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'12 Years a Slave' wins four awards at NAACP Image Awards
February 23, 2014
Kevin Hart was named Entertainer of the Year at the NAACP Image Awards held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California, the event organizers said.
'One Direction' tops movie box office, 'The Butler' second
September 1, 2013
Boy band fans rejoice -- "One Direction: This is Us" was No. 1 at the box office during the weekend with $17 million.
Forest Whitaker hopes 'Butler' inspires young to stand up
August 28, 2013
Forest Whitaker says he hopes his film "Lee Daniels' The Butler" inspires young people to stand up to social injustice wherever they see it.
'The Butler' tops movie box office, 'We're the Millers' second
August 25, 2013
"Lee Daniels' The Butler," starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, led the box office for the second weekend with $17.018 million in receipts.
Theater owner won't show 'The Butler' because of Jane Fonda
August 22, 2013
A Kentucky movie theater owner who trained pilots during the Vietnam War says he will not show "The Butler" because Jane Fonda plays Nancy Reagan.