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Add 'Precious' to the list of saddest movies ever
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 6 hours ago
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From the tweets and Facebook statuses, some people are still shaken by the memory of "Precious." The film is based on "Push," a novel about an illiterate and overweight young girl and her struggles with her abusive parents. The director pulled great performances...
Tags: Los Angeles, Mo'Nique, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Precious, Entertainment Culture, Oprah Winfrey
What if Quentin Tarantino had directed Precious?
If you intend to see Precious, a manipulative attempt to condemn society for generations of personal irresponsibility, don’t read this. The billboard reads: “Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry Present Precious, Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.”...
Tags: Precious, Oprah Winfrey, Quentin Tarantino, Tyler Perry, Spike Lee, Entertainment Culture, allnews, Tyler Perry Present Precious, Yonkers, Foxy Brown, Lee Daniels, Present, Elmore Leonard, D. W. Griffith, Pam Grier, Human Interest, Blaxploitation, Miramax films, The Sifl and Olly Show, films, Jackie Brown, Push
Carey rolled with the punches in 'Precious'
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," we see Mariah Carey as we've never seen her -- literally. It's not just that Carey's performance as Mrs. Weiss, a social worker, is so good, which those who saw "Glitter" in 2001 might find surprising.
Tags: Mariah Carey, famous diva, having kids, simple life, definitely discussed, ve definitely, United Kingdom, London, Sopranos, Entertainment Culture, Mariah Carey albums, Human Interest, Nick Cannon, Obsessed, Carey, Mariah Carey videography, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, GMTV, Social Issues, Mariah, Hero, Mo'Nique, Diva, Precious
22: Lee Daniels
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility 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
Frisky Rant: Please Don’t Bring Your Baby To A Rated “R” Movie
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility It’s everything the buzz says it’s going to be: Gabby Sidibe plays Precious, who has been raped by her father and had two children by him, and Mo’nique plays abusive mother who calls her the most vile names and throws a TV set at her daughter’s head.
Tags: Los Angeles, Movie theater, Motion Picture Association of America film rating system, Rooms, Incest, Toddler, films, Family law, Precious, Entertainment Culture
When Precious Met Alexis
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility 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...
Tags: Joan Collins, Los Angeles, Zac Efron, Gabby, Mo'Nique, Sidibe, films, Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Mariah Carey to get Precious prize
London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility Wednesday Nov 25, 2009 Mariah Carey will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award at the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. The singer-and-actress will receive the coveted honour at the Californian event in January in recognition...
Tags: Mariah Carey, Daily Mail, Kate Garraway, United Kingdom, London, GMTV, Entertainment Culture, Mariah Carey albums, Human Interest, Sopranos, The X Factor, Couch, Gallaway, Skunks, Precious, Pet skunk
Uplifting film is worthy, but not universal
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility 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
Inside track on the Oscars' best actress race
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility 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
Esther Iverem: Precious and Painful
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility In the films of Lee Daniels, horror is expressed through a claustrophobic Black pain that Hollywood finds absolutely compelling. In Precious , the fifth film that Daniels has either produced or directed, he returns to the formula that won him acclaim...
Tags: Lee Daniels, Los Angeles, films, Push, Sapphire, Mo'Nique, American film directors, Incest in fiction, Precious, Entertainment Culture, Social Issues
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