'The Help' tops NAACP Honours

The cast of ''The Help'' walked away with kudos within the 43rd NAACP Image Honours Friday evening, taking home the most effective prize for outstanding movie and nabbing outstanding actress and supporting actress honors for Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer correspondingly. Edging out co-stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Cicely Tyson, Octavia Spencer felt the Atlas-patterned Image Award statuette would be a particularly apt trophy. ''Wow just what a beautiful award. Often it does appear like we have the burden around the world on our shoulders.'' Salim Akil needed home the pointing award for ''Jumping the Broom'' and Anne Peacock got a writing award for ''The First Grader'' through the kudocast situated by Sanaa Latham and Anthony Mackie. Round the men's side ''Jumping the Broom'' shown fruitful for co-stars Laz Alonso and Mike Epps who walked away with best actor and greatest supporting actor trophies correspondingly. George Lucas was honored while using NAACP Vanguard Award for creating knowledge of social and racial issues. ''Tyler Perry's House f Payne'' won outstanding comedy series while Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Trecee Ellis Ross paired around collect the most effective actor and actress kudos for just about any comedy series correspondingly. ''Law and Order: Special Sufferers Unit'' won for just about any drama series and LL Awesome J and Regina King needed home and actress in the drama. The NAACP Image Honours honors outstanding achievement by people of color in film, television, music and literature additionally to people who promote social justice through creative endeavor. Kudocast was broadcast Friday on NBC. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Meryl Streep Rejoins the Elite Oscar Club This Year

A few days ago, I wrotea postin which I noted thatGeorge Clooney(thanks to his best actor Oscar nomination last month for"The Descendants") is now a member of an elite club of men who have scored three or more best actor Oscar nominations within a span of just five years -- and that the majority of them wound up winning at least once during their streaks -- something that Clooney has yet to do, but hopes to do on February 26.What I neglected to realize at the time was that Clooney is not the only one of this year's acting Oscar nominees who has been nominated at least three times since the 2007-2008 awards season, but it turns out Meryl Streephas accomplished the same feat.Thanks to Streep's best actress Oscar nomination last month for"The Iron Lady," she is now a member of a comparably exclusive club of women who have scored three or more best actress Oscar noms within a span of just five years!Whereas Clooney brought the male total to 16 men and 18 streaks (Spencer TracyandJack Lemmonhad two each), Streep brings the female total to 20 women and 23 streaks. Most amazingly, this is herfourthsuch streak -- no other female has more than one. But, she has won a best actress Oscar only once and that was 29 years ago.Although Streep lost this year's best actress SAG Award toViola Davis("The Help"), and although seven of the last 10 winners of that prize went on to repeat at the Oscars, she can take heart from the fact that 14 of the 19 other women's streaks produced at least one statuette (three producedtwo) -- five for the third film in the streak (as would also be the case for Streep). The Hollywood Reporter