Not entirely unlike your grandmother's green Jell-O salad, Eugenia Phelan's Jackson, Miss. -- that is, Jim Crow-era Mississippi in the early 1960s -- isn't easy to wrap your head around. Emma Stone, ...

Jessica Chastain earned her first Oscar nomination over a decade ago for her supporting role in the 2011 film The Help, and she’s now ready to return to the character that made her a household name.

Ablene Cooper, a maid in Jackson, Miss., claimed the character Aibileen (played by Viola Davis in the film) was based on her. By Matthew Belloni Viola Davis The Help - H 2011 The Help author just got ...