Published by Clay Cane on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:00 am.
Summary: A horrifying urban drama about an obese girl and single mother named Precious. The Harlem teen is suffering a monstrosity of abuse in her home, neighborhood and school. Attempting to beat the odds, she is inspired by the unexpected, striving for education and fighting not to repeat the same cycle of circumstances.
Published by Clay Cane on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 12:00 am.
It has been a big year for Mariah Carey. She was in the movieTennessee and received rave reviews for her performance. Her new album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel is in stores now and she plays a Harlem social worker in the highly anticipated Precious. Always had a question for the pop princess? Submit your questions for the pop diva and actress in the comments!
Also, the legendary Katie Couric interviewed Sapphire, who wrote the novel Push, which has been made into the movie Precious. The Lee Daniels movie is in theaters a week from today, November 6th. In the clip below, Sapphire talks how the book became a movie.
Published by Clay Cane on Monday, October 5, 2009 at 12:00 am.
On Saturday, October 3, the New York Film Festival presented the Centerpiece Premiere of Lee Daniels’ Precious at Alice Tully Hall in New York City. Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, Paula Patton and several others were in attendance for the film that is already being coined the Slumdog Millionaire of 2009. Precious is in theaters Friday, November 6th.
In the meantime, check out BET.com’s exclusive images below!
Amina Robinson, Stephanie Andujar, Paula Patton and Gabourey Sidibe, the star of Precious.
Lisa Cortes, an Executive Producer of Precious.
Nick Cannon and the legendary Mariah Carey.
Gabourey Sidibe and BET’s own Stephen Hill.
Go to http://www.weareallprecious.com/ for more information on the film.
Published by Clay Cane on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 9:53 am.
Precious is one of the most anticipated films of the year and some are coining the Lee Daniels production this generation’s The Color Purple. The film stars Mo’Nique, Lenny Kravitz, Sherri Shepherd and of course a less than glamorous Mariah Carey.
Talking to Oprah, Mariah casually ranted about her look for the movie. “‘This is so ugly, I don’t know what to do.’ He put dark stuff under my eyes, he … put fluorescent lighting, the most hideous lighting. Some people had the most beautiful, angelic lighting, and I looked at Lee like, ‘You motherf***er, why did you do this to me?’”
Well,Questlove of the legendary hip-hop band, The Roots, didn’t find Mariah’s comments too amusing.
On Monday 28th September 2009, @questlove said:
@MariahCarey slow the breaks on the Precious press saying how “ugly” you were made to look. 1) your character was not ugly 2) what about your fans that aren’t “cosmopolitan covershoot ready” that look like that character. i *know* you meant no harm but that’s a risky thin line you walkin.
I admit when any beautiful woman glams down for movies or television (think Tyra’s “experiments”) you might give them the side eye for rambling about how unattractive they might look. However, to be fair, this is no different than Charlize Theron in Monster; she constantly said she gained weight and used makeup to blotch her skin in order to play one of the first female serial killers (won an Oscar for it!). Or, Nicole Kidman in The Hours, who wore a prosthetic nose and little makeup. No one can forget how many times Halle Berry mentioned she didn’t wear makeup or touch her hair for her Oscar-winning role in Monster’s Ball.
Published by Clay Cane on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 12:00 am.
Precious is in theaters November 6th and Lionsgate provided BET.com with exclusive images of the award-winning flick. Precious is based on the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire. BET.com has been on this film for months and earlier this week we reported the Lee Daniels‘ film won big at the Toronto Film Festival.
Push includes an all-star cast: Mo’Nique, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey, Paula Patton, Sherri Shepherd and introducing Gabourey Sidibe.
Check out the exclusive BET.com stills!
Precious (Gabourey Sidibe, left) and Mary (Mo’Nique, right) in PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate.
Gabourey Sidibe stars as 'Claireece "Precious" Jones' in PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate.
Published by Clay Cane on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 12:00 am.
Oprah Winfrey has already said that Lee Daniels‘ Precious is a modern day version of The Color Purple. There is an Oscar buzz for Mo’Nique’s performance. Now, Precious won the People’s Choice prize at the 34th Toronto Film Festival. According to Variety.com:
Lee Daniels’ inner-city drama, “Precious, Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” nabbed the 34th Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice prize on Saturday.
“Precious,” starring Gabourey Sidibe, attracted mob scenes the likes of which the fest has rarely seen, thanks to producer Oprah Winfrey’s red carpet appearance and promotional push.
With Sundance’s grand jury, aud and acting (Mo’Nique) prizes already in the trophy case, the Lionsgate pic is solidly poised for awards season contention, if the eight-Oscar legacy of Toronto’s 2008 aud winner “Slumdog Millionaire” is any indication.
Precious also makes history as the first film to win the audience awards at Sundance and Toronto.
If Precious managed to snatch up similar awards to Slumdog Millionaire — like Oscars for best director or best movie — it would be a first for a film starring a predominately African-American cast. As we all know, The Color Purplereceived eleven nominations and lost all of them.
Published by Clay Cane on Monday, June 8, 2009 at 1:23 am.
Mariah Carey is getting a lashing on the blogs for recently saying that September 11th was part to blame for Glitter’s failure at the box office. The movie opened a couple weeks after September 11th, to be exact, September 21st. Mrs. Cannon said:
Mariah Carey says her infamously bad movie debut Glitter failed because of 9/11.
