| 单词 | butler |
| 例句 | I remember him relating it again the first time I returned to see him after gaining my first post as butler - to a Mr and Mrs Muggeridge in their relatively modest house in Allshot, Oxfordshire. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Very soon, naturally, butlers up and down the country, under pressure from their employers, were focusing their minds on the question of silver-polishing. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Giffen's was the polish ordered by all discerning butlers of the time, and if this product was used correctly, one had no fear of one's silver being second best to anybody's. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Wondering if he were sick I went over to find out--an unfamiliar butler with a villainous face squinted at me suspiciously from the door. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It is, of course, the responsibility of every butler to devote his utmost care in the devising of a staff plan. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Hello, Dr. Sweetwine,” Oscar says, back to being the English butler. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Once again, the butler led me to the solarium. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z We pretend that we are on a small tropical island that has no hotels, just little huts that stand in the water and come with butlers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z What was it the butler chap was saying? And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Perhaps the butler was really keen on the wine, and had troubles of his own. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But at no stage did he ever approach the status of a great butler. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “You modest young gentleman,” said the butler, substituting a large horn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We English have an important advantage over foreigners in this respect and it is for this reason that when you think of a great butler, he is bound, almost by definition, to be an Englishman. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The butler made an inarticulate sound and lashed out a second time. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Those 'great' butlers like Mr Marshall who have it, I am sure, acquired it over many years of self-training and the careful absorbing of experience. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The Daltons had more money than we did and lived in a big house with a maid and a butler and weren’t really friends with my parents. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat down for a few minutes with my head in my hands, until I heard the phone taken up inside and the butler's voice calling a taxi. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Any butler with ambition simply did his best to climb as high up this ladder as possible, and by and large, the higher he went, the greater was his professional prestige. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Take this sentence as an example: The butler says he saw the murder. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Far away the butler switched off the Hoover. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The doctor turned back and reentered the house with the frenzied butler. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I was the clumsiest, worst party butler Mrs. Dawson ever had, and to her everlasting credit, she did not fire me right away. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Far off, the butler switched on his Hoover. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Whoever got there first summoned up a super-snooty English accent: “Walls residence, the butler speaking, may I help you?” while the rest of us cracked up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The butler bowed politely and poured another horn, which Lancelot drained without looking at it “A nice vintage, sir,” said the butler. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When the butler reappeared in the drawing room some time afterwards to refresh the teapots, the employer had inquired if all was well. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The butler, an imposing personage named Mr Tibbs, was in supreme command of all the palace servants and he did the best he could in the short time available. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For when I look back over his career, I can see with hindsight that he must have striven throughout his years somehow to become that butler of his story. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I went down the back staircase—low and claustrophobic, scarcely three feet wide—through the kitchen and butler’s pantry, and out onto the back porch. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He watches as he crosses into the foyer, retrieves his grey top hat and silver cane from the butler, and leaves by the front door. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Keep your eye on the underlined words—those are the wolves being singled out of the pack: • Only the butler says he saw the murder. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He neither claimed to know the butler's name, nor anyone who had known him, but he would always insist the event occurred just as he told it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z A colored man wearing a butler’s uniform answered the door. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There were buttons for everything—to lower the blinds, to change the lights from normal to blue, to call for a butler! Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m getting paid good butler money, though,” Charlise says, as she unbuttons her shirt to reveal a black sports bra underneath. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She was remembering the odd way Raven had greeted them—asking if they needed anything in that really formal way that made James joke about her being a butler. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Then the butler, behind his shoulder: "Philadelphia wants you on the phone, sir." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z For such persons, being a butler is like playing some pantomime role; a small push, a slight stumble, and the facade will drop off to reveal the actor underneath. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It is sometimes said that butlers only truly exist in England. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, it must be remembered that my father was a butler of an earlier generation who began his career at a time when such attributes were not considered proper, let alone desirable in a butler. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, do you want him to be tall, dark, fair, a butler, a merchant?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The butler came back and murmured something close to Tom's ear whereupon Tom frowned, pushed back his chair and without a word went inside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Indeed, I can say I am in agreement with those who say that the ability to draw up a good staff plan is the cornerstone of any decent butler's skills. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The butler wiped his face with a handkerchief. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I wouldn't have had the know-how to be a butler in those days. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Visiting valets, I have found, are often the worst offenders, aspiring as they usually do to the position of butler with some urgency. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z This presented a delicate problem, another of the house guests being also without his valet, raising the question as to which guest should be allocated the butler as valet and who the footman. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The White House butlers who staffed the residence, mostly African American men who were our age or older, stood poised to help us with anything we needed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He would have made an excellent college butler. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z You may be inclined to agree with the writer Calvin Trillin when he wrote, “As far as I’m concerned, whom is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I’m very sorry,” he says politely, like an English butler in a movie, then closes the door in my face without another word. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z One afternoon, evidently, this butler had entered the dining room to make sure all was well for dinner, when he noticed a tiger languishing beneath the dining table. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z With scarcely a word said, four of us, the chauffeur, butler, gardener and I, hurried down to the pool. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I really only started to pay any attention at all when he happened to mention that until his retirement three years ago, he had been a butler of a nearby house. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The door had opened and a man had come in, dressed in the black suit and tails of an old-fashioned butler. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The Hayes Society claimed to admit butlers of 'only the very first rank'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The butler hadn't taken this long last week. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The butler’s hand flicked out and caught it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Is your butler calling the police while you stall us here?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The butler had left the dining room quietly, taking care to close the doors behind him, and proceeded calmly to the drawing room where his employer was taking tea with a number of visitors. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Now this is a fine wine, sir,” said the butler. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z You will notice I say 'what' rather than 'who' is a great butler; for there was actually no serious dispute as to the identity of the men who set the standards amongst our generation. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z A butler’s pantry where the door closed softly behind them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He nodded at the butler robot, who wheeled down the hall to find the Praise Singer. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There is one situation and one situation only in which a butler who cares about his dignity may feel free to unburden himself of his role; that is to say, when he is entirely alone. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z A butler overheard the president speculating on what he’d do if Japanese forces advanced as far as Chicago. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The butler held the door open for my father. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It is easy enough to have lofty ambitions, but without certain qualities, a butler will simply not progress beyond a certain point.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Black men worked as butlers in the homes of the rich, shining shoes, polishing silverware, serving guests at parties. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The butler robot dragged him inside and dropped him at Mother’s feet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I thought only archbishops and popes were posh enough for butlers, but vicars can obviously have them too. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Before she could reply, the butler began herding them out the door and into the wagon waiting in the courtyard. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the more experienced butlers, a white-haired African American man named James Ramsey, had served since the Carter administration. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Continentals are unable to be butlers because they are as a breed incapable of the emotional restraint which only the English race are capable of. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z At two o'clock Gatsby put on his bathing suit and left word with the butler that if any one phoned word was to be brought to him at the pool. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Burt dried himself off and went inside, returning in a moment dragging a TV on a butler’s cart onto the patio. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a machine in the kitchen which could extract the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour, if a little button was pressed two hundred times by a butler's thumb. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Next morning I sent the butler to New York with a letter to Wolfshiem which asked for information and urged him to come out on the next train. