The Help was the surprise home-grown hit of this year's Awards season, garnering Octavia Spencer an Oscar and BAFTA for her role as southern maid Minn...

Issues of race dominated the Oscars this year, with talk rife over Billy Crystal's controversial black-face sketch, Octavia Spencer's emotion acceptance speech, and Viola Davis' unexpected defeat at the hands of Meryl Streep.

Meryl Streep has called for the rules of the Oscars to be changed, despite winning her third statuette as Best Female Actress in a Leading Role, for h...

Michelle Williams may have an unwinnable battle on her hands to garner any Oscar glory on Sunday evening, against the big guns of Meryl Streep and Vio...

Meryl Streep's grip on the Best Actress Oscar at this year's Academy Awards is slipping - The Help star Viola Davis has been installed as last-minute ...

Nobody can make an entrance like Meryl Streep. Unfortunately, this one didn't turn out quite as she intended at last night's BAFTAs when the A-list ac...

The Help stars Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis both paid tribute to Whitney Houston as they attended the BAFTAs in London, where they were both nomina...

The Help was the toast of Hollywood on Sunday night after landing the two top actress honours and the cast prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. ...

The 1960s was a time of upheaval and change in USA. The equal rights movement was picking up steam and African-American people all across the country were making a stand for equality and equal voting rights. It is in this politically-charged and volatile situation that The Help, a film based on the bestseller by Kathryn Stockett, is set. Boasting a cast of impressive female actresses, it received very good returns at the US Box Office.