Gabourey Sidibe

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Biography: Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, the star of Precious (Base on Nol by Saf), is a native of the Bedford Stuyvesant community in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother is a former special education teacher who gave up her career and became a street performer while her father is a Senegalese cab driver. Her parents split when she was a youngster and Gabby grew up in Harlem [...]

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October 22, 2010

Sarah Jessica Parker And Gabourey Sidibe Fight Child Trafficking

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Gabourey Sidibe are joining forces in the fight against sex trafficking - the actresses have signed up to lead a campaign to stamp [...]

October 22, 2010

Leoni In On The 'Heist'

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to The Hollywood Reporter, Brett Ratner is directing a cast that includes Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Alan Alda, Gabourey Sidibe and Michael Pena. [...]

October 22, 2010

Tea Leoni Joins Stiller In 'Tower Heist'

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Eddie Murphy, Alan Alda, Gabourey Sidibe and Michael Pena also topline the caper pic. Ratner will direct from a script by Jeff Nathanson, who is rewriting [...]

October 21, 2010

About (Late) Last Night: Gabourey Sidibe's Nerdy Trip To Amsterdam

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"I worked like a full year, dude," said Gabourey Sidibe, justifying her vacation on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Wednesday night. No one was challenging that [...]

October 21, 2010

Gabourey Sidibe To Star Alongside Ben Stiller In New Comedy

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Caption: Gabourey Sidibe (Picture) Kick-off reception for Showtime House 2010 hosted by Showtime, held at Cassa Hotel - Arrivals New York City, USA . [...]

October 22, 2010

Tea Leoni Joins Stiller In 'Tower Heist'

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Already set to star are Eddie Murphy, Alan Alda, Gabourey Sidibe and Michael Pena. Ratner will direct the caper pic from a script by Jeff Nathanson, [...]

October 22, 2010

Tea Leoni Gabourey Sidibe

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Director Brett Ratner's upcoming comedy Tower Heist is rounding out casting. Last week, news spread that Eddie Murphy joined the cast of the comedy, [...]

October 21, 2010

Gabourey Sidibe's Mom Lashes Back At Howard Stern For His ...


17 Mar 2010 Gabourey Sidibe may have kept her mouth shut after radio shock jock Howard Stern viciously mocked her weight on-air, but the "Precious" [...]

October 21, 2010

Was Gabourey Sidibe's Skin Lightened For The Cover Of ELLE ...


15 Sep 2010 Getty Images In the world of American fashion magazines, women of color have notoriously been underrepresented, pretty much since the birth [...]

October 21, 2010

Gabourey Sidibe's Elle Magazine Cover Raises Controversy - ABC News


15 Sep 2010 Gabourey Sidibe beams on the cover of the October issue of Elle, one of four young women the magazine put on its cover to celebrate women in [...]

October 21, 2010

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Gabourey Sidibe -- Beauty Comes in All Sizes Gabourey Sidibe might have a weight problem, but it doesn't mean she's unhealthy this according to the [...]

October 22, 2010

Parker And Sidibe Join Anti-sex Trafficking Campaign


SARAH JESSICA PARKER and GABOUREY SIDIBE are joining forces in the fight against sex trafficking - the actresses have signed up to lead a campaign to stamp out the illegal practice. Kelley Maertz Jonathan Topal Tanja Rippstein Jonas Babel Suanne Rovere [...]

October 21, 2010

Gabourey Sidibe Thrilled About Lighter Skin On Elle Magazine Cover


Perhaps Elle couldn'thandle Sidibe's real skin color, and brushed away her actual color for something dramatically lighter, we are not sure. One thing for sure, Gabourey Sidibe is happy about her lightened face on the cover of Elle [...]

October 22, 2010

Gabourey Sidibe Rude To Fans At White House Correspondents Dinner

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It seems like Gabourey Sidibe left some fans feeling offended after the recent White House Correspondents dinner in Washington. The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart said that the Oscar nominated actress had little time, or grace, [...]

October 21, 2010

Ben Stiller To Produce Zoolander Animated Web Series


Hansel might be so hot right now, but it’s Derek Zoolander who is making a comeback. Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films has signed a two year deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment to create web content including a Zoolander animated series and a live action series called Billy Glimmer: Entertainer of [...]

October 21, 2010

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Gabourey Sidibe's Mom Speaks Out About Her ...


Gabourey Sidibe's mom Alice Tan Ridley has poured cold water over the controversy surrounding her daughter's October Elle Magazine cover. She told RadarOnline.com: "My daughter looks beautiful – that's all that matters." [...]

October 21, 2010

Elle Seems To Have Also Lightened Gabourey Sidibe's Skin

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When we discussed Gabourey Sidibe's Elle cover last week, we focused on her terrible wig. But some readers and commenters noticed something else amiss: Her skin tone. [...]

October 22, 2010

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Gabourey Sidibe are joining up with Brooklyn D.A. Joe Hynes to fight sex trafficking. Ballotpedia puts the Donovan/Schneiderman race into the "Lean Dem" column. The midterm elections have come to stupid vs. snob [...]

October 21, 2010

Sidibe And Pena Aboard Tower Heist

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Gabourey Sidibe and Michael Pena are joining Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy and Alan Alda in the Brett Ratner-directed Tower Heist at Universal Pictures. [...]

October 22, 2010

Brooklyn District Attorneys Office Announces Campaign Against Sex Trafficking


The Kings County District Attorney offices has begun a new outreach campaign against sex trafficking in the borough, reports NY1. In addition to flyers, posters and a 24-hour hotline, the campaign will feature public service announcements by actresses Sarah Jessica Parker and Gabourey Sidibe. This n [...]

October 21, 2010

Elle's Photo Of Gabourey Sidibe: The White Racial Frame Is ...

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Now we have Elle magazine significantly lightening the skin of prize-winning actor Gabourey Sidibe on its recent cover. Over at yahoo, there is this commentary(with a very revealing photo backing it up) on that editorial action: [...]

October 21, 2010

[Magazine Covers] Gabourey Sidibe Covers Elle's 25th Anniversary ...

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[Coverawards] As we reported last week, Elle got an Internet lashing by some who think the magazine lightened Gabourey Sidibe's skin on the October cover. The magazine denied this of course, and today we have some fresh quotes from [...]

October 21, 2010

Hollywood's New Most Terrible Idea Ever, And 6 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today


Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Mark Wahlberg and Malcolm Gladwell form a completely expected creative alliance Gabourey Sidibe joins a Heist Zach Galifianakis has a thing for office supplies Fox and Cablevision still apart we are in the Golden Age of high school fight videos. [...]

October 21, 2010

Sex In The City Star Leads Anti Sex-trafficking Campaign


Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has recruited Sarah Jessica Parker and Gabourey Sidibe from the movie ¨Precious¨ to participate in a new campaign against sex trafficking. The campaign which was launched today by the DA will include radio ads on New York city stations and postersin Brooklyn [...]

October 22, 2010

Gabourey Sidibe Freaked Out After Pot Lollipop!

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GABOUREY Sidibe has revealed how she freaked out when found herself accidentally sucking a pot lollipop during a recent trip to Amsterdam. The Precious actress thought she was buying “regular” candy from a souvenir shop — but ended up hallucinating! “I’m a nerd and I don’t smoke pot… I went to a souvenir shop and I wanted [...]


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