Wednesday, February 22, 2012


Entertainment

'The Help' Earns Three Awards at NAACP Image Awards

Eric Charbonneau/WireImag(LOS ANGELES) -- Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer each collected another award Friday night for their performances in The Help. At the 43rd NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles, Davis was named outstanding actress in a motion picture, and Spencer received the supporting actress prize.

The Help
, the story of African-American maids working in 1960s Mississippi, also earned the title of outstanding motion picture. It had entered the ceremony with a leading eight nominations.

Davis and Spencer have won several awards for their roles in The Help, and they have a strong chance of picking up an Oscar this weekend for best actress and best supporting actress, respectively. The Help is a contender in the Oscars' best-picture category.

Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit received the NAACP honors for best TV comedy and best TV drama, respectively.

The ceremony, which celebrates outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts, also paid tribute to Whitney Houston, with a live rendition by gospel singer Yolanda Adams of "I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry." Whitney performed that hymn in the 1996 movie The Preacher's Wife.

On the red carpet, actress Alfre Woodard was among the celebrities who remembered the late singer, saying, "She is still Cissy Houston's girl and she's Bobbi Kristina's mom and, you know, I'm not thinking of her as an icon. I'm thinking about her as somebody's daughter."

The full list of winners can be found at NAACPImageAwards.net. Here are the winners in the notable movie and TV categories:

Outstanding Motion Picture
The Help

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Laz Alonso, Jumping the Broom

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Viola Davis, The Help

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Mike Epps, Jumping the Broom

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Outstanding Comedy Series
Tyler Perry's House of Payne, TBS

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Reed Between the Lines, BET

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Tracee Ellis Ross, Reed Between the Lines, BET

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Nick Cannon, Up All Night, NBC

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tyler Perry's House of Payne, TBS

Outstanding Drama Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
L.L. Cool J, NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Regina King, SouthLAnd, TNT

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
James Pickens, Jr., Grey's Anatomy, ABC

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife, CBS

Outstanding Talk Series
Oprah's Lifeclass, Oprah Winfrey Network

Outstanding Reality Series
Dancing with the Stars, ABC

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Jennifer Aniston Requested Topless Scene Be Removed from New Film

Eric Charbonneau/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) -- You won't see Jennifer Aniston's breasts in her new film, Wanderlust. She went topless for a scene in the comedy, opening Friday, but a source tells TheWrap.com that Aniston demanded that it be pulled from the film in deference to her co-star and boyfriend, Justin Theroux.

In the scene, Aniston reveals her chest to TV news cameras. The version that made the final cut shows Aniston topless from behind, with her bosoms censored on TV news broadcasts.

A rep for Aniston denies the actress insisted that the nude version be removed from the movie, telling TheWrap.com, "The scene is how it was always supposed to be." A spokesman for Wanderlust studio Universal says, "The scene was shot a bunch of different ways, and we have the best possible version."

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Is Drew Barrymore Pregnant?

Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) -- There's some speculation that Drew Barrymore may be pregnant.

The 37-year-old actress was spotted leaving a Beverly Hills doctor's office last week carrying what may have been sonogram results, reports TMZ. Barrymore is engaged to art consultant Will Kopleman.

Barrymore's rep refused to comment on the report.

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Charlie Sheen Apologizes to Ashton Kutcher After Claiming He 'Sucks'

ABC/RICHARD CARTWRIGHT(LOS ANGELES) -- Charlie Sheen has changed his opinion of Ashton Kutcher, his replacement on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.

Speaking with TMZ.com last week, Sheen said, “I’m tired of lying and tired of pretending Ashton doesn’t suck." He also said he "feels bad" for Kutcher because he's been, "saddled with such bad writing" on Two and a Half Men.

Sheen was more complimentary of Kutcher on Tuesday, when he wrote on his website, "Dear Ashton, My bad. I was disrespectful to a man doing his best. I got excited and threw you into a crossfire."

Sheen didn't bother trying to make amends with Kutcher's colleagues on the Two and a Half Men set.

He wrote to Kutcher, "The rest of my statement I stand behind. You, however, deserve better."

Sheen signed the message as "The 'late' Charlie Harper," in reference to his Two and a Half Men character, who was killed off the show.

Sheen was fired from Two and a Half Men last year due to his erratic behavior at the time. He then filed a $100 million lawsuit against Two and a Half Men producer Warner Bros. that was later settled.

Warner Bros. recently demanded that he stop using publicity photographs from his Two and a Half Men days to promote his upcoming FX comedy, Anger Management.

According to E! News, Sheen will begin shooting his new series on March 22.  It debuts in June.

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Will Bobby Brown Release Book About Whitney Houston?

Sandra Rose/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- With Whitney Houston's death still fresh in fans' minds, her ex-husband may try to revive a memoir he worked on years ago.

An unnamed publisher tells The Huffington Post that Bobby Brown shopped a tell-all book in 2008 but didn't draw much interest at the time.

However, the publisher says, "Now is the time for a book that details an honest look into the life of Whitney."

A friend of Houston's believes Brown would want to write a memoir just so he can make some money.  However, The Huffington Post speculates that Brown might not go ahead with the project out of consideration for the ex-couple's teen daughter, Bobbi Kristina.

The report also states that he signed a confidentiality agreement when he divorced Houston.

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