IT MUST BE THE SHOES During a preview of his WWII film, The Miracle At St. Anna, which opens in October, Spike Lee announced that he was directing a documentary about Michael Jordan that he hopes to premiere at next year's Cannes Film Festival. He snagged previously unseen footage from the last two years of MJ's basketball career for the film. [EW]

With just $27 million earned between June 2006 and June 2007, LeBron James was the last in Forbes' list of the ten top-earning black stars. Before you go feeling all bad for LeBron James for coming in last on a list of insanely rich people, consider this: he was just 22 in June 2007. Next on the list is Beyonce, who also earned $27 million, but is probably in the spot above James due to alphabetical order. Or maybe because she's prettier? Check the full list after the jump.

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Gabrielle Union and Regina King look like they had a lot of fun yesterday at the 7th Annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament in the Bahamas. But I've heard that it's always fun when Gabby's around, especially for the fellas. Joking! More pics of the revelers after the jump.

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Are we surprised that Tyra Banks has donated $2300 to Barack Obama? I am, but only because she is the self-proclaimed "Queen of Cheap."

The Huffington Post has a handy new feature called Fundrace 2008, where you can search by name or address for campaign contributers. Although it contains information that was already available on other sites, it's, well, newer and nicer to look at. People put in some search work and found that Tyra, Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, George Clooney, Jamie Foxx, and Will Smith are all team Obama. In Hilary's corner, she's gotten money from the less interesting (but no less loaded) Donald Trump, Jr. and Martha Stewart.

I searched for a few famous names and all I came up with was that Michael Jordan's an Obama fan. The paparazzi would certainly have a better time shooting a party filled with his campaign donors than Hilary's.

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Celebrities. As soon as they get famous enough to buy whatever they want, they recieve everything for free. It's one of life's many cruelties. This weekend, they got to go to Paradise Island to attend what appears to be a rather random gathering of famous people celebrating the opening of the Cove Atlantis. Disturbingly, one of the parties required disco gear. I need to never see Usher and Tameka Foster in afro wigs again. And notice, he ain't with his mother on Mother's Day. Drama!

Michael Jordan hung out with Tiger Woods on the golf course in Charlotte yesterday, trying to put on a respectable air after photos of his Cabo San Lucas debauchery (some of which feature Eddie Murphy's ex-wife…hmmm) hit the Internet. More pics from yesterday's events and obvious publicity photo ops (I'm talking to you, Jada) after the jump.

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I can't lie. I kind of hate Gatorade. I've always thought it tasted a little like flavored sweat. And being like Mike? At the stage of life I was in circa 1992, I was more likely to want to be like his daughter so he could take me on shopping sprees at Limited Too and Claire's. These days, I'd like to be he ex-wife (minus the decades of infidelity and general misery) and collect that record breaking divorce settlement, but that's another story for another day.

Anyway, this is a classic commercial, and the slogan is one that would never fly today with any of our major sports stars. It's the age of tabloid journalism, and sports figures get more attention for their arrests, paternity suits, and foot-in-mouth comments than their performances on the court or field. Obviously, Michael Jordan was and is no saint. But at least back then I thought he was.

Of course, we all know better now.

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