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The Butler

Opens Friday, Aug 16, 2013 Synopsis: Director Lee Daniels (Precious) teams up with Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Danny Strong to tell the remarkable story of White House butler Eugene Allen (played by Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker), who served eight U.S. presidents over the course of 30 years, and witnessed sweeping social change during his three decades of service at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Inspired by Wil Haygood's Washington Post article, The Butler features Robin Williams as Dwight D. Eisenhower, James Marsden as John F. Kennedy, Liev Schreiber as Lyndon B. Johnson, John Cusack as Richard M. Nixon and Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan. Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard, Jane Fonda, David Oyelowo, Lenny Kravitz, Melissa Leo, and Vanessa Redgrave co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard, Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

Opens Friday, Jun 7, 2013 Synopsis: Long before hot-headed guests were trading blows on The Jerry Springer Show, Morton Downey, Jr. was transforming daytime television into a smoke-blowing spectacle of rage. With his bulging eyes and a lit cigarette clenched firmly between steel-trap teeth, he took no prisoners while barking vicious insults at his guests and audiences alike. It was the 1980s, and television viewers were transfixed by the man who had no fear, and no apparent filter. But then, as quickly as Downey Jr. had appeared out of nowhere to lower the standards for civil discourse, he was gone. In this documentary, Emmy-nominated filmmakers Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, and Jeremy Newberger chart the motor-mouthed trash TV host's dizzying rise to fame, as well as his thunderous fall from the spotlight though interviews with Chris Elliot, Herman Cain, Sally Jessy Raphael, Pat Buchanan, Richard Bey, and Gloria Allred. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Morton Downey, Jr. Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

'Six Feet Under,' 'Friends,' poised for top Emmy honors

...After last September's unsettled Emmy Awards, organizers are welcoming a return...when it comes to the boldest pack of Emmy contenders yet. And guess what - they...drama "Six Feet Under" may end up with Emmy gold. "We'll see more new faces at...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/09/20/app_353564.shtml
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Emmy etiquette: Please, no thank yous

...year, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Emmy Awards, NBC will allot four full hours...twitchy. Don Mischer, who's produced Emmy, Tony and Kennedy Center Honors award...said Mischer. "If someone wins an Emmy, it can be the high point of their career...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/09/12/ent_238765.shtml
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Emmy: The show goes on (finally)

...September's terrorist attacks, this year's Emmy nominations didn't rouse much anticipation...torn and unfit for wearing. Yet the Emmy awards Sunday proved more worthwhile than...Welcome to the 53rd, 54th and 55th Emmy Awards") and the no-shows ("Good...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/11/06/ent_324346.shtml
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'West Wing' wins best drama Emmy

...drama "The West Wing" won its third consecutive Emmy as best drama series Sunday and "Friends" was...creator of "The West Wing, said in accepting the Emmy. The show also produced acting Emmy winners in Allison Janney, John Spencer and Stockard...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/09/23/liv_354136.shtml
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And the Emmy goes to ... whoever the psychic says

...Tony Shalhoub, clear shelf space for your Emmy. I think you're going to win as best...little channel that could field a major Emmy winner. In a grave disservice, TV academy...the outcome - except my reputation as an Emmy maven - here are the nominees and my picks...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/09/19/tel_389283.shtml
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And the Emmy goes to ... whoever the psychic says

...Tony Shalhoub, clear shelf space for your Emmy. I think you're going to win as best...little channel that could field a major Emmy winner. In a grave disservice, TV academy...the outcome - except my reputation as an Emmy maven - here are the nominees and my picks...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/09/18/tel_388897.shtml
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'Desperate Housewives' among top Emmy nominees

...in its debut season, was among the top Emmy nominees announced Thursday. The ABC series...Nominations for the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced in an early morning...Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre. There were Emmy riches for both departing series and newcomers...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/07/15/ent_458665.shtml
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Emmy ceremony will be no-host, four-hour affair

...PASADENA, Calif. -- And this year's Emmy host is ... nobody. Instead of a single...ceremonies for the 50th anniversary bash, the Emmy Awards will showcase a number of veteran...Billy Crystal as one of the standouts. Emmy presenters won't be chosen until after...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/07/21/ent_233909.shtml
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