RED CARPET FAB: Lauren London, Garcelle Beauvais & Viola Davis At The LA Premiere Of "THE HELP"

Aug 10 | by _YBF

Lauren London and Garcelle Beauvais were among the YBF chicks who came out to celebrate Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer at the premiere of The Help. See the fab pics inside....

Last night, Lauren London and others attended the Los Angeles premiere of The Help at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. Lauren looked cute rocking white beaded pants embellished with intricate beading by Project Runway Winner designer, Irina Shabayeva. And her gold double band floating diamond ring she rocked was for a cause. It's by Royal Asscher Diamonds and is from The Stars of Africa line, which was created to give back to the people of Africa.

In this canary yellow blouse and with blue slacks, Garcelle Beauvais looked stunning.

Wearing a radiant red gown, Viola Davis posed with her husband Julius Tennon. Love their matching colors!

Aunjanue Ellis wore this yellow dress that had a vintage feel to it. Or something...

Octavia Spencer posed with her co-star Bryce Dallas Howard on the red carpet.

Actor Brandon T. Jackson was there.

And actress Tamala Jones also walked the carpet.

And the entire cast got together for a group photo: Producer Brunson Green, writer Kathryn Stockett, actors Aunjanue Ellis, David Oyelowo, Mike Vogel, Chris Lowell, Mary Steenburgen and producer Chris Columbus (Bottom L-R) Actors Leslie Jordan, Sissy Spacek, Emma Stone, Ahna O'Reilly, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain and director Tate Taylor

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by favour200
6:37 pm - Feb 25, '13

MY Daugher wants to take me

MY Daugher wants to take me to see the movie, but truly it is not my choice of a movie however i do like some of the black actresses in the movie, and i will support them, seems like this movie should have came out in 60s or 70s it's so outdated, who in the hell wants to be somebody mAID

by eddie
1:10 am - Aug 12, '11

Go, it is very good.

by Anonymous
10:21 am - Aug 17, '11

Go, it is very good.

by Anonymous
10:21 am - Aug 17, '11

Is it just me or does Lauren

Is it just me or does Lauren London look like she has fake teeth in her mouth? And I swear I am not trying to be mean at all, she is a beautiful woman regardless!!

by GlitterNGold
11:36 pm - Aug 11, '11

that yellow dress is pure

that yellow dress is pure lace from Nigeria. Aint no vintage feel or anything. Its just typical lace.. BIGUPS to Naija and lace wear culture

by Anonymous
1:06 pm - Aug 11, '11

Well you did'nt NEED the

Well you did'nt NEED the Earrings competing with your "Nigerian" Lace Collar....womp!

by Anonymous
9:30 pm - Aug 11, '11

This movie is the business.

This movie is the business. It has great dialogue, makes you laugh, think and cry a little. It is def a must see. Please go out in droves to support our ladies; Viola, Octavia etc.

by Please SUPPORT IT
10:19 am - Aug 11, '11

Speaking of supporting,

Speaking of supporting, Notice that all the A list black actors in Hollywood did not come out to walk the red carpet for this movie? I think it's very telling that Oprah, Denzel, Jamie Fox, Angela Basset, Tyler Perry, Will and Jada Smith, No one big from the music industry, Maya Angelou, Cicely Tyson, Samuel L. Jackson..and the list goes on. None of the elite in black Hollywood came out for this movie. I think many of the stars I mentioned want to create different types of roles for African Americans and aren't interested in supporting aspects of the industry that will not change.

