EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Gabourey Sidibe's Mom Speaks Out About Her Daughter's Magazine Cover Controversy
Posted on Sep 18, 2010 @ 09:31AM - 22 comments
Gabourey Sidibe’s mom Alice Tan Ridley has poured cold water over the controversy surrounding her daughter’s October Elle Magazine cover. She told RadarOnline.com: "My daughter looks beautiful – that’s all that matters."
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Gabourey Sidibe's Mom Offered 'Lucrative' Singing Deal, Getting The Band Together
Posted on Sep 15, 2010 @ 05:34AM - 3 comments
New York Subway singer Alice Tan Ridley has received a 'lucrative offer' to perform privately at a celebrity wedding later this month, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Ridley - who's the mother of Oscar nominated Precious star Gabourey Sidibe - was recently voted off America's Got Talent after she failed to make the cut as one of the viewer's favorites.
EXCLUSIVE: Mo'Nique Forgives Oprah, Continues Family Feud
Posted on May 14, 2010 @ 02:12PM - 5 comments
Oscar winner Mo’Nique has forgiven Oprah Winfrey but the feud with her family remains over her molester brother Gerald Imes, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
EXCLUSIVE: Mo'Nique "Not Happy" About Brother's Oprah Interview
The Precious star was fuming following Oprah’s interview with Imes on April 19, 2010, even though the chat show queen had asked for her permission beforehand. Mo’Nique felt that Oprah - who was a sexual abuse victim herself- was not sympathetic enough towards her situation and that her brother had lied about the circumstances of the abuse.
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A source close to Mo’Nique told RadarOnline.com: “Mo’Nique has decided to forgive Oprah and to move on although the interview hurt her to her heart.
“But she’s still not forgiven her family and unfortunately the grudge could now go to the grave because her parents, Steven and Alice, are getting older now. She feels that her parents have never fully accepted Gerald’s role in the molestation and ever told her that it was not her fault."
To add insult to imjury, the source revealed, "Gerald is planning to write a book about their childhood and Mo’Nique feels that he is just trying to profit from the incident.
“As a mother herself she does not believe her brother has ever got the therapy or the help that he truly requires.”
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Despite all of the turmoil surrounding her family, Mo’Nique is very happy with her own marriage to her second husband Sydney Hicks. The couple is raising three sons– four-year old twins Jonathan and David and Shalon, 17, her son from her previous marriage to Mark Jackson.
"Mo’Nique is really happy with Sydney and they have known each other for over 20 years," the source said. “She says that they have 'an understanding’ which works for them as he never gets emotionally involved with other women. Mo’Nique is really secure in both herself and her marriage and she doesn’t believe she will ever get involved in a sex scandal like Tiger Woods or Sandra Bullock did recently."
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After scooping up the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Precious Mo’Nique, 42, has been inundated with movie offers but has still not found the right role.
“At the moment she’s really concentrating on The Monique Show and wants it to reach a wider audience. The movie parts that she’s getting offered have been to stereotypical of the black over-weight woman which she does not want to do," the source added.
“Besides, she has lost a lot of weight recently and is feeling good about herself right now, so, that would not be appropriate.”
Mother's Day Movie Survey
Posted on May 06, 2010 @ 07:44PM - Add a comment
What’s the one movie you don’t EVER want to watch with your mother? Turns out, Bruno wins that distinction in this year’s Mother’s Day movie survey conducted by Netflix.
Also, move over Faye Dunaway, there’s a new horrible mom in town! Mo’Nique dethrones the queen of wire hangers as the most vicious mom seen in cinema in decades. Below are some highlights from Netflix’s survey:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Precious Star Gabourey Sidibe's Mom Confident She Can Win Talent Show
Posted on Apr 21, 2010 @ 04:30PM - 8 comments
Seems that talent runs in the Sidibe family – Oscar nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe’s mom, a New York City subway singer, is set to appear on America’s Got Talent, and she’s confident she has what it takes to win.
Alice Tan Ridley believes that singing for New York subway passengers every day gives her the edge, and the confidence, to win the talent show, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Ridley - who currently earns a modest living performing deep below ground on the Big Apple’s subway – is getting ready for the biggest performance of her life as she tries to impress judges Piers Morgan, Howie Mandel and Sharon Osbourne.
She will perform before a packed house of her fellow New Yorkers later this week at the Hammerstein Ballroom as she tries to follow in British Susan Boyle’s footsteps by finding fame and fortune on the talent show after a difficult past.
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Alice told RadarOnline.com, “I’m not going to tell you the song that I have chosen to sing but it’s a favorite when I perform it on the subway, so, people will identify it straight away.
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“At the moment I’m not nervous because this is what I love to do and singing in the subway has prepared me to perform anywhere.
