Jessica Chastain wants to bring back one of her most iconic roles.
Appearing on Entertainment Weekly‘s “Awardist” podcast, the Oscar-winning actress revealed her desire to star in a sequel to 2011’s “The Help”.
Read More: Jessica Chastain Takes Swipe At Oscars For Snubbing Viola Davis And ‘The Woman King’ At 2023 Ceremony
“You know who I think about all the time, and I just wish I could play her [again]? Celia Foote,” she said of her character in the film. “I just want to do something, Celia and Minny, and see what happened. You know they ended up living together and raising the baby together, they were best friends.”
She added, “How amazing would that film be? I loved her, and I got to be a bit silly.”
Minny, who was Celia’s maid in the film, was played Octavia Spencer.
Both Spencer and Chastain were nominated for Best Supporting Actress...
Appearing on Entertainment Weekly‘s “Awardist” podcast, the Oscar-winning actress revealed her desire to star in a sequel to 2011’s “The Help”.
Read More: Jessica Chastain Takes Swipe At Oscars For Snubbing Viola Davis And ‘The Woman King’ At 2023 Ceremony
“You know who I think about all the time, and I just wish I could play her [again]? Celia Foote,” she said of her character in the film. “I just want to do something, Celia and Minny, and see what happened. You know they ended up living together and raising the baby together, they were best friends.”
She added, “How amazing would that film be? I loved her, and I got to be a bit silly.”
Minny, who was Celia’s maid in the film, was played Octavia Spencer.
Both Spencer and Chastain were nominated for Best Supporting Actress...
- 8/15/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Jessica Chastain announced on Entertainment Weekly’s “The Awardist” podcast (recorded prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike) that she is interested in reprising the role of Celia Foote in a sequel to the 2011 Oscar-winning drama “The Help.” Celia was an ostracized housewife grief stricken over several miscarriages, who forms a friendship with her maid, Minerva “Minny” Jackson (played by Octavia Spencer in an Oscar-winning role).
“You know who I think about all the time, and I just wish I could play her [again]? Celia Foote,” Chastain said. “I just want to do something, Celia and Minny, and see what happened. You know they ended up living together and raising the baby together, they were best friends. How amazing would that film be? I loved her, and I got to be a bit silly.”
“A lot of my characters I feel like I got to experience a lot,” Chastain added. “Celia, it...
“You know who I think about all the time, and I just wish I could play her [again]? Celia Foote,” Chastain said. “I just want to do something, Celia and Minny, and see what happened. You know they ended up living together and raising the baby together, they were best friends. How amazing would that film be? I loved her, and I got to be a bit silly.”
“A lot of my characters I feel like I got to experience a lot,” Chastain added. “Celia, it...
- 8/15/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
In 2011, the summer box office had concluded with a mid-budgeted historical drama starring primarily women dominating the box office for about a month from August to September. The Help was a film adaptation of an international bestseller by Kathryn Stockett from director Tate Taylor, whose credits include the James Brown biopic, Get On Up, and the horror film, Ma. The movie featured an all-star cast, including Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, and Jessica Chastain.
Deadline reveals that one of the film’s stars, Jessica Chastain, has proposed her idea for a sequel to the film. While appearing on Entertainment Weekly’s Awardist Podcast, Chastain spoke about the film and responded to the notion of a sequel, “You know who I think about all the time, and I just wish I could play her [again]? Celia Foote. I just want to do something, Celia and Minny, and see what happened.
Deadline reveals that one of the film’s stars, Jessica Chastain, has proposed her idea for a sequel to the film. While appearing on Entertainment Weekly’s Awardist Podcast, Chastain spoke about the film and responded to the notion of a sequel, “You know who I think about all the time, and I just wish I could play her [again]? Celia Foote. I just want to do something, Celia and Minny, and see what happened.
- 8/15/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Oscar-winning actress Jessica Chastain has expressed interest in a sequel to 2011 movie ‘The Help’, to further explore the relationship between her character Celia and Octavia Spencer’s Minny. The Oscar-nominated movie faced a backlash for its white savior narrative and oversimplification of harsh truths, with some of the actors expressing regret for their involvement.
As per Deadline, the ‘Dark Phoenix’ and ‘George & Tammy’ star told EW that of all the various characters she has played, one that she thinks about “all the time” and wishes she could play again is her character of Celia Foote from ‘The Help’.
She said: “You know who I think about all the time, and I just wish I could play her (again)? Celia Foote. I just want to do something, Celia and Minny, and see what happened. You know they ended up living together and raising the baby together, they were best friends.
As per Deadline, the ‘Dark Phoenix’ and ‘George & Tammy’ star told EW that of all the various characters she has played, one that she thinks about “all the time” and wishes she could play again is her character of Celia Foote from ‘The Help’.
She said: “You know who I think about all the time, and I just wish I could play her (again)? Celia Foote. I just want to do something, Celia and Minny, and see what happened. You know they ended up living together and raising the baby together, they were best friends.
- 8/15/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Jessica Chastain has an idea for a sequel to The Help that would include reprising her role of Celia Foote and Octavia Spencer’s role of Minny Jackson.
The 2011 film by Tate Taylor was based on the book by Kathryn Stockett about an aspiring young white journalist who writes a book from the point of view of two Black maids and the racism they experience working for white families.
In the film, Celia befriends her maid Minny as they both care for each other amid tumultuous marriages. Chastain opened up to EW’s The Awardist podcast about what she would like to see in a potential sequel.
“You know who I think about all the time, and I just wish I could play her [again]? Celia Foote. I just want to do something, Celia and Minny, and see what happened,” Chastain said. “You know they ended up living together and raising the baby together,...
The 2011 film by Tate Taylor was based on the book by Kathryn Stockett about an aspiring young white journalist who writes a book from the point of view of two Black maids and the racism they experience working for white families.
In the film, Celia befriends her maid Minny as they both care for each other amid tumultuous marriages. Chastain opened up to EW’s The Awardist podcast about what she would like to see in a potential sequel.
“You know who I think about all the time, and I just wish I could play her [again]? Celia Foote. I just want to do something, Celia and Minny, and see what happened,” Chastain said. “You know they ended up living together and raising the baby together,...
