Spike Lee Named Grand Marshal For New York City Marathon

Jessica Derschowitz, Entertainment Weekly: Movies
Mon, 10/05/2015 - 6:23am

Spike Lee has been named the grand marshal of this yearâs New York City Marathon, race officials announced Monday. The filmmaker, a native New Yorker and famously avid sports fan, is the first New Yorker and only the third grand marshal in the raceâs 45-year history.Â Lee, who grew up in Brookylnâs...

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