"Precious" director’s "The Butler" debuts 1st trailer (video)  May 8, 2013 - 14:21 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Forest Whitaker gets the ultimate White House tour in the first trailer for "Precious" director Lee Daniels' "The Butler", TheWrap said. The Weinstein Co. drama, which is stuffed with huge Hollywood names, follows the life of Eugene Allen (Whitaker), a butler who served eight presidents living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue between 1952 and 1986. As anybody who took a single social studies class in high school would know, Allen's tenure gave him front-row tickets to watch political and civil rights history being made. Oprah Winfrey takes a rare break from being Oprah to star as Whitaker's wife, while Robin Williams, John Cusack, Liev Schreiber, Alan Rickman, Melissa Leo, James Marsden, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jane Fonda and Minka Kelly make appearances, as well. "The Butler" opens in theaters on Oct. 18.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Court in Azerbaijan extends former Karabakh leader’s arrest by 5 months  The Binagadi District Court in Azerbaijan has granted the prosecutor’s petition to extend the arrest of Arkady Ghukasyan.Ucom General Director joins High-Tech Development Panel Discussion The discussion was titled "The Role of International Corporations and Investors as Catalysts for Development of High-Tech Ecosystem."U.S. still believes “peace is possible” between Armenia, Azerbaijan The United States continues to believe that peace is possible between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vedant Patel says.Dozens detained as antigovernment protest continue in Armenia At least 63 people demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation were detained on May 14 as they blocked streets in Yerevan. |
