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Precious

Precious and Painful

Esther Iverem | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Edward P. Jones, The Color Purple, Sapphire, Halle Berry, Mariah Carey, Literary Prizes, Mo'Nique, The Known World, Alice Walker, Precious, Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibi, Lee Daniels, Entertainment News
Esther Iverem

In Precious, director Lee Daniels returns to the formula that has won him acclaim in the past: stories of poor Black women who are too pathetic, sick and incapable of caring for themselves or their children.

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'Precious' Star Gabourey Sidibe: My First Diet Started At Age Six (VIDEO)

Posted 11.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Video, Precious, Film, Gabourey Sidibe, Celebrity Body, Entertainment News

'Precious' star Gabourey Sidibe visited Oprah Friday to promote her movie, in which she plays an obese teenager who is twice impregnated by her father...

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Why Precious Matters: Fiction as Witness

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 11.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Fiction, Sapphire Push, Precious, Sapphire, Reading, Push, Hold Love Strong, Matthew Aaron Goodman, Books, Realistic Fiction, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

It is no accident that the hopes of Precious become manifest when she learns to read and write and she begins to do both, voraciously. It is through reading and writing that Precious finds her own life and her own voice.

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'Precious' Tweets Translate Into Dollars For Literacy Org

Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Lionsgate, Literacy, Education, Precious, Causes, Reading, Tweets, Twitcause, Impact News

Lionsgate's new release, "Precious," is a powerful film that centers around the transformative journey of 16-year-old Claireece "Precious" Jones. The ...

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What America Can Learn from a Black Girl Named "Precious"

Cindy Rodriguez | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Precious Film, Precious, Precious Movie Review, Entertainment News
Cindy Rodriguez

Precious is one of the best films I've seen in a long time, and one of the few in mainstream theaters that dares deal with the legacy that slavery created.

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Great Author Interviews With Barbara Kingsolver, Sapphire, and Mary Karr(AUDIO)

npr.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Books

Read More: Barbara Kingsolver, Barbara Kingsolver the Lacuna, The Lacuna, Writers, Books, Writing, Mary Karr Lit, Precious, Lit, Authors, Npr, Sapphire Push, Sapphire, Radio, Push, Author Interviews, Mary Karr, Books News

NPR has a host of great author interviews every week, and we thought we'd bring you the best of the recent ones. Listen below for three really great o...

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Starz Denver Film Festival: What Movies Will You See? (VOTE)

Posted 11.10.2009 | Denver

Read More: Two Spirits, Dnc, The Young Victoria, Starz Denver Film Festival, Condoleezza Rice, Slidepoll, Poliwood, Precious, Hick Town, Heath Ledger the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Turtle: The Incredible Journey, Denver, Colorado, Denver News

The 32nd annual Starz Denver Film Festival begins this Thursday, bringing Denver 11 days with more than 200 films from 40 different countries. Scr...

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The Pride of Precious Jones

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Whites, Harlem, Poverty, Gabourey Sidibe, Real Estate, Race, Hollywood, Barack Obama, New York, Rodney King, South Africa, Unemployed, Precious, Oprah Winfrey, Lenny Kravitz, Blacks, Paula Patton, Lee Daniels, Michael Mccollom, Brooklyn, Sapphire, Push, Mo'Nique, Armand White, A. O. Scott, Divas, The Color Purple, New York Press, Mariah Carey, New York Times, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

Almost every African-American knows, is related to, or is acquainted with a Precious Jones or her mother, Mary.

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'Precious' Makes Paula Abdul Bawl

nypost.com | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Paula Abdul couldn't turn off the tears during a screening of the four-hanky "Precious" at AFI Fest 2009 in LA with Will Smith, executive producer Opr...

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Precious in the Age of Obama

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Sapphire, Precious, Gabourey Sidibe, Lee Daniels, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

can Precious become this year's Slumdog Millionaire?Slumdog was about kids from another country. But Precious is about this country.

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What's Wrong With the New York Film Festival

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pedro Almodovar, Antichrist, Precious, Broken Embraces, Marshall Fine Commentary, Trash Humpers, New York Film Festival, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

The NYFF has become the "we know best" festival, full of films that no one -- except the selection committee and the people who actually made the movies --- will ever care about.

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Oprah On Book That Inspired Precious: "A Modern-Day Color Purple"

AP | ALICIA QUARLES | Posted 10.01.2009 | Books

Read More: Push, Oprah, Precious, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Precious, Oprah Books, Sapphire, Oprah Push, Alice Walker, Color Purple, Books News

TORONTO — Oprah Winfrey was so taken by Sapphire's novel "Push" that she read it more than once. Yet even though the talk-show host has made be...

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'Precious' Snags Toronto Film Festival Prize - The One 'Slumdog' Won

AP | Posted 11.20.2009 | Entertainment

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TORONTO — A raw film about an abused teen named Precious won the audience choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, s...

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Live from the Toronto Film Festival: The Wrap-Up

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Antichrist, Precious, Up in the Air, Lars Von Trier, Toronto Film Festival, Broken Embraces, Life During Wartime, A Serious Man, Todd Solondz, Marshall Fine Blog, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

I have nothing against transgressive cinema; but Antichrist has the feeling of pushing buttons for its own sake, like a child smearing its own feces on a wall. Why does Lars von Trier do it?

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Oprah Winfrey & Tyler Perry Start The 'Precious' Oscar Push

AP | ALICIA QUARLES | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Oprah, Film, Precious, Oprah Winfrey, The Oscars, Tyler Perry, Entertainment News

TORONTO — Lee Daniels has an Oscar-winning movie to his credit, but he still needed some big-time help to draw attention to his latest film abou...

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Cannes 2009: Mariah Carey in Precious

Karin Badt | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Precious, Sapphire, Gabourey Sidibe, Mariah Carey, Paula Patton, Cannes 2009, Lee Daniels, Mo'Nique, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

Any spectator of this new dramatic film by Lee Daniels, who has a tad of a self-esteem issue, will identify with the pains of this story.

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Cannes Exclusive Video: Mariah Carey Fools Photogs!

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie, Precious, Paparazzi, Music, Cannes Film Festival, Pop, Mariah Carey, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Mariah Carey made the paparazzi look foolish today at the Cannes Film Festival.

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GONZO CANNES: Can You Handle Mo'Nique?

Dana Kennedy | Posted 06.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lenny Kravitz, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Mo'Nique, Push, Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, Cannes, Gabourey Sidib, Cannes Film Festival, Precious, Entertainment News
Dana Kennedy

Believe it, b**ches. And don't forget the apostrophe. As far as I'm concerned, Mo'Nique could take Meryl Streep in an Oscar bar fight one-handed - and clean the floor with her.

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