The singer — who stars in new movie Precious – says her semi-biographical film was destined to bomb at the box office as it was released on exactly the same day as the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center eight years ago.
“That movie was released on September 11th, 2001 – could there be a worse day for that movie to come out? I don’t think so,” she said. “I don’t even know that many people even saw the movie so I don’t think it’s the worst thing ever done.”
“Glitter was a learning experience and I wouldn’t do it again if you paid me. But I didn’t have representation or anyone to tell me: ‘What you need is a great director’.”
Carey, 39, recently played down her reputation as a diva — insisting she is simply misunderstood.
“I have been through a lot that’s made me stronger,” she said. “They say: whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. So I’ve been through that kind of stuff a few times.”
Okay, I might be in the minority here, but I believe there is some truth to this 9/11 theory. There were a slew of movies that opened the weekend of September 21st and all of the movies failed. While Glitter didn’t do amazingly well opening weekend, it was the #1 grossing new movie that was released. Also, most of the films that weekend experienced an extreme drop in box office numbers. Maybe there is some truth to it. No one was thinking about Mariah, Glitter, or anything Hollywood that week.
Do you think 9/11 contributed to the bomb of Glitter?
Published by Clay Cane on Friday, June 5, 2009 at 12:00 am.
Summary: Two brothers travel from New Mexico to Tennessee to find their abusive father. After one of them learns they have been diagnosed with Leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant, their father might be the only one who could save them. On the way to Tennessee they meet a waitress and aspiring singer (Mariah Carey).
Review: The reviews are going to be harsh on “Tennessee.” The wannabe tear-jerker had the potential to be great, but misses the punch and vigor that a “heavy” movie like this needs: cancer, child abuse, domestic violence, etc. You have to hit the viewer with some excellent writing to not throw them in an inescapable depression. Read the rest of this entry »
Published by Clay Cane on Friday, May 15, 2009 at 12:00 am.
I don’t think I’ve seen this much anticipation for a movie since Dreamgirls in 2006. However, this is a different type of film – no glamour, no singing, no dancing. A hardcore script, fearless acting, flawless direction by Lee Daniels and a new star in Gabourey Sidibe, who plays the lead.
“The trailer for the Sundance favorite Precious has hit the airwaves, and good heavens, it is stunning.“ EW continues, “I’ve caught wind of grumblings for a nomination for Mo’Nique before, and while it’s ludicrously irrational to make such proclamations based on a two-and-a-half minute trailer, I will confirm she does indeed look amazing. (That scene at 1:35? WOW.) Yes: Mo’Nique. Also known as the former host of VH1’s Charm School. And the star of Soul Plane. And Phat Girlz.”
Then, there is Mariah Carey, who plays a Harlem social worker. Her performance has been praised as “pitch perfect.” She is stripped down from the glam and “Glitter” – however, if anyone saw WiseGirls, you know that Mariah does have acting chops. This just might put her over the top.
This is what acting is about — reinventing yourself down to your voice, look and style.
Precious is the story of an overweight teen who is struggling with poverty, identity and pregnancy. The movie is directed by Lee Daniels and also includes Lenny Kravitz and Paula Patton.
I will go this far: Unless Meryl Streep or Halle Berry has some tricks up their sleeves — Mo’Nique will get an Oscar nod in 2010 and Mariah Carey will at least get a Golden Globe nomination.
Precious might just be the most important film about the lives of black women since The Color Purple. Check out the trailer.
Published by Clay Cane on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 12:01 am.
We’ve all had those moments where we sat through a two hour movie and said, “Why did they do that? Did they read the script?” Well, check out some of the worst film catastrophes from your favorite bloggers across on the web.
Cuba Gooding Jr. in Snow Dogs! I’m all for children’s movies, but that flick definitely makes the list for one of the worst movies of all time. He tried too hard to be funny and hasn’t fully recovered yet. However, I liked him as Nickey Barnes in American Gangster (although it was a small part) so I’ll keep hope alive for Cuba!
Janet Jackson in Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? — in the scene that was supposed to be a tearjerker, Janet was about as convincing as her brother in a self-esteem competition. What happened to the kid actor with all the chops on Good Times? Hopefully Mrs. Gordon still doesn’t own an iron.
Everybody who knows me knows that I love me some Oprah. But I got to say that out of all her movies she’s starred in—I could bust her in the head with a Gyant pillow for making Beloved. Oprah’s trying to get her negro spiritual on and we’re all looking at the screening thinking, “Why the hell is Oprah playing in the dirt?”
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The Young, Black & Fabulous says: Gabrielle Union in Perfect Holiday: Not only are we supposed to believe for the 10th movie in a row that she’s gorgeous and still can’t find a man—but Morris Chestnut is her man for the umpteenth time and they still can’t make that ish work?
Lord knows I love myself some Mariah Carey but when it comes to her 2001 almost autobiographical film, Glitter, let’s just be honest—Mimi’s Glitter should have came no where near the box office but rather selected to make its debut on VH1!
Eddie Murphy used to have a knack for making the offensive laughable. However, in 2007’s Norbit, the legendary comedian brought a minstel show to the big screen. The flick is an awful journey in a lifetime of movie -going experiences. Some say this film is why he lost the Oscar for Dreamgirls.
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Summary: A horrifying urban drama about an obese girl and single mother named Precious. The Harlem teen is suffering a monstrosity of abuse in her home, neighborhood and school. Attempting to beat the odds, she is inspired by the unexpected, striving for education and fighting not to repeat the same cycle of circumstances.
