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Meryl Streep Honors Viola Davis With $20K Donations to Rhode Island Charities

February 28, 2012 By Brent Lang 12 weeks ago

A day after beating Viola Davis at the Oscars, Meryl Streep donates to 2 groups with ties to "The Help" star

  

George Clooney? Meryl Streep? 'The Artist'? Oscar Weekend Brings Moment of Truth

February 24, 2012 By Steve Pond 13 weeks ago

After a long, grueling season, it all comes to an end with the Spirit Awards on Saturday and the Oscars on Sunday

  

Oprah Winfrey to Interview 'Help' Stars, Jonah Hill on OWN Oscar Special

February 9, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 15 weeks ago

Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis will sit down for "revealing and intimate interviews" with daytime talk queen-turned-media mogul

  

Oscar Nominees: Rooney Mara Dishes on Nude Scenes, Brad Pitt on Pranks, George Clooney

February 6, 2012 By Brent Lang 15 weeks ago

George Clooney loaned out his villa for Viola Davis' honeymoon and other nuggets gleaned from the annual gathering

  

Viola Davis to Star in Alcon's Adaptation of 'Beautiful Creatures'

February 2, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 16 weeks ago

Alcon would like to turn the bestselling "Beautiful Creatures" books into a franchise. Richard LaGravenese will write and direct

  

10 Movie Stars Who Should Take the Plunge Into TV

January 31, 2012 By Brent Lang 16 weeks ago

Glenn Close did it Dustin Hoffman did it -- here are some others whose careers would benefit from the small screen

  

Bridesmaids’ McLendon-Covey on Oscar Presenting: 'We’ve Known Since Before Christmas'

January 30, 2012 By Mikey Glazer 16 weeks ago

Charlie Sheen at NATPE, "The Grey's" wall of fame, Salt-n-Pepa spice up McDonald's and all the week's bashes.

  

SAG Analysis: 'The Help' Got Help, But 'The Artist' Is Still on Top

January 29, 2012 By Steve Pond 16 weeks ago

"The Help" was the night's big winner, but Jean Dujardin's best-actor victory might be more telling in the long run

  

Oscar Nominees React: Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Christopher Plummer Respond to the News

January 24, 2012 By Steve Pond & Brent Lang 17 weeks ago

This year's crop of contenders respond with joy, surprise and humility to their inclusion

  

'The Descendants' Takes Top Prize from Satellite Awards

December 18, 2011 By Steve Pond 22 weeks ago

Ryan Gosling, Viola Davis take home top acting awards

  

Polanski's 'Carnage' Borrows Awards Strategy from 'Modern Family'

October 30, 2011 By Steve Pond 29 weeks ago

Sony Classics says all four of the film's actors belong in the Oscar supporting categories

  

Usher to Ben Affleck at the Hollywood Film Awards: 'Right This Way, Mr. Bruckheimer'

October 25, 2011 By Mikey Glazer 30 weeks ago

The bearded Affleck shows up at the Beverly Hilton looking more like the top tentpole producer than himself

  

How 'The Help' Grew From Women's Flick to Box-Office Powerhouse

August 25, 2011 By Fred Schruers 39 weeks ago

The big surprise is how the audience for a dramedy about black Southern maids and white socialites at the dawning of the Civil Rights movement keeps widening

  

'The Help' Gets Help from Academy Audience

August 15, 2011 By Steve Pond 40 weeks ago

Capacity audience of Oscar voters "absolutely loved" Disney's ensemble drama at its AMPAS screening

  

'The Help' Does Solid $4.3M at Thursday Box Office

August 12, 2011 By Brent Lang 41 weeks ago

Civil Rights era drama has earned $9.9 million in two days

  

Why the Racial Divide of 'The Help' Hit Home to Me

August 10, 2011 By Carole Mallory 41 weeks ago

It was Florida in the late '50s, and on my school bus, the black students had to sit in the back -- I didn't understand why and would sit with them

  

Faithful to the Bestseller, 'The Help' Is a Message Movie With Sass -- and Class

August 9, 2011 By Leah Rozen 41 weeks ago

Review: It's a meta-movie -- its subject is the power of story-telling even as it tells terrific stories of its own

  

'Red,' 'Memphis' Win Top Tony Awards

June 13, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Denzel Washington, Scarlett Johansson, Catherine Zeta-Jones among acting winners

  

Pair of Projects For Davis

October 22, 2009 By Variety 2 years ago

Oscar nominee to star in 'Funny Story,' 'Trust.'

  
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