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This image released by Netflix shows Melissa McCarthy, left, and Octavia Spencer in a scene from the comedy &quot;Thunder Force.&quot; (Hopper Stone/Netflix via AP)

Review: ‘Thunder Force’ is forced and lacking any thunder

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2019 file photo, Octavia Spencer arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The Producers Guild of America will honor Octavia Spencer for her work behind-the-camera at its 2020 awards show. Spencer, who was among the producers of last year’s best picture Oscar winner “Green Book,” will receive the Visionary Award at the Producers Guild Awards on Jan. 18.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Octavia Spencer to receive honor from Producers Guild

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This May 15, 2019 photo shows actress Octavia Spencer poses for a portrait at the Beckett Mansion in Los Angeles to promote her film, &quot;Ma.&quot; (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP)

Octavia Spencer like you’ve never seen her before in ‘Ma’

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2018, file photo, Octavia Spencer arrives at the 23rd annual Critics' Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. Octavia Spencer is bringing the story of black haircare mogul Madam C.J. Walker to television. Netflix said Sunday, July 29, 2018, that Spencer will produce and star in a limited series about the outsized life of Sarah Breedlove, who was known professionally as Walker. The eight-episode drama is based on the book &quot;On Her Own Ground&quot; and includes LeBron James as a producer. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Octavia Spencer to star as black haircare mogul Madam Walker

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Actress Octavia Spencer to speak at Kent State commencement

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Academy Award-winning actress to visit Indiana University

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Correction: Oscars-Octavia Spencer story

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Pharrell Williams arrives at the 89th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Octavia Spencer announces plans to become Hollywood producer

By SANDY COHEN - Associated Press

Actress Octavia Spencer is presented with the Pudding Pot by members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals after being presented with the annual Woman of the Year Pudding Pot Award at Farkas Hall Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Harvard’s Hasty Pudding award goes to Octavia Spencer

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FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 2, 2017 file photo, Octavia Spencer arrives at the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, Calif. Academy Award-winning actress Spencer, fresh off her nomination for a second Oscar, is heading to Massachusetts to pick up yet another award: Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals. Spencer will be honored Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, with a parade through the streets of Cambridge, followed by a roast and the presentation of her pudding pot. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Octavia Spencer picks up Harvard Hasty Pudding award

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British actress and singer Dame Angela Lansbury is photographed on stage at the Gielgud Theatre in central London, as she returns to the West End this spring for the first time in nearly 40 years, with the play, Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Lansbury reunites with director Michael Blakemore to reprise her role as Madame Arcati. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

Lansbury relieved ‘Murder, She Wrote’ remake axed

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 7, 2013, file photo, actress Angela Lansbury poses for photos in Sydney, Australia. The 88-year-old actress says "it's a mistake" for NBC to call a new show "Murder, She Wrote." (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Angela Lansbury: Mistake to recycle ‘Murder, She Wrote’

By Sandy Cohen - Associated Press

Octavia Spencer writing books for middle schoolers

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Oscar winner Octavia Spencer honored by hometown

By BOB JOHNSON - Associated Press

Oscar winner Octavia Spencer honored in hometown

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