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I have heard of various instances of a butler being displayed as a kind of performing monkey at a house party. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z "The master's body!" roared the butler into the mouthpiece. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The butler robot hung up the General’s cap. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I turned to look at the butler but the butler'd gone. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And let me now posit this: 'dignity7 has to do crucially with a butler's ability not to abandon the professional being he inhabits. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She got up slowly, raising her eyebrows at me in astonishment, and followed the butler toward the house. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Who knows how many quarrels, false accusations, unnecessary dismissals, how many promising careers cut short can be attributed to a butler's slovenliness at the stage of drawing up the staff plan? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z By midnight Lancelot and the butler were sitting on opposite sides of the table, both looking red in the face. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Bryants live in the only house on their street that has a separate house attached to it for a butler. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z With his bow and quiver, he probably looked like a very dangerous butler. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I remember seeing very few people upstairs beyond the butlers, who were strangers to me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Who would doubt at that moment that I had indeed come as close to the great hub of things as any butler could wish? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “You look like a butler,” I say as she sits on the stoop next to me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z In fact, I imagine his ultimate dream would have been to become butler of a house like this one. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Finally I recognized a mailbox held aloft by a metal butler that, despite his straight back and snooty expression, appeared to be crying tears of rust. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was not at all certain, then, how he would fare against the younger breed of highly professionalized butlers looking for posts. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Two ladies in butler uniforms push them open for us. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Oh sure, sure. Just have the butler call me in the morning. It’s all just too, too simple for me to bother about before my beauty nap.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z If the butlers cared about politics, if they had private allegiances to one party or another, they kept it to themselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They had a brew of piment between them—a mixture of red wine, honey, spices, and whatever else the butler’s wife had added. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Worked as a butler and chauffeur before returning to Germany. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The butler smiled discreetly and poured another bumper. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When, almost immediately, the telephone rang inside and the butler left the porch Daisy seized upon the momentary interruption and leaned toward me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z No telephone message arrived but the butler went without his sleep and waited for it until four o'clock--until long after there was any one to give it to if it came. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Almost at the moment when Mr. Gatsby identified himself a butler hurried toward him with the information that Chicago was calling him on the wire. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Grin was standing outside, still wearing his butler costume. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Sol Spiegelman and I went straight for a butler carrying smoked salmon and champagne, and after a few minutes sensed the value of a cultivated aristocracy. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In fact, I am the butler of Darlington Hall, near Oxford.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Now, of course, such things are simply part and parcel of life for any butler of a large household. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z When the butler brought back Wolfshiem's answer I began to have a feeling of defiance, of scornful solidarity between Gatsby and me against them all. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “We are pretty behind on the artificial intelligence. I was at least expecting some kind of robot butler by now.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z If operations are to be conducted in a smoothly coordinated way, it is surely obvious that the butler's pantry must be the one place in the house where privacy and solitude are guaranteed. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I realize that if one looks at the matter objectively, one has to concede my father lacked various attributes one may normally expect in a great butler. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z A number of the butlers had worked for many years in the White House, tending to every family that came through. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And you're a genuine old-fashioned English butler, not just some waiter pretending to be one. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z That is not to say I consider I became, necessarily, a 'great' butler; it is hardly for me, in any case, to make judgements of this sort. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But a butler might surpass his master in gentility and remain, nevertheless, the butler. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A bolt slid like a rifle and the old butler opened up. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z For one thing, I suppose I do regard it as the moment in my career when I truly came of age as a butler. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The butler gave me his office address on Broadway and I called Information, but by the time I had the number it was long after five and no one answered the phone. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z This whole question is very akin to the question that has caused much debate in our profession over the years: what is a 'great' butler? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Windows shot up in all the houses of that street and a housemaid or a butler appeared at every front door. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Lesser butlers will abandon their professional being for the private one at the least provocation. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z "It's about the butler's nose. Do you want to hear about the butler's nose?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Are you folks the Concerned Library Lovers?” asked a scrawny old man with a pointy beak who stood timidly in the doorway beside the butler. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Incidentally, now that I come to think further about it, it is not quite true to say there was no dispute as to who were the great butlers. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It would seem there is a whole dimension to the question 'what is a "great" butler?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The great butlers are great by virtue of their ability to inhabit their professional role and inhabit it to the utmost; they will not be shaken out by external events, however surprising, alarming or vexing. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “An island thousands of miles off, where they make wine—the butler did tell me—” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Kuda cried, and he hurled the tomato straight at the butler robot. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Every time you saw them, some butler was shoving some tea in front of them, or the wife was pouring it for somebody. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z As a matter of fact, he was the butler there at the time, but now he's left service altogether and is employed by a business near by. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He called for the butler to bring champagne and glasses for everyone, right there in the foyer, so they could toast Rowan’s audacity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In the open doorway of the house a correct butler was awaiting them, and something about his gravity reassured them. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “What’s this?” said Father as the butler robot placed a rack of dry toast by his plate. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She sent the butler robot for tea with cream and sugar. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When all this had been accomplished, Mr Tibbs stood near the centre of the Ballroom casting his expert butler’s eye over the scene. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember when he was butler at Granchester Lodge, he was full of the most marvellous ambitions. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “No butter until your blood pressure goes down. Doctor’s orders,” the butler said. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He was in the butler’s pantry sipping an early morning glass of light ale when the order reached him. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This young woman had applied for the vacancy with the most dubious of references, which spelt out to any experienced butler that she had left her previous situation under something of a cloud. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The butler had almost reached the truck and Alex knew that if he waited any longer he would be too late. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z There was a rustling outside the buttery door, and the butler went over to it while Lancelot was drinking another measure. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z For this reason be automatically wondered whether he had not perhaps been discourteous to the butler in his distraction. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was, it seemed, butler, valet, chauffeur and general cleaner. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z When, one day, his butler overheard him thundering away from his bathtub, he approached to see what the matter was. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Sayle laughed briefly and followed the butler around, already sizing up the next shot, a fairly tricky black into the corner. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Parslow the butler was kept busy clonking the mud off shoes as the children ran into the house from playing in the Sandwalk, riding ponies from the stable, having games of croquet and ball. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess,” Kenny finally said slowly, “the butler, chauffeur and personal chef couldn’t make this meeting?” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I have never been that sort of butler who allows all sorts of people to wander in and out with their queries and grumbles. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She was remembering the odd way Raven had greeted them—asking if they needed anything in that really formal way that made James joke about her being a butler. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z So it was placed on logs and rolled close to the dining room, and what they called a “butler’s pantry” was built between. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Somebody had written: 'You're my butler now' and it just made me laugh. Nick Clegg as a cartoon figure - it's fun but does it really hurt? 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z Here’s hoping our butler and housekeeper actually see some remains to their days and don’t have to gaze back misty-lashed at what might have been. 'Downton Abbey' Recap: If You Show Me Your Piero Della Francesca . . . 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z In case we miss his point, the earl’s ideological ally and butler, Carson, chimes in: “I feel a shaking of the ground I stand on,” he declares. 'Downton Abbey' Recap: Do We Really Want Anything to Change? 