| The cast of The Help accepts the award for the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture during the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on Sunday (Monday in Manila) in Los Angeles, California. |
LOS ANGELES: The Help, a big-screen drama focusing on race relations in America, was the big winner at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony on Sunday (Monday in Manila), sweeping the top prizes for best actress, best supporting actress and best ensemble.
The film, which tells the story of an aspiring journalist who decides to write a book exposing the racism faced by domestic helpers in the 1960s, beat black-and-white silent movie The Artist, Bridesmaids, The Descendants and Midnight in Paris for the best cast award.
The Screen Actors Guild awards are seen as one of the key preludes to the Academy Awards ceremony—the culmination of the Hollywood awards season—that will be held on February 26.
“It’s been such a labor of love,” said Viola Davis, the winner of the best actress award, as she reminisced about her work in The Help.
“I just want to say that [the movie] is not just about colored people or women, it’s about all of us,” she added. “We all can inspire change, every single one of us.”
Octavia Spencer, who won the prize for best supporting actress, said that the movie was “a light for women who haven’t been given a voice in American history.”
“I’m thrilled to [receive] this honor,” she added.
French actor Jean Dujardin was honored as the best leading actor for his role in The Artist, which is seen by movie critics as a favorite to win the Best Picture Oscar next month.
Dujardin competed for the top actor’s prize against some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including George Clooney (The Descendants), Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar) and Brad Pitt (Moneyball).
Veteran Canadian actor Chris–topher Plummer won the award for best supporting actor for his role in Beginners, in which he played a man who comes to terms with his homosexuality late in life.
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