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Installation view of slideshow of materials from the Octavia E. Butler Papers.

It borrowed its title from the opening line from Octavia Butler's «Kindred,» the science fiction novel that deals with this very messy plot about lineage and violent history that has been passed down.

The latest Humble Bundle features dozens of Nebula - winning and Nebula - nominated novels and short stories from past and present, everyone from Octavia Butler and Ursula K Leguin to Samuel Delany and John Brunner, to say nothing of Kate Wilhelm, Joanna Russ, and four titles from Serial Box.

If you look closely, you will see some switchgear sourced from the Octavia.

The Skoda Rapid now gets MirrorLink touchscreen infotainment system from the Octavia with a reverse camera option, cruise control and rain sensing wipers.

That's not to detract from the Octavia's abilities, more an observation that it doesn't instantly feel as energetic as the current selection of performance hatchbacks.

Its brake set - up is borrowed from the Octavia vRS hot hatch.

But then, there's great acting everywhere you look in «The Shape of Water,» from Octavia Spencer and Richard Jenkins as Eliza's loyal friends, Michael Stuhlbarg as a doctor who becomes an unexpected ally, and Michael Shannon, almost too ideally cast as a scarily menacing federal agent.

From Octavia Spencer's tired but faithful Kelly to Clifton Collins Jr's cartoonish Mood, the characters are shaded in carefully rather than being drawn with thick lines.

This romance - sci - fi - fantasy mash - up also features strong turns from Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon and Richard Jenkins.

You may have already seen the slouchy crossbody bag (from Octavia & Co.) in my hippie chic maxi dress post here...

Not exact matches

Aaron London (ex-Ubuntu) opened his first solo project, the veg - focused AL's Place; Ravi Kapur also struck out on his own at Liholiho Yacht Club, a globe - trotting spot with a heavy nod to his native Hawaii; sophomore efforts from Melissa Perello at Octavia and Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski at The Progress impressed; and there was a return to fine dining at Mourad from Mourad Lahlou.

Butler Mons honours Octavia E. Butler, the first science fiction writer to win a MacArthur fellowship, and whose Xenogenesis trilogy describes humankind's departure from Earth and subsequent return.

Love is... having thousands of Match.com love relationships to choose from in Octavia, Oklahoma.

These fill a total of one hour, 56 minutes and 32 seconds as it provides comments from Wick, Fisher, production designer Alec Hammond, 2nd AD / VFX supervisor James Madigan, author Veronica Roth, set decorator Kathy Lucas, screenwriters Brian Duffield and Akiva Goldsman, supervising art director Alan Hook, producer Pouya Shahbazian, stunt coordinator Darrin Prescott, transportation coordinator Denny Caira, 2nd unit stunt coordinator Wade Allen, executive producers Barry Waldman and Todd Lieberman, fight coordinator Jeremy Marinas, special effects coordinator Bruno Van Zeebroeck, armourer Gregg H. Bilson Jr., property master Sean Mannion, composer Joseph Trapanese, and actors Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Octavia Spencer, Kate Winslet, Miles Teller, Ray Stevenson, Jai Courtney, Ansel Elgort, Jonny Weston, Maggie Q, Keiynan Lonsdale, Zoe Kravitz, Naomi Watts, Daniel Dae Kim, Emjay Anthony, Suki Waterhouse, and Ashley Judd.

The Help's director has recruited some of the cast from that film to assist in telling this story, with Viola Davis as Brown's negligent mother, who walked out on the family when he was young, only to show up again when he becomes well known, and Octavia Spencer as his aunt, who helps care for him.

We hear from Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, Kate Winslet, Octavia Spencer, Naomi Watts, Keiynan Lonsdale, and many more of the actors and actresses.

Right from the beginning Sally Hawkins is given fantastic on - screen partners in Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer that jive well with her phenomenal performance built solely on hand gestures and body language (Jenkins makes a fine best friend working on his career as a painter, while Spencer's motormouth skills and sassy banter make conversations amusing and easily involving), but as she notices the creature being housed in isolation inside a large rectangular pool (referred to as The Asset) at the laboratory, things get complex and become transfixing.

From the director of 500 Days of Summer, co-starring Jenny Slate (Obvious Child) and Oscar - winner Octavia Spencer (The Help)....

Martin Starr from Freaks & Greeks is all grown up and is playing a romantic lead in Amira & Sam THR Oooh, a new leading role for Octavia Spencer in Seacole, a biopic of a Jamaican doctor / Film Ezra Miller interviewed about The Flash on the street with Billy Crudup his Stanford Prison Experiment co-star.

She doesn't get the laughs that the equally brilliant Octavia Spencer gets but her slow burn shows a versatility away from, say, her character in Doubt.

The head of Amity (Octavia Spencer) eventually decrees that the interlopers must be expelled from the Amity Eden.

(From L - R) Michael Shannon, Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer in the film THE SHAPE OF WATER.

Del Toro's fairly conventional tale of underdog forbidden romance — between a fish - man creature in government captivity and a mute cleaning lady, Eliza (Sally Hawkins), facing off with a hateful investigator (Michael Shannon)-- was nonetheless warm, sumptuously shot and designed, and barbed with semi-subversive asides from Eliza's outsider buddies, fellow worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) and a closeted illustrator neighbor (Richard Jenkins).