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z But unlike most of the students directly involved in the presidential race, Elliot doesn’t have a staff of personal chefs and butlers or a home with multiple kitchens. “The Politician”: From Olive Garden to green juice, food reveals the show’s true politics 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Fry will instead play sidekick Randolph the butler – "the Alfred to Clyde's Bruce Wayne", says the Deadline website, which broke the story. Stephen Fry takes US sitcom role and shark-attack jokes bite the dust 2013-03-19T15:20:24Z And anyone with a sense of humor will exult in the poetically minded butler. Review | Bravo for reviving the play that scandalized Jane Austen’s world 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Osmin is his officious butler who has a bit of an attitude. Abducting Mozart's 'Abduction From the Seragilo' to another time 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Breathtaking original features, oak panelling, fine carvings, suits of armour, antique butler. Houses of superheroes 2011-07-22T23:06:35Z Historically, the White House’s butler corps has been almost exclusively African American. Concern rises for White House residence staffers as their workplace emerges as a virus hot spot 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Its 2,000 handmade costumes represent characters “from the maids to the cooks to the footmen to the butlers,” said Patrick Grimes, the group’s artistic director. Antiques: A Ballet?s Costumes Take Center Stage 2010-09-23T21:11:00Z "The Butler," the story of an African American man who served as a White House butler for eight U.S. presidents, earned $17 million in ticket sales from Friday through Sunday, according to studio estimates. 'The Butler' works its way to second box office win 2013-08-25T16:05:25Z Though Iris is the actress in the family, Edgar winds up doing an excellent impersonation of an English butler and is hired as one. ‘Lucky Us’ by Amy Bloom, a Tale of the 1940s 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Alfred is making us a dresser, incorporating a butler’s sink, with a window above it that looks out over the Downs – a daily reminder of how lucky we are to live here. ‘When we can, we’d love to throw a party to show it off’: designers on their lockdown DIY 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Yet at the Newbury Boston you’ll find a countryside pleasure in the midst of the city: 42 suites with wood-burning fireplaces, complete with a fireplace butler to fan the flames. 5 Cozy Hotels Where Winter Is a Treat 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z A modern butler is a blend of personal assistant, valet, housekeeper, driver and event planner. By Jeeves! Britain experiencing a butler boom 2013-04-13T22:00:00Z A butler who moves among the screens brings him a drink. The Virtual Splendor of Paris’s Glass House 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z If someone announces something banal, like, "I think I'll go take a shower,"I like to throw out the line from the acerbic butler in "Arthur": "I'll alert the media." Patinkin: Alert the media ? I'm talking as if I belong in a movie 2011-07-05T18:37:03Z My dad, I call him Atticus Finch, he's gravitas incarnate, plays solemn butlers and the lawyer you can trust . . . or can you? "Mrs. Davis" star Betty Gilpin on her risk-taking acting style: "I like playing high stakes" 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z While butlers on television and in films are males, women are working in the field, as well. Being Blunt: Modern-Day Butlers with Multiple Skills in Demand 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z As his butler has to explain: "That is not a pickle, sir, that is only a drawing of a pickle in black ink on a napkin." The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman – review 2012-07-26T07:00:02Z "We thought of hiring a butler but decided we could wait on ourselves," Lewis said. Pass the tea and the remote: It's party time for 'Downton Abbey' 2012-01-20T02:19:11Z Has playing a butler affected your feelings about that at all? A Proper Talk With Actor Jim Carter: Downton Abbey‘s Mr. Carson Talks to TIME 2013-01-03T15:00:41Z Crawley was assigned a butler, who despaired of his master's habit of putting on his own clothes on in the morning. TV review: The Genius of British Art, Downton Abbey, When Piers Met Lord Sugar 2010-10-04T07:00:00Z The actor Michael Gough, who has died aged 94, was an arresting presence on stage, television and film for the entire postwar period, notably as the butler Alfred Pennyworth in Tim Burton's Batman movies. Michael Gough obituary 2011-03-17T19:38:43Z They suggest a Vatican mired in corruption and character-assassination campaigns, a plot that seems hardly limited to a butler’s alleged act of theft. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z Although Pratchett's wizards, vampires and goblins are far removed from Wodehouse's butlers, toffs and parties, both, said Florence, are from fantastical worlds. PG Wodehouse prize awarded to Terry Pratchett 2012-05-29T23:06:01Z For some, it means hotels with butlers and fancy sheets and flying first class; for others, it’s about hitting three-Michelin-starred restaurants and hiring the occasional private guide and car with a driver. Paris, Chicago and Beyond: How to Have a Luxury Trip for Much Less Than You Think 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z The price includes two chefs, two butlers and a massage therapist, but not helicopter transfers to the resort’s altiport, ski equipment or lift passes. Les Trois Vallées: great skiing – but away from the bling crowd 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z He had a town house, a butler and a limousine, but family money, not theater success, appeared to pay for it. Arts & Leisure: Touches of Broadway in ?Glee? and ?South Park? 2012-01-22T02:15:42Z Being a travel writer, I’ve gotten my fair share of news releases in the last year about hotel butlers. Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Buckingham Palace often advertises vacancies for butlers and so on at below the London living wage. Meghan and Harry's story is quite the drama, but it's no abdication crisis 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z When Trump moved into the White House, a permanent staff of 95 full-time ushers, butlers, chefs, housekeepers and other workers were waiting. Alone in the White House, Trump is enjoying the perks of his new home 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Arthur loved talking about butlers, swigging the port and watering the gin and taking back-handers from tradesmen. Dad's Army creator on 'captain of comedy' Arthur Lowe: from the archive, 16 April 1982 2013-04-16T06:00:00Z Jekyll keeps his exploits secret from his friends with the help of his loyal maid and butler, who act as the narrators for the play. NY Deaf Theatre brings duality of 'Jekyll and Hyde' to stage 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z What can explain this contemporary renaissance of the butler and the bachelor, apart from indulgence on the part of the Wodehouse estate? Jeeves and Wooster Are Back in a Fizzy New Homage to P.G. Wodehouse 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z As 80's babies, we dreamt of 2020 being "Jetsons"-like –– with flying cars, cheap robot butlers and maids, and fully established societies on multiple planets. Here's how I'm keeping occupied (and positive!) during self-isolation in an already disastrous 2020 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z In another photo, the Berwind household's longtime butler Ernest Birch, who married the cook, sits on a chair outside the mansion surrounded by footmen. A glimpse downstairs at America's Downton Abbey 2013-02-15T10:16:04Z “But today’s butler must also be tech-savvy and prepared to travel at a moment’s notice.” Being Blunt: Modern-Day Butlers with Multiple Skills in Demand 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z In the race for an increasingly personalized luxury hotel experience, the butler may be the ultimate amenity. In Transit Blog: New Butler Services Buff Luxury Hotels 2014-02-28T00:53:17Z “The only role they gonna let us do is a slave, a butler or some street hood,” a fellow auditionee tells Townsend’s character. Black films matter – how African American cinema fought back against Hollywood 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z One November afternoon in 2005, the staff watched the shock on the butler's face as he took a phone call: Lichfield had just died after a massive stroke, aged 66. Lord Lichfield's photographs to go on display at Shugborough Hall 2011-03-18T21:07:03Z The idea of a stranger handling my personal belongings had me more than little uncomfortable, but Ms. McCarthy, the Cornell lecturer, had told me that butlers take pride in the task of unpacking and packing. Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z He set up his studio in the Mansion on Turtle Creek hotel, with his white-jacketed butler, Frederick, attending him and guests who came by for a preview. Karl Lagerfeld Presides Over a Chanel Rodeo in Dallas 2013-12-14T00:35:04Z In these qualities, Cecil is following the pattern set by pop culture butlers for at least a century. At Your Service: 10 Great TV and Movie Butlers 2013-08-19T09:45:46Z The curtain opens on butler James laying a lavish dinner table. What's German for funny? 2012-02-12T20:00:13Z Many of the films were Depression fairy tales in which Ms. Durbin won over or defeated silly rich people with the help of butlers, cooks and chauffeurs, who often risked their jobs to aid her. Deanna Durbin, 1930s Star of Universal Pictures, Dies at 91 2013-05-01T03:57:41Z Mustard, but there is a butler named Giles in this new reality competition that sounds like a live-action version of the game “Clue.” Sunday TV picks: ‘Whodunnit?’ brings reality sleuthing to ABC 2013-06-19T23:17:05Z "The Butler," which opens Friday, documents the civil rights movement through the story of a butler who served in the White House for seven presidents. Oprah 'sorry' for Switzerland's flap 2013-08-13T14:14:45Z Yet where Gielgud was Arthur's butler in the original film, Dame Helen plays his nanny. Brand new Arthur 2011-04-11T08:18:46Z "We're Lord Lloyd Webber's butlers," one said when I asked about the scarlet. Why are we snooty about musicals? 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z They picked at crustless cucumber sandwiches and French pastries, attended to by three butlers who refilled porcelain teacups and refreshed petits fours. China’s Butler Boom 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Here’s the problem: We only have one more episode left to salvage our butler, and I’m not sure it can be done — no, not even by Mrs. H’s referring to him dotingly as “my curmudgeon.” ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 6, Episode 8: Lady Mary, That Skinny You-Know-What 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Lee Daniels' The Butler, a star-studded drama inspired by an African-American who served as a White House butler to eight presidents, was the top draw at North American cinemas this weekend. Butler drama beats Kick-Ass in US 2013-08-19T08:16:42Z September 29, 2010, 5:08 pm In Tibet, at Heaven’s Gate, the Butler Awaits You might expect a personal butler at a posh London address. In Tibet, at Heaven's Gate, the Butler Awaits 2010-09-29T21:08:00Z But when you look up from your work, there is no butler there. Marriage Requires Amnesia 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z At the hotel, we were greeted by a butler, ushered into a chauffeured cart and escorted through the terraced property to the pristine beach below. Bringing a Destination Wedding Within a Family’s Reach 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z It went to Kazuo Ishiguro, the British writer best known for his novel “The Remains of the Day,” about a butler serving an English lord in the years before World War II. Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke Awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z I need a Dowager Countess in my life, not to mention gloves, hats, butlers, upstairs/downstairs romance, and mail at the breakfast table. What's the 'Downton Abbey' cast up to? 2012-05-17T19:34:47Z My great-grandparents’ household was like an ethnic joke: a German cook, an Irish parlormaid, a French governess, and a local butler. Reading Myself Aloud 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z I did study his rhythms of speech, and I worked with a dialect coach and a butler coach. Standing up for 'the silent heroes' 2013-11-15T11:55:52Z Following this gay interlude, Limonov next becomes the lover of a housemaid and, after a while, her rich employer’s butler. Michael Dirda reviews ‘Limonov’ by Emmanuel Carrère Daniels' next project is The Butler, about long-serving White House butler Eugene Allen. Paperboy director Lee Daniels delivers lesson in race relations 2012-05-24T18:38:12Z There's no British export so viable as a costume soap with butlers and bustles. Upstairs Downstairs is back 2010-12-24T08:00:02Z The butler knocked and brought her lemon water on a tray. ‘The Arrangements’: A Work of Fiction 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z After a drink, he would whip his butler around the dining room like a horse. Patrick Melrose and the Fall of the English Élite 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z It's a true story about a butler who served six Presidents in the White House. A Minute With: director Lee Daniels on "Broadway" 2010-09-02T13:33:00Z In the 1990s, Zimbalist returned to television, recording the voice of Alfred the butler in the cartoon version of the "Batman" TV series. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., star of 'The FBI,' dead at 95 2014-05-03T15:39:30Z Carlos Carrera, the director of butler services for the hotel, said that the new generation of butlers specializes in services like unpacking and pressing and arranging daily details like dinner reservations and child care. In Transit Blog: New Butler Services Buff Luxury Hotels 2014-02-28T00:53:17Z Michael got him his own chef, his own butler, his own housekeeping. Marlon on Marlon… the Brando tapes 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z "Don't you think, George, that a few sheep, with lambs gambolling about, would make the fields look furnished?" one duchess suggested to her butler, who obediently provided the requisite livestock the following morning. Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth-Century Britain by Lucy Lethbridge – review 2013-03-25T08:00:09Z Extras A personal butler; your own printed business cards. | Boom Boom Rooms, Part One 2010-11-19T13:00:00Z The party guests drool over their tiny slivers of cake and hang on every candlelit word from Dunne’s mouth, pausing only when their almost uniformly black butler staff appears from the shadows. The People v OJ Simpson: episode five – it's story time, with Johnnie Cochran 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z “It’s a tough place to run with only 21 people because everyone is very crucial, from the engineers, to the butlers to the electricians to the carpenters,” he said. Melania Trump’s office cut in half and White House residence has skeleton crew during shutdown 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z With events such as umbrella jousting, butler baiting and the raconteurs' relay on offer, you can be sure of a well-dressed yet hilarious day out. This week's new events 2012-07-06T23:05:00Z Albert, you see, is a woman; living her life in late 19th-century Dublin as a butler in a hotel where no one knows her secret. At TIFF: "The Descendants," "Albert Nobbs" 2011-09-10T20:16:04Z Yet technology is already laying siege to the butler lie. Noticed: New Technology, but the Same Old Lies 2011-07-08T19:16:51Z Arthur has a connection to the Wayne family — we meet Alfred the butler and young Bruce — and also to Arkham Asylum. ‘Joker’ Review: Are You Kidding Me? 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Naturally, we wanted to leave our butlers a tip. Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The teenager was bowled over by that sleek study of a decadent Brit and his wily butler. A passion for Pinter inspires 'Fortnightly' series at ACT 2011-06-22T19:33:05Z He worked as a chauffeur and butler before returning to his earlier job painting billboards. James Rosenquist, painter of unnerving large-scale masterworks, dies at 83 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z There are no automobiles, electricity or televisions, but there is a 24-hour butler. The World's Most Remote Hotels 2010-09-20T16:00:00Z TIME: I read recently that you’ve been responsible for a big surge in demand for butlers. A Proper Talk With Actor Jim Carter: Downton Abbey‘s Mr. Carson Talks to TIME 2013-01-03T15:00:41Z Robinson also came up with Robin, Batman's sidekick, as well as other recurring characters including Alfred, millionaire Bruce Wayne's loyal butler, and the villain Two Face. "Batman" cartoonist Jerry Robinson dead at 89 2011-12-09T17:12:13Z On the map of an immemorial literary England, populated by butlers, pigs and – over the hills and far away – the Hobbit, Blandings is defined to the south by the Wyre Forest. Will PG Wodehouse's Blandings work on TV? 2013-01-12T15:58:12Z “Where on earth has it gone?” he asked his butler, Simmons, who pointed out his tendency to profligacy. ‘The Gentleman’: a Wodehouse wanna-be that (kind of) does 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z “And more recently, in an effort to differentiate themselves in a competitive market, more and more top-end hotels are touting that they have butlers to pamper their guests.” Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Like butlers, they act as social buffers, telling others that we are at lunch when we are just avoiding them. Noticed: New Technology, but the Same Old Lies 2011-07-08T19:16:51Z If more of us claimed to be firemen or butlers conversations would become less dull. The indirect director 2012-12-06T01:00:00Z It’s the story of a butler, Stevens, at an English country estate. Kazuo Ishiguro wins the Nobel Prize in literature 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z And Mr. Daniels did, sending Ms. Winfrey a script about a black butler who works in the White House under presidents from the 1950s to the ’80s,. Scene City: The Stars Align for ‘The Butler’ 2013-08-07T22:41:34Z Robot butlers – a good idea or not?Yeah, brilliant idea. Gregg Wallace: 'I'd like to have my iPod make my coffee in the morning' 2011-02-18T14:45:00Z The butler's eyes go black, then the king's. All Hallmark Christmas movies are horror films in disguise 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z He’s probably discovered the perk of the master bedroom phone — pick it up, and an on-call butler is immediately on the line. Alone in the White House, Trump is enjoying the perks of his new home 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Certainly, it seems that he is more than her butler. Theater Review: ‘AdA,’ Plays by Neil LaBute and Marco Calvani at La MaMa 2012-10-05T22:24:29Z Edgar will put on his best British accent and win the job the sisters have in mind: butler in the Brooklyn manse of rich New York businessman Joe Torelli. ‘Lucky Us,’ by Amy Bloom, America’s Victor Hugo The doorbell rings and a butler announces the famous couple’s arrival: “Sir, it is my esteemed pleasure to introduce Mr. and Mrs. Donald Trump!” ‘Game to do it all’: From TV to WWE, Trump the showman set the stage for Trump the candidate 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z One week a Twitter user suggested that Mr. Manouse, as the “lord of the manor,” should properly address his butler simply as Rodgers. Texas Monthly : Let’s Talk a Bit More About Bates and Anna 2014-02-23T03:54:32Z The butler coach lived with me for a number of weeks and I learned how to set up a proper table and make a proper tea. Standing up for 'the silent heroes' 2013-11-15T11:55:52Z “Turpin, the butler, again opened the door, grinning amiably in spite of the late hour. “ ‘Sea of Glass’: A 1955 masterpiece you’ve probably never heard of 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z The familiar banter between the first lady and the butler who served the meal caught her attention. After decades of silence, White House domestic staff share stories in new book 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z In 1963, as he was driving by with his first wife, he saw it, but this time instead of a butler greeting him, a For Sale sign was staked on the front lawn. “DETROIT”: Cleaning up the mess white people made or adding to it? 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z “They decided that a really good idea would be to replace him with an old English butler,” Fellowes recalled. Julian Fellowes: The Creator of ?Downton Abbey? 2011-09-11T05:00:22Z The New York property employs 38 butlers, and typically, each butler is in charge of about 20 rooms. Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z He sanded our doors and built a butler’s pantry. Pauly Shore: Eyewitness to Comedy History 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z His longtime butler in Palm Beach, Fla., told the New York Times that Trump prefers his steak cooked so thoroughly that “it would rock on the plate.” Perspective | As Trump looks to expand his D.C. dining outlook, a few recommendations 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Akingbola's more of a suave confidante than butler, asserting his strength through calm and few words. "Bel-Air" may not be fresh, but it has enough going for it to merit an initial investment 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z The butler, or whatever he is, whispers in her ear. All Hallmark Christmas movies are horror films in disguise 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z “Anyway, just then Batu, my butler, stepped into the library, and he announced that my breakfast was ready. And I said, ‘We’ll continue this conversation another time. Extremely "Relatable": Even Ellen DeGeneres is entitled to her darkness 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z I wouldn’t want to be reincarnated as a butler. A Proper Talk With Actor Jim Carter: Downton Abbey‘s Mr. Carson Talks to TIME 2013-01-03T15:00:41Z It would have been totally within reason for her to stay home and binge gymnastics with the White House butlers and a box of Cheez-Its. At fraught Tokyo Olympics, Jill Biden may win just by showing up 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Upsetting traditional hierarchies, two metallic servants – the polished, prissy butler C-3PO and his squat companion R2-D2, apparently a dustbin with a brain – bossily managed the affairs of their accident-prone masters. The return of Star Wars: an evil empire in Jedi clothing? 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z While Payton’s girlfriend has a butler to serve her green juice from a glass carafe, Infinity drinks boxes of grape-flavored juice. “The Politician”: From Olive Garden to green juice, food reveals the show’s true politics 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The rising fortunes of the world’s wealthiest are creating a global demand for butlers unsurpassed at any time in the last 50 years. By Jeeves! Britain experiencing a butler boom 2013-04-13T22:00:00Z New World Duties Today thousands of butlers working at private homes, resorts and luxury hotels provide services that combine Old and New World flair. Being Blunt: Modern-Day Butlers with Multiple Skills in Demand 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z He would reprise the part of Bruce Wayne's butler in three more installments, worked with Burton on "Sleepy Hollow" and also provided voices for the director's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Corpse Bride." Batman butler, actor Michael Gough dies 2011-03-17T19:03:12Z A sprightly figure, standing to greet the lady, as erect as a butler, with the spectre of a smile. The Loss of Jonathan Demme 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z If you enjoyed that “worked with”, as though the princess and her butler had been business partners, you may care to note that Paul has now upgraded their relationship even further. A spotters’ guide to the royal wedding’s biggest absolute chancers 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z They’ve always made my eyes roll but have also piqued my curiosity about whether butlers actually have value or are nothing more than a marketing gimmick. Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Forest Whitaker received the lead actor nomination for his portrayal of a long-time White House butler in "Lee Daniels' The Butler." '12 Years a Slave' tops SAG Awards with 4 noms 2013-12-12T14:34:32Z Robot butlers a good idea or not?Not – it's unlikely they'll mix a good Martini in my lifetime. Allan Scott: 'My eight-track stereo was rubbish' 2011-07-08T13:55:24Z Alfred Pennyworth, the butler, was even less charmed by the burning than he was by last week’s ledge-walking. 'Gotham' Recap: Batman as a Goth Boy, the Butler as an Angry Young Man 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The butler should be resurrected as the guilty party and given a proper crime, a real send-off, a murder worth the cliché he began. Why do we think the butler did it? 2010-12-09T12:57:00Z Upstairs, a fireplace warmed the majestic suites, as butlers tended to the blaze and turned down the plush linens just before bedtime. The ’60s were “the decade of orgasmic preoccupation”: Even suburban housewives were emboldened by Masters and Johnson’s “Human Sexual Response” 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Tour groups will be accommodated, and the White House residence will be cared for by a team of butlers, housekeepers and florists. What will the White House be like with first lady Melania Trump living in New York? 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z “Anyway, just then, two of my butlers stepped into the library and announced that my breakfast was ready. And I said, ‘We’ll continue this conversation another time.’ Ellen DeGeneres and the Trap of Trying to Be “Relatable” 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Knowing she will not live much beyond 16, she wants to experience everything she imagines the world has to offer — road trips, a robot butler, puppy love — while she can. Review: ‘Kimberly Akimbo,’ Both Great and Small, Seizes the Day 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Here, then, are 10 movie and TV butlers who served with distinction. At Your Service: 10 Great TV and Movie Butlers 2013-08-19T09:45:46Z Hard pass — if you're in a position to buy this appliance, Adrian Veidt, might as well just ring a clone butler to run to the real refrigerator for you instead. From Oprah to Goop, these crazy gift guide suggestions caught Salon's imagination 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Given that unhappy memory, she said, she decided on “no expectations” for director Daniels’ , in which Forest Whitaker portrays a longtime White House butler and Winfrey plays his wife. Winfrey Marks Butler Debut with Hula Hoop Joy 2013-08-22T20:45:33Z “We thought of hiring a butler but decided we could wait on ourselves,” Ms. Lewis said. ?Downton Abbey? Inspires Themed Viewing Parties 2012-01-18T22:56:54Z Waiters and butlers and other workers show up mostly as props for the wealthy, and poor neighborhoods as the unfortunate, rundown places that ambitious men like Frank Costello and Jimmy Walker had to escape. ‘Supreme City,’ by Donald L. Miller 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Michael Gough, the lithe, angular-faced British character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne’s trusted butler, in four “Batman” movies, died on Thursday at his home in England. Michael Gough, Known as Butler in ?Batman,? Dies at 94 2011-03-18T04:32:44Z He also graced the big screen with performances as Captain Knauer in The Longest Yard and Peppy’s butler in the Oscar-winning The Artist. Ed Lauter, Familiar Character Actor, Dies 2013-10-17T12:57:24Z Viewers also watch the butlers’ meetings, when waiters are told to take advantage of the 2-minute commercial window by swarming to clean tables and take drink orders. ‘It was so frenetic:’ HBO Max follows Wolfgang Puck Catering 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z In a world without butlers and liverymen and cooks, the babysitter is the only domestic employee most of us will ever hire. Review | In ‘Friends and Strangers,’ a new mom insists the babysitter is her buddy. She’s not. 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The real revelation, however, is Rory Bremner who, in his acting debut, lends the butler, Crestwell, the dry wit and observant weariness of a man with more brains than his masters. Relative Values – review 2013-06-21T17:14:13Z This month, eight Rosewood properties began supplying guests with a fragrance butler, who is trained on the merits of the different scents being offered. In Transit Blog: Out of Perfume? Rosewood Hotels Enlist Fragrance Butlers 2012-01-26T19:39:51Z The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin offers a special genealogy butler to guide guests. In Spain, a Family Reunion, Centuries Later 2014-04-04T16:57:12Z Champagne is served at sunset on the outdoor terrace, with the cork popped by a butler wielding a sword. Bangkok's Newest Luxury Hotel: The St. Regis 2011-09-22T14:05:00Z Gilbert, a gifted comedian, is granted one funny sequence as a bored California socialite whose exertions extend only to issuing orders to an unseen virtual butler. Review | You might think ‘panties’ in the title means the play’s funny. If only. 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z A butler’s pantry and a bar cart now organize her papers. As the pandemic continues, it might be time to upgrade that temporary home office setup 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Likewise, in between the monster-bashing, there are wonderfully tender scenes with Scarlett, the butler and the housekeeper, and more of these moments between the young monster hunter and her parental figures would have been welcome. Graphic Novels to Give Kids Chills and Thrills 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z After exploring post-World War II Japan in his first two books, he wrote his Booker Prize-winning novel, “The Remains of the Day,” which was narrated by an English butler. For Kazuo Ishiguro, ‘The Buried Giant’ Is a Departure 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The requisite servants for a 1920s country-estate story — including a discreet butler and a cheeky footman — also pop up. ‘Heirs of the Body’: Daisy Dalrymple back on the case 2013-12-12T20:53:22Z The first section is narrated by Mr. Sitwell, a longtime groundskeeper and newly minted butler for the Barclays who later becomes the face of a popular meat sauce. Review | Ladee Hubbard’s ‘The Rib King’ is a fascinating look at ambition, race and revenge 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z In the late 1800s, the butler's pantry emerged as an architectural trend among high society. Social media "pantry porn" becomes all the rage 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Interest in the case shot to a whole new level once French media released printed and audio excerpts of the secret tapings by Bettencourt's former butler, Pascal Bonnefoy. Butler's tapes play role in French heiress trial 2010-06-30T18:01:00Z He worked as a butler and aide to a wealthy Georgetown family for more than 40 years, and became renowned for his skill as a brickmaker and as a swimmer in the Potomac River. D.C. archaeologist digs for the truth 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Her performances in Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons and Albert Nobbs, about the life of a transgender butler in late 19th century Ireland, which she also co-wrote, racked up further Oscar nominations – but still no win. Glenn Close: ‘You lose power if you get angry’ 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z When I checked into The St. Regis, I was skeptical that a butler could make my stay exceptional, but I was wrong. Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The masters address a footman about his personal life at the dinner table; butlers give business advice to their employers. The TV Watch: ‘Downton Abbey’ Returns for a Fourth Season 2014-01-02T21:12:16Z The modern butler, for example, is less likely to be polishing silver than to be overseeing an interior design project or assisting with the purchase of a new yacht.” Being Blunt: Modern-Day Butlers with Multiple Skills in Demand 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z There was one “wino,” tall, immaculate and dapper in a homburg hat “with a little feather in it,” who used to escort Mr. Ide’s mother onto the bus everyday, like a butler. Raised in South Central, Joe Ide Expands the Territory of L.A. Noir 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z “Eventually, the idea of butlers seeped into the hotel space in Europe,” she said. Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Part butler, part therapist, he know more about the family's affairs than they do themselves. Clip joint: maids and servants 2013-04-03T14:57:14Z She already knew the lay of the land, having been a frequent guest of her in-laws, and she was on a first-name basis with the butlers who work in the family’s living quarters. When first ladies meet: An awkward post-election White House tradition 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Here he’s a brash young detective who catches the Wayne case, befriends Bruce and his stoic butler, Alfred, and gets a quick education in Gotham City’s moral rot. Young (Pre-Commissioner) Gordon Is the Hero of ‘Gotham’ 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Mostly he thrived in supporting parts, often sinister roles like a menacing butler in “Die! Die! My Darling!” Peter Vaughan, venerated character actor of British stage, TV and film, dies at 93 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z “I thought, I wanted to be the toughest butler in the world,” he said. The Carpetbagger: Michael Caine and Christopher Nolan and Oscar 2012-12-05T23:35:29Z This novel is in conversation with Asali Solomon’s 2015 book, “Disgruntled,” which explores the life of the Black butler with roots in Barbados who burned down Frank Lloyd Wright’s estate. Review | Ladee Hubbard’s ‘The Rib King’ is a fascinating look at ambition, race and revenge 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Shelter Co. will provide a camping box with s'mores, whiskey and a flashlight, as well as an on-site butler to grill burgers and build fires. | California's Central Coast, Part Four 2012-09-20T13:11:00Z Each room, for instance, gets a “Nomadic Guide,” a.k.a. a butler. 5 New Standout Resorts in the Caribbean 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Also depicted: her bug-eyed, bon vivant husband, sporting a thick mustache, and the couple's butler, a ghoulish giant. From cartoon frame to 5th Avenue Stage: 'The Addams Family' (snap, snap!) 2012-10-17T21:51:13Z The butler will be on hand to address altitude sickness as well as less urgent tasks like shining shoes and suggesting monasteries to visit. In Tibet, at Heaven's Gate, the Butler Awaits 2010-09-29T21:08:00Z She spoke to retired ushers, chefs, florists, maids, butlers, doormen, painters and many other former staff members. After decades of silence, White House domestic staff share stories in new book 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z "The Butler," featuring Winfrey's first acting role since 1998, is inspired by the life of Eugene Allen, an African-American White House butler who served eight U.S. presidents. Oprah's 'Butler' cleans up with $25 million at movie box office 2013-08-18T16:27:31Z And someone said, ‘Wait a minute, instead of having an old English butler, have a young English valet.’ Julian Fellowes: The Creator of ?Downton Abbey? 2011-09-11T05:00:22Z In "The Butler," which deals with race issues and opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, Winfrey plays the wife of an African-American butler who worked at the White House for eight U.S. presidents. Oprah Winfrey 'sorry' for reaction to Swiss handbag incident 2013-08-13T16:43:19Z Nearby, Michael Kelcourse, 65, Mrs. Altschul’s butler of 15 years and a scene stealer on the show, hovered with a tray of still and sparkling waters. Patricia Altschul, 78, Is the Dowager Countess of ‘Southern Charm’ 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z I ponder the question of why there are more maids and butlers than actual people living in this house. Downton Abbey: why did America fall so hard for the show? 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z He tells The News-Enterprise he won’t show the popular flick about a butler who served eight U.S. presidents because it has Fonda starring as former first lady Nancy Reagan. Kentucky Theater Won’t Show Butler Because of Fonda 2013-08-22T21:05:32Z Uncle Buck seems more like a reboot of Mr Belvedere except instead of a haughty British butler to help raise the family, they got an irresponsible manchild. Uncle Buck and 80s movie remakes: a trend that needs a pause button 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Were any fictional butlers ever actually revealed as murderers? Why do we think the butler did it? 2010-12-09T12:57:00Z I’m not sure Paul will find “former butler” to his liking any more. A spotters’ guide to the royal wedding’s biggest absolute chancers 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Just find them in a restaurant and we’ll dress them to look like butlers.’ China’s Butler Boom 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z What sets this attraction apart is how workers, acting as the Mansion’s eerie butlers and maids, can melt into their somber, creepy characters as part of the ride’s ghoulish aesthetic. Disney’s Haunted Mansion at 50: The Ghosts Are Still Grinning 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Still, say hello to the campaign trail’s most preposterous new sublebrity, as the Trump machine decides to play its butler. What Donald Trump’s butler saw: behind the scenes of a real-life Xanadu 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Soon he’s stumbling through the jungle hallucinating his butler. New & Noteworthy 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Britain experiencing a butler boom Topics: , , economy, the rich, Jobs, butlers, , , LONDON, UK — Amid an otherwise bleak landscape, Britain’s economy is showing one unexpected bright spot: The job market for butlers is booming. By Jeeves! Britain experiencing a butler boom 2013-04-13T22:00:00Z The words, "I am gay" had passed his lips only twice in his life, and when Chevalier moved in, Browne didn't even mention his new domestic arrangement to his butler. Lord Browne: 'I thought being gay was basically wrong' 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Museum guards are dressed as butlers and maids and recite scripted lines. Elmgreen & Dragset’s ‘Tomorrow,’ at Victoria & Albert Museum 2013-12-09T23:11:08Z And one thing to ask about those people, particularly the old, white men of the Academy is what kind of nonwhite people they nominate: how many presidents, doctors and citizens versus butlers, maids, and slaves? Oscars So White? Or Oscars So Dumb? Discuss. 