The Butler

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November 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Following his starring role in the hit film The Butler, he has been cast to play Colin…
November 6, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) - A wave of high-profile films about black people receives accolades. A heart-warming trend of greater on-screen…
October 31, 2013
OPINION - Avoiding films such as '12 Years a Slave' would only silence the voices of our ancestors when many…
October 31, 2013
OPINION - I have no problem with '12 Years a Slave,' but would like to see my people in a…
October 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Much like 'The Butler', 'Backstairs at the White House' paints juicy portraits of the presidents and their…
October 4, 2013
OPINION - Yes black actors should be cast in more mainstream, read “white,” films but, the main problem with Hollywood…
October 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - This year his leading role in the blockbuster 'The Butler' is generating serious Oscar buzz, and now…
September 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Oprah Winfrey has won rave reviews for her performance in the box office hit 'The Butler', and…
September 18, 2013
MSNBC - As the 50th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham approached and thousands celebrated the…
September 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Producer Harvey Weinstein has attributed the successful year in black cinema to an 'Obama Effect,' attributing this…
September 16, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Both 'The Butler' and 'We're the Millers' have been in theaters for more than a month,…
August 27, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama sat down with radio host Tom Joyner on Tuesday ahead of his national address, which…
August 25, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — 'Lee Daniels' The Butler' served up another box office-topping weekend, earning $17 million, according to studio…
August 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Hailed a renaissance year for black films, backlash over Lee Daniels’ 'The Butler' suggests rhetoric surrounding current…
August 22, 2013
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A central Kentucky theater owner who trained pilots during the Vietnam War is refusing to show…
August 18, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Starring Forest Whitaker as a longtime White House butler and Oprah Winfrey as his boozy wife,…
August 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A Washington D.C. woman says a weekend trip to see the movie, 'The Butler' was marred by…
August 16, 2013
MSNBC - On Thursday’s PoliticsNation, Lee Daniel's joined Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss his latest movie 'The Butler'...
August 16, 2013
TODAY - 'The Oprahcalypse is upon us!' shrieked Andy Cohen when Oprah Winfrey joined the elated talk-show host Thursday on…
August 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - According to the New York Times, 2013 is 'a breakout year for black films,' with several prominent…