Riz Ahmed & Octavia Spencer Step Out for the Premiere of 'Encounter' in L.A.

Instagram.“What I go through to make videos for y’all,” she captioned her video. She has since turned off comments for the post.The quick clip had the R&B singer laying on a carpet where she rocked a braid and lace bodysuit.

K.J. Yossman “Quo Vadis, Aida?” took home the top prize at the European Film Awards on Saturday evening.

Imagine if you had £300 to spend at Marks & Spencer before Christmas. You could treat your family to an extravagant Christmas Day dinner, fill the Boxing Day buffet table and spare some cash for winter wardrobe pieces.

NEW YORK -- Simon Rex, in town for the recent Gotham Awards, where he was nominated for outstanding lead performance in “Red Rocket,” was comparing today’s pandemic-scarred New York with the city he knew in the 1990s as a VJ on MTV.“Times Square was like pimps and sex booths and then it became Disneyland. Now it feels kind of sketchy again and I kind of like it,” Rex says, smiling.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentCAA has signed Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, the up-and-coming director of “The Gravedigger’s Wife,” Somalia’s first ever official submission for the Oscars international feature film race.“The Gravedigger’s Wife,” Ahmed’s feature debut,” world premiered at Cannes’ Critics’ Week and went on to win the Amplify Voices Award at Toronto.

Octavia Spencer has said that her home is haunted by the ghost of a late film star.The Oscar-winning actress, who has starred in the likes of The Help, Ma and The Shape Of Water, made the claim on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, revealing that her house was owned by an unnamed film star previously.“I grew up watching Westerns and I bought this house, and it was owned by a guy who did Westerns, so I must have been a fan of his,” she began. “I think he is my protector.

Octavia Spencer has forged a friendship with an unexpected housemate.

Spencer director Pablo Larraín said Saturday that while he and screenwriter Steven Knight took different immersive paths when developing the film’s screenplay, the result was unlike any other he’d worked on: the finished script matched the final edit scene for scene.

Octavia Spencer not only believes in ghosts, she has a friendship with one. The actress, 51, appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Friday where she discussed her new movie "Encounter," her belief in UFOs, and made the revelation that she's joined by a spirit in her home from time-to-time.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRiz Ahmed has boarded Egyptian-American director Dina Amer’s “You Resemble Me,” a bold exploration of the roots of Islamic radicalization through the story of Hasna Aït Boulahcen – who in 2015 was wrongly believed to be Europe’s first female suicide bomber – ahead of the pic’s premiere in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA).Amer’s feature debut, which world premiered positively at the Venice Film Festival, is a deeply researched character

Simon Rex is hitting the red carpet for a screening of his new movie!

opened up about the ghostly presence.“I grew up watching Westerns, and I bought this house, and it was owned by a guy who did Westerns, so I must have been a fan of his,” Spencer, 51, explained to DeGeneres, 63, who said the loves stories about haunted houses and believes in ghosts herself.Luckily, Spencer’s ghost is of the friendlier “Casper” variety than those in “Poltergeist” — at least to her.“My ghost can haunt me, but he doesn’t haunt me,” Spencer noted.

Octavia Spencer loves the holidays.

Octavia Spencer is a hardcore superfan. The celebrated actress isn't shy about expressing her love for the outdoorsy drama.Spencer spoke with ET's Matt Cohen on Tuesday, at the Los Angeles premiere of her new sci-fi drama and was asked about her outspoken appreciation for the Kevin Costner-led series.«Oh my gosh! Who's not [a fan]?» Spencer marveled when asked about some of the comments she's made, including on social media, about the show.

Lulu Wang is one of the most exciting filmmakers working today. Riz Ahmed is one of the most versatile and interesting actors and producers around.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterRiz Ahmed’s Left Handed Films and Lulu Wang’s Local Time are partnering to develop the comedy series “The Son of Good Fortune” at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively.Based on the novel of the same name by Lysley Tenorio, the series is about an undocumented Filipino teenager in the Bay area navigating a tumultuous relationship with his former B-movie action star mother, falling in love for the first time, and working out how to pay back a massive debt before his whole

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.