Octavia Spencer News

Academy Award winners Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon will present on the Oscar telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. All four have previously won the award for Best Actress.

Academy Award winner's Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones will join their 'Chicago' cast mates Richard Gere and Queen Latifah to present together on-stage at the Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.

Screenvision, a national leader in cinema advertising sales, services and content distribution, through a deal brokered by Benarroch Productions, has teamed up with Starz and Vanity Fair to provide moviegoers coast-to-coast with a rare view of some of Hollywood's biggest stars at The Sundance Film Festival.

The Oscars will feature special appearances by Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Daniel Radcliffe at the upcoming Awards ceremony.

DreamWorks Studios is pleased to announce that, through their existing collaboration with David Garrett's Mister Smith Entertainment to represent DreamWorks Studios' films for Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Last year's Academy Award winners Meryl Streep, Jean Dujardin, Octavia Spencer and Christopher Plummer will return to present on this year's telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.

Sundance Institute last evening announced the Jury, Audience, NEXT <=> and other special awards of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the feature film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Park City, Utah.

The cover for Octavia Spencer's upcoming first novel has surfaced, as the award-winning actress expands her name brand, from actress, to author.

DreamWorks Studios has acquired the manuscript to Matthew Quick's latest work entitled "The Good Luck of Right Now," it was announced today by Holly Bario, President of Production of the studio. Quick authored the book "The Silver Linings Playbook," as well as the young adult novels "Boy 21," "Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock," and "Sorta Like a Rock Star."

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the winners of the 18th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards last night.

On tomorrow night's episode of 30 ROCK, entitled 'Game Over,' Jack recruits rival Devin Banks (guest star Arnett) as his ally in an elaborate plan to discredit teenage nemesis and future KableTown CEO, Kaylie Hooper (Moretz). Liz (Fey) explores her options to become a mother while Tracy tries to direct Octavia Spencer (guest star Spencer) in his new movie. Megan Mullally also guest stars. 'Game Over' airs 1/10 on NBC.

SMASHED, the powerful and gripping drama starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) and two-time Emmy Award-winner Aaron Paul (TV's "Breaking Bad," Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, 2012; 2010), arrives on Blu-ray and DVD March 12th from Sony Pictures Classics and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The star-studded supporting cast includes Nick Offerman (TV's "Parks & Recreation"), Emmy winner Megan Mullally (TV's "Will & Grace," Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, 1998 and TV's "Parks and Recreation"), Emmy winner Mary Kay Place (TV's "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress, Comedy Series, 1977) and Academy Award-winner Octavia Spencer (The Help, Best Supporting Actress, 2012).

The Line-Up has been announced for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival which will be held in Utah this January. The event marks the Festival's 29th year. This year, 113 feature-length films representing 32 countries will be presented.

Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions and the out-of-competition NEXT <=> section of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today they have acquired rights for the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa to Bong Joon Ho's upcoming post-apocalyptic action thriller, SNOWPIERCER.

Sole Society announced their first-ever celebrity collection with actress, singer and dancer, Julianne Hough. An innovative leader in the retail space, Sole Society is pioneering a new era of fashion retail, having capitalized on the success of their online store and entering into a partnership with Nordstrom.com and select Nordstrom stores where the Julianne Hough for Sole Society collection will be sold alongside other exclusive Sole Society shoes.

Kate and Charlie are a young married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of music, laughter and drinking... especially the drinking.

Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer has signed with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, to publish Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective, a two-book middle-grade series. The first title in the series, Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit will be published in Fall 2013, and is the author's first novel.

Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer has signed with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, to publish Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective, a two-book middle-grade series.

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