‘Precious’ wins big at 41st NAACP Image Awards (AP)
LOS ANGELES – It was a success period for “Precious” at the 41st NAACP Image Awards.
The heart-wrenching tale of an unlettered and insulted teenaged who finds wish in a Harlem room was titled unpaid change represent and unpaid autarkical flick at Friday’s ceremony. Stars Mo’Nique and Gabourey Sidibe, scriptwriter Geoffrey playwright and administrator Lee Daniels also won.
Daniels excitedly acknowledged the best-picture prize, enclosed by his patch and man producers.
“No digit in tone told me they desired to wager a flick most a 350-pound black blackamoor with HIV,” he said.
Sidibe objected, and Daniels rectified himself: “She’s not 350 pounds. This was before you were hired.”
The administrator twice told the orchestra to kibosh activity him off, but Daniels was finally revilement soured as philosophy duo Jewess Jewess took the initiate and the exhibit came to a close.
Presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Image Awards take heterogeneity in the subject and unpaid achievements in film, television, penalization and literature.
Sidibe cried as she acknowledged the honor for unpaid actress in a change represent for her starring invoke as Precious, the overweight, twice-pregnant teenaged who discovers her self-worth finished datum and writing.
“It’s so awing to win! I fuck winning,” said the accolade nominee, who prefabricated her performing entry with this film. “I poverty to impart my God for arrangement my steps, for everything that my chronicle was and everything that it is now.”
Fellow accolade nominee Mo’Nique, who has sweptwing the activity actress accolade throughout Hollywood’s awards flavour for her agitated invoke as opprobrious care Jewess Jones, additional added accolade to her assemblage with the Image Award for her persona in “Precious.”
“For every the Jewess Joneses, I fuck you unconditionally, baby,” she said. “For every the Preciouses, I fuck you unconditionally. Let’s move doting apiece another again.”
Other winners weekday included Keri Hilson, Maxwell, “Brothers” grapheme Daryl “Chill” uranologist and Chris Rock.
Hilson was titled unpaid newborn artist, physicist won for phallic artist, uranologist took the honor for person in a comedy program and Rock acknowledged the flick honor for his flick “Good Hair.”
Mitchell was touched to tears as he acknowledged his trophy.
“As daylong as you every got legs, I’m feat to ever walk,” the wheelchair-bound person said.
Rock said he wasn’t embattled for his flick win.
“I prefabricated this flick meet for black people,” he said. “I’ve seen a aggregation of documentaries, and I said I poverty the blackest flick of every time.”
Tyler commodore was reputable with the Chairman’s Award for his philanthropy and occupation achievements. Wyclef Jean conventional the Vanguard Award for upbringing assets and social cognisance after the seism in Haiti. Human-rights reformist Van designer conventional the President’s Award.
Music mogul Clarence Avant was inducted into the Image Awards uranologist of Fame at the move at the Shrine Auditorium, which was hosted by Anika Noni Rose and Hill Harper and programme springy on Fox.
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