In yesterday's update, Harvey Weinstein had enlisted the civil rights leader trio comprised of Jesse Jackson, NAACP president & CEO Ben Jealous, and National Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, Roy Innis, in his fight against Warner Bros. over the use of the title The Butler. And also, attorneys for both sides made further appeals in a hearing of the MPAA’s Title Registration Bureau. Late yesterday, the MPAA ruled that The Weinstein Company can use some variation of the words "The Butler" for the title of the Lee Daniels-directed film which opens next month. The...
- 7/20/2013
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
I was hoping this had been put to bed already, since I hadn't read any updates in a little while. But it's still very much in play. In short, the most recent update, courtesy of THR, states that Harvey Weinstein has enlisted the civil rights leader trio comprised of Jesse Jackson, NAACP president & CEO Ben Jealous, and National Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, Roy Innis, in his fight against Warner Bros. over the use of the title The Butler. Throwing their support behind Harvey Weinstein and the Lee Daniels-directed film, the trio released the following statement: "We are all watching and waiting for the...
- 7/19/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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