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Actress Octavia Spencer cries as she receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Actress Octavia Spencer was handed the honour of a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on Thursday and her co-stars Viola Davis, Allison Janney and Will Ferrell were in attendance

Daily Mirror

J-Law Walked Back Her Comments About Being The First Ever Female Action Star After Backlash

"It was my blunder and it came out wrong."

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Jennifer Lawrence says she was asked to lose weight to star in 'The Hunger Games'

Since her breakout role as Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games," Jennifer Lawrence has been outspoken about body image. But in a new conversation with Viola Davis, the "Causeway" actor shared that she was asked to lose weight for the lead role.

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Jennifer Lawrence recalls conversations about her body and weight loss on Hunger Games

‘How much weight are you going to lose?’ actors was asked

The Independent UK

Jennifer Lawrence opens up about guilt she feels as a mother: ‘Every day of being a mom, I feel awful’

The actor welcomed her first child with husband Cooke Maroney in February 2022

The Independent UK

Viola Davis recalls horror of accidentally locking her baby in the car during ‘sweltering’ heat

‘It was sweltering hot outside,’ actor said

The Independent UK

The 50 best films of 2022 in the UK

We made it! The No 1 film is here and it’s a stunning directorial debut, inarguably one of the finest cinematic moments of any year

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The best memoirs and biographies of 2022

Heartfelt memoirs from Richard E Grant and Viola Davis, childhood tales of religious dogma, and vivid insights into Agatha Christie and John Donne

The Guardian - UK

Michael J. Fox, Diane Warren, Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy honored at Governors Awards

LOS ANGELES — The motion picture academy’s Governors Awards returned to its November calendar date for the first time since 2019 on Saturday night, with Martinique-born filmmaker Euzhan Palcy, Australian director Peter Weir and songwriter Diane Warren receiving honorary Oscars, and actor Michael J. Fox delivering an emotional, 12-minute speech…

Los Angeles Times

‘With my camera I don’t shoot, I heal’: director Euzhan Palcy receives honorary Oscar

A Dry White Season director takes lifetime achievement award, alongside Michael J Fox, Witness director Peter Weir, and songwriter Diane Warren

The Guardian - UK

Honorary Oscar awards celebrate Fox, Weir, Warren and Palcy

Four standing ovations in one night might seem a little over-the-top, even by Hollywood standards, but at the Governors Awards Saturday night, where Michael J

The Independent UK

New this week: Lizzo, 'Criminal Minds' and 'The Woman King'

This week’s new entertainment releases include an live posthumous album from Tom Petty, the criminal profile spinoff series “Criminal Minds: Evolution,” a documentary about the plucky Mars Rover Opportunity and a TV series that focuses on the backstage melodrama at the Chippendale’s male strip clubs

The Independent UK

Grammy nominations 2023: Beyoncé leads race with nine

Singer has now received 88 Grammy nominations in her career, tying only with husband Jay Z as most nominated artist

The Guardian - US

‘It’s been nearly a month and it’s still sold out’: The Woman King takes over Benin’s only cinema

The blockbuster retelling of Benin’s history of elite women warriors has transfixed audiences in the West African country. Our reporter joins the crowds

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The Woman King star Thuso Mbedu says the world is filled with great stories. People just need to care enough to invest in them

Thuso Mbedu is The Woman King's breakout star. She speaks to ABC News about her journey and why this particular story had to be told.

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The Woman King: Viola Davis and John Boyega play a fierce general and a young king in this 19th century West African epic

The Woman King stars Viola Davis as the fierce general leading an all-woman band of warriors into war in a 19th-century kingdom beset by European slavery and internal power struggles.

Daily Mirror

People's Choice Awards: The Kardashians, James Corden and Meghan Markle lead nominees

The Kardashians, James Corden's The Late Late Show and Meghan Markle's Archetypes podcast are amongst this year's full list of nominations for the 2022 People’s Choice Awards

Evening Standard

Leslie Jordan: Dolly Parton, Cardi B and Sean Hayes remember star following his death

The Emmy-winning actor died Monday at the age of 67 following a single-car crash.

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Chicago Sun-Times

‘The Woman King’ could not overcome the truth of the Agojie’s brutality, depravity, inhumanity

I applaud any portrayal of Black female power. But misinformation and the glorification of an unquestionable evil that romanticizes the Agojie as superheroes is unforgivable.

The Independent UK

The Woman King: Viola Davis says she thought about the man who sexually assaulted her while playing a warrior

Actor wrote in her memoir about the abuse she and her sisters suffered when they were young

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: What one man’s decade of harassment tells us about stalking in the UK

In today’s newsletter: Matthew Hardy’s sentence for stalking is believed to be the longest ever handed down for the offence in Britain. What does his case reveal about how the crime is policed?

The Guardian - UK

‘I can change the way Black women are seen’: Viola Davis on stereotypes, success and playing a warrior

Raised in poverty, the actor has conquered Hollywood, winning an Oscar, an Emmy and two Tony awards. Now she has brought her passion project to the screen – The Woman King’s epic tale of an elite female fighting force

Salon

"Bros": A tragic box office love story

The failure to launch of Billy Eichner's new comedy could have something to do with the genre rules it breaks

Evening Standard

The Woman King movie review: it may be wish-fulfilment but it’s also a dream

A stonking yet subtle performance from Viola Davis leads an outstanding cast in this groundbreaking film

Chicago Tribune

Nina Metz: Moviegoing is not activism, and it’s a mistake to promote a film that way

Reflecting on the disappointing turnout for the gay rom-com “Bros,” despite getting good reviews, the movie’s writer and star Billy Eichner noted that “straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn’t show up for Bros. And that’s disappointing but it is what it is. Everyone who ISN’T…

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