Lee Daniels

This trailer looks Amaaaaazing! I don’t care about the politics of having Forrest Whitaker getting an Oscar nomination for playing a Butler (and most likely Chiwetel Ejiofor in Twelve Years A Slave, will also get a nomination this year) I want to see this movie. Talk around “Precious” and “The Paperboy” director Lee Daniels’ next effort “The Butler” has ranged from the director himself comparing it to a work-for-hire gig, calling it a “big compromise” from his usually more button pushing...Read Full Story

This trailer looks Amaaaaazing!I don’t care about the politics of having Forrest Whitaker getting an Oscar nomination for playing a Butler (and most likely Chiwetel Ejiofor in Twelve Years A Slave, will also get a nomination this year) I want to see this movie.Talk around “Precious” and “The Paperboy” director Lee Daniels’ next effort “The Butler” has ranged from the director himself comparing it to a work-for-hire gig, calling it a “big compromise” from his usually more button pushing fare...Read Full Story

Last September Oprah published this photo to her Instagram account from the set of The Butler, which she was filming at the time. With her are the film's director Lee Daniels (Precious), Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan, and Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan.Read Full Story

(Millenium Entertainment) The Bottom Line Should you see it? Yes. Why? Disjointed and trashy, The Paperboy is a tough 107 minutes but is carried along by some solid performances from A-list talent. 2012 has reincarnated the pulp genre in a big way thanks to major stars embracing hellish seediness in movies like Killer Joe and this month's The Paperboy. Films like these are instant cult-classics for their polarizing subject-matter and lurid characterizations of Americana. While Killer...Read Full Story

Film Life, Inc., Jeff Friday, has announced that Oscar nominated Producer-Director Lee Daniels will be this year's honoree at the 14th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF). In celebration of his success and in recognition of his great talent, Daniels will be honored with the Career Achievement Award at the festival's culminating event, ABFF Honors, taking place on Saturday, June 26th, at the New World Symphony Lincoln Theater in Miami, FL. The tribute to Lee Daniels will be presented as...Read Full Story