- 8/14/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s true when they say that history is one of life’s greatest teachers. The mistakes made in the past can serve as valuable lessons, so as not to be repeated in the future. We also learn from peoples’ past experiences and (hopefully) turn out to be better people. The period drama, The Help, which was based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Kathryn Stockett, opened a Pandora’s Box of these types of life realizations that could serve as some sort of a guide book by present and future generations to come. The film was set in 1960’s
Five Relevant Life Lessons We Realized After Re-watching The Help...
Five Relevant Life Lessons We Realized After Re-watching The Help...
- 3/17/2022
- by Michelle Siy
- TVovermind.com
Like many who care about racial justice – especially those of us who write about pop culture – one of my inclinations is to recommend movies and television shows as educational tools or emotional salves for a given moment. But while many of the lists I saw from Black folks feature the work of Spike Lee and Ava DuVernay, the 2011 white savior film The Help also started trending on Twitter.
Based on a novel by Kathryn Stockett, The Help lives in a category of film alongside Green Book, Crash, and Driving Miss Daisy. These movies exist to comfort white people like myself about race. But right now, when more white people in this country than ever before are confronting anti-Black racism and police brutality, white people need to fight our inclination to use media as escapism and a numbing agent. Instead we need media that challenges us and to sit in our discomfort,...
Based on a novel by Kathryn Stockett, The Help lives in a category of film alongside Green Book, Crash, and Driving Miss Daisy. These movies exist to comfort white people like myself about race. But right now, when more white people in this country than ever before are confronting anti-Black racism and police brutality, white people need to fight our inclination to use media as escapism and a numbing agent. Instead we need media that challenges us and to sit in our discomfort,...
- 6/9/2020
- by Delia Harrington
- Den of Geek
Amid nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism, the 2011 drama “The Help” quickly became one of the most-watched movies on Netflix. But the film — based on Kathryn Stockett’s novel — also drew criticism for its white savior narrative. So one of its stars, Bryce Dallas Howard, recommended other movies to watch about racial injustice that could be more educational than “The Help.”
“‘The Help’ is a fictional story told through the perspective of a white character and was created by predominantly white storytellers,” Howard wrote on Facebook. “We can all go further.”
Howard, who portrayed one of the racist villains in the movie, suggested audiences check out films and television shows that better tell the stories of Black lives by other Black creators, storytellers and performers.
“Stories are a gateway to radical empathy and the greatest ones are catalysts for action,” she wrote.
For those looking to learn more about the Civil Rights movement,...
“‘The Help’ is a fictional story told through the perspective of a white character and was created by predominantly white storytellers,” Howard wrote on Facebook. “We can all go further.”
Howard, who portrayed one of the racist villains in the movie, suggested audiences check out films and television shows that better tell the stories of Black lives by other Black creators, storytellers and performers.
“Stories are a gateway to radical empathy and the greatest ones are catalysts for action,” she wrote.
For those looking to learn more about the Civil Rights movement,...
- 6/8/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
Tate Taylor’s 2011 drama “The Help” is the No. 1 most-watched movie on Netflix (per the streamer’s June 4 chart), which isn’t sitting right with a handful of critics and journalists as the movie’s popularity in streaming coincides with the nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd. “The Help,” based on Kathryn Stockett’s 2009 novel of the same name, has been criticized for its white savior narrative and for sidelining the perspective of black characters like the maids Aibileen (Viola Davis) and Minny (Octavia Spencer). The film was a box office hit ($216 million worldwide), an Oscar nominee for Best Picture, and an Oscar winner for Spencer’s supporting performance.
That “The Help” is pulling in such streaming numbers to top Netflix’s charts amid the George Floyd protests has prompted notable writers such as Ashly Perez, Rebecca Theodore-Vachon, and Ira Madison III to speak out against the film’s surge in viewership.
That “The Help” is pulling in such streaming numbers to top Netflix’s charts amid the George Floyd protests has prompted notable writers such as Ashly Perez, Rebecca Theodore-Vachon, and Ira Madison III to speak out against the film’s surge in viewership.
- 6/4/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Academy Award-winner Octavia Spencer is taking the lead on the small screen, producing and starring in “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker.” In Netflix’s four-part limited series, Spencer plays the unlikely entrepreneur, a widow and single mother who became the world’s first female self-made millionaire. Here’s a glimpse at the life and career of one of our most beloved stars.
Secret Actor
Growing up in Alabama, Spencer had dreams of performing, but her mother urged her to pursue a more practical path. That led to her working in the casting department of films being shot locally. It was for 1996’s “A Time to Kill” that she finally worked up the nerve to ask for an audition — she wanted to be an angry bystander who starts the riot, but director Joel Schumacher said she was too “sweet-looking” and had her audition for the role of Sandra Bullock’s nurse.
Secret Actor
Growing up in Alabama, Spencer had dreams of performing, but her mother urged her to pursue a more practical path. That led to her working in the casting department of films being shot locally. It was for 1996’s “A Time to Kill” that she finally worked up the nerve to ask for an audition — she wanted to be an angry bystander who starts the riot, but director Joel Schumacher said she was too “sweet-looking” and had her audition for the role of Sandra Bullock’s nurse.
- 4/3/2020
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
Two summers ago, my boyfriend, Thomas, and I were stuck in traffic on the Long Island Expressway, when my cell lit up with a number I didn’t recognize. Spam, or so I thought, before playing the message: “Hi, John! I’m calling from the wardrobe department on the set of Strange But True. We’re trying to determine what your character would wear in the scene you’re shooting with Amy Ryan this week. Give us a call back.”
Seeing as the majority of my voicemails are robocalls from a woman speaking Chinese, this message was more than a little exciting.
Seeing as the majority of my voicemails are robocalls from a woman speaking Chinese, this message was more than a little exciting.
- 9/6/2019
- by People Staff
- PEOPLE.com
Viola Davis earned her first Oscar nomination for best actress in 2011 with her performance in “The Help,” but it’s a role she regrets when looking back at her career. The actress joined The New York Times at the Toronto International Film Festival and admitted Tate Taylor’s adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s 2009 novel is on her list of career regrets, but not because of the cast or crew.
“Have I ever done roles that I’ve regretted?” Davis asked herself. “I have, and ‘The Help’ is on that list. But not in terms of the experience and the people involved because they were all great. The friendships that I formed are ones that I’m going to have for the rest of my life. I had a great experience with these other actresses, who are extraordinary human beings. And I could not ask for a better collaborator than Tate Taylor.
