It, The Blair Witch Project, Clerks and Slacker to the big screen, is one of the film's most vocal champions. “Janet Pierson stood up in front of the ...

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Spike Lee's 'Red Hook Summer' Lands a Distributor & Release Date - Screen Rant


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Spike Lee's 'Red Hook Summer' Lands a Distributor & Release Date
Screen Rant
Controversy magnet – and two-time Oscar-nominated pioneer filmmaker – Spike Lee's latest “joint,” Red Hook Summer, is yet another Brooklyn-based tale to join the ranks of classic Lee works like She's Gotta Have It, Do the Right Thing and Crooklyn, ...
Spike Lee's RED HOOK SUMMER Set for Release on August 10 Collider.com
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Exclusive: Variance Films Chief Talks "Red Hook Summer" & Its Upcoming Release ... - Indie Wire (blog)


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Exclusive: Variance Films Chief Talks "Red Hook Summer" & Its Upcoming Release ...
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Think back to when Spike opened SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT at the Cinema Studio in NYC (used to be on 65th and Broadway, where a Century 21 is now). African-American audiences embraced the film. Older white audiences embraced the film.
Spike Lee's 'Red Hook Summer' trailer released | Film News SoulCulture (blog)

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Revisiting "New Jack City" 21 Years Later; How Well Does It Hold Up? - Indie Wire (blog)

Revisiting "New Jack City" 21 Years Later; How Well Does It Hold Up?
Indie Wire (blog)
She gets naked once or twice, and has quite a sex scene with Wesley Snipes' Nino Brown drug kingpin - reminiscent of her work in She's Gotta Have It. I do remember wondering back then, why 5 years after her starring role in Spike's debut, she wasn't ...

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