{"id":88269,"date":"2017-02-07T00:35:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T05:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=88269"},"modified":"2017-02-07T00:39:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T05:39:58","slug":"octavia-spencer-announces-plans-to-become-hollywood-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/07\/octavia-spencer-announces-plans-to-become-hollywood-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"Octavia Spencer announces plans to become Hollywood producer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Octavia Spencer is up for her second Academy Award this year, but the star of \u201cHidden Figures\u201d said Monday that she has even bigger plans. (Photo: NASA Kennedy\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. \u2013Octavia Spencer is up for her second Academy Award this year, but the star of \u201cHidden Figures\u201d said Monday that she has even bigger plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe role I’m destined to play is to be one of the biggest producers in Hollywood,\u201d Spencer said at the 5th annual Makers Conference, a women’s empowerment event sponsored by Verizon.<\/p>\n

The actress shared her aspirations during a conversation with Gloria Steinem that kicked off the two-day conference at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.<\/p>\n

Spencer received a supporting actress Oscar nod for playing Dorothy Vaughn, a black mathematician who worked at NASA, in the crowd-pleasing best picture nominee \u201cHidden Figures.\u201d The actress celebrated her nomination earlier Monday at the film academy’s annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon.<\/p>\n

Spencer told the Makers crowd Monday night that she wants to continue to tell stories \u201cthat haven’t really been told.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want the movies that I produce to show a broader spectrum of people in the world,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Spencer said she is working on a project about the Jonestown Massacre for HBO and developing a story about pioneering entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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