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Article: Gabourey Sidibe: in her film debut, the 26-year-old actress plays a near-mute teen who gets beaten by her mother, impregnated by her father, and suffers abuse at every turn. Let the awards season parlor games commence.(INCOMING)(Interview)
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Lee Daniels's Precious, the new film adaptation of Sapphire's 1996 novel Push, features stars like Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey, and Mo'Nique. But the actor getting the most attention is a 26-year-old young woman from Harlem who never dreamed about being in front of a camera. Gabourey Sidibe spends most of her time in Precious saying next to nothing as she is physically and emotionally abused by her mother, becomes pregnant with her father's child, and is taken under the wing of a tireless social worker. But the raw materials of a gifted actress are evident in Sidibe's every gesture. Precious is a brutal account of poverty, illiteracy, hate, and urban isolation so ...
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