Tag Archives: Spike Lee

Oscar Upsets, The Peace Train

Monday, February 25, 2019

The Envelope: “Green Book” won best picture at the Oscars last night, annoying Spike Lee and Jordan Peele, who made BlacKkKlansman.“I’m snakebit. Every time someone’s driving somebody, I lose,” Lee complained later.   That’s a reference to the year his  Do the Right Thing  lost to Driving …

Tense Prisoner Swap, GOP Jilts NBC

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Argo: The prisoner swap that sealed the Iran Nuclear deal came down to the wire when Iran tried to hold on to the wife and mother of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian. The two were being held in a room …