Jeffrey Drew Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

There are people who live their lives in service to others, and then there’s Jeffrey Drew.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorPeacock has acquired “Right to Try,” the Octavia Spencer-produced documentary short about trying to find a cure for HIV.Directed by “The Late Late Show With James Corden” producer Zeberiah Newman, the film tells the story of veteran casting director Jeffrey Drew’s participation in an experimental treatment trial to cure him of his HIV.

Right To Try, a documentary short chronicling HIV survivor and activist Jeffrey Drew’s pursuit to find a cure for for the disease, is headed to Peacock.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorOctavia Spencer will receive the James Schamus Ally Award at this year’s edition of LGBTQ film festival Outfest.The announcement comes just after the recent news, first reported by Variety, that the Oscar winner has boarded the documentary “Right to Try” as a producer.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorOctavia Spencer has joined “Right to Try,” a documentary short about an HIV cure treatment trial, as a producer through her production company Orit Entertainment.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.” Although the column usually includes several items about different celebs and industry insiders, this week’s Pride edition is solely about casting director Jeffrey Drew’s participation in an experimental treatment study for an HIV cure and the documentary short that chronicles his journey. It’s been 40 years since the CDC reported the first cases of what would later become known as AIDS.