Lee Daniels

Daniels has since come to Mo'Nique's defence, insisting she showed no signs of 'diva' behaviour, but new reports have since blamed the actress' manager husband, Sidney Hicks, for making the cash demands, allegedly infuriating Winfrey. A...

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Directed by Lee Daniels, PRECIOUS is set in Harlem and tells the story of an overweight, illiterate teen who pregnant with her second child, is invited to enrol in an alternative school in the hope that her life can head in a new direction.

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US film Precious wins at Toronto film festival Toronto - The US film Precious from director Lee Daniels won the highest award at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. Based on the novel Push by the author Sapphire, Precious...

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...International Film Festival news conference. Winfrey and Perry actually became executive producers after director Lee Daniels had completed the film, which comes out in November. Winfrey, who said she will promote the film through...

In this article: Oprah Winfrey, Toronto International Film Festival, Mariah Carey, Tyler Perry, Sapphire, Japan, and Australia

...Makes Paula Abdul Bawl Paula Abdul couldn't turn off the tears during a screening of the four-hanky "Precious" at AFI Fest 2009 in LA with Will Smith, executive producer Oprah Winfrey and director Lee Daniels. TORONTO - A raw film about...

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...and after auditioning 500 of them, he was still without his lead. "We simply couldn't find the girl," Daniels said, speaking earlier this year at the Toronto Film Festival. In describing his frustration, the African-American Daniels said...

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...directorial debut Shadowboxer; Carey was in Tennessee, a film Daniels produced. Daniels has tackled controversial projects that sit outside the box; the first film he produced, Monster's Ball, dealt with an interracial relationship...

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...new film `Precious' Actress Gabourey Sidibe, right, and director Lee Daniels participate in a news conference for the film 'Precious' during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 in Toronto. (AP Photo/Evan...

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...(09). It went on to claim gold at Monday's (26Oct09) Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles, where filmmaker Lee Daniels was named Breakthrough Director and actress Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe walked away with the New Hollywood Award. Meanwhile,...

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