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    Childhood Friends Take 'The Help' from Bestseller to Big Screen

    This week, Kathryn Stockett, author of the bestselling novel The Help, and her childhood friend Tate Taylor, who has written and directed the new movie based on the book.

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    By Kim Masters • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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