“Have I ever done roles that I’ve regretted?” Davis asked herself. “I have, and ‘The Help’ is on that list. But not in terms of the experience and the people involved because they were all great. The friendships that I formed are ones that I’m going to have for the rest of my life. I had a great experience with these other actresses, who are extraordinary human beings. And I could not ask for a better collaborator than Tate Taylor.
- 9/12/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
2011 was a breakthrough year for Jessica Chastain, in which work done over several years was finally seen by a wowed public: Features she made with directors Jeff Nichols, Terrence Malick and Ralph Fiennes premiered, as did the Hollywood adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help. But at that year's Venice festival, the film elite got a glimpse of work she had done long before: Al Pacino's Wild Salome, a doc in the mode of his Looking for Richard, chronicled the preparations for a Los Angeles staging of Oscar Wilde's Salome in 2006, which starred a then-unknown Chastain in the...
- 3/30/2018
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By receiving her third Oscar nomination last month, for Best Supporting Actress in “The Shape of Water,” Octavia Spencer matched and made several Oscar records. She tied with Viola Davis for the most Oscar nominations earned by a black actress (three). She became the first black actress to earn two consecutive nominations (following the 2016 film “Hidden Figures”), and became the first to earn multiple nominations after a previous win.
See Octavia Spencer (‘The Shape of Water’) chats working with Guillermo del Toro, Sally Hawkins, and being ‘protective of your true friends’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
All of these accomplishments have been achieved in just a short eight-year window. With these stats in mind, let’s enjoy an Oscars flashback remembering her victory for “The Help” at the 2012 ceremony (watch the video above). After Christian Bale declares her the winner, she kisses Viola Davis and Jessica Chastain on her way up the steps to a standing ovation.
See Octavia Spencer (‘The Shape of Water’) chats working with Guillermo del Toro, Sally Hawkins, and being ‘protective of your true friends’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
All of these accomplishments have been achieved in just a short eight-year window. With these stats in mind, let’s enjoy an Oscars flashback remembering her victory for “The Help” at the 2012 ceremony (watch the video above). After Christian Bale declares her the winner, she kisses Viola Davis and Jessica Chastain on her way up the steps to a standing ovation.
- 2/13/2018
- by Jack Fields
- Gold Derby
(Getty Images)
Jessica Chastain is a two-time Academy Award nominee who has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actresses of her generation. She has received numerous nominations and accolades for her work from the La Film Critics, British Academy of Film and TV, Broadcast Film Critics, HFPA, National Board of Review, Screen Actors Guild, Film Independent and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, to name a few.
The actresses’ latest film, Miss Sloane, opens in cinemas on December 9, 2016.
In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most sought-after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. Known equally for her cunning and her track record of success, she has always done whatever is required to win. But when she takes on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds that winning may come at too high a price.
Chastain can soon be...
Jessica Chastain is a two-time Academy Award nominee who has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actresses of her generation. She has received numerous nominations and accolades for her work from the La Film Critics, British Academy of Film and TV, Broadcast Film Critics, HFPA, National Board of Review, Screen Actors Guild, Film Independent and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, to name a few.
The actresses’ latest film, Miss Sloane, opens in cinemas on December 9, 2016.
In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most sought-after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. Known equally for her cunning and her track record of success, she has always done whatever is required to win. But when she takes on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds that winning may come at too high a price.
Chastain can soon be...
- 12/6/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
Another bad weekend where nothing really popped, which is bad news for a month at the box office where only Clint Eastwood’s Sully exceeded any expectations. Tim Burton’s new film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children came out just below my predictions with $29 million, but the Mark Wahlberg-Peter Berg disaster flick Deepwater Horizon was right around where I predicted with $20.2 million. The comedy Masterminds tanked with just $6.5 million for the weekend to end up in sixth place while Disney’s The Queen of Katwe did slightly better than predicted with $2.5 million.
The first full weekend in October has a good deal of competition from the release of the video game Mafia III to the...
This Past Weekend:
Another bad weekend where nothing really popped, which is bad news for a month at the box office where only Clint Eastwood’s Sully exceeded any expectations. Tim Burton’s new film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children came out just below my predictions with $29 million, but the Mark Wahlberg-Peter Berg disaster flick Deepwater Horizon was right around where I predicted with $20.2 million. The comedy Masterminds tanked with just $6.5 million for the weekend to end up in sixth place while Disney’s The Queen of Katwe did slightly better than predicted with $2.5 million.
The first full weekend in October has a good deal of competition from the release of the video game Mafia III to the...
- 10/5/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Tate Taylor directing Emily Blunt on the set of The Girl on the Train.
Tate Taylor had been acting for almost a decade before people started paying attention to him as a filmmaker when he adapted Kathryn Stockett’s The Help into a hugely successful box office hit that received a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars (as well as winning actress Octavia Spencer her first Oscar). Taylor’s 2014 James Brown biopic Get On Up didn’t find as big an audience, but Chadwick Boseman’s performance as Brown probably got him noticed by Marvel Studios to cast him as Black Panther.
Now Taylor is taking on Paula Hawkins’ best-selling thriller novel The Girl on the Train, a complex tale about relationships and addiction with Emily Blunt playing Rachel, a divorced woman whose daily train ride takes her back a house with a young couple (Luke Evans, Hayley Bennett) she becomes obsessed with,...
Tate Taylor had been acting for almost a decade before people started paying attention to him as a filmmaker when he adapted Kathryn Stockett’s The Help into a hugely successful box office hit that received a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars (as well as winning actress Octavia Spencer her first Oscar). Taylor’s 2014 James Brown biopic Get On Up didn’t find as big an audience, but Chadwick Boseman’s performance as Brown probably got him noticed by Marvel Studios to cast him as Black Panther.
Now Taylor is taking on Paula Hawkins’ best-selling thriller novel The Girl on the Train, a complex tale about relationships and addiction with Emily Blunt playing Rachel, a divorced woman whose daily train ride takes her back a house with a young couple (Luke Evans, Hayley Bennett) she becomes obsessed with,...
- 10/4/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Bryce Dallas Howard wouldn't mind some more help—more of the movie The Help, that is. The actress says she'd love to reprise her role as Hilly Holbrook in a sequel to the 2011 hit drama. "Put it out there," Howard said while promoting her upcoming family-friendly fantasy pic Pete's Dragon. "It's a good time to smoosh Hilly Hollbrook again." It certainly is. In the movie, an adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name, Hilly Holbrook is a 1950s housewife who supports segregation and condemns those who don't agree with her racist positions. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best picture. Octavia Spencer won the...
