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Which music star will join Denzel Washington in Spike Lee’s upcoming feature?
American filmmaker Spike Lee is planning his own version of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 thriller High and Low. The cast includes Denzel Washington and a new hip-hop star…
Denzel Washington dans Fences (2016) © Bron Studios
Spike Lee’s adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s thriller “High and Low” starring Ice Spice
Five years after the release of his Netflix production, Da 5 Bloods, starring the late Chadwick Boseman, New York director Spike Lee is tackling a Japanese cinematic monster: Akira Kurosawa.
According to Variety, the filmmaker has convinced his friend Denzel Washington to join his adaptation of High and Low, a 1963 thriller which follows a villain who kidnaps the son of a Japanese industrialist… but ends up abducting the wrong target.
As the shooting of the film produced by A24 and Apple Original Films has already started, Denzel Washington will welcome a famous hip-hop figure as co-star, the rapper Ice Spice, who will be part of the cast of this upcoming feature scheduled for 2025.
Denzel Washington: The Greatest Actor of the 21st Century according to The New York Times
Although The New York Times’ editors debated at length about the ranking of celebrities featured on their “25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century” list, they admitted that the decision to place Denzel Washington in the first position had been a unanimous choice straight away.
After studying journalism and theater at a private Catholic university, whose campuses bordered Harlem in New York where he grew up, Denzel Washington landed his first major role in the film Carbon Copy (1981), playing the role of a young teenager from a working-class neighborhood who tries to make his way among the Californian middle-class.
A strange prologue for Denzel Washington, who today rules over Hollywood with imposing, testosterone-filled roles (Training Day, Inside Man, Flight) in the tradition of his predecessors John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. Following in Sidney Poitier’s footsteps, the actor also regularly puts his talent to good use in politically committed films (Malcolm X, Hurricane Carter, Fences), making him one of the most listened-to voices in American cinema.
Bande-annonce – “Glory” (1989) de Edward Zwick
1. Denzel Washington as a Civil War martyr in “Glory” by Edward Zwick (1989)
To fill in the blank pages of an American history that forgot the essential role played by the black community during the Civil War, Glory uses one type of ink – the blood of the 200,000 African American soldiers who lost their lives. Shot in 1989 by Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai), the feature awakens old demons of a country plagued by racism.
The violence is extreme, especially in the harrowing scene showing the character embodied by Denzel Washington being whipped bloody with a leather strip: “Denzel was ready for anything, and got right into the character’s skin. I sensed an embarrassment he didn’t want to explore, a deep humiliation, the theft of his dignity. I told the cinematographer not to stop, and let the camera roll until Denzel could play the scene. What he discovered was the loss of control. It was one of the most powerful cinematic moments I’ve ever witnessed,” the director recalled during the press tour of the film, which earned Denzel Washington the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1990.
Bande-annonce – “Mo’ Better Blues” (1990) de Spike Lee
2. Denzel Washington as an egocentric trumpet player in “Mo’ Better Blue” by Spike Lee (1990)
Spike Lee didn’t wait for The New York Times to place Denzel Washington as “the greatest actor in the world”. First project of a long cinematic collaboration between the two New Yorkers (Malcolm X, He Got Game, Inside Man), Mo’ Better Blues (1990) stages Denzel Washington as an egocentric jazz trumpet player, whose all-consuming passion for music makes him forget his relatives. While being overall disappointed by the incessant bickering and a plot deemed too flabby, the critics hailed the actor’s performance nonetheless, who carefully learned how to mimic the trumpeter’s movements to perfection, giving the film a real breath of fresh air.
Bande-annonce – “Training Day” (2001) d’Antoine Fuqua
3. Oscar winner as a dirty cop in “Training Day” by Antoine Fuqua (2001)
Denzel Washington made a resounding entry into the 21st century by winning the Oscar for Best Actor for Training Day (2001), a frantic 24-hour race against the misery, violence, drug dealers and crooked cops of the red-light district of Los Angeles. Following the advice of a former member of the LAPD, Denzel Washington shines as an ambiguous anti-drug veteran, alongside Ethan Hawke, rappers Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, and a handful of extras casted among the locals.
Bande-annonce – “Antwone Fisher” (2002) de Denzel Washington
4. Denzel Washington’s first steps behind the camera with “Antwone Fisher” (2002)
When producer Todd Black discovered the unique story of a security guard working at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles, he convinced the latter to write an autobiographical screenplay. Indeed, the man grew up in an extremely tense environment – his mother killed his own father, so he decided to enlist in the navy before consulting a psychiatrist who rescued him from his fate, making him a man of admirable integrity… Denzel Washington was chosen to handle the film adaptation, the actor’s debut feature as a director. Antwone Fisher (2002) is full of coarse lines and melodramatic situations that might have led us to guess this unlikely anecdote: a few years after the release, Denzel Washington would direct episode 9 of season 12 of Grey’s Anatomy…
Bande-annonce – “Fences” (2016) de Denzel Washington
5. “Fences”, a feature film made for the Oscars (2016)
Adapted from a famous play written by August Wilson in 1983, Fences recounts the painful story of a working-class black family struggling to live in America during segregation in the 1950s. If the honors were reserved for the charismatic Viola Davis, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, the third film directed by Denzel Washington gives us an understanding of why his name appears at the top of The New York Times’ list. Both behind and in front of the camera, Denzel Washington films himself as he knows best – performing authority, anger, remorse… So many flamboyant emotions that, while lacking any form of nuance or subtlety, work wonders when it comes to building characters designed for the mainstream and Hollywood cinema.
