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Uplifting film is worthy, but not universal
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 1 day ago
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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
Inside track on the Oscars' best actress race
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 day 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 | 2 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
Mimi's Diva Demands
London :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility 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...
Tags: Mariah Carey, Palm Springs Convention Center, London, films, Gabourey Sidibe, Sidibe, Glitter, Mo'Nique, Incest in fiction, Precious, Entertainment Culture, Sopranos, Mangaloreans, Marion Cotillard, Sapphire, M, Slumdog Millionaire, Freida Pinto, Felicity Huffman, WiseGirls, Mariah Carey albums
"Precious" Movie -- "Angelic" Or "Demonic"?
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
On the set of Precious: ‘No tears, ladies!'
Toronto :: Canada | 4 days ago
Credibility T he scene could have easily caused a meltdown among cast and crew...Mariah Carey was in character as an unadorned, plain Jane social worker. Facing Carey was American TV actress and comedian Mo'Nique, a friendly presence on set, but cast as a frighteningly...
Tags: Daniels, Mail Mariah Carey, Sidibe, Canada, Toronto, Mariah Carey, Mo'Nique, Lee Daniels, Sapphire, Incest in fiction, Precious, films, Entertainment Culture
To Blacks, Precious Is ‘Demeaned’ or ‘Angelic’
Vienna :: Austria | 4 days ago
Credibility Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” the new film about an obese, poor, illiterate, young black woman who is sexually and emotionally abused, has sparked this heartfelt and at times heated debate about its meaning in the two weeks since its limited...
Tags: Mark Anthony Neal, drug addicts, Mr. White, popular cultural, Austria, Vienna, Sapphire, Oprah Winfrey, Stereotype, Film, Push, Precious, Tyler Perry, Entertainment Culture, Social Issues
Review: Precious
Toronto :: Canada | 5 days ago
Credibility 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 Blind Side
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility 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
Leslie Bennetts spotlights Precious
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Lee Daniels, the director of Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, and the movie’s star, Gabourey Sidibe, who plays the title character, in New York City. Photograph by Ruven Afanador. Precious Moment Lee Daniels and Gabourey Sidibe, director...
Tags: Sapphire, novel push, New York City, Gabourey Sidibe, Push, Precious, Entertainment Culture, Sidibe, Lenny Kravitz, Zoe Kravitz, Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn, Black Jews, Human Interest, Lee Daniels, Incest in fiction, films, Paula Patton
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