Spike Jonze

Is Jay-Z And Kanye's Car A Work Of Art?

Posted 02.24.2012

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It was a glorious day when the music video for "Otis," the first single from super-collaboration "Watch the Throne" was released. Yet in a music video...

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Top 11 Celeb REMARRIAGES Of 2011

Posted 12.15.2011

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While 2011 was a big year in celebrity splits (think Kim, Ashton and J.Lo), it was also a huge year for celeb remarriages. Some stars married their...

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WATCH: Genius Or Sellout?

Posted 12.07.2011

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There are the starving artists, burning unacknowledged works to keep warm in the wintertime, and then there are these artists. In the slideshow below,...

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A Stop-Motion Skeleton Romance

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Mourir Aupres De Toi, Olympia Le-Tan, Spike Jonze, Culture News

Spike Jonze's latest film is a tender skeleton love story, done in felt stop-motion animation. "Mourir Aupres de Toi" or "To Die By Your Side" tak...

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WATCH: Spike Jonze's New Animated Short

Posted 12.18.2011

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With his adaptation of Maurice Sendak's "Where The Wild Things Are" and his recent robot love story, "I'm Here," Spike Jonze has been on a creative st...

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WATCH: You've Never Seen Kanye West And Jay-Z Like This

Posted 10.16.2011

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Although it may be hard to beat the Spike Jonze-directed "Otis," the first video off Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Watch the Throne," music video director J...

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WATCH: Jay-Z And Kanye West Premiere Their New Video, 'Otis'

Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Video, Jay-Z, Music, Kanye West, Bv-Video, Hip-Hop, Spike Jonze, Black Voices News

Jay-Z & Kanye West defied the digital odds by thwarting any pre-release leaks of their much-hyped collaborative effort, "Watch the Throne." The only s...

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Jay-Z/Kanye Collaboration: You Can Add Spike Jonze To That

Posted 10.02.2011

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Is the world going to implode soon? Spike Jonze was just thrown into the Jay-Z/Kanye mix to round off a trinity of awesomeness. Consequence of Sound r...

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10 Visionary Music Video Directors

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Kanye West, Director, Thriller, Lady GaGa, Beyonce, Michel Gondry, Fatboy Slim, D'Angelo, Video, Music Video, Marco Brambilla, Christopher Walken, John Landis, Hype Williams, White Stripes, Spike Jonze, Mark Romanek, Arts News

Its been a long journey for the music video. Nowadays, we look forward to a new Lady Gaga or Kanye West video almost as much as we look forward to the...

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LISTEN: Arcade Fire Team With David Byrne

Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Arcade Fire Spike Jonze, Arcade Fire, Video, Culture Wars, Arcade Fire Album of the Year, Scenes-From-the-Suburbs, Arcade-Fire-the-Suburbs, Speaking in Tongues, The Suburbs, David Byrne, Spike Jonze, Entertainment News

Arcade Fire are gearing up to release a deluxe edition of last year's smash hit album The Suburbs which garnered the band a Grammy for album of the ye...

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After Midnight In Cannes, Johnny Depp And Spike Jonze At The Bar

The Wrap | Posted 07.14.2011

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It's after midnight on Saturday, and the fourth installment of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has premiered at the festival in Cannes. The moguls and star...

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WATCH: Breakdancing To Yo-Yo Ma

Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Saint-Saens, Yo-Yo Ma, Opening Ceremony, Camille Saint-Saens, Cello, Youtube, Ballet, Dance, Lil Buck, The Swan, The Dying Swan, Spike Jonze, Arts News

You don't have to wear a tutu to be en pointe. In this modernized treatment of "The Swan," a cello standard composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, cellist ...

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I (Heart) The Fighter

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The King's Speech, The Social Network, David O. Russell, Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, True Grit, The Fighter, Melissa Leo, Amy Adams, Coen Brothers, Frank Rich, Rosie Perez, Jeannie Berlin, Geoffrey Fletcher, Spike Jonze, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

Last week's retrospective of David O. Russell's career had me thinking of a new category: Movie with the Biggest Heart. The Fighter may vie with Toy Story 3, but in the end would topple all contenders.