The release date of Spike Lee’s new feature film, starring Ice Spice and Denzel Washington, is unknown yet.
Traduction by Emma Naroumbo Armaing.
Beirut, Lebanon – On Tuesday, representatives from Lebanon and Israel met at the US Department of State in Washington, DC – the first session of a two-day round of negotiations that Lebanese negotiators hope will end an invasion of their country.
The negotiations, which started at 9am local time (13:00 GMT), come as Israel’s invasion of Lebanon pushes deeper than at any point since the year 2000 and as Hezbollah and Israel continue to trade attacks. Israel has killed 3,468 people in Lebanon since March 2, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.
With the war raging on, what do Lebanon and Israel have to discuss and will the talks lead to an end of the Israeli assault?
Here’s everything you need to know.
What will Israel and Lebanon discuss?
Similar to past meetings, the two sides are ostensibly looking to come to some kind of deal following fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, with strong doubts it will be achieved.
Lebanon’s government is still pushing for a total ceasefire. However, as talks started, Israel was striking various parts of southern Lebanon. Lebanon is also trying to get Israel to withdraw from Lebanese territory in the south, so that more than 1.2 million displaced people can return home, and so the state can resume finding a way to disarm Hezbollah and rebuild areas devastated by Israeli attacks.
Israel is meanwhile looking to get assurances that Lebanon will disarm Hezbollah, a prospect analysts say Israel knows is complicated by the continuation of its military operations and occupation of swaths of southern Lebanon. Instead, Israel appears to be trying to fuel sectarian tensions inside Lebanon, leading to chaos and internal strife.
What has happened so far?
An initial meeting took place in April between Israel and Lebanon’s ambassadors to the United States. A second round took place in May with a larger delegation on both sides.
On Friday, a meeting took place with Lebanese and Israeli military representatives, while Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese group, is not involved in the meetings.
Israel claimed the two sides found common ground in that they both wanted to see Hezbollah disarmed. Some Israeli officials suggested there may soon be trade agreements and an exchange of tourists between the two countries. Lebanon, however, said it preferred to find a deal closer to the 1949 armistice agreement between the two countries.
In the last meeting, Beirut reportedly outlined the damage done by Israeli attacks since the 2024 ceasefire agreement and presented detailed maps showing homes destroyed or razed by Israel.
Is there a chance for a ceasefire?
That remains to be seen, but for now, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country’s military would continue attacking Lebanon.
On Monday, Netanyahu announced that attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs would resume, despite a ceasefire. Apart from two targeted attacks, Israel has not struck the suburbs, known as Dahiyeh, since April.
Iran, which has attempted to include Lebanon in a wider ceasefire between themselves, on one side, and Israel and the US on the other, then intervened by threatening to attack northern Israel.
US President Donald Trump reportedly intervened to stop Israel’s attacks. He announced another ceasefire, after his previous announcement of one between Israel and Lebanon on April 16, after claiming he had gotten the approval of Netanyahu and spoken to Hezbollah.
“There will be no troops going to Beirut, and any troops that are on their way have already been turned back,” Trump announced on his social media platform, Truth Social.
But attacks from Israel and Hezbollah are continuing.
How do Lebanese people feel about the talks?
Not everyone is on the same page.
Some Lebanese support the talks and say they are the only option the state, which has little leverage, has. Among those who believe direct talks are the best way forward are Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.
“There is no option other than negotiation,” Aoun said in a statement on Tuesday.
Others, however, oppose direct talks. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and his allies, Hezbollah, have said indirect talks are preferred and that negotiations cannot be conducted while attacks are ongoing.
How are Iran and the US connected?
Israel and the US attacked Iran on February 28, killing the country’s longtime leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran is Hezbollah’s primary benefactor, and two days after Khamenei’s assassination, Hezbollah fired six rockets towards Israel on 2 March.
Hezbollah’s response brought a huge response from Israel, who have crossed the Litani River – the supposed buzzer zone in southern Lebanon it had created – towards the Zahrani River.
Despite a 2024 ceasefire, Israel had never stopped attacking Lebanon, while Hezbollah had only responded once in December 2024.
Iran has attempted to include Lebanon in the ceasefire deal it has with the United States and Israel, who say this theatre is not part of the agreement.
Although Trump has now announced a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel twice, the invasion of southern Lebanon continues.
Are there other actors involved?
Gulf states have also intervened. Saudi Arabia has been working behind the scenes to get Lebanon’s leadership – Aoun, Salam and Berri – on the same page. Meanwhile, analysts say Saudi Arabia and Qatar engaged the Trump administration to stop an escalation in Lebanon.
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A contract worker was killed by a falling tree on Monday afternoon in Washington County, officials said.
The Washington County Office of the Coroner said in a news release that the contractor was killed after the tree fell on them around 4 p.m. The worker, who was not immediately identified, was hired to cut down a tree at a residence on Lynn Portal Road in Canton Township, and it fell in an unintended direction, killing the person, the coroner said.
No other information was immediately released on Monday evening. The Greene-Washington Regional Police Department and the coroner are investigating.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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