Jessica Chastain Wants ‘The Help’ Sequel With Octavia Spencer, Says She Didn’t ‘Mine That Much Material’ in First Film as a Supporting Actor By Zack Sharf. Plus Icon.

If you are uncomfortable watching The Help, that's appropriate, says actress Octavia Spencer: "People lived this discomfort." Spencer, who plays an African-American maid in 1960s Mississippi ...

Octavia Spencer interview: The Help star and Oscar winner on becoming James Brown's aunt Spencer: 'Let me tell you, my career went from zero to 900. Its hard keeping up with that pace but I wouldn ...

Actress Octavia Spencer said Tuesday that the 2011 hit film "The Help" would be difficult to make in today's sociopolitical climate, telling celebrity restaurateur Bruce Bozzi while appearing on ...

Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer and “The Help” director Tate Taylor reunited for the horror film “Ma,” a starring vehicle tailored for Spencer by her longtime collaborator.

As The Help makes its way to DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow, the adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s bestselling novel is sure to ignite another round of heated debate and discussion surrounding its ...

There's been plenty written about how actress Octavia Spencer inspired the character of the sullen but sometimes side-splitting maid Minny Jackson in the novel and new movie "The Help." Spencer is ...

Actress Octavia Spencer seemingly came out of nowhere to steal this summer's sleeper hit, "The Help," about a group of African American maids in the early 1960s working in white households in ...

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Academy Award-winner Octavia Spencer is taking the lead on the small screen, producing and starring in “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker.” In Netflix’s four-part limited ...