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Rosie Perez… Are You Cold?!? Rosie Perez showed up at the MJ Birthday tribute hosted by Spike Lee in Brooklyn yesterday. But we have one question, Rosie either paid for them things to be hard or was it just a Tad Bit Nippley outside??? Now...

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...was a big buzz about the "Black Renaissance" of Fort Greene. It was one big house party thrown by Spike Lee and Branford Marsalis, Rosie Perez swinging from the chandelier. I wanted to be part of the vibrant cultural scene. Who doesn't...

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...New York, during the hottest day of the summer. Director Lee stars in the film, alongside Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, and John Turturro. The film is also notable in that it marks the...

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...the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can..." Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee's classic joint (Bed-Stuy represent!) celebrated its 20th anniversary last night in New York. In a prior life, I dealt with...

In this article: Rosie Perez, Fight the Power, New York, and God

...got into an argument with a �skinny man� who turned out to be filmmaker Spike Lee. He liked her spunk and offered her a part in his film, �Do The Right Thing. � The rest is show biz history. Her documentary �Yo Soy Boricua, Pa'Que Tu Lo...

In this article: Rosie Perez, The Ritz, Rita Moreno, Erin Moriarty, Oscar, Kevin Kline, Los Angeles, Dog, and Roundabout Theatre Company

...resentments well past their boiling points. Meanwhile, in a romantic interlude, Spike Lee's frustrated pizza-delivery man uses ice cubes to heat up and cool down feisty girlfriend Rosie Perez. Ernest Dickerson's cinematography captures the...

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...who were featured on every performance of In Living Color. She was noticed in a dance club by Spike Lee in 1989, who hired her for her first major acting role in Do the Right Thing. She made her Broadway debut in Terrence McNally's Frankie...

In this article: Rosie Perez, Oscar, Grover Cleveland High School, Miss Universe, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Julissa Bermudez, Pineapple Express, and Terrence McNally

...composer Rosie Perez, Terence Blanchard, and Delroy Lindo. In addition to the award, the Chrysler Foundation will donate $25,000 to Lee's alma mater, Morehouse College to benefit the Morehouse College School of Sports Journalism, a program...

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Also created for this edition: new commentary by Lee, and 11 interesting if not terribly enlightening deleted and extended scenes, including a longer take of the final, rancorous exchange between Mookie and Sal (Danny Aiello). It's...

In this article: Do the Right Thing, DVD, Blu-ray, Fight the Power, Rosie Perez, John Turturro, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee