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...Harlem, and in the movie's first minutes, Precious - having been held back many times before - is in a junior high math class, projecting a blank hostility to the world. Only her voice invites us in: "I like math," she says dreamily in voice-over. "I don't open my book. I just sit there...
...contradiction awakens the first of many mysteries. If Precious likes math, why not open the book? Daniels, his screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher and Sidibe have made Precious more enigmatic than her literary creator did. Sapphire drops two major bombshells in the book's first sentence, but we're kept mostly in the dark during the film's early scenes. We learn only that Precious is pregnant - for a second time - much to the disgust of her principal, Mrs. Lichenstein (Nealla Gordon), who tosses her out of school. (See pictures of the youngest best actress nominees...
...magically acting out a scene with Mary from Vittorio De Sica's Two Women and receiving a scarf as a talisman from a red-clad fairy godmother (played by former Essence magazine editor Susan L. Taylor). These sequences have a joyous Wizard of Oz energy to them, and they open the door into Precious' mind in a way even Sapphire couldn...
...open letter to the AAFP last week, HSPH Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition Walter C. Willett offered the Academy use of the School of Public Health’s “Nutrition Source” Web site, encouraging them to link to HSPH’s content rather than using the Coca-Cola funds...
...between Harvard’s Ivy-best offense and Penn’s top-ranked defense. But the Quakers showed the most offensive prowess early on, scoring on their first possession, when Penn quarterback Kyle Olson hit receiver Marcus Lawrence on a screen pass. Lawrence found himself with an open field in front of him and took full advantage, sauntering into the endzone for a 51-yard touchdown reception...