- 7/19/2016
- E! Online
More than 90 authors and writers from Mississippi – including John Grisham, The Goldfinch's Donna Tartt and The Help's Kathryn Stockett – have signed a statement calling for the repeal of the state's new anti-gay "religious freedom" bill. "Governor Phil Bryant and the Mississippi legislators who voted for this bill are not the sole voices of our state," their statement says. "There have always been people here battling injustice. That's the version of Mississippi we…...
- 4/11/2016
- Deadline TV
More than 90 authors and writers from Mississippi – including John Grisham, The Goldfinch's Donna Tartt and The Help's Kathryn Stockett – have signed a statement calling for the repeal of the state's new anti-gay "religious freedom" bill. "Governor Phil Bryant and the Mississippi legislators who voted for this bill are not the sole voices of our state," their statement says. "There have always been people here battling injustice. That's the version of Mississippi we…...
- 4/11/2016
- Deadline
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Originally planned to screen as a 30-minute preview at AFI Fest, Ava DuVernay’s Selma, centered on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, premiered in its entirety and stirred up more Oscar buzz ahead of its Christmas Day release.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Stephen Farber says the film is “intelligently written, vividly shot, tightly edited and sharply acted,” and that it “represents a rare example of craftsmanship working to produce a deeply moving piece of history.” Meanwhile, Paul Webb’s screenplay and David Oyelowo’s portrayal of Dr. King have been praised. The Wrap’s James Rocchi says, “Oyelowo’s performance would be impressive enough if it merely recreated the icon we now revere as perfectly as he does through a variety of methods… But Oyelowo, and Webb’s screenplay, also give us a rich, rewarding portrait of King as a man,...
Managing Editor
Originally planned to screen as a 30-minute preview at AFI Fest, Ava DuVernay’s Selma, centered on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, premiered in its entirety and stirred up more Oscar buzz ahead of its Christmas Day release.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Stephen Farber says the film is “intelligently written, vividly shot, tightly edited and sharply acted,” and that it “represents a rare example of craftsmanship working to produce a deeply moving piece of history.” Meanwhile, Paul Webb’s screenplay and David Oyelowo’s portrayal of Dr. King have been praised. The Wrap’s James Rocchi says, “Oyelowo’s performance would be impressive enough if it merely recreated the icon we now revere as perfectly as he does through a variety of methods… But Oyelowo, and Webb’s screenplay, also give us a rich, rewarding portrait of King as a man,...
- 11/14/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Chadwick Boseman does not look likes James Brown. He did not look like Jackie Robinson either before playing #42 in last year’s hit about the barrier-shattering athlete, but Boseman’s magnetism and charm made up for the actor’s leanness and lack of cosmetic similarity. Now, the young actor has mastered another legendary man of the 20th century, the groovy funkster whose howl on “I Got You (I Feel Good)” is still one of the most exhilarating moments in popular music.
As James Brown in Get On Up, Boseman wears a heavy jaw of make-up on his face, which could have been more distracting had the actor not nailed the slurred speech, the electric rasp, and the dazzling dancing feet of the pop music icon. It’s an performance that is as impressive as Jamie Foxx’s show-stopping turn as Ray Charles ten years ago. (Like Foxx, though, Boseman does...
As James Brown in Get On Up, Boseman wears a heavy jaw of make-up on his face, which could have been more distracting had the actor not nailed the slurred speech, the electric rasp, and the dazzling dancing feet of the pop music icon. It’s an performance that is as impressive as Jamie Foxx’s show-stopping turn as Ray Charles ten years ago. (Like Foxx, though, Boseman does...
- 7/29/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Allison Janney had a good reason to skip the gym this morning: As she was getting ready to work out, her publicist let her know that she had scored two Emmy nods. One nomination is for her role as a struggling alcoholic looking to reconnect with her daughter in CBS sitcom Mom; the other’s for her guest role as Margaret Scully in the Showtime drama Masters of Sex. “It was a great way to start my day,” Janney told EW.
Entertainment Weekly: Congratulations! I was so excited to hear about your nominations.
Allison Janney: I was too. I’m in Atlanta,...
Entertainment Weekly: Congratulations! I was so excited to hear about your nominations.
Allison Janney: I was too. I’m in Atlanta,...
- 7/10/2014
- by Ariana Bacle
- EW - Inside TV
The last time Tate Taylor worked with Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer it was on The Help, a dream project Taylor brought to the big screen based on the book...
- 7/6/2014
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
An Oscar-winning actress is an exceptional artist no matter what shade, race or ethnicity she represents. For the sake of this written piece we will concentrate on those actresses of color whose achievement in cinema (and ultimate success of capturing the golden statuette) has made them revered commodities in the motion picture industry.
For some of these minority Oscar-winning actresses being spotlighted they have either excelled at their craft early in their careers or may have enjoyed limited success in the aftermath of their glory. Whatever the case it remains certain that these feminine recipients of Academy Award distinction left a legacy on the big screen in a capacity that cannot be taken away or dismissed.
The You’re in the Minority: Top 10 Oscar-Winning Actresses of Color are (in alphabetical order according to film titles):
1.) Mercedes Ruehl as Anne Napolitano from The Fisher King (1991)
Won the Academy Award for...
For some of these minority Oscar-winning actresses being spotlighted they have either excelled at their craft early in their careers or may have enjoyed limited success in the aftermath of their glory. Whatever the case it remains certain that these feminine recipients of Academy Award distinction left a legacy on the big screen in a capacity that cannot be taken away or dismissed.
The You’re in the Minority: Top 10 Oscar-Winning Actresses of Color are (in alphabetical order according to film titles):
1.) Mercedes Ruehl as Anne Napolitano from The Fisher King (1991)
Won the Academy Award for...
- 7/4/2014
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
You might assume that a story about a Stephen King novel being snapped up for the screen before publication would be about King's forthcoming Shining sequel Doctor Sleep. That's bound to happen soon, but today the news is of another book that the ever-prolific writer has waiting in the wings. It's called Joyland, and it's this one that The Help's writer/director Tate Taylor has just bagged as his next project.Taylor has form here: he also got to The Help before its author Kathryn Stockett had even finished writing it. He clearly has his finger on the publishing pulse and an eye for a hit, although you don't really need to keep much of an eye on Stephen King to know he's a good bet.Joyland, we're told, is about an employee at the titular low-rent carnival funfair, dealing with a sick child and the ongoing mystery of an old murder.
