Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey will appear on the big screen with
Forest Whitaker in the upcoming film "The Butler".The 59-year-old is
making her first big-screen appearance since 1998s "Beloved",
reported Ace showbiz.
Lee Daniels' movie is inspired by Wil Haygood's Washington Post
article about a black man who served as White
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| Oprah Winfrey |
House Butler to eight presidents over three decades.Winfrey plays the wife of
Whitaker's character, the title role of butler Cecil Gaines.The star cast of
the film includes Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan, Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan,
John Cusack as Richard Nixon, James Marsden as John F Kennedy, Minka Kelly as
Jackie Kennedy, Liev Schreiber as Lyndon B Johnson, Robin Williams as Dwight
Eisenhower, Melissa Leo as Mamie Eisenhower, Orlando Eric Street as Barack
Obama and Nelsan Ellis as Martin Luther King Jr. The film's trailer was released
yesterday. It is set to hit theaters on October 18.
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