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Precious

June 2021

  • Gabourey Sidibe as Precious in the 2009 film adaptation of Push.

    ‘A heartbreaker and a heart mender’: how Sapphire’s Push birthed a new American heroine

    Twenty-five years after Sapphire’s novel Push was published, Tayari Jones salutes its groundbreaking heroine, Precious

February 2021

  • Director Lee Daniels

    Lee Daniels: ‘Studios will give you about $10 to make a black movie’

    The maverick director makes the films no one else would dare to – persuading Oprah to break her acting drought, and Nicole Kidman to pee on Zac Efron. What’s his next coup?

February 2016

  • Pulp Fiction

    The black Oscar wins that got away

  • 82nd Annual Academy Awards.<br>epa02070132 US actress Mo’Nique holds up her award at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California, USA 07 March 2010. Mo’Nique won for Peformance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire. The Oscars are awards presented for outstanding individual or collective efforts in up to 25 categories in filmmaking. EPA/PAUL BUCK

    Mo'Nique: equal pay for black women more important than 'irrelevant' Oscars

March 2015

  • Oscar-winner Mo'nique, who is in a public spat with director Lee Daniels

    Mo'Nique says she was 'blackballed' by Lee Daniels after Oscar win for Precious

    Director wanted to teach her a lesson after she failed to thank him on awards night, says actor

February 2015

  • Mo'Nique and Lee Daniels

    Lee Daniels expands on Mo'Nique 'blackballed' comments

    Mo’Nique, the actor who won an Oscar for her supporting role in Precious, said the film’s director Lee Daniels told her she was ‘blackballed’ from Hollywood for not ‘playing the game’ – Daniels has now elaborated on the comments, while the actor denies being snubbed

April 2014

  • Mariah Carey wiht bare shoulders, smiling,01225 313 009 £170 singing into a microphone

    The wit and wisdom of Mariah Carey

    Despite being accused of being a ditsy diva, Mariah Carey is one of the most successful pop singers ever. Aaron Hicklin discovers a star with a savvy self-awareness and an astute wit

March 2014

  • Lee Daniels

    Precious pair Lee Daniels and Gabourey Sidibe reunite for TV hip-hop drama

    The actor Gabourey Sidibe, whose Oscar-nominated breakthrough came in Lee Daniels' film Precious, is to star in Empire, a TV series from the director, with Timbaland also on board

April 2010

  • Gabourey Sidibe in a scene from Precious.

    Precious: big at the box office

    How Gabourey Sidibe took obesity into the fashion world

February 2010

  • Precious little sense on racism

    Nicolaus Mills

    Nicolaus Mills: Oscar nominations for Precious and The Blind Side seem to have increased nonsensical attacks that the films are racist

  • precious

    The missing view of Precious

    Latoya Peterson

    Latoya Peterson: Critical debate over the controversial film Precious has failed to address the cyclical nature of the poverty it portrays

    • Precious deserves her own story

      Deborah Orr

    • Film blog
      Precious gives Avatar a run for its screen average at UK box office

    • Film blog
      Precious is an insult to the poor

January 2010

  • Precious and mother on sofa

    Precious

  • Mariah Carey in a scene from Precious (2009)

    Joe Public blog
    Precious's story is not unique. It happens

  • Reel review
    Precious: 'Heartfelt but cheesily conventional'

  • Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

    Precious review – raucous drama of African-American lowlife

  • Meet Gabby Sidibe, the star of Precious

  • Lee Daniels is first African-American DGA nominee

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