- 5/3/2013
- EmpireOnline
It's a risk to option a book that hasn't even hit shelves yet, but it's one that paid off for The Help director Tate Taylor, who picked up the option for Kathryn Stockett's book before it became a hit. When it comes to authors putting out a popular book, Stephen King's probably a pretty safe bet. But on the other hand, adapting one of King's books for the big (or small) screen is a lofty task, and we've seen varying degrees of success in those adaptations, from Dreamcatcher (don't judge that book by its movie) to the more successful adaptations like The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption. Where will Joyland fall on that scale? It looks like we'll eventually find out. Deadline says Taylor has been granted an option by Stephen King to adapt and direct the upcoming novel, which is set to hit shelves in June. The...
- 5/2/2013
- cinemablend.com
How good is legendary author Stephen King? So good that the rights to bring his works of fiction to the big screen get snapped up before the book has a chance to be released. That's pretty friggin' good. Next on tap for Hollywood... Joyland!
Deadline reports that Tate Taylor, who launched his writing and directing career by getting the option on The Help before author Kathryn Stockett was done writing it, has gotten himself on the ground floor of another sure-fire bestseller. Taylor has been granted an option by Stephen King to adapt and direct Joyland, the King novel that will be published in June. Taylor will adapt to direct, and John Norris will produce through his Wyolah Films banner. Taylor will also produce.
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of a college student who moonlights as a carnival worker. There, he confronts...
Deadline reports that Tate Taylor, who launched his writing and directing career by getting the option on The Help before author Kathryn Stockett was done writing it, has gotten himself on the ground floor of another sure-fire bestseller. Taylor has been granted an option by Stephen King to adapt and direct Joyland, the King novel that will be published in June. Taylor will adapt to direct, and John Norris will produce through his Wyolah Films banner. Taylor will also produce.
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of a college student who moonlights as a carnival worker. There, he confronts...
- 5/2/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: Tate Taylor, who launched his writing and directing career by getting the option on The Help before author Kathryn Stockett was done writing it, has gotten himself on the ground floor of another sure-fire bestseller. Taylor has been granted an option by Stephen King to adapt and direct Joyland, the King novel that will be published in June. Taylor will adapt to direct, and John Norris will produce through his Wyolah Films banner. Taylor will also produce. Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of a college student who moonlights as a carnival worker. There, he confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will forever change his life. It’s got all the makings of a King potboiler, with crime, mystery, ghosts and a creepy carnival setting. The book is being published through Hard Case Crime,...
- 5/2/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Todd the Ugliest Kid on Earth #1
Written by Ken Kristensen
Art and Cover by M.K. Perker and Colorist Cemal Soyleyen
Published by Image Comics
When a comic is prefaced with a special thanks to Todd Solondz (director of Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness), it’s safe to assume you’re in for a work of thorny humor. Angsty eccentricity is the sap of the suburban comedy, but writer Ken Kristensen and artist M.K. Perker’s Todd the Ugliest Kid on Earth trades in angst for innocence in what is surely the boldest, most controversial book released so far this year.
Issue one of this new mini-series sets up a colorful ensemble of complicated characters who each represent a different mindset of suburban America. Todd is the upbeat optimist, a kid so ugly he wears a bag over his head, but you know he’s always smiling regardless.
Written by Ken Kristensen
Art and Cover by M.K. Perker and Colorist Cemal Soyleyen
Published by Image Comics
When a comic is prefaced with a special thanks to Todd Solondz (director of Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness), it’s safe to assume you’re in for a work of thorny humor. Angsty eccentricity is the sap of the suburban comedy, but writer Ken Kristensen and artist M.K. Perker’s Todd the Ugliest Kid on Earth trades in angst for innocence in what is surely the boldest, most controversial book released so far this year.
Issue one of this new mini-series sets up a colorful ensemble of complicated characters who each represent a different mindset of suburban America. Todd is the upbeat optimist, a kid so ugly he wears a bag over his head, but you know he’s always smiling regardless.
- 1/30/2013
- by Tony Nunes
- SoundOnSight
London, September 15: E.L James' erotic novel 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is the number one title left in British hotel rooms, it has been revealed.
Two other books in the 'mummy porn' trilogy were up there too - as were Suzanne Collins' 'Hunger Games' and Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' books.
Outside of the trilogies, the only book to enter the top 10 is 'The Help' by Kathryn Stockett taking.
Two other books in the 'mummy porn' trilogy were up there too - as were Suzanne Collins' 'Hunger Games' and Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' books.
Outside of the trilogies, the only book to enter the top 10 is 'The Help' by Kathryn Stockett taking.
- 9/15/2012
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
In 2011, director Tate Taylor adapted Kathryn Stockett’s novel “The Help,” a story about the relationship between the wealthy whites and the poor blacks who raised their children of 60s-era Mississippi, into a feature film. When all was said and done, Taylor’s film made nearly ten times its production budget, was nominated for a truckload of awards (including 8 NAACP Image Awards and 4 Academy Awards), and had everyone’s aunts and grandmas talking their ears off about how much they wanted to go see it. To say that it ended up being a success would be something of an understatement. The Landlord is the debut of director Hal Ashby, one of the great ’70s filmmakers who, for some reason, doesn’t get the same recognition as many of his contemporaries. It earned Lee Grant a nomination for Best Supporting Actress back in the day, but it’s a film (like most of Ashby’s work not named...
- 7/31/2012
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Chris Columbus couldn't be happier that his most recent movie hit is about to get added help in reaching viewers.
The filmmaker whose successes have included "Home Alone," "Mrs. Doubtfire" and the first two "Harry Potter" blockbusters is an executive producer of "The Help," the drama that was one of last summer's box-office triumphs. With Viola Davis, Emma Stone and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer in its ensemble cast, the movie based on Kathryn Stockett's best seller makes its Showtime premium-cable debut Sunday (June 24).
Columbus tells Zap2it he looks back at "The Help" as "an eye-opening experience, going to Mississippi and making a film that was a period piece about civil rights, driven by an all-female cast. There's nothing less commercial than that -- according to Hollywood -- but the film came out and did well critically and commercially. It told me, 'Those are the kinds of movies you're...