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Any doubt about the coded nature of his delight in "Bunburying" is dispelled when his butler slyly informs him that cucumbers are not to be found on the market "even for ready money". The Importance of Being Earnest 2010-06-11T20:29:00Z The packages – which start at $5,000 – include a night in the royal or presidential suite, an on-call butler and a private driver. Insider City Tours From InterContinental Hotels 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Guests will be met by a butler and led through a haze of fog and drumbeats into a mysterious chamber. Aby Rosen Is the Life of the Party 2013-05-29T19:51:55Z She asked the butler to bring her her nicotine sweets. Queen Elizabeth’s Party Planner Is Proud to Wear $35 Shoes 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Did you know in a great estate “the best footmen” were to be no taller than the head butler? Books, DVDs for performing-arts fans 2012-12-13T00:32:42Z Carson’s bout with what seemed like Parkinson’s disease rendered him incapable of fulfilling his duties as butler of the Abbey. Here's Where Downton Abbey's Characters Ended Up on the Finale 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Did I mention Vijay the butler, who would appear as if on tiptoe every morning with a white tablecloth and the breakfast of your choice? T Magazine: Bright Passage 2012-11-14T17:30:55Z Goods do not emerge from thin air, nor do they emerge from selfless old butlers or ancient dwarf-gods. The labor laws of the superhero universe amount to disturbing propaganda 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z The mansion’s exhibits highlight the stories of an enslaved butler and valet of Philip Schuyler, as well the story of an enslaved woman who fled the mansion. Philip Schuyler Is Knocked Off His Pedestal in Albany 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z In Moscow, viewers shook their heads sadly wondering when butler Hudson would turn Lenin and overthrow Lord Bellamy's tyranny. Upstairs Downstairs is back 2010-12-24T08:00:02Z They show the Garricks relaxing at their sprawling new riverfront estate, with spaniels cavorting at their feet, and the butler and boatman trudging at work in the background. Antiques: Johan Zoffany, Portraitist; Diaries of M. Louise Baker 2011-10-20T20:53:53Z The boy doesn’t know that butlers are never guilty. Classic Crime Novels That Still Thrill Today 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Young Man, whom we first see in a butler’s uniform, is either Woman’s dependent or supporter, or maybe both. Theater Review: ‘AdA,’ Plays by Neil LaBute and Marco Calvani at La MaMa 2012-10-05T22:24:29Z Their solution was to found their own Olympiad, where well-pressed trousers were more important than well-developed biceps, and where one's butler is more use than a personal trainer. This week's new events 2013-07-13T05:00:17Z We first meet her as a somewhat officious guest in the Primm home, certainly not one who will readily accept a crocodile serving as butler. Review: 'Lyle the Crocodile' finds way to your heart with song, dance and charm 2010-12-09T20:43:00Z Many of the properties with butlers offer them only to guests staying in suites. Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Now raised by her family’s butler and housekeeper, Scarlett is angst-ridden over whether she will ever be a great monster slayer like her parents. Graphic Novels to Give Kids Chills and Thrills 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Among the tidbits: Jim Carter, who plays dignified butler Carson, takes part in charity bike rides worldwide, and Elizabeth McGovern, who is the show's Lady Cora, is in a band called Sadie & the Hotheads. PBS trivia graphic feeds 'Downton Abbey' addiction 2012-02-20T02:46:05Z This is not in itself an unusual strategy: Think of all the historical fiction involving the great man’s butler, the queen’s housekeeper, the overlooked minor bystander speaking at last. The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Imagined Through His Collisions With Others 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z He even has a sidekick, an enigmatic butler called Hafique whom he treats rather badly. An Edinburgh comedy judge's diary: putting the hours in 2010-08-13T16:05:00Z She plays Clare Zachanassian, the world’s richest woman, who returns to her impoverished home town with a strange retinue: a tuxedoed butler, two blind eunuchs and an empty coffin. 'Finding Neverland' and 'The Visit': Two Musicals to Savor 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z He was replaced by veteran butler Joseph Molesley, to the chagrin of reluctant head coach Charles Carson. ArtsBeat: ‘Downton Abbey’ Recap: Showdown Between Lady Violet and Isobel 2014-02-03T03:00:53Z Christian Bale will return as Batman, of course, and Michael Caine will once again be on hand with timely morsels of pithy cockney wisdom as butler Alfred. Which Batwoman will make the Dark Knight rise? 2011-01-13T14:36:12Z As the butler, his job, he said, is to provide a bulwark of stability for the household, no matter what. ‘Downton Abbey’ Returns to PBS 2014-01-02T13:00:01Z I got to talk to a few people who have been of service, but it's really difficult to interview butlers at the White House - it's such a secretive position. Standing up for 'the silent heroes' 2013-11-15T11:55:52Z Ms. McCarthy, of Cornell University, said that even though the butlers at the St. Regis don’t expect tips, those at other hotels likely do. Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Ali spent the day with his right hand glued to his bottom, palm out, as a butler should. Blitz Street, Out of the Frying Pan and Coronation Street 2010-04-19T22:05:00Z It's an old one — 120 years give or take — in a converted brick mansion with slanting maple wood floors and a non-functional butler bell in the wall of the hallway. "Clean is never clean enough": Are white countertops good for obsessive cooks? 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z “I am sure he is like the king of the castle,” said Allen, the former White House butler. Alone in the White House, Trump is enjoying the perks of his new home 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z The fashion designer Thom Browne, no stranger to the outer reaches of fantasy, put the butlers in androgynous black-tie uniforms with shorts, suspender socks and wildly exaggerated cuffs. ‘Queen of the Night’ Opens at the New Diamond Horseshoe Club 2013-12-26T21:42:17Z One, called “Come as You Were 20 Years Ago” resulted in young socialites showing up in giant baby carriages pushed by their butler. A London Party for Your Inner Child 2010-06-27T10:00:00Z When the butler of a future client asks to see "some form of identification," Susie calmly extends her middle finger. Susie’s struggle in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z “And our own personal Carson,” I joked, referring to the butler in charge of the household staff on “Downton Abbey,” PBS’s British drama set in the post-Edwardian period. Cultured Traveler : Echoes of ‘Downton Abbey’ on Vacation in England 2014-04-15T20:58:55Z I was assured, however, that the butlers have no instructions to give extra attention to patrons who have paid more. Theater Review: Twisting, Touching and Teasing in ‘Queen of the Night’ 2014-02-03T03:00:01Z The hotel is finishing a luxury spa; now he’s working on one-of-a-kind amenities — butlers, personal shoppers, teas, a partnership with City Center for patriotic gifts — for each guest. The inauguration is a year away. Of course, Washington is already planning. 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z This year she is a contender for “Albert Nobbs,” the story of a woman passing as a man, a mild-mannered butler, in Victorian Dublin. The Carpetbagger: Possible Nominees Look Toward Oscars 2011-12-14T23:41:05Z The story revolved around International Rescue, a futuristic emergency service manned by the Tracy family, often assisted by Lady Penelope - voiced by Mrs Anderson - and her butler, Parker. Thunderbirds guru Anderson dies 2012-12-27T09:57:48Z An obsessive wrestling fan and the heir to the Howard Foods fortune, he invests his wealth in an extremely ’80s mansion, a butler and a robot that dispenses drugs. What to Remember Before ‘GLOW’ Comes Back for Season 2 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Ring for the butler and crack open the bubbly. Dynasty: a camp classic rebooted for the 21st century 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z The ensuing complications provide grist for the butler’s hilariously bad poetry. Review | Bravo for reviving the play that scandalized Jane Austen’s world 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z “It’s a funny thing, it’s a bit of relief in a way,” said Jim Carter, who plays Mr. Carson, the estate’s butler and embodiment of all aristocratic household standards. ‘Downton Abbey’: Saying Farewell to All That 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z "I wasn't just a butler; our bonds were more than that." Loyalty takes butler from poor Nepal village to NY 2010-06-02T12:41:00Z When plans for a formal dinner are ruined, it’s the flexible, resourceful Martha who organizes an “indoor picnic,” to the horror of butler Mr. Carson. Downton Abbey, I Am Too American to Love You 2013-01-04T18:45:35Z Once the butler, Brabinger, had to stick his head up into a fireplace to check for a blockage. How we made: Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles on To the Manor Born 2013-04-15T16:30:09Z Veronica’s settlement will likely include her husband’s princely villa at Macherio, near Milan, complete with butler, chef, social secretary and chauffeurs, and total well over $100 million. T Magazine: Ciao, Amore 2010-10-13T15:00:00Z He was long heard on Toyota’s television commercials and supplied the voice of Woodhouse, the title character’s butler, on the animated series “Archer.” George Coe, Actor and Director of a Bergman Parody, Dies at 86 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z As with Nihiwatu’s other rooms, guests are given their own butler. Hotel and Resort News: Keeping Cozy by the Fire Pit (and Pool) 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Conveniently addicted to laudanum, Dr. Price is soon staggering around the labyrinthine structure, besieged by generic scares: a creepy butler, a rattling armoire, a child in the grip of milky-eyed possession. Review: ‘Winchester’ Has a Grim Helen Mirren. And a Silly Script. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z With the betrayal of his butler, who had been at his side around the clock, the small world of Joseph Ratzinger has once again been thrown out of joint. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z Traditionally, the brand had only male butlers, but Ms. Holladay said that 40 percent of the company’s butlers today are women. Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z There are some other new faces, including David Haig as the king’s butler and Max Brown in an undisclosed role. Did you lose Downton Abbey in the British fog? Catch up here 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z At one point, actor Daniel Wood, sharp as a tack as the drunken butler Stephano, sat with some picnicking observers and ate their food. Review: 'Macbeth,' 'Tempest' among plays staged for free at parks around the Sound 2011-07-19T04:48:06Z The only reason I’m appropriately dressed is because our personal butler arranged for my wrinkled clothes to be pressed. For a decidedly French experience, visit Buenos Aires, ‘the Paris of Latin America’ 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The fifth season, which ended with the crowd-pleasing engagement of Carson, Downton's curmudgeonly butler, to Mrs. Hughes, the estate's quick-witted housekeeper, averaged nearly 13 million weekly viewers — barely a dip from the previous year. 'Downton Abbey' cast hits a period of quiet anticipation near finale 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z He wrote novels, traveled, moved to Mexico City, and spent the final period of his out-of-the-ordinary life in Palm Beach, where he worked as a butler. 