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TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:31 AM Oct 2025

Kimmel: Spike Lee on Frank Sinatra Being Mad at Him, Meeting His Idols & Doing Films with Denzel Washington



Spike talks about being born and raised in Brooklyn, finding Rosie Perez and casting her in Do the Right Thing, how they met, his favorite pizza place, Frank Sinatra being mad at him, writing a ten page letter to Frank apologizing, Denzel rapping in their new movie Highest 2 Lowest, being a tenured film professor at NYU, showing the students his movies and meeting his idols.
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Kimmel: Spike Lee on Frank Sinatra Being Mad at Him, Meeting His Idols & Doing Films with Denzel Washington (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2025 OP
TY... That was really interesting with Cha Oct 2025 #1

Cha

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1. TY... That was really interesting with
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 04:06 AM
Oct 2025

Spike Lee.. never knew much about him, either. Very entertaining.

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