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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 [...]
*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 [...]
*A sure sign that his career is taking off, David Oyelowo has just signed with high-powered talent agency WME, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The British actor of Nigerian descent, who will be seen opposite Tom Cruise in “Jack Reacher” beginning Friday, remains with management firm Inphenate and U.K. agency Hamilton-Hodell. Oyelowo is an Indie Spirit Award [...]
*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 [...]
*Oprah Winfrey is getting back to the basics as an actress. She’s set to star in a docudrama about the life of Eugene Allen, the White House butler who served several presidents. The former queen of talk television plays the role of Mrs. Allen. The story begins in New Orleans and graduates to Capitol Hill. [...]
*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, [...]
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