Octavia Spencer Teams With Ruderman Family Foundation To Demand More Authentic Casting Of People With Disabilities In Film & TV

A Time To Kill and has gone on to appear in the likes of Ugly Betty, The Help, Hidden Figures, The Shape Of Water and more. She has won one Oscar at present, for Best Supporting Actress for The Help.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Spencer said the gender pay gap was still a problem but, despite feeling underpaid, she had gotten a raise on every project she’s worked on.

Yesterday, Amazon, the streaming service announced a partnership with Jason Blum’s horror and genre studio, Blumhouse, titled “Welcome to the Blumhouse” a collection of eight feature films that will debut over the next year or so beginning in October.

Octavia Spencer has nothing but love and support for Ellen DeGeneres amid workplace allegations about the «toxic» work environment at.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentJennifer Msumba took the best-film prize for her “The Fish Don’t Care When It Rains” at the seventh annual Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, which streamed live Aug. 13.

When it comes to Ellen DeGeneres’ recent controversies, celebrities have been divided.

Octavia Spencer weighed in on the controversy surrounding Ellen DeGeneres‘ long-running daytime show.“Sending love and support to Ellen and all of the employees of her show,” the Hidden Figures actress, 48, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, August 13, alongside a black-and-white throwback photo of DeGeneres, 62.

Octavia Spencer is sending love and support to both Ellen DeGeneres and the employees at her show in a new post on Instagram.

Octavia Spencer grew up with the legacy of Madam C.J. Walker, a businesswoman and philanthropist who built an empire selling cosmetics and grooming products to Black women.

Ryan Reynolds is throwing his support behind an organization with a worthy cause.

coronavirus test results in the UK in the last 24 hours has risen by more than 900 people - a six-week high after lockdown measures were eased. And there have been nine further deaths, according to official government figures.The number of laboratory-confirmed cases in the UK rose on Monday by 938 - the highest figure for six weeks.

Beyoncé just released a visual album for the soundtrack she completed for Disney’s live remake of The Lion King. The album and program, in its purest form, is a love letter to Black people — at a time when society needs it most.

Beyoncé's first visual album — that honor technically goes to, though she revolutionized the form with her surprise drop in 2013 — nor is it the first time she's pulled double duty by directing her own film.So, as the singer-songwriter-dancer-actor-director-icon blesses us with yet another body of work, there's no better time to highlight Queen Bey, the filmmaker, with a look back at what she's already helmed — from visual albums to concert films and documentaries — and how you can watch each.A

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Peacock is developing a teen comedy drama about Black teenagers in L.A. from Real Husbands of Hollywood creator Chris Spencer and Grown-ish writer Chad Sanders.How To Survive Inglewood is created and written by by the pair, who will exec produce alongside Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary of Revelations Entertainment.

Invasion.The Amazon-produced feature will be directed by Beast’s Michael Pearce and the script will be produced by Dimitri Doganis (Three Identical Strangers).The film will follow two young brothers on the run with their father (Ahmed), a decorated Marine, who is on a rescue mission to save his boys from an inhuman threat.They must come to grips with several hard truths about the world they live in, so they can leave their childhood behind.Production is slated to begin in the United States later

There is some exciting casting news for sci-fi fans coming from Amazon today. It’s been announced that Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer will star in the upcoming sci-fi thriller “Invasion.” The film is written and directed by promising new director Michael Pearce.

Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer will star in a new film!

Also Read: Octavia Spencer on Bringing the Story of Madam CJ Walker to the Screen With 'Self Made'The project will be presented in association with Film4, which developed it with Raw. Film4’s Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden and Julia Oh are executive producing.