Penguin Press has bought Sapphire's sequel to Push and plans to release the novel next summer. The Kid focuses on Precious' son "as he approaches manhood - alone, brutalized and with the soul of an artist." » 11/12/10 2:31pm 11/12/10 2:31pm

• Some dude in Atlanta was threatening to jump from a 22-story building, and T.I., who heard about the situation on the radio, drove over to the building to see if he could help.
» 10/14/10 9:00am 10/14/10 9:00am

America — third-fattest country in the world, according to the WHO — has a schizophrenic relationship with food. Could the union of obesity activists and eating-disorder advocates generate any real insight? Strangely, at a recent panel, it kinda did. » 4/05/10 6:30pm 4/05/10 6:30pm

On Howard Stern's comments: "I just think that's really disrespectful." Simpson also said Sidibe was "beautiful" at the Oscars. "She had such confidence and I absolutely 100 percent think she could get anything in the world that she wants." [E!] » 3/12/10 12:20pm 3/12/10 12:20pm

• Sandra Bullock's post-Oscar plans:
» 3/08/10 9:00am 3/08/10 9:00am

Its near-inevitability didn't change the emotional impact. Mo'Nique thanked the Academy for proving "it can be about the performance and not the politics," and Hattie McDaniel, for "enduring all that she had to so that I would not have to." » 3/07/10 10:03pm 3/07/10 10:03pm

• Jessica Simpson will be on Oprah's show on Wednesday, and apparently she talks about John Mayer:
» 3/02/10 9:00am 3/02/10 9:00am

• Jim Carrey's daughter, Jane, gave birth to a son named Jackson Riley Santana, which means that Ace Ventura is someone's grandfather, which means that I'm getting old. I'm also looking for Ray Finkle. And a clean pair of shorts! [People]
» 2/27/10 10:30am 2/27/10 10:30am

Alice Tan Ridley says people don't understand that though she's a subway performer, her daughter Gabourey Sidibe wasn't raised like Precious, explaining, "We're not homeless, we're not beggars, and we're not under drug influence." » 2/26/10 12:40pm 2/26/10 12:40pm

Can you blame her for being reluctant to campaign? AP: You've won so many awards. Will you take them on the road with you? Mo'Nique: (Laughs) Hell no! No, baby, that's too much. [AP] » 2/24/10 12:30pm 2/24/10 12:30pm

When Precious director Lee Daniels stopped by The Daily Show last night, Mariah Carey's repertoire wasn't the only thing being dissed. » 2/12/10 3:30pm 2/12/10 3:30pm

But not for any of the obvious reasons. » 2/03/10 1:20pm 2/03/10 1:20pm

Moments after her Oscar nomination was announced, Gabourey Sidibe was on GMA gushing about her fellow nominees and what she'll wear, even though her mom told her to, "act like a serious 26-year-old today, not like a teeny bopper." » 2/02/10 9:40am 2/02/10 9:40am

Surprise! Of course, others are similarly confused. "I've seriously got people saying to me: 'Are your children OK now?' And not just from ordinary people, but from people who've been in the movie business 20 or 30 years." [Guardian] » 1/20/10 9:40am 1/20/10 9:40am

Get it? Because Sidibe's big. And V, um, loves her. Still, Sidibe continues her long streak of graceful, often funny interviews. » 1/15/10 10:30am 1/15/10 10:30am

Mo'Nique won a Best Supporting Actress award last night at the 75th annual New York Film Critics Circle dinner. As Roger Friedman reports in his Showbiz 411 column, this made for an interesting turn of events: » 1/12/10 1:40pm 1/12/10 1:40pm

• For the past week Casey Johnson's dogs have been living at Tila Tequila's house. The Johnson family sent Bijou Phillips and Nicky Hilton to retrieve them today, but Tila refused to give them up and now she's called the cops.
» 1/06/10 7:30pm 1/06/10 7:30pm

What parts of your life would you describe as "la-la-la-la?" Mariah Carey dishes on the years at Sony, her Mariah-isms, how the mustache she donned in Precious isn't her "no make up look," and beating up Brett Ratner. [Newsweek] » 1/04/10 6:45pm 1/04/10 6:45pm

Lee Daniels, director of Precious and Oscar hopeful, is making the interview rounds — and willing to defend his movie at every juncture, including while getting a haircut. » 12/23/09 4:00pm 12/23/09 4:00pm