Hudlin Entertainment Forum

Spike Lee's latest collaboration with Jordan Peele, 'BLACKkKLANSMAN' may not have earned the highest Palme d'Or prize at the 71st Festival de Cannes Awards as that honor went to Hirokazu Koreda for 'Shoplifters', but he did recieve a positive 10-minute ovation and the Grand Prize trophy as a consolation prize for his efforts.

"I take this on behalf of the People's Republic of Brooklyn, New York,"  Mr. Lee said as he accepted the coveted award.

Mr. Lee's newest movie is getting a positive reaction in the majority of the reviews I've read in cyberspace.

This is the Spike Lee that I remember ever since I walked into Sunrise Cinema on Sunrise Highway, Long Island, NY to view 'She's Gotta Have It' in the Summer of 1986.

Mr. Lee included a dedication in the film to Ms. Heather Heyer, who was killed in Charlottesville by a man driving his car into people protesting white nationalism.




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https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/infos-communiques/communique/articles/the-2018-official-selection

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/spike-lee-blackkklansman-cannes-film-festival_us_5afad58ce4b0200bcab8cb01

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/spike-lee-blackkklansman-wins-grand-prix-cannes-article-1.3999198


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFc6I0rgmgY

[UPDATED] - Sunday, May 20th 2018

Thursday  April 26, 2018



(CNN) - For decades, a masked gunman nicknamed the Golden State Killer roamed through communities in California, raping dozens of women in a campaign of terror that left 12 people dead.

The suspect allegedly killed 12 people and committed at least 50 rapes in 10 counties in California, police said. Some of the alleged crimes overlapped with his time as a police officer in Auburn, California, authorities said.

From 1973, he was a police officer in Exeter and Auburn. He was fired six years later for shoplifting a can of dog repellent and a hammer from a drugstore, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said.



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https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/26/us/golden-state-killer-case-suspect/index.html






Does anyone else really believe this M/Fer is the only murderer and sex offender to become a police officer???

  "Flava Flav was right..."

Thursday April 19th 2018





(Houston, TX) - Crenshanda Williams, a former 911 operator, has been sentenced to 10 days in jail and 18 months of probation on two counts of interfering with an emergency telephone call.

Williams worked at the Houston Emergency Center for about a year and a half before she was fired in 2016.

Her supervisors had realized Williams was responsible for cutting off emergency calls after just a few seconds, often forcing callers to try again — and to wonder why they couldn't get help.

Here's an example:

Hua Li, an engineer, called 911 to report an armed robbery at a convenience store. He had just run out of the store and was calling from the parking lot. On his way out, he heard gunshots.


"They just said, 'This is 911. How can I help you?' I was trying to finish my sentence, and we got disconnected," Li later told KPRC.

"Li called a second time and got a different operator," the station reported. "By the time police arrived, however, the store manager had been shot and killed."







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https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/19/604040933/911-operator-who-reportedly-cut-thousands-of-calls-short-is-sentenced-to-10-days

The Executive's Mansion is currently occupied by a cowardly racist, sex offender who is also a tax & election cheat with no governing experience which signals to businesses like Bull City Burger & Brewery, a restaurant Down South,  to prepare America for a possible post-nuclear society by offering food from animal meat that can actually survive a global thermal nuclear strike.

The question remains...    Can we?




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http://abc11.com/food/nope-bull-city-burger-serves-up-tarantula-burger/3332432/


http://www.bullcityburgerandbrewery.com/food.html

THE UGLIEST JUMPSHOT & STILL GOT PAID!!!

By Charles Curtis   December 15, 2017 



It’s lucky that this Atlanta Hawks fan wasn’t judged on his shooting form while sinking this incredible halfcourt shot.

Because if that was a factor, he definitely wouldn’t have won $10,000 for his efforts. But let’s give him some praise — it doesn’t matter how you sink it. A half-court heave that goes in counts even if it was flung with “sidewinder” style.
 
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"The Force is strong in my family; I have it. My mother has it and...
---my brother have it."


Earlier this week, an Atlanta  Hawks fan drained a shot from half court at Philips Arena Thursday night to win $10000.

That 'fan' is my younger brother.   




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http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/12/atlanta-hawks-fan-halfcourt-shot-ugly-wins-10000-amazing-video

James Horner, an American music composer who scored a tremendous number of popular Hollywood movies, too many for me to actually list,  was killed in a plane crash a few days ago. 

One of my favorite songs from his repertoire that he co-wrote from the motion picture, 'An American Tail', a story about a family of Russian mice immigrating to America in the early 20th Century, produced & directed by legendary Animator Don Bluth, was the Grammy winning, "Somewhere Out There" performed by James Ingram & Linda Ronstadt which was a bonus to a movie packed with powerhouse talent.  Check the credits if you don't believe me.


Mr. Horner's passing reminded me of a very talented college friend of mine, Levi Louis, who drew a sketch of Fieval & Tanya Mousekewitz from 'American Tail' for me while just casually talking about animated films one day on campus.


It was at this time I had learned Levi was granted internship to travel to Florida to work on Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' and eventually move on to work on the animated cult favorite, 'Bebe's Kids' produced by Reginald Hudlin & directed by Bruce W. Smith.

Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla from England are in town, which reminds me of a book I picked up last week:



A collection of beautifully edited photographs and articles of the First Lady as you probably never seen her before!

Michelle Obama is just as majestic as any member of the royal family in England and I am proud of her.

Kerry Washington is fast becoming one of my most admired persons because she actually stands for something.
Recently, Ms. Washington was a guest on MSNBC's  'The Reid Report'  hosted by Joy Reid as a ambassador for Purple Purse, a project of The Allstate Foundation, to remind Americans of the many kinds of domestic abuse.

For example, economic abuse is the most common of all because the abuser deprives the victim of the ability to be financially independent.  The abuser has financial security and the victim doesn't.

Domestic abuse is a very, very, very serious issue and nothing to be ashamed of.

Domestic abuse affects EVERYONE in any kind of relationship: families, friends and lovers alike.


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http://purplepurse.com/
http://www.justice.gov/ovw/domestic-violence