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The dynamic created by Skeeter’s perkiness, Aibileen’s mournful warmth and Minnie’s irrepressible sauciness keeps the pace unflagging while the proceedings are further enriched by supporting performances from Jessica Chastain as a kooky but kindly social outcast and Sissy Spacek as Hilly’s Alzheimer’s-beset, but still spirited mom.

Dramatizing the stupidity of prejudice and the expansive possibilities open to those who overcome it, “The Help” is a richly humanistic tale mature viewers will welcome.

- The Help, CatholicNews.com, August 24, 2011.

3. The 85th Academy Awards opened Sunday with Captain James Kirk appearing via videolink from the Starship Enterprise, and closed with First Lady Michelle Obama appearing live from the White House.

In between, it survived a raft of sometimes off-color jokes by Seth MacFarlane in his first appearance as an Oscar emcee -- delighting fans of the “Family Guy” creator while infuriating more than a few detractors.

Fifty-seven percent of those who took part in an instant online poll on TVline.com rated MacFarlane's opening monologue “above average” or even “awesome” at the outset of a musically-themed Oscar evening.

But politically incorrect references to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the accents of Spanish-speaking actors and women’s breasts failed to impress many viewers of the global telecast.

“Star Trek” star William Shatner, in the role of Captain Kirk, dropped in from the 23rd century to warn MacFarlane he was doomed to be the “worst Oscars host ever,” warning him of all the mistakes he would make.