'The Help' tops NAACP Honours

The cast of ''The Help'' walked away most abundant in kudos in the 43rd NAACP Image Honours Friday evening, taking home the very best prize for outstanding movie and nabbing outstanding actress and supporting actress honors for Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer correspondingly. Edging out co-stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Cicely Tyson, Octavia Spencer felt the Atlas-patterned Image Award statuette was a particularly apt trophy. ''Wow exactly what a beautiful award. It sometimes does seem like we've the load around the globe on our shoulders.'' Salim Akil required home the pointing award for ''Jumping the Broom'' and Anne Peacock got a writing award for ''The First Grader'' throughout the kudocast located by Sanaa Latham and Anthony Mackie. Around the men's side ''Jumping the Broom'' demonstrated fruitful for co-stars Laz Alonso and Mike Epps who walked away with best actor and finest supporting actor trophies correspondingly. George Lucas was honored using the NAACP Vanguard Award for creating understanding of social and racial issues. ''Tyler Perry's House f Payne'' won outstanding comedy series while Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Trecee Ellis Ross paired as much as collect the very best actor and actress kudos for any comedy series correspondingly. ''Law and Order: Special Sufferers Unit'' won for any drama series and LL Awesome J and Regina King required home and actress inside a drama. The NAACP Image Honours honors outstanding achievement by people of color in film, television, music and literature in addition to individuals who promote social justice through creative endeavor. Kudocast was broadcast Friday on NBC. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com