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  • Mo’Nique accepts Best Supporting Actress award for ‘Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire’ onstage during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, Calif.
  • Gabourey Sidibe wears a David Meister dress at the AFI FEST 2009 screening of “Precious” on November 1, 2009 in Hollywood
  • Mariah Carey in ‘Precious’
  • Lee Daniels: Oscar Nomination For ‘Precious’ Is A ‘Dream’ Come True

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    ‘Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire’

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    Mo’Nique accepts Best Supporting Actress award for ‘Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire’ onstage during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood, Calif.

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    Gabourey Sidibe wears a David Meister dress at the AFI FEST 2009 screening of “Precious” on November 1, 2009 in Hollywood

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    Mariah Carey in ‘Precious’

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    Lee Daniels: Oscar Nomination For ‘Precious’ Is A ‘Dream’ Come True

 
 

‘Push’ Author Sapphire Sells Second ‘Precious’ Novel

‘Precious’

November 12, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Could the acclaimed 2009 film “Precious” possibly spawn a sequel?

The New York Observer reports that Sapphire, the author of the original novel “Push,” which was adapted into the film “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire,” has sold a second book to Penguin Press to be published in Summer 2011.

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‘Precious’ Director’s Sister Charged In New York City With Evidence Tampering

Precious’ star Gabourey Sidibe gets a kiss from director Lee Daniels at the Lionsgate Golden Globe Party at Polo Lounge at The Beverly Hills Hotel on January 16, 2010 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

September 22, 2010

NEW YORK, N.Y.

The sister of “Precious” director Lee Daniels has been charged with removing guns and cash from her California house following her husband’s arrest on drug smuggling charges.

Leah Daniels-Butler, a casting associate who helped discover “Precious” star Gabourey Sidibe, was charged Tuesday in Brooklyn with obstructing a federal investigation.

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Lady Gaga, Cybill Shepherd, Lee Daniels Top SF GLAAD Media Awards

Lady Gaga performs onstage during the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on January 31, 2010 in Los Angeles, California

June 06, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.

Lady Gaga, Cybill Shepherd and Lee Daniels came away winners at the final installment of the 21st Annual GLAAD Awards.

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Dish Of Salt: Tuesday TV Dish (Awards Season Hangover)

Scott Mantz & Laura Saltman at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards

March 09, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Awards season is officially over. The final two big shows took place over the weekend - The 82nd Annual Academy Awards and the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards. The Dish was inside both shows to dish out some celebrity scoop.

Best Actress nominee Gabourey Sidibe has landed a new gig at Showtime. “American Idol” gets ready to reveal its Top 12 this week and the Dish has got news on where you can find season four winner Carrie Underwood. And a new ABC special goes inside “The Bachelor” like never before. Details inside…

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MovieMantz: Oscar Predictions 2010 — ‘It’s Complicated? Hardly!’

MovieMantz Oscar Predictions

March 07, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Boy, I sure hope that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin put on a good show when they co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 7.

Not to put any more pressure on them than they must already be feeling, since the Oscars are seen by tens of millions of people around the world. But since it’s a foregone conclusion as to who’s going to win in each of the major categories, it will fall to Martin and Baldwin – last seen together in the comedy hit “It’s Complicated” – to keep the proceedings lively and exciting.

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‘Precious’ Dominates Spirit Awards With 5 Prizes

The cast and crew of ‘Precious’ celebrate their sweep backstage at the Independent Spirit Awards in LA on March 5, 2010

March 06, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

The Harlem drama “Precious” took the best picture prize as it dominated the Spirit Awards, winning four other honors that included trophies for stars Gabourey Sidibe and Mo’Nique.

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