Movies
NEW YORK -- Lee Daniels is never one to hold back on hot-button topics like race and the movie business.
Aug. 14, 2013
MPAA permits Weinstein Co. to use ‘Lee Daniels’ ‘The Butler’ title
July 20, 2013
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It took 37 credited producers to bring “Lee Daniels’ ‘The Butler’” to the big screen — and now Damon Dash is demanding to be recognized as No. 38.
Aug. 15, 2014
Awards
“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” will be the No. 1 movie at the box office this weekend after taking in about $9 million in ticket sales last night.
Aug. 17, 2013
Television
“Lee Daniels ‘The Butler,” “12 Years A Slave” and the ABC drama “Scandal” were among the top nominees for the 45th NAACP Image Awards, which celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in film, TV, music and literature.
Jan. 9, 2014
The year’s first serving of Oscar bait has arrived on a silver platter in the form of “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” a star-studded historical drama starring Forest Whitaker as an African American butler working at the White House through multiple administrations, set against the arc of the civil rights movement.
Aug. 16, 2013
In a heartfelt letter, director Lee Daniels pleaded with Warner Bros.
July 4, 2013
The new trailer for Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” shows an up-from-his-bootstraps man moving, Zelig-like, through U.S. presidential history, demonstrating how “one man overcame his past.”
May 8, 2013
‘The Butler’ puts a new spin on LBJ, says Liev Schreiber