by Tina
1:45 pm - Aug 11, '11

Unfortunately I can't go see

Unfortunately I can't go see this movie. I just watched CNN and T.J Holmes had on a woman that explained why so many people are a little upset about this movie. It's not because black women are playing maids, and not because the author of the book is a white woman. People are upset because the primary figure in the movie is a white woman and the story is implying that the white character in the movie is responsible for helping to start the Civil Rights movement. I don't have a problem with fictional characters, but certain historical time frames in our county and world history should not be fictionalized. Slavery, the Holocaust and the Civil Rights movement were important times and quite devastating. I would rAther see a movie about Rosa Parks and her quiet, strong and graceful demeanor portrayed in a movie rather than a fictionalized white female character pretending to help spark the Civil Rights movement. I can't support Hollywoods need to continue to green-light movies that make African americans appear to need to be saved by another race of people. We did a lot to save and help ourselves, and until Hollywood is comfortable enough to let us tell our own history and portray some realness then I can't continue to support these black actresses. I don't like being forced to choose between seeing a good black actress or giving money to movie studios that twists the truth to make white women look like the heroes.

by Tina
11:15 am - Aug 11, '11

Thank you! Im glad someone

Thank you! Im glad someone gets it~ Just because u dont like our history rewritten for yt's pleasure doesnt mean we hate ourselves lol

by Staci
8:49 pm - Aug 15, '11

This is one of the best

This is one of the best comments I've ever read on YBF. Thank you.

by PinkTea08
1:17 am - Aug 13, '11

Two Thumbs Up,I totally again

Two Thumbs Up,I totally again with this statement 100 percent, thank you for your comment,

by Nika
3:51 pm - Aug 11, '11

One mor point I wanted to

One mor point I wanted to make about this movie is that it appears the the black actresses in the movie are doing all the interviews to push this movie?? I haven't seen many of the white cast members, men or women pushing this movie like the two black actresses?? I also noticed that the only white people that seemed to be walking the red carpet are the cast members, no one else white in hollywood is coming out to support this movie?? I see a few black celebrities, but no other white celebrities other than the cast in the movie.

by Tina
11:27 am - Aug 11, '11

PLS MY BLACK PPL WAKE UP

PLS MY BLACK PPL WAKE UP DARK PLS MY BLACK PPL WAKE UP DARK SKIN AND BLACK LOVE ARE THE BEST! WHITES ARE UGLY AND WEAK THAT IS WHY THEY ARE HATED AND MAD ON BLACK LOVE AND FAMILY. OBAMA IS NOT BLACK!

by chocolateman
12:08 am - Aug 11, '11

Love all these ladies they

Love all these ladies they ALL look great however I will not support this movie this is not a true story this a story written by a white woman about how a lil white girl saves the day for the black people ... ( smh) because of course we cant do it our self. For those who care about this trend read this.. http://acriticalreviewofthehelp.wordpress.com I found it very valid.

by Staci
8:47 pm - Aug 10, '11

Girl, ain't NOBODY reading

Girl, ain't NOBODY reading all of that ranting and raving and shit on that blog. That is not a review! That is nothing but madness and craziness and it gave me a headache. Try again!

by Anonymous
1:22 am - Aug 11, '11

I read it...... but then

I read it...... but then agian I do like to understand a movie like this before I spend my money however if are ok with how black ppl are protrayed then u support it :)

by STaci
6:20 pm - Aug 14, '11

Saw the movie this afternoon,

Saw the movie this afternoon, and it was AWESOME! My Grandmother was a maid her whole life and now I have a better understanding of what she had to deal with all those years...She worked for the same family since she was a teenager in Southeast Texas. To all the people saying negative things about this movie without even seeing it, when did it become embarassing to tell the experiences of our ancestors? I agree that is not and should not be the ONLY depiction of black women, but this is our history. I am not ashamed, and I feel sorry for those of your who are.

by Anonymous
7:19 pm - Aug 10, '11

I concur, I havent't seen it

I concur, I havent't seen it yet but I am going tomorrow and I'm reall looking forward to it

by 3481hollywood
2:26 am - Aug 11, '11

Hmm hopefully this movie or

Hmm hopefully this movie or book doesnt relfect ur gma. I hope she didnt have compitions w cockroaches on whos BLACKEST ( because we know all black people hate being black smh) or dolt on a lil white children while her "friends" lil black kids get beat by an abusive parent ( smh cause thats what we do too...right? If u enjoyed the movie Im not mad at cha but the movie whitewashes the whole civil rights movment it wasnt started by a lil white girl fresh outta college it was started by black men and women.

