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• Box Office Breakdown: New Moon Covers Its Blind Side

  
  FilmCrunch — Authority: 435
  What looked like a possible upset early in the game ended in another win for New Moon . Although the film pulled in another $42.9 million over the holiday weekend, the Twilight sequel dropped approximately 70% from its first frame and escaped second place by a mere $2.8 million. The vampires were given a run for ...
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• Lee Daniels, Andreas Wilson, Anastasios Soulis: Stockholm 2009

  
  Alternative Film Guide — Authority: 485
  Festival director Git Scheynius and Lee Daniels at the 2009 Stockholm Film Festival. (Photo: Carla Orrego Veliz)Lee Daniels’ Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire earned Mo’Nique a best actress award. In the film, Mo’Nique plays illiterate, pregnant teenager Gabourey Sidibe’s abusive mother. ...
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• Review: Precious (2009) ** 1/2

  
  Living in Cinema — Authority: 136
  If you like overwrought, heavy handed underdog stories, this is the movie for you. If you prefer grace, subtlety and depth, look elsewhere.
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• Inside track on the Oscars supporting-actress race

  
  Gold Derby — Authority: 628
  In the Oscars race for best supporting actress, MoNique is widely presumed to be the front-runner. However, the star of " Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire " portrays a monstrous ghetto mama so vile that voters may hold the role against the actress. In that case, this contest is wide open, and ...
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• 2009 Stockholm Film Festival Awards Winners

  
  Alternative Film Guide — Authority: 485
  Dogtooth by Giorgos Lanthimos (top); Mo’Nique in Precious (middle); Edgar Flores in Sin Nombre (bottom)In Giorgos Lanthimos‘ Dogtooth, winner of the 2009 Stockholm Film Festival’s Bronze Horse for best film, a patriarch (Christos Stergioglou) tries to shield his cloistered wife (Michelle Valley) and two ...
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• Stockholm Film Festival Awards 2009

  
  Alternative Film Guide — Authority: 485
  2009 Stockholm Film Festival Awards 2009 Stockholm Film Festival: Nov. 18-29, 20092009 Stockholm Film Festival Award winners Dogtooth by Giorgos Lanthimos BRONZE HORSE AWARDSBest Film: Dogtooth by Giorgos LanthimosBest First Feature: Sin Nombre by Cory Juji FukanagaBest Actress Mo’Nique for Precious: Based on the ...
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• Precious

  
  Buzzine — Authority: 480
  We could talk about Precious as a film, but it’s far more interesting to talk about the cultural impact of Oprah Winfrey. Derived from an Oprah Book Club selection called Push , the arrival of Precious as a huge indie circuit hit and critical favorite is testament to her much-bowed-to influence. When Winfrey ...
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• Precious [Movie Review]

  
  gmanReviews — Authority: 128
  Precious [ Gabourey Sidibe ] is an overweight illiterate teen living in Harlem in the late 1980s.  She’s pregnant for the second time with her father’s child and still living with her abusive mother, Mary [ Mo’Nique ].  After being kicked out of her school, for basically being too much for them to handle, ...
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• Golden Globes 2010 Predictions – Best Supporting Actress

  
  Alternative Film Guide — Authority: 485
  2010 Golden Globe Predictions: Best Supporting ActressMariah Carey, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (with Gabourey Sidibe)An unglamorous social workerPenélope Cruz, NineA film director’s seductive mistress Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (with Gabourey Sidibe) A ...
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• “PRECIOUS” HAS “OSCAR” CLOSING IN - SAYS OPRAH WINFREY

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 598
  T he c ast of Precious is getting a lot of attention with comedic actress Mo’Nique and singer Mariah Carey the standouts in the movie and being touted as possible Academy Award nominees.   No one is more proud of the accomplishments than Oprah Winfrey , who Executive Produced the pic and ...
  6 days ago

• Cinecast Episode 144 – Feeling a bit “Rusty”

  
  Row Three — Authority: 509
  E pisode 144: T wilight is upon us! Thankfully our own expert on all things Twilight , Marina Antunes, drops by our virtual studio to offer her thoughts on the film as the guys in the row fell asleep or watched disaster flicks instead. And by popular demand, we also bring back time track listing (in the show ...
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• "Precious": Being Black in America

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Some race conversations are harder than others are. At times we can talk about race with lightheartedness, and at other times, we cant. There are reasons for that. When talk leads to a real need for change, we usually resist it. At least those ideas felt clear to me this weekend, when I saw two racially-charged ...
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• Box Office Breakdown: A Bloody Good Debut for New Moon

  
  FilmCrunch — Authority: 435
  After months of endless promotion, New Moon finally opened this weekend to monster-sized numbers. But how exactly did the film compare to the other theatrical giants? Despite earning over $142 million since midnight Thursday, the adaptation’s debut still falls behind The Dark Knight ($158.4) and Spider-Man 3 ...
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• MARIAH CAREY - ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO ATTEND THE PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 598
  After nearly 20 years in the business, Mariah Carey is about to receive the breakthrough performance award at the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala . Carey’s performance as the completely unglamorous social worker, Ms. Weiss , in the drama, Precious: Based on the ...
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• Lincoln University Says No Degree for the Overweight if they Don’t Take A Fitness Course…Is this Right?

  
  politics from the eyes of an ebony mom — Authority: 136
  “According to cbs3.com , Lincoln University, an HBCU in Pennsylvania, has mandated a fitness course for overweight students in an effort to impact the soaring rates of obesity and diabetes in the African-American community. The mandate requires students to get tested for their BMI. Those in the obese range will be ...
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• Movie Review - Precious

  
  The Big & Small Screen — Authority: 131
  This extraordinary film is based on the novel Push by Sapphire and when it screened at Sundance this year it was actually known as Push: Based on the novel by Sapphire . The name was changed to Precious due to producers not wanting to cause confusion with the Dakota Fanning flick Push (two more opposite movies ...
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• Review: Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

  
  Film School Rejects — Authority: 664
  In Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire , director Lee Daniels pulls off an improbable feat. Within a grim world in which the worst of human behavior frequently manifests itself, Daniels and screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher (using Sapphire’s source material) have created an authentic testament to ...
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• Precious – Review

  
  Inside Pulse Movies — Authority: 146
  Insert Lord of the Rings joke here Image Courtesy of IMPawards.com Director: Lee Daniels Notable Cast: Gabby Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz The art of the con is something we see in every spectrum in every sort of media. Politicians con us into thinking they believe in ...
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• Precious (November)

  
  HD-Trailers.net Blog — Authority: 147
  Link to Catalog Clareece “Precious” Jones is an overweight, illiterate African-American teen in Harlem. Just as she’s about to give birth to her second child, Jones is accepted into an alternative school where a teacher helps her find a new path in her life. ( Source ) Download : 480p , 720p , 1080p ...
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• Finally saw “Precious”, and it Lived Up to the Hype

  
  politics from the eyes of an ebony mom — Authority: 136
   For the past few weeks I have heard nothing but praise for the movie Precious. I thought I would have gotten to see it on November 6th, but my city was not one of the selected cities. So I waited patiently and today I got the opportunity to see it. Precious is an intense drama that frankly discusses issues that we ...
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