“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” is neither as good as it might have been nor as bad as survivors of “The Paperboy” may have feared. An ambitious and overdue attempt to create a Hollywood-style epic around ...

During the After Show, Colman Domingo reminisces about filming The Butler alongside a star-studded cast, saying his fondest memory was shooting with Forest Whitaker in a mockup set of the White House.

The first thing you'll notice about The Butler—excuse us, Lee Daniels' The Butler—is all the stars. Nearly everyone in this movie, no matter how small a part, is somebody. But that just scratches the ...

"Lee Daniels' The Butler" was apparently the director's gift for "my mother and the church." Lee Daniels' 2013 film The Butler may have won him widespread acclaim and more than quintupled its budget ...

Supporters of Ronald Reagan aren't happy with the way "Lee Daniels' The Butler" portrays the 40th president, but none more so than his son, Michael Reagan. The latter penned a scathing editorial for ...

Award winning-director, producer and screenwriter Lee Daniels is known for directing films "Precious," "The Paperboy," "The Butler," "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" and "The Deliverance" and ...

Looks like the persistent questions Oprah Winfrey asked Lee Daniels during the filming of Lee Daniels' The Butler paid off: Judging by this, Oprah's acting chops are just as they were in 1985 when she ...

Deadline Hollywood has obtained a moving letter that director Lee Daniels wrote to Warner Bros. Entertainment CEO Kevin Tsujihara urging him to screen The Butler. Daniels explains that he has spent ...

Lee Daniels’ highly anticipated film rested comfortably atop the box office by bringing in an estimated $25 million on the film’s debut weekend. “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” – starring Forest Whitaker ...

All Lee Daniels' mother wanted was for her son to 'make movies like Tyler Perry.' 'You're embarrassing us at church,' she said. So he made 'The Butler' to appease her, calling it 'the most refrained I ...