The filmmaker whose successes have included "Home Alone," "Mrs. Doubtfire" and the first two "Harry Potter" blockbusters is an executive producer of "The Help," the drama that was one of last summer's box-office triumphs. With Viola Davis, Emma Stone and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer in its ensemble cast, the movie based on Kathryn Stockett's best seller makes its Showtime premium-cable debut Sunday (June 24).
Columbus tells Zap2it he looks back at "The Help" as "an eye-opening experience, going to Mississippi and making a film that was a period piece about civil rights, driven by an all-female cast. There's nothing less commercial than that -- according to Hollywood -- but the film came out and did well critically and commercially. It told me, 'Those are the kinds of movies you're...
- 6/19/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Tune in alert as Showtime brings the exclusive, world television debut of Academy Award-nominated .The Help,. on Sunday, June 24th at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. One of the top films last summer, .The Help. topped the box office for 25 days in a row . the longest uninterrupted streak in over 13 years. The film.s cast features Academy Award nominees Viola Davis and Jessica Chastain, alongside Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Cicely Tyson, and Oscar® winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Octavia Spencer. From Showtime Based on the New York Times best seller by Kathryn Stockett, and adapted for the screen and directed by Tate Taylor, the film comes to vivid life...
- 5/30/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Showtime sets June 24th at 10 p.m. for Oscar-winner The Help TV premiere It's hard to believe that the Tate Taylor-directed Help will already celebrate its first birthday on August 10th, and find release on TV via Showtime a mere 2 months before. Adapted by Taylor from the novel by Kathryn Stockett, the drama which won an Academy Awardf for Octavia Spencer in a Best Supporting Role, stars Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mike Vogel, Sissy Spacek, Allison Janey, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Anna Camp, Jessica Chastain and Aunjanue Ellis. Pic grossed a massive $169.7 million domestically, and over $41.9 million overseas, and is produced by Chris Columbus and Brunson Green. Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, The Help stars Emma Stone as Skeeter, a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends’ lives—and a small Mississippi town—upside down when she decides.
- 5/30/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Showtime sets June 24th at 10 p.m. for Oscar-winner The Help TV premiere It's hard to believe that the Tate Taylor-directed Help will already celebrate its first birthday on August 10th, and find release on TV via Showtime a mere 2 months before. Adapted by Taylor from the novel by Kathryn Stockett, the drama which won an Academy Awardf for Octavia Spencer in a Best Supporting Role, stars Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mike Vogel, Sissy Spacek, Allison Janey, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Anna Camp, Jessica Chastain and Aunjanue Ellis. Pic grossed a massive $169.7 million domestically, and over $41.9 million overseas, and is produced by Chris Columbus and Brunson Green. Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, The Help stars Emma Stone as Skeeter, a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends’ lives—and a small Mississippi town—upside down when she decides.
- 5/30/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
From her performance as the shy teenager with telekinetic powers in "Carrie" to her role as the sharp-tongued matron in "The Help," Sissy Spacek has been one of cinema's most versatile and endearing stars. On May 3, she and co-author Kathryn Stockett (author of "The Help") will discuss her new memoir "My Extraordinary Ordinary Life." Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St., NYC. 7 p.m. Free. (212) 253-0810.
- 5/2/2012
- by help@backstage.com ()
- backstage.com
Looks like no one will be home in Hollywood on Saturday (April 28) night. A good chunk of your favorite boldface tabloid names will be at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner schmoozing with political types and members of the media.
Fox News' Greta Van Susteren and her husband, John Coale, are bringing Lindsay Lohan, while Fox News Channel counts among its invitees Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, and "Real Housewives of New Jersey" stars Caroline and Al Manzo.
Check out the full list of the big names that have made the guest list so far and which outlets are bringing them:
ABC
Sofia Vergara; Jesse Tyler Ferguson; Julie Bowen and Eric Stonestreet of "Modern Family"; Christa Miller and Bill Lawrence of "Cougar Town"; "Hunger Games" actress Elizabeth Banks; actor Paul Rudd; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; Obama's senior campaign adviser David Axelrod; National Security Adviser Tom Donilon; Army Chief of Staff Gen.
Fox News' Greta Van Susteren and her husband, John Coale, are bringing Lindsay Lohan, while Fox News Channel counts among its invitees Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, and "Real Housewives of New Jersey" stars Caroline and Al Manzo.
Check out the full list of the big names that have made the guest list so far and which outlets are bringing them:
ABC
Sofia Vergara; Jesse Tyler Ferguson; Julie Bowen and Eric Stonestreet of "Modern Family"; Christa Miller and Bill Lawrence of "Cougar Town"; "Hunger Games" actress Elizabeth Banks; actor Paul Rudd; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; Obama's senior campaign adviser David Axelrod; National Security Adviser Tom Donilon; Army Chief of Staff Gen.
- 4/25/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Actor-turned-filmmaker Tate Taylor broke through in a major way last year directing the Oscar-winning adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's The Help. The drama, which centered on the struggles of women--black and white--in 1960s Mississippi, was both critically heralded as well as a box office sensation, earning more than $200 million worldwide. This resounding success has studios clamoring to work with Taylor, who not only helmed The Help, but also wrote its screenplay. Surely he's been flooded with pitches for novel adaptations of every design, but only a few possibilities have surfaced. First, Warner Bros. approached him to adapt another 1960s-set bestseller, Peace Like a River. Then came talk that Tate might helm the Melissa McCarthy vehicle Tammy for New Line. But Taylor's proven extremely selective when it comes to his Help follow-up, and it seems both deals have since been rejected. Now, Deadline reports Taylor has entered into negotiations with Fox...
- 4/25/2012
- cinemablend.com
Exclusive: Novelist Kristin Hannah has made screen deals for two of her novels. 1492 Films has acquired Home Front, with Chris Columbus attached to direct, and produce with his 1492 cohorts Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe. The book, a bestseller for the sixth consecutive week, is a dramatic exploration of the toll war takes on an ordinary American family. This story is told from the vantage point of a woman who, in addition to being a wife and mother, is a Blackhawk pilot in the National Guard who is called to serve a tour of duty in Iraq. 1492 most recently produced the Oscar-nominated The Help, after acquiring the Kathryn Stockett novel long before it became a publishing phenomenon among female readers. The book was published by St. Martin’s Press. “I was blown away by this book, I simply could not put it down,” Columbus said. “It told the story about the...