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Celebs Compete In 'Spelling Bee For Cheaters' To Benefit 826LA

GNN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 826la, Dianna-Agron, John Krasinski, Jimmy Kimmel, Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers, Literacy, Education, Kids Reading, Impact News

We're betting Quinn Fabray can spell "Glee," but can Dianna Agron, the actress who plays her on the hit musical comedy, win a spelling bee? She'll try...

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A Spelling Bee for Cheaters Is Coming on August 14th

826LA | Posted 05.25.2011

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826LA

"I still go to work with my dad on Saturdays and during vacation. Sometimes I get paid and sometimes I don't, but I am okay with that because I unders...

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Mighty Movie Podcast Special: Lance Bangs on The Lazarus Effect

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Documentary, Pepfar, The Global Fund, Activism, (RED), Africa, George W. Bush, Death, The Lazarus Effect, Spike Jonze, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Before the big show this weekend (Jean-Pierre Jeunet on Micmacs and George Romero on Survival of the Dead, yippee!), here's a bonus episode focusing o...

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Hipsters Ironically Boycott Where The Wild Things Are

The Hollywood Ham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karen O, Where the Wild Things Are Trailer, Dave Eggers, Where the Wild Things Are, Urban Outfitters, Couples Retreat, The Believer, Spike Jonze, Comedy News
The Hollywood Ham

Those Hipsters who did go to the movies this weekend built on the ironic support for Where The Wild Things Are by seeing Couples Retreat.

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Let the Wild Rumpus Start! Where the Wild Things Are

Kim Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak, Max Records, Spike Jonze, Entertainment News
Kim Morgan

Jonze's masterstroke, Where the Wild Things Are ,isn't just a children's art film, it's an art film in itself. It's a lovely, emotional work of masterful mayhem

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Spike Jonze Slaps Kanye West In Viral Video

Posted 05.25.2011

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Kanye West's head is known to be a bit swollen, so director Spike Jonze probably knew he would have an easy time pushing out this mock behind-the-scen...

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Here We Wild Things Are

Rob Fishman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Balloon Boy, Boy in Balloon, James Gandolfini, Falcon Heene Balloon, Where the Wild Things Are, Falcon Heene, Maurice Sendak, Lauren Ambrose, Spike Jonze, Entertainment News
Rob Fishman

In lieu of an old-fashioned grounding, Falcon Heene's parents should indulge in some down-to-earth parenting, and take him to see Where the Wild Things Are this weekend.

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Where The Wild Things Are Creators On Disney And Fear (INTERVIEW)

Newsweek | Ramin Setoodeh and Andrew Romano | Posted 05.25.2011

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To discuss the dark, unorthodox adaptation, Sendak invited us over, along with Jonze and novelist-screenwriter Dave Eggers (who participated via speak...

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Will Arnett & David Cross Star In Hilarious UK-Only SitCom (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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This is frustrating. David Cross is writing and starring in what looks to be an awesome new show, "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret." ...

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Where The Wild Things Are Wins Box Office

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Film, Law Abiding Citizen, Invention of Lying, Surrogates, Box Office, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Where the Wild Things Are, Movies, Toy Story 3-D, Paranormal Activity, Warner Brothers, Revenue, Zombieland, Wb, Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Couples Retreat, Stepfather, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — "Where the Wild Things Are" proved a bigger hit with adult audiences than family crowds as the adaptation of Maurice Sendak's belo...

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Movie Review: Where the Wild Things Are

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

I don't want to know how Spike Jonze made Where the Wild Things Are. I'd rather simply simmer in the joy of having watched it unfold before my eyes.

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ReThink Review: Where the Wild Things Are -- the Wild Within

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Children, Cenk Uygur, Rethink Reviews, The Young Turks, Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak, Jonathan Kim, Childhood, Spike Jonze, Kenneth Turan, Manohla Dargis, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Making a fantasy movie about a 9-year-old learning to understand his emotions and empathize with others seems like an almost impossible task, and Jonze pulled it off in a way I could have never imagined.

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