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Mariah Carey to be honoured at Palm Springs FestThe 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Mariah Carey with the Breakthrough Performance Award for her performance in Lionsgate's Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" By Sapphire. Presented by Cartier, the Awards Gala will kick off the 2010 awards season on Tuesday, January 5 at the Palm Springs Convention Center and will be hosted by "Entertainment Tonight's" Mary Hart. The Festival runs January 5-18, 2010. Festival chairman Harold Matzner commented, "We're delighted to be able to present the Breakthrough Performance Award to the extraordinary, very beautiful and versatile Mariah Carey, who, in a critically acclaimed role, completely transformed herself from a glamorous music icon to a forthright social worker for the role of Ms. Weiss in Precious." Past recipients of the Breakthrough Performance Award include Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Hudson, Felicity Huffman and Freida Pinto. Mariah Carey will join previously announced honorees Morgan Freeman and Anna Kendrick at the event. Singer, songwriter, actress and record producer, Mariah Carey has received five Grammy® Awards and thirty-three nominations. Carey began her acting career with a small role in the 1999 romantic comedy The Bachelor and followed with the lead in the semi-autobiographical Glitter, with Terrence Howard. She received rave reviews for her performance in the independent film Wisegirls, which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. Carey previously teamed with producer/director Lee Daniels for the film Tennessee, which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. Uniquely melding R&B, soul, gospel and hip hop influences, Carey has recorded the most U.S. number-one singles for a solo artist (18, surpassing Elvis Presley), and is in second place among artists with the most singles in the rock era. She has been recognized as Billboard's Artist of the Decade, and the Best-Selling Female Pop Artist of the Millennium at the 2000 World Music Awards.
About Precious: Based On The Novel "Push" By Sapphire Lionsgate, in association with Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, present A Lee Daniels Entertainment / Smokewood Entertainment Group Production of Precious: Based On The Novel "Push" By Sapphire, directed by Lee Daniels from a screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher based upon the book Push, a novel by Sapphire. The film stars Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz and introduces Gabourey Sidibe. Precious was produced by Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness. Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Lisa Cortés and Tom Heller are Executive Producers; Simone Sheffield serves as Co-Executive Producer; Mark G. Mathis is Co-Producer; and Andrew Sfrozini and Asger Hussain serve as Associate Producers. For more information please visit http://www.weareallprecious.com/ 01.12.2009 | Editor's blog Cat. : American film directors Andrew Sfrozini Anna Kendrick Artist Arts Asger Hussain Chairman Cinema of the United States co-executive co-producer Contact Details Entertainment Entertainment executive Felicity Huffman Festival Films Freida Pinto Gabourey Sidibe Gary Magness Geoffrey Fletcher Grammy Harold Matzner http://www.weareallprecious.com Human Interest Human Interest Incest in fiction Jennifer Hudson Lee Daniels Lee Daniels Lenny Kravitz Lisa Cortes Mariah Carey Mariah Carey Mariah Carey Marion Cotillard Mark G. Mathis Mo'Nique Mo'Nique Morgan Freeman Oprah Winfrey Palm Springs Convention Center Palm Springs International Film Festival Paula Patton Person Career Precious Producer producer /director Push Sapphire Sarah Siegel-Magness Sherri Shepherd Simone Sheffield Singer , songwriter, actress and record producer social worker Sundance Sundance Tennessee Terrence Howard the 2000 World Music Awards the 2002 Sundance Film Festival the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival the 2009 Cadillac People's Choice Award the 2009 Cannes Film Festival the 2009 Sundance Film Festival the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival the Audience Award the Breakthrough Performance Award the Grand Jury Prize the Millennium Tom Heller Toronto Tyler Perry Honors
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