From the looks of it, we may have some Oscar - bait going on with lead Boseman and perhaps Octavia Spencer.

But the vice principal, Dave Davies (Nick Offerman from TV's «Parks and Recreation»), is onto Kate's real problem and suggests that she accompany him to an AA meeting, where she takes an immediate liking to Jenny (Octavia Spencer from «The Help»), who becomes her empathetic sponsor.

ZOOTOPIA Director: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Jenny Slate, Idris Elba, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Tommy Chong, J.K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer Every year I look forward to the new movie from the Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Only Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures) drops off the list and Annette Bening (20th Century Women) tumbles from the # 6 to # 10 spot.

Ryan Coogler's «Fruitvale Station» walked away with the most NBR mentions; three for Supporting Actress (Octavia Spencer), Breakthrough Performance (Michael B. Jordan alongside «Blue is the Warmest Color»'s Adele Exarchopoulos) and Directorial Debut for Coogler (an award he also won from New York.)

Giving a shout - out from the Sundance Film Festival, Octavia Spencer could barely contain her joy over being nominated Tuesday for a supporting actress Oscar.

For how absolutely delightful of a movie it is, Hidden Figures got almost no love from the HFPA, only scoring nominations for Octavia Spencer and Original Score.

Directed by Bong Joon - ho (The Host), and based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, the film is rich in atmosphere and features powerful performances from some very fine actors, including Chris Evans, John Hurt, Octavia Spencer, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris and Jamie Bell.

Exclusive: Take a look at some art from The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro's 2017 Oscar - winning film starring Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer.

Soon he is brought to a brothel run by an aunt, played by Octavia Spencer (much better served by this summer's Snowpiercer), who becomes his de factor mother, and from then on we jump around from time period to time period, often without specific reason.

After his release from prison, Oscar is attempting to build a life for himself that includes being a good father to his much beloved daughter Tatiana (Ariana Neal), a partner to his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), and son to his mother Wanda (Octavia Spencer), whose birthday falls on New Year's Eve.

Stateside, we will wait to hear word about our own release date, but until then we'll have to enjoy this new batch of images from the film (courtesy of The Playlist and Purple Snow), featuring anyone and everyone you can think of from the apocalyptic thriller — Octavia Spencer, Ah - Sung Ko, Chris Evans, Allison Pill and a truly bizarre Tilda Swinton, which is a lot for her.

Dorothy Vaughn (played by Octavia Spencer) graduated from college at 19, joined Langley in 1943, and went on to head the West Computing Group — the segregated black, female number - crunchers.

On her nightly rounds, she decides to free the creature from his water - tank lockdown, enlisting the help of her fellow cleaning woman and workplace protector, Zelda (Octavia Spencer).

Scott has four films under her belt for the year: First Light, from writer - director Jason Stone (This Is the End); Spare Room; Beautiful Boy, with Steve Carell; and Small Town Crime, opposite Octavia Spencer.

, Michael B Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz and Ryan Coogler from «Fruitvale Station,» Valeria Bilello from «One Chance» (who also features in Un Certain Regard entry «Miele» which we'll be reviewing soon), Naomie Harris and producer Anant Singh from «Mandela,» and most unexpectedly, recently announced director of the «Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon» sequel, Yuen Woo Ping.

From Nowhere (Unrated) Coming - of - age drama, set in the Bronx, highlighting the ordeals of three, undocumented high school seniors — a Muslim Guinean (J. Mallory McCree), a depressed Dominican (Octavia Chavez - Richmond) and a Peruvian class valedictorian (Raquel Castro)-- living in fear of being apprehended by the authorities before being granted legal immigration status.

Sally Hawkins, left, and Octavia Spencer in a scene from «The Shape of Water.»

Faced with the daily accounts of racism and inbred hatred, Skeeter decides to write a book detailing the African American maid's point of view on the white families they work for, with the help of Aibileen (Viola Davis) and Minny (Octavia Spencer), who must do so in secret, or they'll be promptly fired from their homes and will never be hired as help again.

Free with hugs for his mother (Octavia Spencer) and an attentive father to his own child (Ariana Neal), Jordan's Oscar nonetheless erupts with a snarling fury when challenged by figures from his shady past.

«The Shack,» a faith - based movie from Lionsgate starring Sam Worthington and Octavia Spencer, is poised for an opening of $ 10 million to $ 12 million.

Kerry Condon has impressed on stage and screen, adapting herself from the sweet but quietly manipulative Octavia in Rome to the freethinking Masha in The Last Station.

Speakers actress Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures), Megan Smith (Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. under Obama), producer Christine Vachon (Boys Don't Cry, many others), Patrick Gaspard (Open Society Foundations), and TV producer / writer Issa Rae (Insecure), was moderated by Sarah Ellison (Washington Post media writer), from left.

Her best friend is her co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer), and Elisa rents space in an apartment above an old movie theater from platonic friend Giles (Richard Jenkins), another marginalized person.

, Octavia Spencer (always lovely and such an amazing actress) and who doesn't need a little country loving from Tim McGraw, the musician adds a nice addition to the cast as well.

Richard Jenkins, from left, Octavia Spencer, Doug Jones, Guillermo del Toro, Sally Hawkins and Michael Shannon from the film «The Shape of Water» attend the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017.