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Topic: BlacKkKlansman

Spike Lee; Donald Trump (AP/Evan Agostini/Getty/Brendan Smialowski)

Trump attacks Spike Lee on Oscar speech

Matthew Rozsa
Spike Lee accepts the Best Adapted Screenplay award for 'BlacKkKlansman' from Samuel L. Jackson onstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Getty/Valerie Macon)

Oscars did the right thing by Spike Lee

D. Watkins
Mahershala Ali; Glenn Close; Yalitza Aparicio (Getty/Tolga Akmen/Gregg DeGuire/Emma McIntyre)

What to expect at the 2019 Oscars

Rachel Leah
Laura Harrier as Patrice Dumas and John David Washington as Ron Stallworth in "BlacKkKlansman" (David Lee/Focus Features)

Spike Lee: Oscar nods about "timing"

Anne Thompson - Indiewire
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"BlacKkKlansman;" "Do the Right Thing" (Focus Features/Universal Pictures)

Spike Lee vs. white savior films

Rachel Leah
Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in "Green Book" (Universal Pictures)

Hollywood still loves a white savior

Melanie McFarland
Bradley Cooper as Jack and Lady Gaga as Ally in "A Star Is Born" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

SAG Film Awards go mainstream

Anne Thompson - Indiewire
Chadwick Boseman in "Black Panther" (Marvel Studios)

Will "Black Panther" get Oscar nod next?

Rachel Leah
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Laura Harrier as Patrice Dumas and John David Washington as Ron Stallworth in "BlacKkKlansman" (David Lee/Focus Features)

"BlacKkKlansman" in Trump's America

Chauncey DeVega
John David Washington as Detective Ron Stallworth in "BlacKkKlansman;" Ron StallWorth (Focus Features/David Lee/Getty/Michael Loccisano)

BlacKkKlansman author on Trump & the KKK

Rachel Leah
The women’s Klan salute to the cross; Laura Harrier as Patrice and John David Washington as Ron Stallworth in "BlacKkKlansman" (David Lee/Focus Features)

"BlacKkKlansman" and white women

Rachel Leah
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