Topic: “The Help”

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other members of Congress gather at the Emancipation Hall, kneel as they take moment of silence to honor George Floyd, and victims of racial injustice on Monday, June 8, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Image)

More do's and don'ts for white allies

Melanie McFarland
Viola Davis (AP/Jordan Strauss)

Viola Davis regrets acting in "The Help"

Zach Sharf - Indiewire
Meryl Streep, winner of the Oscar for best actress for her role in "The Iron Lady" is congratulated by fellow nominee Viola Davis (Reuters/Gary Hershorn)

The 2017 Academy Awards

Gary M. Kramer
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Failing the "DuVernay Test"

Nico Lang
Chadwick Boseman in "Get on Up."

How James Brown set us free

Andrew O'Hehir
Taylor Schilling as Piper Kerman in "Orange Is The New Black" (Netflix)

"Orange" is the new "The Help"

Elissa Strauss

Want an Oscar? Go to extremes!

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Prachi Gupta
Meryl Streep and Viola Davis (AP/Chris Pizzello)

Andrew O'Hehir
Jean Dujardin and Uggie in "The Artist"

The Oscars play it safe, nostalgic

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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"The Help" leads Screen Actors honors with 4 noms

David Germain
Actress Jessica Chastain of the U.S. poses for photographers as she arrives on the "Wilde Salome" red carpet at the 68th Venice Film Festival September 4, 2011. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT PROFILE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) (Reuters)

The dazzling redhead who's Hollywood's new It Girl

Andrew O'Hehir
Kristin Wiig in "Bridesmaids" and Viola Davis in "The Help"

Early signs of a "Bridesmaids" bump

Rebecca Traister
A still from "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

Steve Erickson

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis in "The Help"

Andrew O'Hehir
Ablene Cooper leaves a Hinds County courtroom in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, after a circuit judge dismissed her lawsuit against Kathryn Stockett, author of the best-selling novel "The Help." "The Help" was made into a movie that opened last week. It's based on relationships between white families and the African-American women who worked for them in the 1960s. The lawsuit was filed by Cooper, who works for Stockett's brother. She claims a main character, Aibileen, is based on her. Cooper accuses Stockett of using her name and likeness without permission. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) (AP)

Holbrook Mohr
Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis in "The Help."

"The Help's" critics are wrong

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A scene from "The Help."

Matt Zoller Seitz
A still from "The Help"

"The Help's" not-so-ancient American history

Andrew O'Hehir
Author Kathryn Stockett

The lawsuit tearing apart "The Help"

Laura Miller