Gabourey Sidibe Articles

Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique in Precious (top); Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart (bottom) Lee Daniels‘ urban family drama Precious swept the 25th Spirit Awards held this evening at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles. Precious won a total of five awards out of five nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Gabourey Sidibe), Best Supporting Actress (Mo’Nique), and Best First Screenplay (Geoffrey Fletcher). Upon receiving his [...]

Gabourey Sidibe in Lee Daniels‘ Precious John Cassavetes Award winner Lynn Shelton, Best First Film Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper, and Precious screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher all shed tears when accepting their awards. But the most emotional moment of the evening was the standing ovation given to Roger Ebert, who presented the Chaz and Roger Ebert Truer Than Fiction award to Bill Ross and Turner Ross‘ [...]

2010 Spirit Awards 2010 Spirit Award nominations: Dec. 1, 2009 2010 Spirit Award winners: LA Live in Los Angeles on Mar. 5, 2010 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire   BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer) (500) Days Of Summer – Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. [...]

Gabourey Sidibe and Jeremy Renner, both BAFTA nominees, attend the BAFTA Soho House Grey Goose after party at the Grosvenor House Hotel on February 21 in London. Gabourey Sidibe was a Best Actress nominee for Lee Daniels‘ urban family drama Precious, while Jeremy Renner was in the running in the Best Actor category for Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker. Sidibe lost to [...]