If you love Rupaul's 'Drag Race' then you will love this clip of one of the contestants, Stacy Layne Mathews, and her spot on impersonation of Mo'Nique in the movie, 'Precious.' Writer Tanner Stransky of Entertainment Weekly has a great rundown of last night's episode: But, if you can imagine, this season’s queens topped last year’s, and mostly because of — get ready to be shocked ...
This past week, Oprah interviewed Monique's brother, Gerald Imes, on her show. Imes admitted to sexually molesting the Oscar award winning actress when she was a kid. As Oprah mentioned at the beginning of her show, she called Mo'Nique to make sure it was okay with Mo'Nique that she do the interview. Mo'Nique gave her her blessing and declined to come on the show. Now
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 Sister 2 Sister magazine: The cast of “The Game” has touched down in Atlanta, but what were they doing there? Drew Sidora told us a couple of weeks ago that BET had officially picked up “The Game” for new episodes, and she let it slip that filming might move to Atlanta. Imagine our surprise when we found out that five of the six main cast ...
From the New York Daily News: Breakout star Mo'Nique isn't considered that "precious" by executives at Lionsgate, which produced her forthcoming film. In fact, as first reported by showbiz411.com, the 41-year-old comedian's bad attitude and shameless demands for money may jeopardize her chance for Oscar glory - all this before the highly anticipated movie opens on Nov. 6. The star was MIA Saturday night at the ...
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution's Rodney Ho: BET has effectively turned Atlanta into its secondary headquarters. The network has taped several reality shows here, its hip-hop awards and now a nightly talk show starring larger-than-life comedienne Mo’Nique. I attended the 11th taping of the show, which has been shot at Turner Studios the past couple of weeks. They are doing 150 episodes this year at a pace of six a week (and saving them up down the ...
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