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Imagine being a Hollywood star complete with Tony and Emmy award nominations and multiple trips to the Oscars.

THE MOVIE "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" THE DEAL The Harborfields grad will continue down the path toward legitimate actor when she receives the breakthrough performance award for her role in "Precious" at the 21st Palm Springs International Film Festival in January, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

What it do Ginobilis?! Normally here I would put something along the lines of "You're Almost There" or "Middle of the week - just a few days till the weekend.." BUT - this is our Friday ninjas! HOLLER FOR THE SHORT WEEK! Make sure you are keeping up with the blog because we are going to try and jam 3 days of stuff into our final day of the week! ...

The Palm Springs International Film Festival has tapped Mariah Carey for its Breakthrough Performance Award for "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire." The kudo will be presented by Jan.

Gary Magness, left, his wife, Sarah Siegel-Magness, and "Precious" director Lee Daniels.

"WHAT DO I consider is good for gossip? It depends on the year. One year -- Mariah Carey was the gift that kept on giving.

You'd be forgiven for not recognizing Mariah Carey in her role as a dowdy welfare caseworker in the urban drama "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire." The legendarily high-maintenance pop diva underwent a soup-to-nuts physical transformation, checking her glossy celebrity patina at the door in order to convincingly portray the film's ...

All things music from the Tennessean.com entertainment staff. Click to see a slide show of photos from Paramore's Ryman stop .

We haven't heard a peep from Paula Wagner since she exited United Artists, which she'd been running with longtime partner Tom Cruise.

Josh Farro, lead guitarist and songwriter for the band Paramore, swears he has not started making a voodoo doll of Barbra Streisand.

Get ready to be infuriated again. Or, at the very least, intrigued. The linguistic pyrotechnics of playwright David Mamet are on full display in the bruising Broadway revival of "Oleanna," which opened Sunday at the Golden Theatre.

Lee Daniels had so much faith in Mariah Carey's acting that when the director's first choice to play a dowdy, no-nonsense social worker - Oscar-winner Helen Mirren - backed out, he quickly asked Carey to step in.

She appeared in such awful films as 1999's The Bachelor , 2001's Glitter , 2002's Wisegirls , and 2008's Tennessee , among others.

Tennessee-based pop-punk act Paramore notched their first Number One debut on the Billboard album chart on Wednesday .

Mariah Carey arrived at Saturday night's New York Film Festival screening of her movie Precious adorned with diamonds and a posse of security guards.

Mariah Carey is an R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

MUSIC NEWS: Mariah Carey, Madonna, Barbra Streisand, plus win tickets to see Kylie Minogue at the Hollywood Bowl MODERN TONIC The editors of Modern Tonic present a weekly music update here on Towleroad.

Once a year, usually in September, a flurry of high-profile new releases fall on the same day.

Lee Daniels had so much faith in Mariah Carey's acting that when the director's first choice to play a dowdy, no-nonsense social worker - Oscar-winner Helen Mirren - backed out, he quickly asked Carey to step in.

Mariah Carey, Adam Lambert, Eminem - all have new music coming before winter arrives and make our list of fall's most highly anticipated albums.