However, Mary forces the family to pretend that Mongo lives with her and Precious so she can receive extra money from the government. Precious's first child, a daughter named "Mongo" (short for Mongoloid), has Down syndrome and is being cared for by Precious's grandmother. The family resides in a Section 8 tenement and survives on welfare. Precious has also been raped by her now-absent father, Carl, resulting in two pregnancies. In 1987, 16-year-old Claireece "Precious" Jones lives in New York City's Harlem neighborhood with her unemployed mother, Mary, who has long subjected her to physical and verbal abuse. Mo'Nique won the award for Best Supporting Actress, while Geoffrey Fletcher won for Best Adapted Screenplay, becoming the first African-American to win a screenplay award at the Oscars. Precious received six nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Daniels, and Best Actress for Sidibe. The film was a box office success, earning over $63 million on a $10 million budget. Precious received widespread critical acclaim the performances of Sidibe and Mo'Nique, the story, and its message were highly praised. Lionsgate gave the film a limited release in North America on November 6, 2009, with an expanded release on November 20. Precious was also an official selection at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival (particularly the un certain regard section). The film's title was changed from Push to Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, to avoid confusion with the 2009 action film Push. Precious won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. After Precious's screening at Sundance in January 2009, Tyler Perry announced that he and Oprah Winfrey would be providing promotional assistance to the film, which was released through Lionsgate Entertainment. At Sundance, it won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize for best drama, as well as a Special Jury Prize for supporting actress Mo'Nique. Precious, then without a distributor, premiered to acclaim at both the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, under its original title of Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire. Filming took place in New York City from October to November 2007. This marked the acting debut of Sidibe, who portrays a young woman struggling against poverty and abuse. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, and Mariah Carey. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire. That song came from a very personal place.Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. I sat at the piano and that song just poured out to me. The melody woke me up in the middle of the night. "No Need to Complain" is a song I wrote when I was in a very dark place in my life. "All I Want Is You" is a song that came about listening to a friend that lost his wife because he really wasn't paying attention to her the way he should've been paying attention and it made me reflect on me and all I wanted was her, but I didn't do the right thing to keep her. I was walking down the street looking at this girl and she was gorgeous. From my catalog, I would say the song "Magic".
"Last Night" by Az Yet was written about a night with the ex-wife in Miami. So I wrote that song with Ricky Jones for After 7 on their album. The wife called back and said, baby I messed up. I went through a divorce and I'll say that all divorces aren't bad.
KEITH ANDES: "How Could You Leave" by After 7. Keith Andes new single "My Life" is available on all streaming platforms. Andes has recently composed and produced music for commercials for companies Walmart, Coca Cola, Teradata, Essence and many others and as a Composer for the film Across the Tracks. In addition to writing and producing for artists including Babyface, Az Yet, James Ingram, En Vogue and After 7, Andes has both produced and created original soundtracks for television and film including Beverly Hills 90210 Jacksons: An American Dream The Nutty Professor Panther Jason’s Lyric and others. attest to both his musical brilliance and his mastery as a producer. Blige, Deborah Cox, Diana Ross just to name a few.Ī classically trained pianist studying Choral Arrangement, orchestration and composition, Andes is celebrated for his prowess in both vocal production and instrumental arrangements and numerous platinum and gold sales awards from major labels including Capitol, Columbia, Epic and Warner Bros. Acclaimed songwriter, producer and singer Keith Andes has sold more than 150 million records and worked with artists from Michael Jackson, Prince, Lionel Richie, Boyz II Men, Aaron Neville and Kitaro to Toni Braxton, Mary J.
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