Apple TV + is on a roll. After Seth Rogen’s first explosive The studiowhich presents cameos of Martin Scorsese And Charlize TheronThe streaming giant has published the long -awaited documentary Number one on the call sheet. The two -part series celebrates the legacy and continuous success of black actors in Hollywood.
The show features icons like Denzel Washington, Jamie FoxxViola Davis and Eddie MurphyWho tell their trips to Hollywood and share interesting anecdotes via interviews. Murphy reveals that when he said to Sidney Poitier, he had been offered the role of Alex Haley in the 1992 film Malcolm XThe legendary actor and director said to him: “You are not Denzel, and you are not Morgan. You are a breath of fresh air, and don’t have it with that!” – which means that he should not assume the role. The actor and the star of Beverly Hills cop (1984) admitted that he “did not know if it was an insult or a compliment”. Eventually, Malcolm X Director Spike Lee Excluded Haley’s character after taking over from Norman Jewison.
Lee’s latest film is the neo-black criminal thriller The highest 2 the lowest (2025), with Denzel Washington And A $ AP Rockyand adapted from Akira Kurosawa Up and down (1963). In the midst of the headlines of his work, Lee’s personal life also arouses interest.
So who is the wife of Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee, director of entertainment, founder of Wellness Brand Movita Organics, and the author of Three Children’s Books?
The history of Tonya Lewis Lee
Lewis Lee was born and grew up in Yonkers, New York, not far from Brooklyn, where her husband comes from. She studied liberal arts at Sarah Lawrence College in New York, before obtaining a law degree from the University of Virginia.
How did she meet Spike Lee?
Lewis Lee has always wanted to go to the entertainment industry, but after obtaining her law diploma in 1991, she moved to Washington to work as a lawyer by People magazine. In 1992, she attended the Congressional Black Caucus dinner, where she met Spike Lee. They came out together by the end of the year and when they got married in New York in 1993, Stevie Wonder played in marriage. The couple shares two children – his daughter Satchel, 30, and her son Jackson, 28 years old – who are also in the entertainment industry.