Rick Fox, Honors Spike Lee (discusses Tyler Perry)
Friday, May 28th, 2010
BlackTree TV Hostess, Ms. Ameerah Banks, catches up with 3 time NBA Champion turned actor Rick Fox, who credits Spike Lee with diversifying his career. The actor talks about “He Got Game” the Spike Lee Joint he starred in, and the future including his new movie with Tyler Perry, “Meet The Browns” and more. Spike Lee Honored With Sixth Annual Chrysler Behind the Lens Award Friday March 28, 1:52 pm ET BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March 28 /PRNewswire/ — – Lee’s production company, 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983 and opened entertainment industry doors to many actors, filmmakers and craftspeople of color – Hollywood turns out to celebrate the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker behind such movies as “Jungle Fever,” “Malcolm X,” “Do The Right Thing” and the Emmy-winning 2007 miniseries “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts,” documenting the devastation of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina – In addition to writing, producing, directing and acting, Lee teaches film at Columbia University and New York University, and is the author of nine books – The Chrysler Foundation will donate $25000 in Lee’s name to his alma mater, Morehouse College in Atlanta Spike Lee, one of the most influential figures in contemporary cinema, became the sixth recipient Wednesday of the Chrysler LLC Behind the Lens Award. Some 400 guests attended the award ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California in recognition of the outstanding …