Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Obama on watching 'The Butler' - 'I did tear up'

U.S. President Obama waves before departing a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama says he teared up watching a movie about an African-American man who served for 34 years at the White House during the tumultuous time of the civil rights movement. Lee Daniels' "The Butler" is a hit movie starring Forest Whitaker in the lead role, which is loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen, who served presidents from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan. Oprah Winfrey plays the butler's hard-drinking wife and Cuba Gooding Jr. is a friend and White House colleague. ...








via Movies News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/obama-watching-butler-did-tear-212310097.html

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