Most Oscar-bound celebrities spend the better part of that Sunday prepping themselves for the cameras -- and the fashion critics.
Viola Davis got a nod for best actress from the Academy this year for her role as Aibileen Clark in "The Help," and she must win, despite the controversy about the movie and the role she plays in it. If you believe what you read on blogs, black women long to be represented on screens large and small as rounded, complex characters, rather than wise, downtrodden burden-bearers and hot-blooded angry sex machines. Some say they want more black people telling black stories, which would be reasonable, if it were true.
The stars of "The Help" look back at how the film has changed them and how the film has changed the industry.
"The Help," a movie about the treatment of maids in a Mississippi town during the civil rights era, took top honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night, making it the movie to watch as the Oscar awards approach next month.
The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards are revealed in Beverly Hills, California.
Oscar wants to take you back in time.
Actress Michelle Williams talks to Piers Morgan about how emotional it was for her to play Marilyn Monroe.
Martin Scorsese's "Hugo," with 11 Academy Award nominations, and Golden Globe winner "The Artist," with 10, lead the list of best picture Oscar contenders announced Tuesday.
Michelle Williams carried home a Golden Globe Sunday night for her portrayal of movie legend Marilyn Monroe in "My Week With Marilyn."
"The Help" led the way with four Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations as Hollywood's movie awards season revved up Wednesday.
"The Artist" and "Hugo" continued their domination of the early awards season, each racking up 11 Critics' Choice nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, perhaps the only critics group that presages the Academy Award nominations with any accuracy.
How do you get someone to buy a ticket for a cancer show? Pretend it's a comedy of course.
French writer-producer Luc Besson must have grown tired of watching Hollywood rehash his gal-with-a-gun actioner "Nikita," a memorably tight and efficient thriller which spawned a forgettable remake ("The Assassin," with Bridget Fonda) and might be considered the mother of recent reloads like "Salt," "Hanna," and Steven Soderbergh's forthcoming "Haywire."
The recipe was masterminded by Jean-Georges and Marja Vongerichten, his Kimchi Chronicles costars
When the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People complained about Hattie McDaniel's portrayal of slave housekeeper Mammy in the 1939 blockbuster film "Gone with The Wind," the actress is reported to have responded, "I'd rather get paid $700 a week for playing a maid than $7 for being one."
Best selling author Martha Southgate says the movie 'The Help' paints a historically incorrect picture.
The film's stars were treated to classic dishes following Tuesday night's premiere
The Help star will welcome a sibling for son Theo later this year
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