Robert Downey Jr. reveals star-studded cast in ‘Voyage of Doctor Dolittle’

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Robert Downey Jr. just revealed the stars joining him in the upcoming The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle. The sheer amount of talent is overwhelming, but the fact that they’ll all be voicing animals — and imagining these Oscar-nominated performers as animals — is the true joy.

The award-winning and nominated actors include: Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) as a parrot, Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) as a gorilla, Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures, The Shape of Water) as a duck, Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel) as a tiger, Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) as an ostrich, and Carmen Ejogo (Selma) as a lioness. Read more…

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Octavia Spencer told Jessica Chastain about women of color’s salaries, and here’s what she did

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Jessica Chastain is here to prove to you that Time’s Up is more than just a pin and a website. When her Academy Award-winning costar Octavia Spencer wanted to discuss the gender wage gap in Hollywood and how severely it affects women of color, Chastain was shocked and spurred to action.

“She said, ‘You and I are gonna be tied together,'” Spencer said at a Sundance Panel. “‘We’re gonna be favored nations, and we’re gonna make the same thing, you are going to make that amount.’ Fast-forward to last week, we’re making five times what we asked for.”

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