by Staci
8:52 pm - Aug 10, '11

Your comment stems from

Your comment stems from ignorance and self hatred. Your attempt at sarcasm pathetic. Assuming that being a maid or any other type of domestic was/is shameful may reflect the attitude of the misguided youth of today who won't even flip a burger to STRART. People took jobs that were available and worked them with PRIDE. Not to DOTE on the "lil' white chilren", but to feed their families. Unlike so many of us today who won't clean their own toilets let alone someone else's, even for a paycheck. We are further behind today than we were 100 years ago and the sad part of it all is, we have more opportunities. I hope you're raising doctors and lawyers and not huggers and muggers.

by Justanobservation
10:00 pm - Aug 10, '11

(smiles) thanks for ur

(smiles) thanks for ur concern but theres nothing self hating about me or my point of view. actually my pov comes from not wanting our legacy in the hands of ppl who really hate us. This is not history this is FICTION written by a white woman who had a black nanny. realize that. and I do have 2 step children I love btw and whether their doctors or not they will not hate themselves like that women protrayed in this book.

by STaci
6:24 pm - Aug 14, '11

Again, you obviously didnt

Again, you obviously didnt see the movie in which I DID. Post another response after actually seeing it, then you might have some valid points. Right now ALL you are doing is assuming.

by Anonymous
9:14 pm - Aug 10, '11

And...I'll never get tired of

And...I'll never get tired of seeing us and our history played out on the big screen. If anything it gives me the ambition to achieve my goals in life because I am capable of doing so much more that they were.

by Anonymous
7:23 pm - Aug 10, '11

Good point & well said!!!

by Anonymous
7:23 pm - Aug 10, '11

Can't wait to see this! This

Can't wait to see this! This movie is NOTHING to be ashamed about. If you are comfortable in your own blackness and understand your history, you would understand how the role that being a domestic housekeeper/maid, helped to shape the fearless black great-grandmothers, grandmothers, great-aunts, aunts,etc...that we had. The sad thing is that too many of us have gotten too white-washed and "post-racial" that we have no clue who we are really are, and what's worse, is that some of us don't even care to know.

by Anonymous
7:16 pm - Aug 10, '11

Agreed. It's like we have

Agreed. It's like we have become too conformed with society...How in the hell could you be mad about a movie being made to HONOR our Grandmothers, Great Aunts, etc.? I don't get it, and I weep for our youth. My daughter will know her history and she will not be ashamed.

by Anonymous
7:29 pm - Aug 10, '11

Why do you think that black

Why do you think that black women that don't want to see this movie are ashamed or embarrassed as a few have suggested about this movie? I'm not ashamed that black women including my grandmother who was a maid worked as maids or that black men worked as porters and janitors. Not wanting to see this movie is not based on shame and I don't want anyone to try and guy,t or shame me for not wanting to see the movie. I said in a previous post that the issue is Hollywood wants to tell a fictional account of what it is to be a black maid from a white womans perspective and not allow black women to tell our own stories. This movie is by the way based on fiction. Remember that this was the era of Jim Crow Mississippi and rest assured this movie was a very clean, sanitized version of what it was like to be a black maid or cook in 1950's-60's Mississippi or the South in general. Many black men were lynched, Emmit Till was murdered and there wasn't much laughing going on with black folks in the deep South during this time. This movie is Fiction. It should not be portrayed as fact, so no one should be told they are ashamed or embarrassed to see something that's based on fiction. Rosa Parks was real, Dr. King was real. This movie is fiction, so everyone needs to stop attempting to state this movie was based off of a true story.

by Tina
12:16 pm - Aug 11, '11

THIS MOVIE IN MY OPINION IS A

THIS MOVIE IN MY OPINION IS A DISGRACE!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY LOVE TO PUT BLACK WOMEN IN THE MAMMY ROLE AND ITS SICKENING!!!!!!! AND THE WOMAN THAT THE PICTURE AND BOOK IS BASED ON IS SUING THEM! IM NOT DOWN FOR THE SLAVE FLIMS!

