{"id":66059,"date":"2013-06-28T12:28:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T12:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/06\/28\/first-look-at-oprah-winfrey-david-oyelowo-lenny-kravitz-in-the-butler\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:17:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T09:17:57","slug":"first-look-at-oprah-winfrey-david-oyelowo-lenny-kravitz-in-the-butler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/first-look-at-oprah-winfrey-david-oyelowo-lenny-kravitz-in-the-butler\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look at Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Lenny Kravitz in Lee Daniels&#8217; The Butler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>First Look at Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Lenny Kravitz in Lee Daniels&#8217; The Butler<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>June 28, 2013<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/The-Butler-poster-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-40436\" title=\"The Butler poster 2\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 202 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/The-Butler-poster-2-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some new images have been posted online for <strong>Lee Daniels<\/strong>&#8216; historical drama <strong>The Butler<\/strong>, which stars <strong>Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Jane Fonda, Lenny Kravitz, Cuba Gooding Jr., Liev Schreiber, Alex Pettyfer, John Cusack, Robin Williams, James Marsden, Alan Rickman, Terrence Howard, Minka Kelly, Jesse Williams, Melissa Leo, Vanessa Redgrave,  Nelsan Ellis, Mariah Carey<\/strong>, and <strong>Yaya DaCosta<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Butler is inspired by Wil Haygood\u2019s Washington Post article about an African-American man who served as a butler (Whitaker) to eight Presidents in the White House for over thirty years. From this unique vantage point, the film traces the dramatic changes that swept American society, from the civil rights movement to Vietnam and beyond, and how those changes affected this man\u2019s life and family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robin Williams<\/strong> plays President Dwight D. Eisenhower, <strong>Melissa Leo<\/strong> as First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, <strong>James Marsden<\/strong> as President John F. Kennedy, <strong>Minka Kelly<\/strong> as First Lady Jackie Kennedy, <strong>Liev Schreiber<\/strong> as President Lyndon B. Johnson, <strong>John Cusack<\/strong> as President Richard M. 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