'Lee Daniels' The Butler'The Weinstein Co.   For several weeks
last month "Lee Daniels' The Butler" was embroiled in a costly
and ultimately pointless legal battle with Warner Bros. over its
original title, "The Butler," which also happens to be the name
of an obscure silent short film from 1916 (yes, seriously). Ever
since The Weinstein Co. retrofitted the movie's title to "Lee
Daniels' The Butler," things quieted down -- until opening
weekend, that is, when extra security at a Washington, D.C.-area
screening reportedly suggested racial profiling by the movie
theater.  Following a series of enraged tweets by Tiffany
Flowers, a labor organizer who attended a Saturday evening
showing of the film at the Regal Majestic Theater in Silver
Spring, Maryland, the story was picked up by both local and
national news affiliates. According to Flowers, there were armed
policemen who both escorted theater patrons into the auditorium
and also stood there, during the movie, facing the crowd.
Flowers told a local NBC affilia