by MamiRicccaaa
4:57 pm - Aug 10, '11

I don't Know anything about

I don't Know anything about the author other than she is white. I was wondering why I haven't seen the author of the book on t.v?

by Tina
12:21 pm - Aug 11, '11

Oh GET OVER IT! Yes

Oh GET OVER IT! Yes hollywood likes the Mammy Role but at the same time are you trying to say that housekeepers who made a difference have no right to have their story told. ANd ya'll act like blacks aren't housekeepers anymore? To say that is to insult those who are and act like there is something wrong with their choice of a living. There are still MANY black housekeepers. Get a grip! Ya'll don't even know when to be repulsed.

by bahamasfilmgirl
6:22 pm - Aug 10, '11

I understand what you're

I understand what you're saying and I do agree but I read the book and thought the message was positive. Yes, Hollywood loves to dehumanize us and I'm no fan of seeing black women playing maids in this day in age but I will see the movie because I actually enjoyed the book.

by Anonymous
5:47 pm - Aug 10, '11

I read all the comments,

I read all the comments, unfortunately. Y'all are some sad and hateful people. All the ladies looks lovely. Maybe the ladies who are not in the film (Lauren, Garcelle, Tamala) decided to go casual to keep the focus on the stars in the film? Just a thought. I think it is cool that they supported their sistahs in film.

by Anonymous
4:18 pm - Aug 10, '11

pls my black ppl wake f'cking

pls my black ppl wake f'cking up! not all black women are dirty spoiled sellout self-hating white men's wh0res/h0es who have aids, wants be white or pink d'ck.....and not all black men are anti sh't or gays who want non black women, we need more black family and real chocolate/dark/brown skin black sons/kids in america in all the world! f'ck white devils dark skin and black love are the best!

by chocolateman
3:35 pm - Aug 10, '11

@ Chocolate Man - I'm trying

@ Chocolate Man - I'm trying to read between the lines of your posts. It appears that you are trying to promote black love and unity but you are doing it all wrong! Come correct!!! What is the point of giving us a box full of knowledge (black men & women need to love each other) then adding a stick of dynamite in the box (white man's whore, etc.). The Dynamite DESTROYS the ENTIRE box!!!! Come correct!!!!

by Anonymous
5:56 pm - Aug 10, '11

GO BACK TO EUROPE TO WITH

GO BACK TO EUROPE TO WITH YOUR UGLY AZZ SLAVE MASTERS/WHITE MEN/WIGGERS AND LEAVE BLACK RACE/COMMUNITY ALONE OR JUST DIE....DIRTY SELF-HATING SELLOUT WHITE D'CK LOVING WHITE MAN'S BLACK WH0RES/HOES!!

by chocolateman
12:10 am - Aug 11, '11

STOP IT, YOU HAVE TO MUCH

STOP IT, YOU HAVE TO MUCH HATRED IN YOU, THIS GODS WORLD NOT YOUR.

by Anonymous
5:23 pm - Aug 10, '11

they hates and don't want

they hates and don't want that we were proud to be african/black, have dark skin, nappy hair and make many real talented strong chocolate/brown skin sons/kids in america and in all the world, because they know that we is much more strongly and better than them untalented weak and white as bird's sh't looking pig azzez. they just afraid of us as strong black race! only self-hating sellout black/mixed white men's wh0res/hoes and dumb sellout pu$$y azz nikkaz helps whites for destroying us and anti real black ppl who is majority!

by chocolateman
3:34 pm - Aug 10, '11

they just wants that we make

they just wants that we make mixed/white looking kids for white race. smart racist slave masters/crakkkers/jews propagandize in media and porno today interracial bullsh't with dumb azz self-hating black woman or man for destroy dark/brown skin black race sons/men and kids!!

by chocolateman
3:33 pm - Aug 10, '11

Garcelle is so f'ckin fake

Garcelle is so f'ckin fake azz b'tch! i bet she thought "wtf I am doing with this ugly azz nikka Jamie in this wack azz negro show from dumb negros" i am so much better for this" lol and what she get?!!! ugly 100 % white looking kids and OGLY old nasty and white bird's sh't looking slave master/dirty crakkker that cheating on her sellout azz in real life.... smh haha what a f'ckin dirty sellout self-hating black men hater white men's whore! i hope she will be single the rest of her life or die of aids by sexy white men like her ex husband!... and all dirty mixed/black white men's whores/hoes like she's!!

by chocolateman
3:22 pm - Aug 10, '11

IN THAT WACK AZZ

IN THAT WACK AZZ CRAKKKERS/JEWS MOVIE BLACK WOMEN IS SLAVES....SO YOUR WHITE KINGS CAN'T HELP YOU BE WHITE AND GET WHITE WOMAN'S STATUS AS WHITE B'TCHES HAVE! AND YOU CAN'T BLAME US IN THIS SH'T...SMH!

by chocolateman
3:21 pm - Aug 10, '11

TAMELA JONES ALWAYS LOOK OILY

TAMELA JONES ALWAYS LOOK OILY AS HE11. I BET THIS MOVIE...............ABOUT BLACK MAIDS WILL WIN EVERY AWARD HOLLYWOOD HAS TO OFFER, INCLUDING THE OSCAR...............BET!!!!

by O BOI
2:50 pm - Aug 10, '11

TEENAGERS ARE RIOTING IN

TEENAGERS ARE RIOTING IN LONDON OVER YEARS OF SYSTEMIC ABUSE. WE ARE SITTING HERE LOOKING AT SELL OUTS FLONT THEIR WEALTH. WAKE UP. PRAY THAT THIS UNREST BE DEALT WITH IN MORE INTELLIGBLE WAYS. GET OUT OF THESE CELEBRITIES TAILS.

by WAKE UP
2:48 pm - Aug 10, '11

This is AMERICA not

This is AMERICA not LONDON. We are not currently into RIOTS. And the way those people are acting in LONDON is a disgrace. How is looting going to bring about progressive change? The Clips I've seen of those kids in London is PATHETIC. Substantive change is not going to come from violence and CRIME. Don't bash Americans. And if you're so PRO LONDON what are you doing on this AMERICAN BLOG posting about THE HELP. I just love comments like this one LMAO

by FURIOUS STYLES
2:59 pm - Aug 10, '11

Um correction people usually

Um correction people usually have to die for a change to happen note: the civil rights movement and the civil war. At the end of Martin Luthers stint he even spoke with Malcolm because he was thinking of using violence because eveything else was not working. Go back and take a 2nd look at history, not saying it is right but violence usually brings about change because people begin to look. Rodney King is the prime example after the riots those officers got a re-trial.

by anonymous
5:56 pm - Aug 10, '11

I really wanna read the book.

I really wanna read the book. Can't wait to go see the movie Friday :D PS take Lauren London non dressing ass off this post that bitch got nothing to do with this movie

by Anonymous
2:45 pm - Aug 10, '11

I really wanna read the book.

I really wanna read the book. Can't wait to go see the movie Friday :D PS take Lauren London non dressing ass off this post that bitch got nothing to do with this movie

by Anonymous
2:45 pm - Aug 10, '11

Everyone looks cute. I love

Everyone looks cute. I love Garcelle's ensemble. SMH @ Tamela because she loves her animal print! I'm not feeling it for this even tho but she still looks beautiful. I love how Viola and her husband are matching just right! It doesn't come off as too matchy matchy. I hope this movie does well and does a good job translating from the book to the screen. Our sistas in this movie deserve to shine.

by Bmore
2:36 pm - Aug 10, '11

Viola was by far the best

Viola was by far the best dressed and looking for this occasion. That dress complemented her very well, and was such a lovely cut. It wold work nice for a very simple wedding dress if it were white and sleeveless. Loved it.

by Anonymous
2:34 pm - Aug 10, '11