Check out Gabourey sitting in a empty audition room reading lines from one of the movie’s most intense scenes.

Gabourey Sidibe said she skipped school (college) that day and used her last $5 to get to the audition. Gabourey beat out more than 400 girls for the role of  Precious.

Update: Gabourey just got cast in the new Showtime series “The Big C” with Laura Linney about a suburban wife and mother with terminal cancer. Gabourey will play one of her smart alleck students! Congratulations to Gabourey!

Kelly Rowland talks about her upcoming album and how she’s found her niche, thanks to the success of her latest hit, ‘When Love Takes Over.’

Authorities in Arizona say rapper DMX has been arrested for allegedly violating his probation by using drugs.

Michelle Obama says she’ll always cherish the moment she slipped into her inaugural ball gown, a one-shouldered, white chiffon design she wore for her first Cinderella-like spins on the dance floor as first lady.