2010-01-29T05:32:00Z There is a grapefruit-faced housekeeper and a butler who looks like the wrong answer in a game of Guess Who? The Making Of A Lady is preposterous and proud of it 2012-12-15T00:05:00Z Instead of run-of-the-mill butlers, there are red-liveried footmen, a detail that could read as tacky if not for the splendid surroundings and royal family legacy. A Road Map to Shopping Like a Royal in London 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Nor does he probe into failed marriages or darker happenings, like when Hugo, the family’s long-serving butler, repaired to the pantry one evening in 1952, removed the house pistol from its drawer and killed himself. Inside the Estate that Inspired ‘The Philadelphia Story’ 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z He began to work as a butler for the Duke of Montagu and wrote poetry and plays, composed music and became a part of London literary circles, corresponding with Samuel Johnson among others. Paterson Joseph Brings Charles Ignatius Sancho to Life at BAM Fisher 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Murdoch's butler Philip Townsend paints a picture of a witty irascible figure low on confidence and with little time for toadying employees, fakes and the usual crowd who would try to curry influence. Rupert Murdoch and phone hacking: an insiders' story 2011-07-27T18:24:35Z I was eager to explore what lay beyond plunge pools and bath butlers. In Mauritius, Secluded Beaches, Verdant Hills and Harmony 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Now all she needs is an English butler with a Mexican accent. I was obsessed with cooking, but my mother couldn’t care less. Boy, has she come around. 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Ten years later, he made good, becoming a footman to the queen and then Diana’s butler and confidant. Books to get you ready for Harry and Meghan’s royal wedding 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z How come no comparisons with "Upstairs, Downstairs", like who was the better butler, Hudson or Carson, or a comparison of Liberal and Tory households, city and country houses, etc.? ‘Downton Abbey,’ the Good, the Bad and the Forgotten 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z There’s a bomb ticking down to zero, a tearful butler, a heartbroken police commissioner — and, of course, one furious detective. Dark Knight Sequel: Did Christopher Nolan Pave Way to Something More Cryptic? 2012-07-24T12:00:07Z Witness the “butler lie,” a term coined by Cornell University researchers in 2009 to describe lies that politely initiate and terminate instant messaging conversations. Noticed: New Technology, but the Same Old Lies 2011-07-08T19:16:51Z “It doesn’t get much more ‘Downton’ than this,” said Harriet, as a butler poured tea into porcelain cups and refreshed our tiered tray with delicate finger sandwiches, fruit tarts and cream cakes. Cultured Traveler : Echoes of ‘Downton Abbey’ on Vacation in England 2014-04-15T20:58:55Z The butler had previously worked at the White House and Buckingham Palace. At Home With Wendy Burden: A Vanderbilt Descendant Laughs Off Dysfunction 2010-03-24T22:45:00Z Estimates put the number of British butlers employed in homes, hotels and elsewhere in the UK today at between 5,000 and 10,000, and there are more abroad. By Jeeves! Britain experiencing a butler boom 2013-04-13T22:00:00Z The film initially pits these characters against a bizarre threesome: Karloff’s sinister, bulked-up butler named Morgan, and a creepy brother-sister pair, Horace and Rebecca Femm, each loathing the other while hinting of dark family secrets. ‘The Old Dark House’ Is Creepy. Its Occupants? Downright Kooky. 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z We could reach Mr. Macedo or another butler on duty by pushing the “Butler” button on our room’s phone, and when we weren’t at the hotel, we could email our requests. Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Most notably shutout was "Lee Daniels' The Butler," the Civil Rights history told through a long-serving White House butler played by Forest Whitaker. '12 Years,' 'Hustle' lead Globes nominations 2013-12-12T16:01:43Z The butler then serves as a kind of personal shopper. In Transit Blog: New Butler Services Buff Luxury Hotels 2014-02-28T00:53:17Z A closing insurrection from Leonard the butler suggests that, when the well-off start preaching classlessness, we'd best judge them by actions, not words. Tom Rosenthal ? review 2011-08-17T17:44:23Z There are five suspects: the groupie, the manager, the author, the host and, of course, the butler. Viewers to choose ending of 'Psych' 100th episode 2013-03-26T16:04:09Z Only instead of chronicling the inner lives of Edwardian butlers and parlor maids, Bravo follows the meltdowns of assistants in gyms, showrooms and fashion houses. 2010-02-01T08:18:00Z Anderson said his favourite creation was Parker, Lady Penelope's butler and chauffeur in Thunderbirds. Thunderbirds guru Anderson dies 2012-12-27T09:57:48Z In one episode that has become a fan favorite, she teaches the family’s butler, Lurch, how to dance. Lisa Loring, Wednesday Addams in ‘The Addams Family,’ Dies at 64 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Robbie Williams, the British singer, borrowed a castle from actress Jane Seymour and passed it off as his own, even going so far as to hire butlers to serve him during filming. Analysis | In 2000, ‘Cribs’ became a phenomenon. 20 years later, we’re all living in an accidental reboot. 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z The butler, with the funny accent as my father’s 13-year-old self described, hurried him along as the owner came down those grand stairs. “DETROIT”: Cleaning up the mess white people made or adding to it? 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Why is Fred handed an overcoat at various times by a silent butler? Review: 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' is ill-conceived 2013-03-20T23:46:16Z There were a couple of people playing butlers, maids. What It’s Really Like to Work in Hollywood (*If you’re not a straight white man.) 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z “They try to keep up appearances,” says Stuart, who now runs his own butler training services. By Jeeves! Britain experiencing a butler boom 2013-04-13T22:00:00Z Past the main salon lies a small dining room where Napoleon and his threadbare court attended formal dinners served on fine Sèvres porcelain by butlers in livery, as elegant silverware glittered in the candlelight. Footsteps: St. Helena, ?Cursed Rock? of Napoleon?s Exile 2012-03-30T18:21:46Z Tell your butler to save you a space on the nightbus. This week's new clubs 2010-12-04T00:07:00Z The company that ha taken over that number is Eden Private Staff, which recruits butlers, housekeepers, chauffeurs and gamekeepers. Capitol Films: home to great-sounding movies you'll probably never see 2012-11-25T20:30:04Z Of those, 30 percent were butler lies, compared with less than 20 percent of lies by instant message. Noticed: New Technology, but the Same Old Lies 2011-07-08T19:16:51Z On Friday mornings his elderly butler would climb three flights of ladders to run up the family flag, and some time in the afternoon his chauffeur-driven blue car would arrive at the side door. Lord Lichfield's photographs to go on display at Shugborough Hall 2011-03-18T21:07:03Z About that butler: Was I alone in pitying poor vampiric Barrow? ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 6, Episode 2: Of Pearls and Swine 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z She travels with a large black coffin and a retinue that includes a baleful butler and two blind eunuchs. The Indomitable Chita Rivera, Back on Broadway in ‘The Visit’ 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z And if that means humiliating a certain fussy and inflexible middle-aged butler, well, so be it. ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 6, Episode 7: Crash and Burn 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Referencing the board game Clue, he joked that “the major suspects” should be “the butler, the chef and the house owner.” What Happened to the Stolen Gold Toilet? 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z It seems a pity, for the butler to be so blithely written off as a culprit. Why do we think the butler did it? 2010-12-09T12:57:00Z He describes his "colored" butler, George Griffin, with whom in 1893 he made a visit to his publisher, causing a stir by being seen in public with a black man. Mark Twain manuscript reveals author's pain at losing his daughter 2010-04-21T21:43:00Z In the morning, his loyal butler, Alfred, finds him sleeping peacefully and smiling. Batman Is Turning 80. Fighting Crime Must Pay. 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z He wants to help the detectives, and he gets in their way so much that they finally give him the job of shadowing the butler. Classic Crime Novels That Still Thrill Today 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z "The Butler," which also topped movie charts a week ago, is inspired by the real-life story of an African American man who served as a White House butler for eight U.S. presidents. 'The Butler' works its way to second box office win 2013-08-25T18:35:57Z I thought about the butler in “Remains of the Day.” Kazuo Ishiguro: ‘Some awful things have happened in the last year . . . but these are not uninteresting times’ 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Best known for his work as the butler on “Soap” and its spinoff “Benson,” Guillaume also starred in stage musicals, including as the first African-American lead in “Phantom of the Opera.” Robert Guillaume, Emmy-winning actor, dies at 89 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Stevens, the English butler at the center of this beautiful novel about self-discovery and awakening, sounds more than a bit like Jeeves, but there’s no joking here. Jonathan Yardley’s favorite books For a growing number of luxury properties that have butlers as an amenity for their guests, the answer is a resounding yes. Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The term butler – or occasionally house manager — is more widely used and preferred because it sounds less demeaning, say domestic help firms. Being Blunt: Modern-Day Butlers with Multiple Skills in Demand 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Guillaume’s character had been a butler on “Soap” but on “Benson” he served as a state governor’s director of household affairs, then state budget director, lieutenant governor and candidate for governor. Robert Guillaume, star of TV's 'Benson,' dies at age 89 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z It turned out that, all along, lurking in the background like the butler, it was the "culture" that had committed the crime. We love the NHS too much to make it better 2013-03-09T06:31:01Z Rates start at $2,345 per tent per night based on double occupancy, inclusive of all food and beverage, private guided activities and excursions, spa treatments, personal butler, airport transfers, and taxes. See the World and Make a Difference on a ‘Citizen Science’ Expedition 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z As a more-than-full-time TV watcher I have a tremendous fondness and respect for the Public Broadcasting Service — and for the public-TV ecosystem that surrounds it — that aren’t based on grumpy butlers or colorful puppets. PBS Is Still TV’s Best Path to Better Citizenship 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z It didn’t need to pretend to be the post office or a butler. Why You Hate Google’s New Logo 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z That means lift stations resemble Michelin-starred restaurants, lift attendants act like butlers and equipment rental staff fawn like you're in a luxury spa. Ski safari in Utah 2010-12-18T00:07:45Z They were professional diners-out, who noticed details — why does she allow her butler to cut the cucumbers with a steel knife? Review: ‘The Age of Innocence,’ by Edith Wharton 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z There is, quite simply, no one to touch Diana’s former butler – or her “rock”, as he prefers it. For hire: the former royal hangers-on who are hounding Meghan 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Earlier in the year, a butler for the president contracted the virus. White House cafeterias shut down after staffer diagnosed with COVID-19 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z On a happier note, the drama wrapped its fifth season stateside on March 1 with a finale that saw butler Mr. Carson propose to housekeeper Mrs. Hughes, to the delight of many fans. 'Right time' to end 'Downton Abbey' next season, series creator says 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Trump was thinner then, his hair a more natural brown, and he had the bluster of a frat boy who can afford his own butler to play beer pong for him. And then there was the time Donald Trump bought a football team . . . 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Like Albert, Hubert is a woman living in disguise, but without the sense of fear or shame that grips the timorous butler. Arts & Leisure: Glenn Close as a Man in ?Albert Nobbs? 