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Oprah Winfrey returned to acting after a long layoff, and her appearance in The Butler especially caused a stir based on comments from co-star Terrence Howard. The mogul has been recognized along with Forest Whitaker, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael B. Jordan by Essence and the stars grace the cover of the magazine’s Hollywood issue.

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Although film director Shaka King has yet to become a household name, that may change with his latest project Newlyweeds – which reveals a little-known side of the black New Yorker living experience. The film opened yesterday (Sept. 18) at the Film Forum in New York after a run earlier this year at Sundance, and […]

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The brewing war of words between Harry Belafonte and Jay Z has sparked discussion of a gap between generations with similar intentions but different methods. Belafonte challenged the mogul on his work outside music, to which Jay responded unfavorably. Powerful media figure Oprah Winfrey offered her take on the feud.

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Oprah Winfrey hates the “n-word.” As a woman growing up in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, the billionairre has an understandably negative reaction to the racial epithet commonly used to demean Black people.

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You can’t say Oprah Winfrey doesn’t have a sense of humor. Winfrey was on The Steve Harvey Show recently and addressed Terrence Howard’s appreciation on her “tig ol bitties.” Again, his words, not ours.

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David Banner is set to join the likes of Mariah Carey and Oprah Winfrey on the film The Butler. Directed by Lee Daniels, the film is inspired by the Washington Post article about a man who worked as a butler for eight different presidents.

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Nelsan Ellis, known to many as Lafayette Reynolds on HBO’s vampire drama, True Blood, has landed a new role. Ellis has been cast as Martin Luther King Jr.  in the forthcoming film, The Butler, reports Deadline.com. Directed by Lee Daniels, the film follows a White House butler as he serves eight American presidents over the course […]