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Statement from filmmaker Spike Lee Spike Lee directed Chadwick Boseman in the Netflix film "Da 5 Bloods", released on Netflix on June 12, 2020. The film centered on four African American Vietnam veterans who reunite and return to Vietnam in order to find the remains of their fallen leader and the treasure they had hidden away. During the film, scenes are shown of the past in Vietnam with the four men and their leader. The four surviving squadron members were played by Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.; with Chadwick Boseman playing their leader "Stormin' Norman" who had died. Every year, filmmaker Spike Lee holds an annual block party for Michael Jackson's birthday (Aug 29th). It's usually in person in Brooklyn, but this year, the party was virtual/online, and streamed on the Michael Jackson youtube channel. (The youtube video is now labeled as "private". Apparently it was meant only to be viewed live). This year, M.J.'s birthday was the day after Chadwick passed on. During the MJ birthday virtual block party, Spike Lee recalled working with the late actor last year on the film "Da 5 Bloods". Several media outlets quoted what Spike Lee said during the Michael Jackson's birthday virtual block party that he hosted: Lee began the virtual listening party explaining that he was "floored by the crushing news" of Boseman's death. After dedicating Jackson's song "Gone Too Soon" to Boseman, Lee reflected on his time working with the late star, who played squad leader Stormin' Norman in the Vietnam War film "Da 5 Bloods" released earlier this year: "We filmed Da 5 Bloods in Thailand, and it was hot, jungles, mountains, and Chadwick was there with us all the way. I never, ever suspected that anything was wrong. No one knew he was going through treatment, chemotherapy," Lee began. He went on to call Boseman a "trooper" and someone who "never complained," adding, "He was there every single minute in the moment. And his performance is a testament to what he put into that role, and all his roles. We miss you, Chadwick, we’re going to celebrate your life." Spike Lee also mentioned at the MJ block party that there was a scene filmed for the Netflix film "Da 5 Bloods" that featured Boseman singing Marvin Gaye's "God Is Love". But that scene had been deleted from the final version of the film. "That scene got me when we were shooting it" the filmmaker said. "Watching that again this morning just tore me up". Spike Lee posted to his instagram account the deleted scene of Chadwick (as Stormin' Norman) singing: Caption to the instagram post: officialspikelee Verified GOD IS LO💜E. LO💜E IS CHADWICK. --------------------------------------------------------------------------

The William and Lee Bell scripts collection http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/ucla/pasc/wjbell.pdf

I figured it probably was mentioned already but I just joined here a few months ago. I figured it was okay to post again even if already posted, because ... what he says in the full youtube is so deep about so many things (not just acting).

Chadwick Boseman's full commencement address at Howard University in 2018 was 36 minutes long. Kamala Harris retweeted this 8-minute segment which is all about Chadwick was hired and fired on All My Children for the role of Reggie Porter (the character later adopted by Jackson Montgomery). Almost all of these 8 minutes are about racial representation on TV/film, using AMC as an example. I won't try to sum up what he says -- just listen, he says it so eloquently. Note that he mentions the lack of specificity. fyi, he mentions that he hopes that his questions to the producers about stereotyping helped to change the way the character would be written for the Black actor who replaced him. (He doesn't give the actor's name in this speech, but we know that the Black actor who replaced him in the role was Michael B. Jordan). Here is the entire commencement speech, which gives context to why he spoke about his AMC experience: If you watch the whole youtube, there is more. he said he was sort of blackballed for a while because AMC had put out the word that he was "difficult".

He visited these children to uplift them, while he himself had cancer and told nobody.

White supremacists and militias have infiltrated police across US, report says. A former FBI agent has documented links between serving officers and racist militant activities in more than a dozen states https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/white-supremacists-militias-infiltrate-us-police-report

All the NBA playoff teams are inside a "bubble" at Walt Disney World, Florida. Today, the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team chose to boycott their scheduled playoff game today. They felt that they represent Wisconsin and ... in light of what happened in Kenosha Wisconsin ... they could not go on. Their statement: The NBA later announced that because the Bucks weren't playing, then the other two playoff games could not proceed today.

Re supposedly "liberal" media outlets giving news with a right-wing skew: I read things on CNN, nytimes.com, washingtonpost, etc. and then I check The Guardian. The Guardian is usually more accurate. https://www.theguardian.com

The soapcentral bio for Jill says you're right. https://www.soapcentral.com/yr/whoswho/jill.php

It's embedded in the post above yours, when you have the time to watch it. Just the speech. No commentators.

^ Biden's full speech. Just the speech. On C-SPAN with no interruptions.

Full story: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/19/903710638/postmaster-general-climbs-down-but-democrats-press-for-answers-and-assurances

Obama's full speech.

Eva Longoria was featured in several classic episodes of Y&R this summer as the villain character Isabella Braña. She is doing the first speech to introduce the start of the Democratic Convention Mon Aug 17th at 9pm Eastern Daylight Time. Most of the convention will be virtual. schedule for the week: https://www.demconvention.com/schedule-and-speakers/ The parts that are 9-11pm EDT Mon-Thurs will be televised. How to watch the convention: https://www.demconvention.com/watch-the-convention/

August 16th: Today is Madonna's birthday. When I drive around in my car with Madonna songs playing loudly.