By Drew Grant 6/19/12 8:01pm

Spike Lee Joints

Spike Lee and Mike Tyson on 'Today' (NBC)

Spike Lee: Insane Genius, Or Just Insane? (Video)

We’re starting to believe that Spike Lee is either a genius or has gone absolutely insane. (Kind of like Peter Jackson, n’est pas?)

First he spends years jerking us around about an American version of Old Boy, even threatening to put Steven Spielberg in charge and giving Will Smith the lead role of Oh Dae-Su. (For those who haven’t seen the film, that’s akin to doing a remake of Schindler’s List where Zac Efron plays Oskar. And it’s directed by Rob Reiner.)

Thankfully, this idea was scrapped and the two leads will now be Josh Brolin and the South African guy from District 9. Still iffy, but it has the potential for genius.

And then we read what Mike Tyson is saying about his upcoming Broadway show, which Spike Lee directed, and the needle swings back to “crazy.” Read More

By The Editors 5/24/11 11:58pm

Opener

Rapture Schmapture: This Week’s Real Storm

We can all breathe a sigh of relief, now that the judgment has come down and failed to derail the future of humanity. Yes, The Hangover II will open today, despite the best efforts of Mike Tyson‘s copyright-happy tattoo artist to stand between America and her traditional Memorial Day blockbuster featuring full-frontal male nudity.

While Read More

By Geoffrey Gray 12:00am

Tyson’s Last Match

“I don’t stress,” Mike Tyson said. He was lying awake a little past 4:30 a.m. Los Angeles time in his room at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The looming assault charges awaiting him in his native Brooklyn seemed a continent away.

“You die too young that way,” he said. “I learned that from a friend. Read More

By Brandt Gassman 6/24/02 12:00am

Quogue-mire!

The Town Board of Southampton is taking steps to curb what they say is the endless party at a gaggle of East Quogue share houses-made famous recently as one of the tangier locales in Barbara Kopple’s otherwise sweet “reality mini-series,” The Hamptons .

DavidGilmartin,thetownattorneyfor Southampton, which has jurisdiction in East Quogue, said that a group Read More

By Blair Golson 6/03/02 12:00am

Tyson Bites on 64th Street

Mike Tyson has fallen hard for a canary-and-cream beauty, a four-story townhouse on East 64th Street. And there are only two men standing between him and ownership: First he’s got to beat Lennox Lewis. Then Peter Cervinka.

Iron Mike has bid on the house. To afford it, all Mr. Tyson has to do is take Read More