- 3/30/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Despite multimillion-dollar budgets, a big-screen adaptation of a popular book may not result in untold riches for its original author
Penniless novelists may not weep for Susan Hill. The author of The Woman in Black claims she is "broke" despite the Daniel Radcliffe-led adaptation of her 1983 novel taking more than $US50m in the Us and £20m in the UK. Hill's stage play of the same story has run in the West End for 23 years and the 69-year-old author of acclaimed novels such as A Bit of Singing and Dancing lives on a 50-acre farm in Gloucestershire and even has her own publishing imprint.
But she has a good point. "Films always make everyone else rich save the author," she tweeted to one of her followers. "Film accounting", she told another, is "very weird".
Hollywood needs authors. Five of the nine films nominated for best picture at this year's Oscars were adapted from novels,...
Penniless novelists may not weep for Susan Hill. The author of The Woman in Black claims she is "broke" despite the Daniel Radcliffe-led adaptation of her 1983 novel taking more than $US50m in the Us and £20m in the UK. Hill's stage play of the same story has run in the West End for 23 years and the 69-year-old author of acclaimed novels such as A Bit of Singing and Dancing lives on a 50-acre farm in Gloucestershire and even has her own publishing imprint.
But she has a good point. "Films always make everyone else rich save the author," she tweeted to one of her followers. "Film accounting", she told another, is "very weird".
Hollywood needs authors. Five of the nine films nominated for best picture at this year's Oscars were adapted from novels,...
- 3/21/2012
- by Patrick Barkham
- The Guardian - Film News
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1; The Help; My Week With Marilyn; Straw Dogs; Mysteries of Lisbon
Fans of Stephenie Meyer's addictive teen Twilight novels (whose number may be few among Observer readers) have long been worrying how the ongoing screen adaptations of her international bestsellers would handle the twisted psycho-sexual contortions of the final instalment. On the evidence of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011, EOne, 12) the answer is "not without a little difficulty". Director Bill Condon may be a safe pair of hands, but even under his mainstream moderation this tale of fatal attraction, vampire babies and alien love triangles still drifts into territory in which Davids Lynch or Cronenberg may have been more at home. Certainly, Bella's descent into living death in the wake of her long-awaited marriage to Edward contains some stark visual imagery, which pushes at the boundaries of the 12 certificate. Watching her wither...
Fans of Stephenie Meyer's addictive teen Twilight novels (whose number may be few among Observer readers) have long been worrying how the ongoing screen adaptations of her international bestsellers would handle the twisted psycho-sexual contortions of the final instalment. On the evidence of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011, EOne, 12) the answer is "not without a little difficulty". Director Bill Condon may be a safe pair of hands, but even under his mainstream moderation this tale of fatal attraction, vampire babies and alien love triangles still drifts into territory in which Davids Lynch or Cronenberg may have been more at home. Certainly, Bella's descent into living death in the wake of her long-awaited marriage to Edward contains some stark visual imagery, which pushes at the boundaries of the 12 certificate. Watching her wither...
- 3/11/2012
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
The Help was a critically acclaimed hit, seeing Octavia Spencer take home an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and garnering a handful of Academy nominations to boot. To celebrate its release on Blu-Ray and DVD on the 12 March we’re offering three lucky winners the chance to win a copy on Blu-Ray!
A younger writer challenges the system in Southern America for what she believes is right. Having grown up surrounded by black maids, Skeeter decides to embark on a writing project to take into account the point of view of ‘The Help’. From their improbable alliance a remarkable sisterhood forms, giving all of them the courage to challenge and cross the lines that define them.
Starring Academy Award winner Viola Davis (Doubt), Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man), Octavia Spencer (Fly Paper), Jessica Chastain (The Debt), Bryce Dallas Howard (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) and directed by Tate Taylor.
The Help...
A younger writer challenges the system in Southern America for what she believes is right. Having grown up surrounded by black maids, Skeeter decides to embark on a writing project to take into account the point of view of ‘The Help’. From their improbable alliance a remarkable sisterhood forms, giving all of them the courage to challenge and cross the lines that define them.
Starring Academy Award winner Viola Davis (Doubt), Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man), Octavia Spencer (Fly Paper), Jessica Chastain (The Debt), Bryce Dallas Howard (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) and directed by Tate Taylor.
The Help...
- 3/7/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Octavia Spencer In this very artistic picture, Octavia Spencer admires her Oscar statuette at the Governor's Ball, following the 2012 Annual Academy Awards from Hollywood, CA February 26. Spencer was the year's Best Supporting Actress winner for her performance in Tate Taylor's The Help. In addition to Spencer, the Help cast included Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Chris Lowell, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Ahna O'Reilly, Mike Vogel, Cicely Tyson, and Viola Davis. (Photo: © A.M.P.A.S.) Spencer's Best Supporting Actress competition consisted of Jessica Chastain for The Help, Janet McTeer for Rodrigo García's Albert Nobbs, Bérénice Bejo for Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist, and Melissa McCarthy for Paul Feig's Bridesmaids. Of these, only McTeer had a previous Oscar nod: in the Best Actress category for Gavin O'Connor's Tumbleweeds (1999). Below is a partial transcript of the q&a with the media following Octavia Spencer's Oscar win.
- 3/6/2012
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
To mark the release of multi-award winning movie, The Help on DVD and Blu-ray 12th March, we’ve been given three copies of the movie to give away on Blu-ray.
The Help, the critically acclaimed, inspirational hit film people can’t stop talking about, arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD from 12 March 2012. Winning Octavia Spencer an Oscar for her portrayal of ‘Minny’ and based on Kathryn Stockett’s bestselling novel, The Help is a provocative, moving and inspirational drama, a perfect gift this Mothers Day.
Academy Award® nominee Viola Davis (Doubt, Eat, Pray, Love) stars alongside Octavia Spencer – in the role which has garnered her a Golden Globe, BAFTA Award and Oscar for Best Supporting Actress -, Jessica Chastain (Tree Of Life, The Debt), Emma Stone (Crazy Stupid Love, Easy A) and Bryce Dallas Howard (Twilight Eclipse, 50/50) in this uplifting, poignant drama about three very different, extraordinary women in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s.
