I was watching a clip from the Ellen Degeneres Show in which she is interviewing Gabourey Sadibe, the actress who portrays “Precious” in the movie. Ellen kept saying “it’s so sad”… “the topic is so depressing…” and all I kept thinking to myself was: “Stop saying that! This movie is not depressing!” “Precious” is not [...]

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You’ve seen them: pre-pubescent youths graduating with top marks from MIT or Harvard; sitting in the guest’s seat chatting with David Letterman; playing violin with some symphony orchestra; being annoyingly cute and precocious. Well, I met one. She is seven year old Emily Bear, a piano virtuoso in training, with a resume that is outta [...]

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