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The “For Colored Girls” Trailer From Tyler Perry: It May Have You Wishing for a Revival of the Broadway Play

• September 15, 2010 • Comments Off

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Tags: "For Colored Girls, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Precious", Art, Depressing, Depression, Film, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Frame of Mind, Growing Up, Janet Jackson, Juanita, Ladies in Colors, Live, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Movies, Murder, Ntozake Shange, Palo Alto, Racism, Rape, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Suicide, The Image, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Tyler Perry, What About Our Daughters?, Whoopi Goldberg

Trailer: “Just Wright ,” Starring Common and Queen Latifah; Coming to Your Screens in May

• March 11, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, Black People, Class, Film, Love, Queen Latifah, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Precious", "Something New", African Americans, Baller, Basketball, Basketball Player, Blacks, Common, Debra Martin Chase, Healing Touch, Moroccan American, Natural Healing, Pam Grier, Paula Patton, Physical Therapy, Queen Latifah, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Sanaa Hamri, Shakkim Compere, Sports Medicine

The Other Black Oscar Winners…Both Firsts, But Probably Not in the Way You Think

• March 8, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, Awards, Black People, Class, Differently-Abled, Documentary, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, Health, Liyana, Music, People of Color, Prudence Mabhena, Race, Television, The Rest of the World, Women, Zimbabwe
Tags: "Music by Prudence", "Precious", "The Los Angeles Times", African Americans, Arthrogryposis, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Documentary Short Subject, Blacks, California, Common Sense, Creative Control, Drama, Elinor Burkett, Geoffrey Shawn Fletcher, Kanye West, Kanye'd, Liyana, Oscar, Prudence Mabhena, Roger Ross Williams, The Oscars, Zimbabwe

As Predicted, Mo’Nique Wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar (w/Update)

• March 7, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Film, Mental Health/Psychology, Mo'Nique, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Precious", "Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire", "Skinny Women Are Evil", "The Mo'Nique Show", Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actress, BET, KTLA, Mary Jones, Mo'Nique, Monique Imes, Nikki Parker, Oscars, Queen Latifah, Red Carpet, Typecasting

Oscar Nominations for 2009 Announced

• February 2, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Drama, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "Precious", 2009, 2010, Acting, African Americans, AMPAS, Announcement, Awards Show, Best Actress, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Blacks, Directing, Drama, Films, Gabourey Sidibe, Lee Daniels, Luck, March 7, Mo'Nique, Movies, Nominees, Oscar, Producers, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Eighties

Mo’Nique Wins Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Film; Becomes Automatic Front Runner to Win the Oscar

• January 18, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Film, Mo'Nique, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Precious", "Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire", Acceptance Speech, Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Comedienne, Favorite, Front Runner, Golden Globes, Live and in Color, Mo'Nique, Oscars, Real, Sidney Hicks, The Oscars

Gabourey Sidibe Nominated for Best Actress for Golden Globes and for Screen Actors Guild

• December 17, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Film, Gabourey Sidibe, Love, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "Precious", African Americans, Blacks, Carey Mulligan, Children, Drama, Emily Blunt, Evil Black Mothers, Fat, Fat Acceptance, Fifteen Minutes, Gabourey Sidibe, Golden Globes, Growing Up, Helen Mirren, Justin Timberlake, Lead Actress, Meryl Streep, Poverty, Precious Jones, SAG, Sandra Bullock, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Supporting Actress, The Oscars, The Screen Actors Guild

Sapphire Interviewed by Katie Couric About “Precious”

• November 15, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Health, HIV Positive, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Monster's Ball", "Precious", "Push", "The CBS Evening News", Abuse Pornography, Abuser, African Americans, Alice Walker, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Claireese Jones, Composite Depiction, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse, Gabourey Sidibe, Growing Up, Katie Couric, Lee Daniels, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Mental Abuse, Motherhood, New York, New York City, Ntozake Shange, Precious Jones, Ramona Lofton, Rape, Sapphire, Self Image, Self-Expression, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sexual Abuse, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, Tyler Perry, WAOD, What About Our Daughters?

Trailer for “Precious”

• May 18, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Books, Film, Health, Love, Race, Sexuality
Tags: "Precious", "Push", Forced Impregnation, Gabourey Sidibe, Grand Jury Prize, Incest, Lee Daniels, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey, Mo'Nique, Obesity, Oprah Winfrey, Oscars, Paula Patton, Sapphire, Sarah and Gary Magness, Sherri Shepherd, Smokewood Entertainment Group, Sundance Festival, Teenagers, Tyler Perry

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The “For Colored Girls” Trailer From Tyler Perry: It May Have You Wishing for a Revival of the Broadway Play

Trailer: “Just Wright ,” Starring Common and Queen Latifah; Coming to Your Screens in May

The Other Black Oscar Winners…Both Firsts, But Probably Not in the Way You Think

As Predicted, Mo’Nique Wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar (w/Update)

Oscar Nominations for 2009 Announced

Mo’Nique Wins Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Film; Becomes Automatic Front Runner to Win the Oscar

Gabourey Sidibe Nominated for Best Actress for Golden Globes and for Screen Actors Guild

Sapphire Interviewed by Katie Couric About “Precious”

Trailer for “Precious”

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