Tony Award-winning actress, Viola Davis, known for her roles in The Help; Doubt; Antwone Fisher and more turns 49 today! Davis is currently starring in the James Brown movie “Get On Up,” which is in theaters now! Plus, Davis will soon star in the ABC legal thriller “How to Get Away with Murder” by […]
“The Help” cleaned up last night with wins for Best Ensemble cast, Best Actress for Viola Davis and Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The stain of racism and sexism is not just for people of color and women,” Davis said. “It’s all of our burden, all of us.” […]
The nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards are in! The annual award ceremony honors only the prestigious and great entertainment milestones of the year. Within those nominations are four, for “The Help,” including “Best Picture,” “Best Supporting Actress” and “Best Actress. Who do you think will win? Best picture “War Horse” “The Artist” “Midnight in […]
The Help, the film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s bestselling novel about black maids in Mississippi in the 1960s, received five Golden Globe nominations Thursday. RELATED: Could Maya Rudolph’s Movie Nab An Oscar? In addition to the best drama nomination, Viola Davis received a nomination for best actress in a drama. While Jessica Chastain and Octavia […]
The Help’s Viola Davis and her husband have adopted a baby boy! During Monday night’s Elle Women in Hollywood event in Los Angeles, Viola’s Help co-star Octavia Spencer broke the news, revealing that Viola became a mom “like two days ago.” Then when Davis took the stage she confirmed the news, saying that she and […]
Most of you are probably aware that, for the past three weeks, the most popular movie in America has been The Help; the film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s 2009 bestselling book of the same name about a young white woman and her relationship with two Black maids during the Civil Rights era. Amidst praise and […]
Celebrated writer Oscar Wilde once quipped that there was “only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” It was an early turn-of-phrase that helped give birth to the concept that there’s no such animal as bad publicity. Certainly The Help, whose writer and producers appear to […]
LOS ANGELES-The historical drama “The Help,” which deals with the plight of African American maids in the 50s and 60s had a very strong first weekend at the box office, earning $25 million, almost beating the summer blockbuster “Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes,” which made $27 million. Entertainment Weekly reports: Not far behind […]
