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Director Lee Daniels on his "Precious" Best Known As: Film Director,  Film Producer Gist: Lee Daniels (b. Lee Louis Daniels, December 24, 1959, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American film producer and director best known for the film Monster's...
Tags: Lee Daniels, Los Angeles, films, American film directors, Incest in fiction, Entertainment Culture, Push, Precious, Gabourey Sidibe, Human Interest, Sapphire, Mo'Nique, Sidibe, Oprah Winfrey
But Joan kept her comments to herself and instead they talked about diamonds, gold, champagne, caviar, corporate takeovers, Persian kittens, bubble baths and how Joan was in talks for the Mo'Nique role in Precious . Hopefully, they also discussed the...
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While I didn't love it, I have no problem recommending it to thoughtful people looking for a reasonable alternative to that other racial uplift film in theaters, "The Blind Side." The full name of the film is a mouthful: "Precious: Based on the Novel...
Tags: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Lee Daniels, Tony Norman Uplifting, uplift film, Pittsburgh, Gabourey Sidibe, Push, Mo'Nique, Sapphire, Incest in fiction, Precious, films, Entertainment Culture
At this early point on the derby track, the race for best actress looks like a matchup between Gabby Sidibe (" Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire ") and Carry Mulligan (" An Education ")...Her devastating performance is what is most precious...
Tags: Los Angeles, films, Entertainment Culture, CinemaScore, Gabourey Sidibe, Academy Awards, Human Interest, Sapphire, Surnames, It's Complicated, Academy Award for Best Actress, Sidibe, Bullock, Precious, Erin Brockovich, Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Mariah has too, which is why from time to time we hear about her ridiculous demands and it doesn't surprise us one bit. For example, a host of a British talk show who recently interviewed MiMi while she was in the UK explained that she was baffled about...
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She's abused by her mother, impregnated twice by her father, and abandoned by her teachers. But as disturbing as Lee Daniels' Oscar contender is, Precious is driven by the hope that tomorrow will be a better day. And Sidibe's shows such uncommon strength...
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The most controversial film yet to hit the screens ignited a fiery reaction that ran the full spectrum of human emotion. The extremist reviews rated Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire as “Angelic and “Demonic.”...
Tags: San Francisco, Gabourey Sidibe, Oprah Winfrey, Sapphire, Push, Sidibe, Incest in fiction, Entertainment Culture, Precious, Felicia R. Lee, films, Tyler Perry, allnews, jonathan aquino
Precious' star Gabourey Sidibe visited Oprah Friday to promote her movie, in which she plays an obese teenager who is twice impregnated by her HIV-positive father. Gabby's own Harlem adolescence was not nearly as troubled but she did struggle for years...
Tags: Gabby, Los Angeles, Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Abdul, Sidibe, Oprah Winfrey, Entertainment Culture, Incest in fiction, Precious, films
A bright smear against a dull grey backdrop, it’s an image of beauty. We’re meant to read this as a symbol of the audacity of hope, a point director Lee Daniels hammers home when his title character offers that scarf to a young neighbour and fellow abuse...
Tags: Gabourey Sidibe, Lee Daniels, Sarah Liss, Toronto Life, Canada, Toronto, Sapphire, Push, American film directors, Paula Patton, Incest in fiction, Precious, films, Entertainment Culture
The filmmakers pay lip service to the story's racial undertones without ever really rocking the leaky boat...Aaron, who looks to be twice her size, is impressively impassive, and country star Tim McGraw, as Bullock's infinitely accommodating husband,...
Tags: Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Raven Michael Oher, Hollywood, Blind Side, Los Angeles, Bullock, The Blind Side, films, Michael Oher, Tim McGraw, Vivien Leigh, Entertainment Culture, Briarcrest Christian School, Warner Bros., Sapphire, Sidibe, Lee Daniels, Mo'Nique, Push, Incest in fiction, Precious, Human Interest, Gabourey Sidibe, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, Mariah Carey, American film directors, All About Steve, Bullock's, Kumbaya