Author Sapphire talks about the new movie "Precious" inspired by her novel "Push," the process of casting the lead actress Gabourey Sidibe, and the inspirational message of the story. Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe stars as Clareece... [read full story]
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Filed under: Beauty , News , Celebrity Beauty Gabourey Sidibe makes her acting debut as "Precious." Courtesy of Lionsgate. Porcelain skin, blonde hair, blue eyes and a rail-thin body. That's who Claireece "Precious" Jones sees...
Its heroine is a black teenage girl made pregnant by her own father and repeatedly beaten up by her mother. She is illiterate, penniless, HIV-positive, and weighs 350 pounds. Its setting is a tough district of Harlem, and the...
Published: Wed, November 4, 2009 @ 12:00 a.m. By JOHN ANDERSON “Precious” is hardly the feel-good movie of 2009, but the people around it should be feeling pretty good. “It’s like I’m on a cloud, waiting for someone to pop it,”...
Precious now has a 61 rating on Metacritic. This might matter more if the film hadn’t yet been screened and won two major awards heading into the race. Okay, so maybe Sundance isn’t a major award, but for this film it set up a...
Paula Patton plays the teacher to Gabourey Sidibe's student. Daniels, who produced Ball, also assumes the mantle of director with Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, one of the year's most talked-about dramas even...
Lee Daniels’s PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL “PUSH” BY SAPPHIRE is a vibrant, honest and resoundingly hopeful film about the human capacity to grow and overcome. Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece “Precious”...
For a total newcomer like Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe to find a starring role in any film was beyond comprehension. Nonetheless, this daughter of R&B/gospel singer Alice Tan Ridley and Senegalese father Ibnou Sidibe got the lead...
Capsule reviews of films opening this week: By The Associated Press The Associated Press Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "The Men Who Stare at Goats" - A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George...
Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "The Men Who Stare at Goats" - A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney and producing partner Grant Heslov's romp based on J...
Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "The Men Who Stare at Goats" - A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney and producing partner Grant Heslov's romp based on J...
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