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*In a bid to create more Oscar buzz breathing room, The Weinstein Company has moved the release date of its Lee Daniels-directed “The Butler” from October 18 to August 16, reports Deadline.com. The film looks at the life of Eugene Allen, who served eight presidents from 1952 to 1986 and had a bird’s-eye view of [...]
*It won’t hit theaters until the thick of awards season in October, but The Weinstein Company has released its first trailer for the Lee Daniels-directed “The Butler.” The film tells the story of Eugene Allen (Forest Whitaker), who served eight commanders in chief during his 1952-1986 stint as the White House butler. Daniels wrote the [...]
*In October, Oprah Winfrey tweeted the above photo of herself and Terrence Howard from the set of their upcoming film “The Butler.” “And THAT’s a Wrap! Terrence Howard and me in our goodbye ‘love scene’,” Winfrey wrote as a caption, providing no further details. Howard, however, is now spilling the beans on how he ended [...]
*Oprah Winfrey has sent out another photo from the set of “The Butler,” this time posing with director Lee Daniels, Jane Fonda and Alan Rickman – the latter two as Nancy and Ronald Reagan. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Winfrey, who shared the pic on Instagram, was dressed like she just stepped off the set [...]
*A day after revealing her natural hair on the September cover of O magazine, Oprah Winfrey is sharing more of her hair secrets. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] While in New Orleans on Wednesday on the set of her upcoming film, “The Butler,” she posted a photo of her “girls” — a.k.a. seven of the [...]
*Actor Nelsan Ellis will go from a possessed gay Louisiana cook in HBO’s “True Blood” to the prince of peace on the big screen. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Director Lee Daniels has tapped the star to play Martin Luther King Jr. in “The Butler,” reports Deadline.com. Mariah Carey and Yaya DaCosta (“America’s Next Top [...]
*Colman Domingo has joined the cast of Lee Daniels’ “The Butler,” based on the life of Eugene Allen, a White House servant who worked for eight First Families over three decades. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Domingo will play a White House butler who works in the Executive Mansion. Forest Whitaker plays Allen and Oprah [...]
*Jesse Williams is in talks to join “The Butler,” Lee Daniels’ historical drama that traces the 20th century through the eyes of a black employee at the White House. The film is based on the life of Eugene Allen, who started work at the White House in 1952 and served eight First Families. Williams, a [...]
*Forest Whitaker is in negotiations to play the title character in director Lee Daniels’ “The Butler,” which tells the true story of Eugene Allen, a black man who worked as butler in the White House, serving eight presidents from 1952 to 1986. David Oyelowo is in talks to play the butler’s son in the movie, [...]
*”Precious” director Lee Daniels has reportedly signed on to do rewrites and direct the Laura Ziskin-produced drama ”The Butler” for Sony Pictures Entertainment, reports Deadline. As previously reported, the movie is based on articles written by Wil Haygood on Eugene Allen, a butler who has served 34 years in the White House through eight presidents — all of [...]
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