Lee Daniels

Cannes 2013: 'Salinger,' 'Osage County' among Weinstein hopefuls

2013-05-18 06:00:00

Cannes, France--With award-season hits such as “The Silver Linings Playbook” and “Django Unchained,” the Weinstein Co. had a small but potent slate in the latter half of 2012. On Friday evening at the Cannes Film Festival, the...

Oprah Winfrey brings drama to 'The Butler' trailer

2013-05-08 11:34:00

Moviegoers well-acquainted with Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels’ eyebrow-raising filmic oeuvre may be shocked to learn that his latest movie, “The Butler,” seems, at first blush, rather short on salacious surprises. This from the...

'The Butler' puts a new spin on LBJ, says Liev Schreiber

2013-05-08 12:30:00

The new trailer for Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” shows an up-from-his-bootstraps man moving, Zelig-like, through U.S. presidential history, demonstrating how “one man overcame his past.” But for at least one of the actors...

Millennium Entertainment is for sale, says CEO Bill Lee

2013-04-22 14:06:00

After enjoying what it says were record revenue and earnings in 2012, Millennium Entertainment, the distribution arm of Avi Lerner’s Nu Image, is on the auction block. Millennium Chief Executive Bill Lee said in a news release Monday that Los...

Hollywood studios pack in titles at Cannes Film Festival

2013-04-18 16:03:00

The Cannes Film Festival has a long tradition of showcasing independent global cinema. But in a twist, this year's lineup also includes movies from a wide range of Hollywood entities: Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., CBS Films, the Weinstein Co., even...

Cannes 2013: Coen brothers, Alexander Payne bound for film festival

2013-04-18 04:29:00

The Cannes Film Festival is making a statement at this year's gathering: We still really like Americans. The main competition will feature four directors from the U.S. -- Alexander Payne (“Nebraska”) Joel and Ethan Coen (“Inside Llewyn...

With Chan-wook Park's 'Stoker,' Nicole Kidman does an about-face

2013-01-30 05:00:00

Nicole Kidman has been pushing in some unusual directions lately. But that adventurousness takes on an entirely new dimension in Chan-wook Park’s “Stoker,” a movie focusing on an unstable woman who lives in a Gothic house (Kidman), her...

Mariah Carey releases new single, 'Almost Home'

2013-02-19 10:13:00

Remember when Mariah Carey was, more than anything else, a singer? Today, music is just one of the pop/soul diva's many pursuits, an occupation on equal footing with her judge's gig on "American Idol" and the hours she spends posting tubby-time pictures...

New Releases: 'Searching for Sugar Man' and more

2013-01-20 09:00:00

Searching for Sugar Man Sony, $30.99; Blu-ray, $35.99 Available on VOD beginning Tuesday Detroit-based singer-songwriter Sixto Diaz Rodr�guez couldn't get any airplay in the U.S. in the '70s with his soulful, political folk-rock, but his 1970 album,...

'The Paperboy': Nicole Kidman is used to audience discomfort

2012-12-20 06:30:00

Talk about a good week. On back-to-back days last week, Nicole Kidman received two nominations each from the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globes. Both organizations cited her performance in the television movie "Hemingway & Gellhorn" opposite...

No 'Butler' for Matthew McConaughey; 'Dallas Buyer's Club' advances

2012-06-07 04:37:30

Despite new film role, Jane Fonda says she was 'never a hippie'

2012-06-06 16:39:19

Director Lee Daniels' followup to "Precious" received some harsh reviews, but Kidman's highly sexualized performance did earn some kind critical words. Apparently they were enough to get Kidman nominated, despite general dislike of the film.

2012-12-12 07:12:42

Looking like "A Time to Killer (Inside Me) Joe," the latest from "Precious" director Lee Daniels could feature the year's fourth delicious Matthew McConaughey performance or offer over-heated sleaze that doesn't know when to say when. Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman and John Cusack also star.

2012-08-31 08:20:00

Cast members Nicole Kidman (L) and John Cusack pose during a photocall for the film "The Paperboy" by director Lee Daniels in competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival , May 24, 2012.

2012-03-25 08:30:00