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Marshall Fine: Geoffrey Fletcher discusses his Precious script
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
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But screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher knows that not everyone is enamored of Precious, the film whose screenplay he adapted from the novel Push by Sapphire. Even before it opened, he was steadying himself for criticisms of a film that was also winning some...
Tags: Geoffrey Fletcher, Lee Daniels, Los Angeles, Sapphire, Tyler Perry, Precious, The Color Purple, Push, American film directors, Entertainment Culture, Oprah Winfrey
'Precious’ and 'Last Station’ lead Spirit Award nominees
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility The urban drama Precious and the Leo Tolstoy period piece The Last Station each earned a leading five nominations Tuesday for the Spirit Awards honoring independent film. The two acclaimed movies will compete for best feature film with the romance ( 500)...
Tags: Los Angeles, films, Precious, Entertainment Culture, Incest in fiction, Sapphire, Mo'Nique, Fletcher, Gabourey Sidibe, Sidibe, Push, Human Interest
Diamond breaks HK record
Hong Kong :: China | 4 days ago
Credibility A rare five-carat 'vivid pink' diamond ring broke the world record at Christie's jewellry auction in Hong Kong, selling for $10.8 million dollars at $2 million a carat. A rare, 5-carat pink diamond was auctioned off for a record $10.8 million in Hong...
Tags: Hong Kong, vivid pink, pink diamond, million dollars, Christie, China, Carat, Jewellery making, Christie's, Diamond, Gemstones, Petra Diamonds, Transparent materials, Auction, Human Interest, Sapphire, Premier Mine, Superhard materials
Inside track on the Oscars' supporting-actress race
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility In the Oscars' race for best supporting actress, Mo'Nique is widely presumed to be the front-runner. However, the star of " Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire " portrays a monstrous ghetto mama so vile that voters may hold the role against...
Tags: Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Los Angeles, Sapphire, Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air, Mo'Nique, films, Precious, Push, Human Interest, Entertainment Culture
Kate Gosselin Eco-Friendly Toy Line; Beyonce Tabbed World’s Greatest Pop Star; “The Shining” Sequel; And More Mornin’ Crunch Crumbs
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Kimberly Williams-Paisley will star in a Lifetime movie about 2006 schoolhouse shooting in the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania….. -Ice Cube has signed up to star in the latest New Line and Cube Vision action comedy Ride Along ….. -Aunjanue...
Tags: Los Angeles, Sapphire, Borg starships, Amish, Ice Cube, Nickel Mines Pennsylvania, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Push, Human Interest, Entertainment Culture
Geoffrey Fletcher pulls 'Precious' from 'Push'
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility You can witness a number of memorable debuts in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," including the introduction of leading lady Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe and an initial glimpse of singer Mariah Carey as an accomplished character actor. But...
Tags: Geoffrey Fletcher, Lee Daniels, Los Angeles, Sapphire, Fletcher, Precious, Push, Entertainment Culture
22: Lee Daniels
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 10 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
Uplifting film is worthy, but not universal
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 11 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 | 11 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 | 12 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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