Last year was supposed to be a banner film for Black filmmakers. Fruitvale Station, The Butler, and 12 Years a Slave were released and their…
Movies such as “The Butler,” “Fruitvale Station,””Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom” and “12 Years A Slave” gave us high hopes for this year’s Oscar nominations, but that hope quickley turned into disappointment. With the exception of “12 Years A Slave” and “Captain Phillips,” black movies and thespians were basically shut out of this year’s nods. […]
White House correspondent April Ryan talks with Admiral Rochon, the first black head usher for the White House, about Lee Daniels‘ “The Butler” and its…
Maryland organizer Tiffany Flowers and her boyfriend Alan Hanson entered the Regal Cinemas Majestic Stadium 20 theater in Silver Spring, Maryland expecting to enjoy a showing…
Speaking to reporters at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Orlando, Florida, Oscar nominated-director Lee Daniels (Precious, The Butler), said that it is…
When “The Butler” comes out on August 16, there will be three Black men that made it happen – director Lee Daniels, White House butler…
TJMS’ own Sybil Wilkes interviews Wil Haygood, writer at The Washington Post and author of “The Butler: A Witness to History.” The book details the…
OMG! Insider Kevin Frazier gives the crew the scoop on Lee Daniels’ soon-to-be released film “The Butler.” It hits theaters on August 16.
Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is said to be considering an offer to co-star in “The Butler,” Director Lee Daniels’ story of Eugene Allen, a black man who worked as butler in the White House, serving eight presidents from 1952 to 1986, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Financing is still being negotiated and no final […]
