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Did you know that Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's own guidance counselor? Neither did I, but it makes sense, if you think about it.

According to an article from the latest The New Yorker (which I can't find online other than a relay on DeadlineHollywood), Spike Lee ended his four-month feud with Clint Eastwood by telling Spielberg that the feud is over:

Lee tells The New Yorker that he ended the feud with Eastwood at a Lakers game (presumably during the recent basketball season's playoffs). He said he saw Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, and Eddie Murphy sitting together, so he went up to Spielberg and said, " ‘Steven, it’s over with Clint Eastwood.’ Steven laughed and said, ‘I’ll call Clint and tell him in the morning.’ I said, ‘It’s over.’ He said, ‘Good.’ ”

I'm confused. Spike Lee admires Spielberg as a colleague, I know that, but why should he be the one who calls Clint to end their feud? Did he step in to delegate the situation at some point and had been negotiating the release of a hostaged apology? Or is Spielberg part of a secret cabal that controls every aspect of Hollywood? (and no, I'm not talking about Jews.)

For those of you who don't keep track of Hollywood hissy fits, the feud started in Cannes which Spike attended for his WWII movie Miracle at St. Anna. During a press conference, Lee badmouthed and accused Eastwood of purposely omitting the role that black soldiers played in Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. At first, it just sounded like Spike Lee drumming up publicity for his black soldiers-centric WWII movie, until a reporter told Eastwood—who was also there for his new drama The Changeling with Angelina Jolie—about Lee's comments and ol' Clint went off on Spike, telling him to go read some history books and "shut his face." Lee then responded by saying he won't listen to Eastwood telling him what to do because "we're not on a plantation." Oh, it's on, then.

You know what I think? I think Spike needs to learn a thing or two from Sesame Street:

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