butler
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Hopkins’ voice, still deeply familiar as some of film’s most famous characters, including the serial killer Hannibal Lecter and the English butler, James Stevens, from “Remains of the Day,” now has a weathered rasp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Ismael Camenforte Lopez, described in Germany as his manager's "ball butler", is known for feeding balls into training matches, allowing sessions to be played at a high tempo.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“I kind of think of myself as the butler of downtown,” said Hal Bastian, 65, who has lived in the neighborhood for three decades and is known to many as “Mr. Downtown L.A.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026
"We arrange everything for them: flowers, candles, photographer, dinner with a private butler," said Melanie Tessier, its guest relations manager.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
“Is your butler calling the police while you stall us here?”
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
The investor story is not robot butlers or science-fiction spectacle — it is production costs.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
For something like robot butlers, the market is farther off, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
They have music playing and very snazzily dressed butlers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
Tributes were also paid to Kaveporn Punpare, who had a young daughter and was one of several butlers employed by Mr Vichai.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025
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.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
