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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 [...]
*Okay, so it looks like there’s about to be some kind of slavery movie show down ’bout to go down between Lee Daniels and Quentin Tarantino. According to The Root, the director is planning to make a post-slavery Black Western, likely because he hated “Django.” “I was deeply hurt by the movie. I was deeply [...]
*Sundance is over and marks another historical event in the record books. And as we reported earlier, “Fruitvale” director Ryan Coogler went home a champ with not one major award, but two. Not only did the film pick up the Audience Award, but also the Grand Jury Prize, the most celebrated, coveted award of the [...]
*Director Lee Daniels is feeling a bit “muzzled” while making his first PG-13 film. “It’s very un-‘Precious’ and un-‘Paperboy,’” he tells The Hollywood Reporter of “The Butler,” about a White House staffer (Forest Whitaker) employed through eight presidential administrations. “I can’t go into my bag of tricks on this one: no urination, no baby falling [...]
*Denzel Washington’s performance in “Flight,” Don Cheadle of Showtime’s “House of Lies” and the upcoming Jamie Foxx film “Django Unchained” were among the nominees announced this morning for the Golden Globe Awards, handed out annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press. The Civil War epic “Lincoln” leads the nominees with seven, among them best drama, best [...]
*Rapper/Actor David Banner is set to star in Lee Daniel’s latest production, “The Butler,” also starring Forrest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Robin Williams, Terrance Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, and Jane Fonda. It’s based on the true story of Eugene Allen (Forrest Whitaker); who served as a butler in the White House from 1952 to 1986. Banner is [...]
*Lee Daniels is reportedly in talks to direct one of two biopics in the works on legendary rocker Janis Joplin. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] According to The Hollywood Reporter, the “Precious” helmer is negotiating to direct a project starring Amy Adams as the 1960s rock and blues star, who died at age 27 from [...]
*Since the film’s premiere at Sundance, Lee Daniels has said that the maid role in his upcoming film “Paperboy” was first offered to Oprah Winfrey – who turned it down — before ultimately going to Grammy Award-winning singer Macy Gray. Now — Daniels calls it a blessing in disguise. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] “In [...]
*Moviegoers in the States will get a chance to see Lee Daniels’ upcoming film “The Butler” courtesy of The Weinstein Co., which just picked up U.S. distribution rights. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Written by Daniels and Danny Strong, who earned an Emmy on Sunday for his “Game Change,” the story is inspired by Wil [...]
*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 [...]
*Mariah Carey is seen in the above photograph stepping out of her trailer Monday on the New Orleans set of “The Butler.” [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The Lee Daniels-directed film has Oprah Winfrey, Lenny Kravitz, Cuba Gooding Jr., John Cusack, Robin Williams, and James Marsden among its star-studded cast. In addition to reteaming with [...]
*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 [...]
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