The female equivalent went to Octavia Spencer for her role as a domestic servant in The Help.

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Octavia Spencer, who won the supporting actress Oscar last year for her performance in "The Help, " also had a little fun.

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Octavia Spencer continued her fashion winning streak with Tadashi Shoji.

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Starring Octavia Spencer, who won the best supporting actress Oscar last year for her role in civil rights drama The Help, it was written and directed by first-time filmmaker Ryan Coogler.

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Japanese designer Tadashi Shoji already has several high-profile fans: Actress Octavia Spencer, who is nominated for an Academy Award for her role in The Help, has worn his pastel gowns to nearly every red carpet appearance this year.

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In 1962, in Jackson, Mississippi, as the civil-rights movement is boiling over, a privileged young white woman, Skeeter (Emma Stone), in rebellion against her social set, begins to interview the African-American maids who have raised her and her friends, among them Minny (Octavia Spencer) and Aibileen (Viola Davis), who are now treated by their former charges as lowly hired help, not allowed even to use the toilet in the houses where they work.

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