Octavia Spencer News

Hello Sunshine and Together Live are partnering to bring a touring live event experience to the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall on Friday, November 9 at 7:30 PM. The event features authentic storytelling and inspiring conversations for and by intersectional, intergenerational women. Confirmed participants include: Abby Wambach, Nicole Byer, Glennon Doyle, Priya Parker, MILCK, Cleo Wade, and Maysoon Zayid.

Watch the official trailer for INSTANT FAMILY, starring Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne, in theatres November 16th from Paramount Pictures.

Hello Sunshine, Reese Witherspoon's media company, has exclusively partnered with Rooster Teeth to power their network of female-centric podcasts, The Beam. Under this partnership, Hello Sunshine plans to expand its slate of podcast programming, with additional original podcasts and a tightly curated set of existing female-centric podcasts. Rooster Teeth's podcast sales division, The Roost, will offer The Beam strategic sales representation and support.

Master the Mess from AT&T and Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine premiered today on DIRECTV, DIRECTV NOW and U-Verse via the Hello Sunshine VOD channel. Master the Mess blends comedy with organization as you watch “The Home Edit” ladies tackle the pantries, closets, bathrooms and laundry rooms of families in Los Angeles and Nashville who are about to experience a transformation in their lives. The Home Edit's Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin are intelligent, funny and charmingly self-deprecating problem-solvers who make life better for each client in surprising ways.

Celebration, under the artistic direction of Michael Michael A. Shepperd in Association with Beard/Collins/Shores Productions present a special return engagement of Del Shores first new play since his critically acclaimed Yellow, SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A PLAY, written and performed by Del Shores and directed by Emerson Collins.  SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A PLAYwill perform Thursday, September 27 through Sunday, September 30 at Celebration Theatre @ the Lex Theatre, 6760 Lexington Ave. in Los Angeles. 

The European Premiere of director Peter Farrelly's drama GREEN BOOK, from Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures, will open the 14th Zurich Film Festival on 27 September 2018. Farrelly and Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen (EASTERN PROMISES, THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY) will attend as the Zurich Film Festival's honored guests.

Paramount decided to move forward the release date of the Mark Wahlberg-Rose Byrne comedy INSTANT FAMILY, according to Variety. The film will now be released three months earlier than scheduled, on November 16th. Now set for a holiday release, it was previously set for February 15, 2019.

Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, Hidden Figures) star in Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures' Green Book.  In his foray into powerfully dramatic work as a feature director, Peter Farrelly helms the film inspired by a true friendship that transcended race, class and the 1962 Mason-Dixon line.

CBS has ordered MILLION DOLLAR MILE (working title), a new 10-episode high-stakes competition series that challenges everyday athletes' physical and mental toughness like never before with an opportunity to change their lives forever.

One of the most prolific dance artists of our time, Billboard® Dance Chart Topper Debby Holiday along with her 4-piece band known for her mega-hits 'DIVE', 'I LIKE YOU', 'BRING IT ON', 'PIECE OF MY LOVE' and 'SURRENDER' will headline Halloween Palm Springs Wednesday, October 31 from 5:00-10: 00 p.m. Bringing the beat to the street will be internationally re-known Phil B. who is undoubtedly one of the top DJ's on the U.S. and Europe Circuit today and was recently honored with DJ of the Year at the 10th Annual Just Circuit Awards!

Netflix Announces New Series MADAM C.J. WALKER and WHITE LINES at TCA

This afternoon, following their TCA morning session, Netflix announced two unscripted series, upcoming launch dates for four series and shared first look video assets for new titles

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Octavia Spencer and Queen Latifah will star in in The Rhinelander Affair following the controversial 1925 DIVORCE trial in New York involving a man from an upper-class New Rochelle family who married a bi-racial, working-class woman. It is a ripped from the headlines story from the 1920s with many meaty roles in what was a roller coaster ride about money, love, racism and betrayal.

Comedian Tig Notaro's first show in Alaska sold out months in advance so the Anchorage Concert Association has added a second performance at 9:30 p.m. Oct. 13. Cello-rock band Break of Reality, which sold out their last two visits to Anchorage, has also added a 10 p.m. late-night set March 29, 2019.

Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), announced today that the new unscripted six-part series 'Warriors of Liberty City' will premiere on Sunday, September 16, 2018, at 8:00 PM ET/PT. This perceptive documentary series is created by PGA award-winning director and producer Evan Rosenfeld ('Vice World of Sports,' ESPN's '30 for 30' series 'The U' and 'Broke'), and it is executive produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter's SpringHill Entertainment and Shed Media, a division of Warner Bros. Unscripted & Alternative Television.

Two-time Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain spoke with TODAY's Hoda Kotb about how she spoke up on behalf of fellow actress Octavia Spencer to help her get five times her pay for an upcoming film they're in together. “I assumed a woman like Octavia Spencer would be compensated fairly for the work she's done, for the awards she's received,” said Chastain, whose latest movie, “Woman Walks Ahead,” hits theaters this week. Check out the clip below! 

Aaron Paul, Ron Cephas Jones & More Round Out Cast Of ARE YOU SLEEPING?

Actress Claire Danes visits TODAY to talk about her new film “A Kid Like Jake,” in which she plays the mother of a boy with gender differences, as well as the second child she is expecting soon in real life. She says there's no conclusive word on whether the upcoming eighth season of her spy thriller series “Homeland” will be the last, but admits, “it feels like the end.”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lizzy Caplan is set to star opposite Octavia Spencer in the upcoming Apple series ARE YOU SLEEPING. Caplan is known for her roles in MEAN GIRLS, CLOVERFIELD, THE CLASS and HOT TUB TIME MACHINE. Read more about the news from The Hollywood Reporter here!