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Topic: Lee Daniels

Nadine Ellis and Morris Chestnut in "Our Kind of People" | Dude Hill, Saycon Sengbloh, Laura Kariuki and Elisha Williams in "The Wonder Years" (Photo illustration by Salon/Brownie Harris/FOX/ABC/Erika Doss)

Our Kind of People & Wonder Years reboot

Melanie McFarland
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)

Andra Day brilliantly channels Lady Day

Melanie McFarland
Brittany O'Grady, Queen Latifah and Jude Demorest in "Star" (Fox)

Fox has midseason's "Star"

Melanie McFarland

Sean Penn's character defense

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Forest Whitaker in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (The Weinstein Company)

A must-see historical fable

Andrew O'Hehir
Lenny Kravitz, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Forest Whitaker in "The Butler"

"The Butler" stars on race

Daniel D'Addario
Nicole Kidman in "The Paperboy"

Kidman on the prowl

Andrew O'Hehir
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