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Expert How To: The Rarest Nail Colors and Biggest Trends

Meredith Barnett | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Ebay, The Inside Source, Nail Polish, Sapphire, Leah Chernikoff, Winter 2011 Nail Trends, Sally Hansen, Fall 2011 Nail Trends, Chanel, Opi, Clarins, Konad, Nail Colors, Style News

For some folks, it's all about the shoes. For others, it's the bag. But for more and more fashion followers, nails are the hottest place to show off the latest fashion trends.

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'Push' Sapphire's Novel Pulled From South Carolina Schools After Parents Complain

News, Weather, Sports | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sapphire, School Library, Banned Books, Horry County, South Carolina, Push, Precious, Sexual Abuse, Censorship, Physical Abuse, Books News

After several complaints from parents, school leaders have pulled a national bestseller novel from middle schools shelves after determining it's conte...

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'Precious' Author Sapphire Sells Sequel Novel

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sapphire Book, Sapphire Precious, Sapphire, Precious Movie, Precious Book, Sapphire Push, Precious Novel, Sapphire Novel, Push, Books News

Sapphire's newest book, The Kid, is somewhat of a sequel to Push. It will focus on the son of the main character "as he approaches manhood -- alone, b...

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What Smart People Wear

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gloria Vanderbilt, Recycled Jewelry, Mona Williams Von Bismarck, Versailles, Gypsy Rose Lee, Ruben Toledo, Nordstrom, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jewelry, Sapphire, Grafton-Trew, Pearls, Indochine, Museum of the City of New York, Amy Fine Collins, A'leia Walker, Fashion, Shoes, Ruben Toledo's Fashion Almanac, The Metropolitan Opera, Emerald, Taste, Time Magazine, Carmen De Lavallade, Geoffrey Holder, Diana Vreeland, Hats, Lena Horne, Marian Anderson, Pat Buckley, Helena Rubenstein, Mrs. George Washington Kavanaugh, Notorious & Notable: 20th Century Women of Style, Mrs. J. P. Morgan, Diamonds, Isabel Toledo, Life Magazine, Style, Phyllis Magidson, Lauren Bacall, Jewelry Trends, Fashion Show, Style News

Watching to see what chic people wear is fascinating. One mightn't think it has anything whatsoever to do with styles from the past, but of cou...

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

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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Oscar Nominees: The Literary Side Of The Movies

Los Angeles Times | Carolyn Kellogg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: An Education, Precious, Sapphire, Up in the Air, Push, Nick Hornby, Books, Oscars, Oscar Nominees, Books to Movies, The Blind Side, Books News

Several films nominated for best picture this year are based on books, which might be a literary accomplishment if there weren't so many darned pictur...

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Sapphire, 'Push' Author, Speaks To Standing-Room-Only Crowd

annarbor.com | Leah DuMouchel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Precious, Sapphire, Writing, Authors, African American Authors, Push, University of Michigan, Books, Martin Luther King Day, African Americans, Books News

A huge crowd turned out to hear what the poet and author who goes only by the name Sapphire had to say -- so big that by 10 minutes before her schedul...

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Why Precious Matters: Fiction as Witness

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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Geoffrey Fletcher Discusses His Precious Script

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Precious, Sapphire, Geoffrey Fletcher Interview, Lee Daniels, Marshall Fine Interview, Entertainment News

He is guaranteed to be a player in the coming awards season. But screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher knows that not everyone is enamored of Precious, whose screenplay he adapted.

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Precious in the Age of Obama

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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Great Author Interviews (AUDIO)

npr.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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, Video, 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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Precious and Painful

Esther Iverem | Posted 05.25.2011

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, Black Unemployment, Entertainment News

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 Sidibe "Pushes" Her Way to 2010

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Precious, Duracell, Nominations, Sapphire, Gabourey Sidibe, Golden Globes, Push, Oprah, Buzz, Oscars, Oscar Buzz, New Year's Eve, SAG Awards, Entertainment News

Here's the brief but delightful chat I had with Gabourey Sidibe about her brutally honest portrayal in Precious and what it's meant for her ...

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The Pride of Precious Jones

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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

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

AP | ALICIA QUARLES | Posted 05.25.2011

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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Chase Introduces New Credit Card For Wealthiest Customers

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WILMINGTON, Del. — Chase Card Services, a unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co., said Wednesday it will now offer a rewards card designed for wealthy cus...

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Cannes 2009: Mariah Carey in Precious

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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 2009 Day Two: Precious, Vampires, Genocide and Despair!

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Documentary, Cannes Film Festival, Movies, Rwanda, Sapphire, Entertainment News

Some people come to Cannes and do nothing but go to parties. Some people come to Cannes and never see the sun. That's me. So here are my first reactions to the four movies I saw today.

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