According to the AP: The Academy Awards category for best director has historically been two things: white and male. This year, the five nominees are a slightly more diverse crowd. Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker") is only the fourth woman to be nominated. If she wins, she'll be the first woman to ever take home a directing Oscar. Lee Daniels ("Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' ...
[caption id="attachment_244" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Mariah Carey / Credit: Bryan Bedder, Getty Images"][/caption] According to US Magazine: Mimi -- a.k.a. Mariah Carey -- doesn't enjoy being emancipated from her glamorous self. The singer returns to acting in the buzzed-about gritty drama Precious, playing an 80s-era hard-knock social worker named Mrs. Weiss. And her look in the film -- bad hair, dowdy ...
According to E! Online: Director Lee Daniels insists he never thought that his new movie, Precious, would have much success. In fact, he never even thought it would be released in theaters. "I thought it was going to go straight to DVD," Daniels told me last night at Precious' AFI Fest 2009 presented by Audi premiere in Hollywood. "I mean, who was going to want to see ...
According to Reuters: "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" won the top award at the Toronto International Film Festival Saturday, giving the Oprah Winfrey-produced film some early momentum heading into Oscar awards season. The film, a gritty tale of the abuse and redemption of a teenage girl in Harlem, captured the festival's People's Choice award, which is voted on by filmgoers. Last year it went to ...
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