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NAACP Image Awards: The Help Cleans House

The 43rd Annual NAACP Image Awards awarded The Help three top honors in what came as no surprise to most observers and fans of the Academy Award-nominated picture. The film received another boost heading into next Sunday’s Oscars, winning Outstanding Motion Picture as well as wins for actresses Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer. The ceremony Friday at the Shrine Auditorium, which honored diversity in the arts, was punctuated by moving tributes to Whitney Houston and George Lucas. Davis and Spencer also won at the SAG Awards this winter . Yolanda Adams performed the spiritual song “I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry” as part of a tribute to pop superstar Houston, who died last week at the age of 48. As part of the tribute to Lucas, Jennifer Hudson and Ne-Yo performed “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” while Red Tails director Lucas sang along from his seat. Hudson also claimed the outstanding album prize for I Remember Me . Other winners announced during the two-hour telecast included a pair of TV stars, Regina King for her role in SouthLAnd and LL Cool J for NCIS: Los Angeles .

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Gabe Watson, Alleged Honeymoon Killer, Accused of Lies Surrounding Tina Thomas’ Death

Gabe Watson, the accused Honeymoon Killer, is on trial for the death of his wife, and the details surrounding her drowning are being called into question. An experienced diver who was there when Tina Thomas Watson died cast doubt on his version of what happened off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in 2003. Dr. Doug Milsap testified for the prosecution that Watson told him two stories about how Tina Thomas died that fateful day, neither of which he believed. In one version of events from that day, Milsap recalled , Watson told him that his wife panicked, knocked off his mask, making him unable to help her. In another, he was holding her, but she was too heavy to carry to the surface. The tale simply wasn’t plausible to Milsap, because underwater, a human being’s weight is almost negligible – the equivalent of just 10 to 20 pounds. “I got angry – like I feel now – and said, that’s bulls—,” Milsap said, according to The Courier Mail . “I tend not to have much tact, I tell it like it is.” Prosecutors argue that Gabe Watson, a 36-year-old salesman, who married his wife 10 days earlier, planned her death to cash in on her life insurance. The Alabama man served 18 months in an Australian prison for manslaughter. If convicted in a Birmingham courtroom, he faces life behind bars. To preempt a possible move by the defense, prosecutors aired a taped deposition of Tina Thomas’ doctor about a heart condition she had in 2001. Tina had a procedure two years before she died to correct an irregular heartbeat. Dr. Farrell Mendelsohn testified that he considered her cured. The defense contends that Tina’s death was accidental and perhaps was gearing up to argue that her medical history put her at risk in diving.

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The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: No Bones About It

The Real Housewives of Atlanta continued their African adventure Sunday night, but can the crew hold on to their newfound peace? Don’t bet on it. We recap it all as the insults fly with our THG +/- review! Back from the orphanage, everyone’s talking about how much they have and how it felt to witness people so appreciative for towels and soap. For the first time the women seem to find something worthwhile to bond over. Plus 15 .

Lindsay Lohan to Host Saturday Night Live

Lindsay Lohan will host Saturday Night Live March 3, and the 25-year-old landed the plum gig without the help of her mother or any other management figure. An insider close to the 25-year-old says Dina Lohan, who used to manage her LiLo, “had nothing to do” with helping her land the late night comedy show slot. The actress personally reached out to SNL creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels, whom she reportedly sees as a father figure, about the hosting gig. The two promptly hashed out details for the March 3 show. It will be her fourth time on the show, and her first since 2006. The oft-troubled Lohan, who hasn’t acted much (at all) in recent years, will be off probation on March 29 if she fulfills her court-ordered obligations by then. Always a big if, but girl has been turning things around lately, earning rave reviews for her community service and racking up one modeling gig after another. Hosting SNL could be a great way to continue her career rehabilitation, if she does well and shows the ability to poke fun at herself, which she has in the past. Are you excited to see Lohan on Saturday Night Live?

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