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March 28, 2008

He got game

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Spike Lee refuses to back down. Ever.

Even when he's getting an award, the Emmy-winning, twice Oscar-nominated pull-no-punches filmmaker uses the occasion to smack talk Hollywood, decry its racism, not-so-gently nudge the African-American industry mavens in the room to fight harder for true representation in entertainment, and, for good measure, toss off some impressions of the Italians who funded his latest projects.

All before dessert!

Read more about Chrysler's sixth annual Behind the Lens award dinner here.

 

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  • So "The Dark Knight" didn't make it into the final five after all, never mind that critical and popular support. Let's just call the comic-inspired mega-hit "The Biggest Snubee."

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