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Ellen Pompeo Hides in the Bushes, Crying, at a Party
Maureen O'Connor · 07/05/11 10:20AMThe Help: Ruining Your Mom's Favorite Book?
Richard Lawson · 04/19/11 01:53PMHere's a trailer for The Help, the movie adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's bestselling mom-novel about an ambitious, free-spirited young woman in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi struggling to a give voice, in book form, to black domestic workers employed by many of the city's upper-class white families. It's uplifting, slightly cornball fare that could strike a particular chord.
Author of The Help Issues Amazing Denial
Hamilton Nolan · 02/24/11 09:14AMMaid Sues Author of The Help for Basing a Character on Her
Hamilton Nolan · 02/18/11 10:11AMThe debut novel by Kathryn Stockett (pictured), The Help, is the story of black domestic servants working in Mississippi during the 1960s. It was published last year to rave reviews, and has sold more than 2 million copies. But one person's not happy with it: Ablene Cooper, a 60 year-old maid for Stockett's brother, who Stockett apparently used as the basis for one of the main characters in her book, "Aibileen." According to the WSJ: