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	<title>Curl Up and Write &#187; The Help</title>
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		<title>&#8220;The Help&#8221; Cleans Up at the SAG Awards&#8230;Pun Intended</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trina</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 SAG Awards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Help, was one of my favorite books of 2009, (has it been that long since I’ve read it?) and the movie was just as good (something rare when doing adaptation from book to screen). Octavia Spencer shined last night at the SAG Awards in a gray, satin Tadashi Shoji gown. Her make-up and up-do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Help-Kathryn-Stockett/dp/0399155341">The Help</a>, was one of my favorite books of 2009, (has it been that long since I’ve read it?) and the movie was just as good (something rare when doing adaptation from book to screen). Octavia Spencer shined last night at the SAG Awards in a gray, satin Tadashi Shoji gown. Her make-up and up-do was simple and flawless.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.essence.com/2012/01/29/live-from-the-2012-screen-actors-guild-awards/"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="octavia-spencer-sag-awards" border="0" alt="octavia-spencer-sag-awards" align="left" src="http://www.katrinaspencer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/octavia-spencer-sag-awards.jpg" width="341" height="529" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.essence.com/2012/01/29/live-from-the-2012-screen-actors-guild-awards/"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="68207582" border="0" alt="68207582" src="http://www.katrinaspencer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/octavia-spencer-sag-awards-240x340.jpg" width="362" height="529" /></a></p>
<p>She later won the award for Best Supporting Actress, saying in her speech that she would “dedicate this to the downtrodden, the under-served, the underprivileged, overtaxed, whether emotionally, physically, or financially.&quot; Spencer said she would also dedicate her award to civil rights leader, Medgar Evers, whose murder is portrayed in the movie. Backstage, <a href="http://www.eonline.com/redcarpet/2012/sag_awards/news/the-help-winner-octavia-spencer-quot-women-would-be-happier-if-they-ate-quot/290049">she talked to E! reporter Ted Casablanca</a>, about the challenges women face with their weight.     </p>
<p><em>&quot;Women would be much happier if they ate. I know I sure get a headache when I don&#8217; t eat!&quot;</em></p>
<p><em>&quot;But, you know what?&quot; Octavia</em><em> said, picking up her heavy SAG trophy, &quot;I&#8217;m just gonna lift this baby a few times to lose that little bit of weight I need to!&quot;</em></p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.eonline.com/redcarpet/2012/sag_awards/news/winners-complete-list-from-the-2012-sag-awards/290013"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="reg_634_ab_octavia_012912" border="0" alt="reg_634_ab_octavia_012912" src="http://www.katrinaspencer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/reg_634_ab_octavia_012912.jpg" width="359" height="593" /></a></p>
<p>Viola Davis shined as well, in an embroidered Marchesa gown. I barely recognized her! Her hair was gorgeous and the short curls frame her face well. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.essence.com/2012/01/29/live-from-the-2012-screen-actors-guild-awards/"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="viola-davis-sag-awards" border="0" alt="viola-davis-sag-awards" align="left" src="http://www.katrinaspencer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/viola-davis-sag-awards.jpg" width="362" height="553" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.essence.com/2012/01/29/viola-davis-wins-screen-actors-guild-award-for-best-actress/"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="68209030" border="0" alt="68209030" src="http://www.katrinaspencer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/viola-davis-sag-awards-240x340-1.jpg" width="380" height="554" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.katrinaspencer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/300_ab_viola_012912.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="300_ab_viola_012912" border="0" alt="300_ab_viola_012912" src="http://www.katrinaspencer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/300_ab_viola_012912_thumb.jpg" width="458" height="479" /></a></p>
<p>She won Best Actress, and thanked actresses Cecily Tyson and Meryl Streep for inspiring her to become an actress. She also went on to say how much she loved working with the cast. </p>
<p><em>&quot;The ensemble is just a group effort, brought together to create a singular effect, and all these actors on the stage gave up their ego and were able to just work. And it&#8217;s been such a joy to be a part of this cast.&quot;      <br /></em></p>
<p>I think all three women glowed on-stage, and loved Emma Stone’s black Alexander McQueen gown against her pale skin. And I loved the fact that it was short!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.essence.com/2012/01/29/live-from-the-2012-screen-actors-guild-awards/"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="the-help-sag-awards" border="0" alt="the-help-sag-awards" src="http://www.katrinaspencer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/the-help-sag-awards.jpg" width="505" height="365" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2093588/SAG-Awards-2012-Angelina-Jolie-Stacy-Keibler-Amber-Heard-Ashlee-Simpson-stick-dark-dramatic-gowns-red-carpet-SAG-Awards.html"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="article-2093588-1183FCB3000005DC-150_310x660" border="0" alt="article-2093588-1183FCB3000005DC-150_310x660" src="http://www.katrinaspencer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/article-2093588-1183FCB3000005DC-150_310x660.jpg" width="333" height="738" /></a></p>
<p>I normally snore through the Oscars, but maybe this year I’ll watch to see if Viola and Octavia “clean up” there as well. The Oscars are live on February 26th. Are you watching?</p>
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		<title>Book Clubs</title>
		<link>http://www.katrinaspencer.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/16/book-clubs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[book clubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathryn Stockett]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I know that many writers visit book clubs, but how many of us are in a book club? (If we were in a classroom, I bet we wouldn’t see many hands go up.)</p> <p>After reading Kathryn’s Stockett’s, The Help, I really wanted to be in a book club. I had an opinion, and I wanted [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know that many writers <em>visit</em> book clubs, but how many of us are <em>in</em> a book club? (If we were in a classroom, I bet we wouldn’t see many hands go up.)</p>
<p>After reading <a href="http://www.kathrynstockett.com/" target="_blank">Kathryn’s Stockett’s, The Help</a>, I really wanted to be in a book club. I had an opinion, and I wanted to share it with other readers. </p>
<p>I’m on <a href="http://www.shelfari.com/o1514635686" target="_blank">Shelfari</a>, but that doesn’t do it for me. (One of the reasons could be that I don’t visit the site often enough. I can’t remember the last time I updated my bookshelf…) I want to <em>talk</em> to people, not <em>type</em> what I thought of a particular novel.</p>
<p>I say all that to say that I’m seriously thinking of starting my own book club. Nothing big, just five or so members. Yes, we would eat and laugh, but mostly we would discuss the book that we’ve read that month.</p>
<p>Anybody else in a book club? What do you enjoy about it?</p>
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