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Brennan Williams

"Precious" Screenwriter Launches Global Filmmakers Competition

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 05.03.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Tribeca Film Festival, Precious, Tribeca Film Festival 2012, Geoffrey Fletcher, Bombay Sapphire, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Black Voices News

Geoffrey Fletcher's exemplary writing for the 2009 drama "Precious" scored him an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, making him the first African-Amer...

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If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother: At the Athena Awards

Regina Weinreich | Posted 04.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Diablo Cody, Caroline Hirsch, Nekisa Cooper, Lorene Scafaria, Laura Ziskind, Theresa Rebeck, Julia Barry, Rachael Horovitz, Lizz Winstead, Geoffrey Fletcher, D.A. Pennebaker, Kathryn Kolbert, Katie Couric, Melissa Silverstein, Julie Taymor, Liz Meriwether, Jeffrey Toobin, Athena Awards, Athena Awards 2012, Home News
Regina Weinreich

Recipients are asked to adhere to only one caveat: they must speak about a woman who has influenced or inspired them, not their mother. An act of rebellion, this rule was immediately violated.

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At the Oscars: Breaking Tradition on the Red Carpet

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Charlie Sheen, Conan O'Brien, Aaron Sorkin, Alan Menken, Tuxedo, Russell Brand, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Biutiful, Winter's Bone, Precious, Pixar, Facebook, Larry David, Natalie Portman, Academy Awards, John Lasseter, The Bachelor, Warre Beatty, Jeremy Renner, Kirk Douglas, Mandi Moore, Toy Story, Tim Gunn, Red Carpet, Geoffrey Fletcher, Colin Firth, Javier Bardem, Huffington Post, Jennifer Lawrence, Tangled, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

Here is my red carpet experience captured on video. Will Aaron Sorkin finally join Facebook? How has induction in the Conan O'Brien Oscar-Winner F-bomb Hall of Fame stack yup to the Oscars?

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I (Heart) The Fighter

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The King's Speech, The Social Network, David O. Russell, Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, True Grit, The Fighter, Melissa Leo, Amy Adams, Coen Brothers, Frank Rich, Rosie Perez, Jeannie Berlin, Geoffrey Fletcher, Spike Jonze, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

Last week's retrospective of David O. Russell's career had me thinking of a new category: Movie with the Biggest Heart. The Fighter may vie with Toy Story 3, but in the end would topple all contenders.

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Precious Screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher Talks Parodies and (Wait For It...) A Sequel?

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Screenwriter, Sapphire, Oscar Winning, Common, New York City, Queen Latifah, Push, Nyc Premiere, Precious, Movie Premiere, Geoffrey Fletcher, Nba, Novel, Just Wright, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

After winning an Oscar for Precious, one wonders if screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher needed to go into a warm, happy place after being around such dark material for so long.

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At This Year's Oscars, History was Made Twice

David McMillan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Kathryn-Bigelow-Best-Director, Geoffrey Fletcher Best Screenplay, First African American Oscar Screenwriting, Geoffrey Fletcher, Entertainment News
David McMillan

Not to steal Ms. Bigelow's thunder, but we witnessed another historic first at this year's Oscars: Geoffrey Fletcher, who won Best Adapted Screenplay for Precious, became the first African-American to win an Oscar for screenwriting.

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