Spike Lee on Honoring the Black Vietnam Veterans’ Experience in ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ Shining a Spotlight on PTSD

Ryan Russell and longtime boyfriend Corey O’Brien are so in love and it looks like they had a great Valentine’s Day.

Emmerdale 's Rhona Goskirk has been going through quite an emotional ordeal following the death of her ex-husband Pierce Harris. But next week, Emmerdale spoilers reveals that she will also have trouble with telling her partner Marlon Dingle the truth about Pierce's son Marcus.

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EastEnders villain Gray Atkins (Toby-Alexander Smith) and Kheerat Panesar (Jazzer's Diol) go head-to-head next week in a deadly showdown.A worried Kheerat is getting in too deep with Gray and Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) encourages him to stay away.However, when he gets a desperate call from Gray, Kheerat ignores her advice and rushes to meet him, believing he can get Gray to admit the truth.Things don't go to plan and Kheerat and Gray struggle to keep their anger in check and accusations fly between the pair.They come to blows, leaving one life hanging in the balance.At the café, Whitney anxiously waits for Kheerat to call her.Stacey notices and asks if it’s Kheerat she’s waiting for, hiding her hurt when she is told it is.Kheerat broke down in tears in December as he discovered that Chantelle Atkins (Jessica Plummer) was subjected to physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her killer husband Gray.The Walford businessman at last found out the truth about what the late Chantelle had endured after Whitney decided to investigate Gray further.Knowing Gray to be a nasty piece of work who is abusive towards women, Whitney made it her mission to dig for something she could use, in the hopes of stopping Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams) from marrying him.She found what she was looking for on Christmas Eve in the form of a forum that Chantelle was part of.Having successfully deduced her password, she logged on to said forum, and read multiple posts Chantelle had written, in which she described the harrowing abuse she suffered at Gray’s hands.She subsequently relayed her discovery to Kheerat, horrified to discover what his beloved Chantelle had went through.Whitney was adamant that the police needed to be involved.Kheerat,

Coronation Street mechanic Abi Webster has been hiding a scandalous secret from her husband Kevin for several months but her affair with Imran Habeeb will be revealed next week. Kevin and his son Jack inform Abi that they’ve booked a holiday to Bridlington to celebrate after the adoption hearing.As Imran and his partner Toyah Battersby celebrate their engagement in the bistro, their romantic mood is suddenly broken by the arrival of Sally Metcalfe, Sean Tully and Abi.Later on, Sally finds Abi outside the Bistro clearly upset.

Coronation Street's Sarah Barlow (Tina O'Brien) is left heartbroken next week as Lydia Chambers (Rebecca Ryan) confesses to her "affair" with Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson)Lydia lies to Sarah in upcoming scenes telling her she tried to finish with her married man but he refuses to accept it’s over.Sarah tells her husband Adam about Lydia’s married man and how she feels sorry for her as he won’t leave her alone.Lydia turns on the waterworks in front of Sean Tulles (Antony Cotton) and makes out it’s man trouble. He later offers to have a word with Sarah.Imran Habbeb (Charlie De Melo) shows Adam a series of online reviews, slating him as a solicitor.Sarah tells Lydia about the online abuse Adam’s being subjected to.Lydia makes out to Sarah that her ex won’t stop hounding her with texts.Outside Victoria Court, Sarah and Adam row over Lydia.

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Four new skyscrapers could be built in Manchester city centre if plans worth more than £741m get the green light from the planning committee this week.

A furious dad has vowed never to return to Manchester Airport due to its 'unfair' parking fees.

A PE teacher has been struck off the teaching register after allegedly sleeping with a pupil.

A drug dealer from Liverpool who flooded homes in a Greater Manchester town with drugs has been jailed.

Dua Lipa rocked herfifth concert tour at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday night wearing a striking yellow catsuit.The English songstress, 26, showcased her stunning svelte figure in the Balenciaga yellow lace flower embroidered bold outfit, which hadbuilt-in boots.The tour - in support of her second studio album Future Nostalgia - has beenpostponed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but finally kicked off in Florida on Wednesday night. Distinctive look: Dua Lipa rocked her fifth concert tour at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday night wearing a striking yellow catsuitThe distinctive busty look - which she also sported at her Miami show on Wednesday -featured a matching set of arm-length gloves.

One Night in Miami,” Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah” and Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” serve as a triptych of the Black experience, inviting viewers inside the great debates that accompanied an earlier generation’s fight for equality. Together, they chart the course of that turbulent decade.Lee has spent his career spotlighting Black stories that have gone unshared or were framed inauthentically in the history books, most famously with 1992’s “Malcolm X,” which gave audiences a new view of the man behind the fiery speeches, but the director “practically killed myself to get made.” “Black folks are part of American history, American her-story,” Lee says.

DeWanda Wise, starring lead in the Netflix adaptation of She’s Gotta Have It, created by Spike Lee, and starring alongside Kevin Hart in Fatherhood, out in AprilGrandmommy Mary, you were a supernatural woman who carried the giant spirit of a healer inside of a five-foot frame. The boundaries you broke should have never been built, but you did so gracefully, becoming a pioneer for Black registered nurses in Milwaukee.

DeWanda Wise, starring lead in the Netflix adaptation of She's Gotta Have It, created by Spike Lee. She can next be seen starring alongside Kevin Hart in Fatherhood, out in AprilGrandmommy Mary, you were a supernatural woman who carried the giant spirit of a healer inside of a five-foot frame.

“That was Chadwick Boseman‘s first day at work, that final scene,” Delroy Lindo says. Lindo is in the middle of an interview recalling the final scene featuring his character, Paul, in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods.” It’s a haunting moment where Paul comes face to face with what really occurred during his tour in Vietnam over forty years prior.

Spike Lee has said he’s not opposed to directing a Marvel movie, given the right opportunity.The Da 5 Bloods filmmaker recently opened up about a potential future in which he would direct a superhero film, saying “I will give it consideration.”In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, when asked about whether he would dismiss Marvel Cinematic Universe opportunities, Lee said: “I have nothing against Marvel. I grew up reading Spider-Man comic books.”He added, however, that “to me, DC Comics was always corny.

With Marvel Studios dominating the box office and superhero projects getting the green light in massive numbers, eventually, everyone will have their hands in a comic book film at some point, right? Well, even though he’s been rumored in the past to have his own ‘Spider-Man’ spinoff film in development, it appears that Spike Lee doesn’t have that superhero movie lined up anytime soon. But that doesn’t mean he would turn down Marvel, if offered.

Spike Lee is receiving a major honour.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDirector, writer and producer Spike Lee will be honored by the American Cinema Editors (ACE). Lee, who directed “Da 5 Bloods,” will be recognized with the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award at the 71st Annual ACE Eddie Awards on April 18, 2021.“From ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ in 1986 to ‘Da 5 Bloods’ in 2020, Spike has directed an astonishing number of feature films — 24.

Spike Lee's to Regina King's, Shaka King's and Lee Daniel's, each film serves as a time capsule — capturing the events of the era from which it was inspired — but are also as timely today as ever, speaking directly to a culture that still needs to experience these stories. And moreover, that the Black history within them is being told by Black directors.«When you're making a movie like this film or or or, I think that all of those writers and directors, they're coming from the place of, 'I'm making this for my mom to watch or my friends to watch,'» Shaka King tells ET.