Octavia Spencer News

Mom, the award-winning CBS comedy starring Anna Faris and Emmy(R) winner Allison Janney, is coming to TBS for a special four-week run designed to build excitement for the show's second season.

Band together with FOX! Beginning today and continuing through Friday, Aug. 22, each time a fan shares exclusive RED BAND SOCIETY videos, photos, GIFs and MORE via Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr from www.myredbandsociety.com, FOX will donate $1 (up to $100,000) to support five charity partners, including Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Ryan Seacrest Foundation, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Teen Cancer America and Children's Hospital Los Angeles. If a fan logs in via Facebook, he/she also will receive one point toward a place on the www.myredbandsociety.com leaderboard and every time a friend clicks on the shared link, the fan will get one more point and $1 more goes to charity!*

FOX has set the fall premiere dates for its new and returning series.

The Colony Theatre is thrilled to present the first production of its historic 40thAnniversary season, the World Premiere of FAMILY PLANNING by Michelle Kholos Brooks. The production stars Christina Pickles and Bruce Weitz, who between them have a combined total of 14 Emmy nominations, and is directed by Cameron Watson, who has been heralded as 'one of our finest contemporary directors' by The Los Angeles Times, while The Wall Street Journal declared his work 'the best in the country.'

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater's Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long previously announced that the World Premiere of The Long Shrift, written by Robert Boswell and directed by James Franco, would begin previews tonight, July 7th, 2014. The official opening night is set for July 13th, 2014 and closing night is August 23rd, 2014.

This summer, FOX has hit the road with the “RED BAND SOCIETY Tour: Banding Together For Good.” On the tour, fans in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Dallas have had the opportunity to donate to one of four charities, while being the first to meet the cast and see advance screenings of the new FOX series RED BAND SOCIETY. Next month, fans in Chicago and Atlanta (additional cities to be announced soon) will do the same!

The Colony Theatre is thrilled to present the first production of its historic 40thAnniversary season, the World Premiere of FAMILY PLANNING by Michelle Kholos Brooks. The production stars Christina Pickles and Bruce Weitz, who between them have a combined total of 14 Emmy nominations, and is directed by Cameron Watson, who has been heralded as "one of our finest contemporary directors" by The Los Angeles Times, while The Wall Street Journal declared his work "the best in the country."

This summer, FOX hits the road with the “RED BAND SOCIETY Tour: Banding Together For Good.” On the tour, fans in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta (additional cities to be announced soon) may donate to one of four charities, while being the first to meet the cast and see advance screenings of the new FOX series RED BAND SOCIETY. The series is a provocative, unconventional and unique coming-of-age dramedy about a group of unlikely and rule-bending friends and the adults who mentor them through the ups and downs of adolescence in Los Angeles' Ocean Park Hospital.

This summer, FOX hits the road with the 'RED BAND SOCIETY Tour: Banding Together For Good.' On the tour, fans in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta (additional cities to be announced soon) may donate to one of four charities, while being the first to meet the cast and see advance screenings of the new FOX series RED BAND SOCIETY. The series is a provocative, unconventional and unique coming-of-age dramedy about a group of unlikely and rule-bending friends and the adults who mentor them through the ups and downs of adolescence in Los Angeles' Ocean Park Hospital.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater's Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long have announced the World Premiere of The Long Shrift, written by Robert Boswell and directed by James Franco, will begin previews July 7th, 2014. The official opening night is set for July 13th, 2014 and closing night is August 23rd, 2014.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continues its series spotlighting film festival standouts with a screening of “Snowpiercer” tonight, June 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bing Theater on the LACMA campus.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continues its series spotlighting film festival standouts with a screening of “Snowpiercer” on Friday, June 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bing Theater on the LACMA campus.

FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER have announced upcoming highlights

A new domestic trailer for Bong Joon-Ho's SNOWPIERCER has been shared online. The film hits theaters in limited release on June 27th. Get a first look below!

Universal Pictures has released an all-new trailer for director Tate Taylor's GET ON UP, the James Brown biopic starring Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer

Fox has released the first trailer for its upcoming series RED BAND SOCIETY, starring Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer. Check it out below!

Eight remarkable artists and philanthropists will be hooded and handed their degrees in person when The Juilliard School confers honorary doctorates during its 109th Commencement Ceremony today, May 23, 2014 at 11 AM in Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center (Broadway at 65th Street, NYC).

ABC Studios had another banner development year with nine new shows ordered to series.

According to Deadline, Oscar winner Octavia Spencer has signed on for the second installment in the Divergent franchise, INSURGENT. Spencer joins Shailene Woodley and Theo James in the film as 'Johanna,' the Amity faction's leader.