2011-12-09T13:00:00Z Initially Abu Dhabi appears like a paradise to the characters, who stay in a $22,000-a-night suite complete with butlers. Film: Un-Innocents Abroad: The Drubbing 2010-06-02T22:04:00Z The fat, bulbous-headed creatures drift surreally down a long banquet table, bringing gourmet platters for the hungry siblings, aided by a fish-headed butler. | 'Hansel and Gretel': At the Met, an Opera That Serves Children 2009-12-17T06:03:00Z He and Versace’s butler went outside to investigate. ‘My life was torn in two when Gianni was shot’ – Versace’s lover breaks silence 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Can a butler really make a hotel stay that much more extraordinary? Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z So they looked around, it was in pilot season, and discovered there were two pilots with old English butlers. Julian Fellowes: The Creator of ?Downton Abbey? 2011-09-11T05:00:22Z As his butler, Blake Wales, who also reads stage directions aloud, plays his lines with some Grand Guignol fun, complimented by a Vincent Price voice. New York Deaf Theater Adapts ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z I mean, what if at the big moment of revelation in a mystery, the detective announces the killer’s name and you’re not sure whether he said, “the butler” or “the barber”? ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Speaking the Speech, Trippingly 2011-03-24T17:53:23Z He tended to introduce me as his butler, which I relished. Alan Rogers obituary 2010-07-21T17:50:00Z Wodehouse stories of an English gent and his very helpful butler, Jeeves. Jeeves, 'Matchmaker,' Itamar Moses all in Taproot's 2013 season 2012-10-25T04:16:04Z He appeared in the film "Army of Darkness" and on such TV shows as "Wizards of Waverly Place" and "Birds of Prey," in which he played Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's butler. Actor who was Mr. Pitt on 'Seinfeld' dies at 77 2012-01-31T01:01:13Z He played a superb butler and we often discussed the idea of writing a series for him as an old retainer. Dad's Army creator on 'captain of comedy' Arthur Lowe: from the archive, 16 April 1982 2013-04-16T06:00:00Z There was this evening to look forward to, with Donald and her parents and a few friends, food and flowers, the butler’s creaseless service, and the magnanimous ease of it all. ‘The Arrangements’: A Work of Fiction 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z It would look silly, writing about his well-heeled world of Old Etonians and their butlers when I am meant to be covering the latest happenings at the ICA. Why modern art is not a class issue 2013-01-15T15:11:01Z Another thing we had in common was that we were both descended from a long line of butlers. Dad's Army creator on 'captain of comedy' Arthur Lowe: from the archive, 16 April 1982 2013-04-16T06:00:00Z She’s the sort of person who, when her butler sniffs that one of kitchen arrows has hit the target “left of centre”, smirks: “Three words no one has ever used to describe me”. Is Renee Zellweger's Netflix thriller the best trash TV show of 2019? 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z There is also a supercilious butler, played by Alan “Jim from Neighbours” Dale, who looks as if he’s attending his own wake. Dynasty: a camp classic rebooted for the 21st century 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z He won laughs and a Tony nomination with his portrait of the fussy household butler. Fritz Weaver, Tony-Winning Character Actor, Dies at 90 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z This is the institution that introduced the concept of private butlers to Singapore. The Raffles Singapore Embarks on a Modern Journey 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z You begin reading Mr. Stevens’s eccentric account of the fall of the British tradition of the “great” butler only to find yourself slowly drawn into something larger, something achingly sinister. Chigozie Obioma: By the Book 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z “Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not,” he tells the drunken, deluded butler, Stephano. A La MaMa ‘Tempest,’ With Music by Elizabeth Swados 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Reading Wodehouse now, it's easy to kid yourself that he was in fact a rampaging class warrior, exposing the twerpery of the rich while butlers, chefs, and barmaids quietly prosper amid the foolishness. The balm of Blandings 2013-01-12T09:00:04Z Did you talk to any real-life butlers as part of your research for the role? A Proper Talk With Actor Jim Carter: Downton Abbey‘s Mr. Carson Talks to TIME 2013-01-03T15:00:41Z The stories of Bertie Wooster and his butler, Jeeves, were at least 50 years old by then and are now practically historic, but I would still recommend them as an antidote to teenage stress. Sophia Bennett's top 10 stylish reads 2012-07-12T07:00:00Z After the commercial success of The Door, the butler was now an easy target for comedians and satirical writers alike who quickly pounced on the butler-as-murderer archetype. Why do we think the butler did it? 2010-12-09T12:57:00Z The single iron-frame bed differs little from the one found in the butler's bedroom in the basement. Leighton House: a private palace of art 2010-04-16T23:09:00Z The butler or whoever the guy is who hired her walks in on them and the king beats a hasty retreat. All Hallmark Christmas movies are horror films in disguise 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Although Pinero's play has one tumultuous scene in which Jedd and his butler prepare midnight potions to the accompaniment of pealing thunder, a dean's discomfiture never achieves the mania we expect. Dandy Dick – review 2012-07-04T11:35:31Z We can only hope for “I say, what a wonderful butler, he’s so violent!” Doctor Who's Christmas Special Review In A City Of Death And Inception 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Over the course of 36 hours, we put three different butlers through the paces with our numerous requests. Hotel Butler Service Is Really Nice. Is It Worth the Price? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Or rather, he used to be its butler, but when he asked to retire in 2009, Trump insisted he stay on as “estate historian”. What Donald Trump’s butler saw: behind the scenes of a real-life Xanadu 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Guillaume’s character had been a butler on “Soap” but on “Benson” he served as a state governor’s director of household affairs, then state budget director, lieutenant governor and candidate for governor. Robert Guillaume, star of TV's 'Benson,' dies at age 89 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z But the largely African American butler staff felt an “unspoken understanding and respect” for the Obamas because they shared the realities of being black in America, she writes. After decades of silence, White House domestic staff share stories in new book 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z He stood there — a young black 13-year-old in Detroit — 1938, on the massive Indiana limestone porch of a mansion on Arden Park Boulevard, where the butler, an older white gentleman greeted him. “DETROIT”: Cleaning up the mess white people made or adding to it? 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Set in the near future, this gentle, sci-fi-inflected oddity finds Frank Langella playing an ageing cat burglar who becomes the unwilling recipient of a robot butler. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-07-13T23:05:18Z So the search was on for a young English valet, and I went right up to the top meeting, and then what happened is they decided they’d do better with an old English butler. Julian Fellowes: The Creator of ?Downton Abbey? 2011-09-11T05:00:22Z At this time of year, Princess Diana’s former butler can reliably be found on a tour of the southern hemisphere reality formats, and has duly just completed a stint on I’m a Celebrity Australia. A spotters’ guide to the royal wedding’s biggest absolute chancers 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z In a world no longer just brown and grey, Rocky’s house is a Greek-columned mansion with a Lamborghini on the drive, a robot butler and an immigrant housekeeper to manage the colanders. I've never seen … Rocky 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z It's like "Real Housewives," with pearls and butlers. ArtsBeat: A Glimpse of the Coming 'Downton Abbey' Catfight 2012-06-25T19:22:00Z Scaramanga’s plan, over a luncheon served by his pocket-sized butler, is to needle away at Bond, whom he regards as little better than a civil servant—armed, predictably, with a weapon of lesser metal. Postscript: Christopher Lee 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z There was something exceptional about the boulevard, where through the stone gates with a white tile “AP”, chauffeurs cleaned the cars and butlers, like the one he encountered answered stately front entrances. “DETROIT”: Cleaning up the mess white people made or adding to it? 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z In the morning, discreet butlers will deliver coffee or tea via small hatches. 5 New Standout Safari Camps 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z At the news conference, Mr. Caine said he had been stopped on the street by 12-year-olds who know him only as “Batman’s butler.” Michael Caine on Elderly Roles and Why He Snubbed Cannes After 'Alfie' 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z I don’t even know if I would have a butler if I could have a butler. Prometheus Star Michael Fassbender on His Robotic Role and Why He Believes in Aliens 2012-06-06T10:45:25Z One offers a “team of butlers” to take pets for “a special journey.” In France, Our Dog Has His Day 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Impeccably mannered, she greets each guest announced by the hired butler with a "how delightful to see you". Suzette Field's top 10 literary party hosts 2012-12-12T16:27:54Z He barely ever cracks a smile on-screen, where he hovers behind Frank Underwood with the grim visage of a perpetually irritated butler. “He’s a pretty scary dude”: “House of Cards'” Michael Kelly on another season as political fixer Doug Stamper — and why he’s supporting Hillary 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z For example, the Ritz Carlton in South Beach Miami employs a “tanning butler,” who patrols the pool, applying sunscreen to guests. Yes, passengers are more squished than ever 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Marvel at the stiff upper lips of Carson, the butler, and Mrs Hughes, the housekeeper, both locked to Downton – and to each other — by destiny. Have you been watching ? Downton Abbey? 2010-10-21T12:14:00Z They include media mogul Oprah Winfrey, who helped Daniels pull together "The Butler" and stars alongside Forest Whitaker as the wife of the White House butler who serves under seven U.S. presidents. Hollywood reflects on race in year of black, civil rights films 2013-08-26T13:14:40Z The boutique placement firm provides male and female butlers worldwide. Being Blunt: Modern-Day Butlers with Multiple Skills in Demand 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z If you want to check in and spend the night, ask the concierge to reserve a poolside bungalow for a day of relaxation that includes a visit from the hotel’s tanning butler. An Insider's Guide to J.R.'s Dallas 2012-06-07T16:20:03.553Z Grand old hotels were going out of business throughout the country, as people decided they cared less about butlers and butter dishes and more about flat-screen TVs. Dixville Notch and the midnight vote will not die without a fight 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Goods do not emerge from thin air, nor do they emerge from selfless old butlers or ancient dwarf-gods. The labor laws of the superhero universe amount to disturbing propaganda 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Whitaker You work on the dialect, the movement, the aging, being a butler. Oprah Winfrey and Forest Whitaker on ‘The Butler’ 2013-08-07T12:00:01Z Poor Irish Protestants is what the Fogartys are: butler and cook. William Trevor’s Quiet Explosions 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Bonus Netflix callbacks: The butler Frank De Luca and the chief of staff Mrs. Donatelli have a cameo in “A Castle for Christmas,” where they book a romance package at the local inn. Netflix Holiday Movies Ranked, From Tree Toppers to Lumps of Coal 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z So by the time The Door hit the shelves, murdering butlers were already considered out-of-bounds, despite only one – one! – previously published book in which the butler actually pulled the trigger. Why do we think the butler did it? 2010-12-09T12:57:00Z |
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