The Help, the critically acclaimed, inspirational hit film people can’t stop talking about, arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD from 12 March 2012. Winning Octavia Spencer an Oscar for her portrayal of ‘Minny’ and based on Kathryn Stockett’s bestselling novel, The Help is a provocative, moving and inspirational drama, a perfect gift this Mothers Day.
Academy Award® nominee Viola Davis (Doubt, Eat, Pray, Love) stars alongside Octavia Spencer – in the role which has garnered her a Golden Globe, BAFTA Award and Oscar for Best Supporting Actress -, Jessica Chastain (Tree Of Life, The Debt), Emma Stone (Crazy Stupid Love, Easy A) and Bryce Dallas Howard (Twilight Eclipse, 50/50) in this uplifting, poignant drama about three very different, extraordinary women in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s.
- 2/29/2012
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Los Angeles — Octavia Spencer inspired her formidable character in "The Help," but the actress turned into a softy Sunday as she accepted an Oscar for the role.
"Oh, thank you," a tearful Spencer said as many in the audience rose to their feet. She expressed gratitude to her family, her colleagues from "The Help" and her native "state of Alabama" as she received the best supporting actress trophy.
The actress played tart-tongued maid Minny Jackson in the movie, which depicted Southern life as the 1960s civil rights movement unfolded. The film is based on Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel "The Help," and the author drew on her friendship with Spencer in creating Minny.
The two were introduced by a mutual pal, "The Help" writer-director Tate Taylor.
After playing a nurse in the film "A Time to Kill," Spencer was cast as a nurse in several different TV series including "City of Angels" and "Chicago Hope,...
"Oh, thank you," a tearful Spencer said as many in the audience rose to their feet. She expressed gratitude to her family, her colleagues from "The Help" and her native "state of Alabama" as she received the best supporting actress trophy.
The actress played tart-tongued maid Minny Jackson in the movie, which depicted Southern life as the 1960s civil rights movement unfolded. The film is based on Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel "The Help," and the author drew on her friendship with Spencer in creating Minny.
The two were introduced by a mutual pal, "The Help" writer-director Tate Taylor.
After playing a nurse in the film "A Time to Kill," Spencer was cast as a nurse in several different TV series including "City of Angels" and "Chicago Hope,...
- 2/27/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
With awards season drawing to a close Sunday, nominee Jessica Chastain took a moment to reminisce at The Hollywood Reporter’s Nominees Night celebration earlier in the week. Chastain again will face off with The Help co-star Octavia Spencer in the best supporting actress category for her role in the film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s novel. She is also represented twice in the best picture category, with The Tree of Life and The Help both earning noms. Photos: Red Carpet Arrivals at the Oscars When all is said and done, Chastain told THR that the past year has been jam-
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- 2/27/2012
- by Sophie A. Schillaci
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Movie's success proves that powerful audience support can buck Oscar stereotypes.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Emma Stone in "The Help"
Photo: DreamWorks
Of the nine films nominated for Best Picture at this Sunday's Academy Awards, the only two that came out before the fall movie season, where Oscar bait runs rampant, are probably the most unlikely nominees.
The inclusion of "The Tree of Life" on the short list, despite its loose structure, makes sense because of the prestige of its director, Terrence Malick. "The Help," on the other hand, found Oscar success with an untested director and a racially charged subject matter.
Before "The Help" was a nominated film, it was a best-selling novel by writer Kathryn Stockett. While looking to sell the novel, Stockett queried 60 agents, all of whom rejected her request for representation. When the novel finally did find a home with an agent and eventually a publisher,...
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Emma Stone in "The Help"
Photo: DreamWorks
Of the nine films nominated for Best Picture at this Sunday's Academy Awards, the only two that came out before the fall movie season, where Oscar bait runs rampant, are probably the most unlikely nominees.
The inclusion of "The Tree of Life" on the short list, despite its loose structure, makes sense because of the prestige of its director, Terrence Malick. "The Help," on the other hand, found Oscar success with an untested director and a racially charged subject matter.
Before "The Help" was a nominated film, it was a best-selling novel by writer Kathryn Stockett. While looking to sell the novel, Stockett queried 60 agents, all of whom rejected her request for representation. When the novel finally did find a home with an agent and eventually a publisher,...
- 2/25/2012
- MTV Movie News
Movie's success proves that powerful audience support can buck Oscar stereotypes.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Emma Stone in "The Help"
Photo: DreamWorks
Of the nine films nominated for Best Picture at this Sunday's Academy Awards, the only two that came out before the fall movie season, where Oscar bait runs rampant, are probably the most unlikely nominees.
The inclusion of "The Tree of Life" on the short list, despite its loose structure, makes sense because of the prestige of its director, Terrence Malick. "The Help," on the other hand, found Oscar success with an untested director and a racially charged subject matter.
Before "The Help" was a nominated film, it was a best-selling novel by writer Kathryn Stockett. While looking to sell the novel, Stockett queried 60 agents, all of whom rejected her request for representation. When the novel finally did find a home with an agent and eventually a publisher,...
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Emma Stone in "The Help"
Photo: DreamWorks
Of the nine films nominated for Best Picture at this Sunday's Academy Awards, the only two that came out before the fall movie season, where Oscar bait runs rampant, are probably the most unlikely nominees.
The inclusion of "The Tree of Life" on the short list, despite its loose structure, makes sense because of the prestige of its director, Terrence Malick. "The Help," on the other hand, found Oscar success with an untested director and a racially charged subject matter.
Before "The Help" was a nominated film, it was a best-selling novel by writer Kathryn Stockett. While looking to sell the novel, Stockett queried 60 agents, all of whom rejected her request for representation. When the novel finally did find a home with an agent and eventually a publisher,...
- 2/25/2012
- MTV Music News
The 2012 Academy Awards are almost here, and "Extra" takes a closer look at the nine Best Picture nominees, including "The Artist," "The Descendants," "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," "The Help," "Hugo," "Midnight in Paris," "Moneyball," "The Tree of Life" and "War Horse."
2012 Best Picture Nominees: Refresher Course'The Artist'
The Skinny: George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a charismatic silent film star, finds himself spiraling into depression when talkies take over - only to be saved by...
2012 Best Picture Nominees: Refresher Course'The Artist'
The Skinny: George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a charismatic silent film star, finds himself spiraling into depression when talkies take over - only to be saved by...
- 2/24/2012
- Extra
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