(CBS News) Forest Whitaker is already generating considerable Oscar buzz for his performance in "Lee Daniels' The Butler." Whitaker plays White House butler Cecil Gaines in the film inspired by ...

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Whitaker, who’s known for his level of preparation, calls this “the most specific work I’ve ever done on a character.” He trained with a butler consultant and met, quietly, with one of the ...

Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey star in director Lee Daniels' New Orleans-shot historical drama 'The Butler,' based on the real-life story of a White House butler who served eight presidential ...

Inspired by real-life butler Eugene Allen, Gaines (played by Forest Whitaker) witnesses the rise of the civil rights movement, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, Vietnam and the ...

David Oyelowo is in talks to play the butler's son in the film about Eugene ... Kennedy and Robert Kennedy.? Whitaker, repped by WME, Brillstein Entertainment and Ziffren Brittenham, won an ...

Soft-spoken Forest Whitaker was also ideal for the role of the unassuming White House butler, Cecil Gaines, who was told to “see nothing, hear nothing and only to serve” at the start of his 34 ...