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Gabourey Sidibe plays Clareece "Precious" Jones, who at 16 manages to rise above horrific circumstances. Full Article at USA Today
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(CBS) For a few lucky fifth graders in Culver City, California one recent story-time came from an unlikely source - the star of a major motion picture, whose character can't read at all. Full Article at CBS News
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By Eric D. Snider (reprint from 1/19/09 -- Sundance Film Festival) The premise of Precious is so unsettling and bleak that no one would blame you if you didn't want to see it: It's the story of an obese 16-year-old illiterate Harlem girl who's pregnant... Full Article at Cinematical
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Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe in 'Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire.' You don't have to be a teenager living in Harlem to appreciate "Precious." You don't have to be illiterate or obese. Full Article at New York Daily News
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Though only 17 years old, Clareece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) suffers enough misfortunes for several Greek tragedies remounted in 1987 Harlem. Full Article at Atlanta Creative Loafing
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It's empowering. It's like as much confidence as I have, there's still that little fat girl that lives inside of me ... Because everyone told me that I wouldn't make anything of myself until I lost 100 pounds.
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I got the call for the callback, which was the next day
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I realized that if I used those other girls, they were Precious ... I cannot articulate it, other than (Sidibe's) spirit affected me, her smarts affected me, and I knew that I wouldn't be exploiting something that was not her. She's not the character.
