Best Of: Octavia Spencer / Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Best Of: Octavia Spencer / Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin

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Octavia Spencer stars in the new Netflix limited series ‘Self Made’ as Madam C.J. Walker, America’s first black, female, self-made millionaire. She sold hair and makeup products to black women in the early 1900s.

John Powers reviews the Hulu series ‘Little Fires Everywhere,’ starring Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon.

The Philadelphia Orchestra has shuttered its doors in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin reflects on their final performance in an empty concert hall, which was livestreamed for more half a million viewers at home.