“When I walk about New York people recognize me and shout my name or say ‘break a leg Alice’ to offer me luck, so, I’m sure I will have a lot of support in the audience.
“I have to wear the same outfit that I wore in the original audition and my only concern is that I can only perform for 90 seconds, so, I’m practicing on that right now.
“Gabby is doing Saturday Night Live this week, so, she is pretty busy too but she is very supportive of me.
“I’m hoping that I get a good reaction from the judges but I can only do the best that I can and just try and be myself.
“I laugh when people compare me to Susan Boyle but I guess that is a compliment of sorts too.”
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America’s Got Talent, which is hosted by Mariah Carey’s husband Nick Cannon, has been taping live shows across the country as they search for the nation’s best talent.
The show is due in New York City on April 21-23 at The Hammerstein Ballroom at Manhattan Center Studios.
Howie Mandel will be replacing David Hasselhoff as one of the judges on the fifth season of the NBC show which is one of the most popular television programs in the summer.
EXCLUSIVE: Mo'Nique "Not Happy" About Brother's Oprah Interview
Posted on Apr 21, 2010 @ 09:51AM - 26 comments
Oscar winning actress Mo’Nique is less than impressed with the way Oprah Winfrey’s interview with her molester brother Gerald Imes turned-out, RadarOnline.com has learned.
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Although Winfrey asked Mo’Nique if it was okay if Imes appeared on her show the actress felt that he lied during the interview and it was not sympathetic enough towards her.
Precious' Star Gabourey Sidibe Gets In Sync With Her Own Celebrity
Posted on Mar 11, 2010 @ 02:42PM - Add a comment
Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe finally got to meet a long-time crush of hers, JC Chasez, during a recent taping of MTV's newest hit, America’s Best Dance Crew.
Sidibe, who turned heads in show biz after her amazing performance in Precious, got a reality check when she was told the former 'N Sync star, now a judge on the MTV breakout hit, was just as excited to meet her.
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“Wow, what kind of world do I live in now!” she said.
America's Best Dance Crew airs Thursday at 10/9c on MTV; Precious is now available on DVD.
New DVD Releases
Posted on Mar 10, 2010 @ 07:25PM - Add a comment
Capitalism: A Love Story (R)
Firebrand filmmaker Michael Moore turns his skeptical lens on Wall Street, for an examination of corporate economic dominance, what happened to the American economy, and how it's affecting everyday citizens. (Michael Moore [himself], Thora Birch [herself])
Old Dogs (PG)
John Travolta and Robin Williams play best-friend single guys Simon and Buford. They look like adults and speak like adults, but apparently lose all mature functionality when Simon's ex-wife is sent to prison, and he's left to care for their six-year-old twins. Let the slapstick fiesta begin! (John Travolta [Simon], Robin Williams [Buford])
Precious (R)
Inner-city high schooler Precious Jones is overweight, pregnant with her second child and invisible to the world. When a teacher opens a door for her at an alternative school, Precious walks through and finds a sense of identity, and a small taste of hope. (Gabourey Sidibe [Precious], Mo'Nique [Mary])
Up in the Air (R)
Ryan Bingham is good at firing employees en masse, living out out of a suitcase and keeping people at arm's length. But a chance encounter forces him to reconsider his priorities amid a brutal job and dismal economy. (George Clooney [Ryan Bingam], Vera Farmiga [Alex Goran])
PHOTOS: Best And Worst Dressed Of The 82nd Annual Academy Awards
Posted on Mar 08, 2010 @ 09:40AM - 7 comments
Stars have spent the past few months agonizing over what to wear to the Academy Awards, and finally it is judgment night! RadarOnline.com is picking out the best and worst dressed stars on the red carpet.
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Anna Kendrick stunned in a blush-toned, off-the-shoulder Elie Saab gown, which buttoned up the back, while Mo'Nique rocked an attention-grabbing cobalt blue number featuring an asymmetric neckline. Other Up In The Air nominee Vera Farmiga also turned heads in an origami-like Marchesa strapless.
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Mariah Carey showed up in a gorgeous blue number, which was slit dramatically up the side, but ruined the look by adding too much bling, including a rather large brooch.
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Zoe Saldana, who has been gracing the Best Dressed lists all season, looked like a princess, wearing an quirky strapless, which featured a crystal embellished bodice and a poofy skirt of cascading purple color. Did she make the Best Dressed list? Check out the gallery to find out.
Mo'Nique Makes Her Own Oscar Rules Backstage
Posted on Mar 07, 2010 @ 09:30PM - 9 comments
Fresh off her win for Best Supporting Actress, Precious star Mo'Nique broke from tradition in the press room as she worked off her own set of rules. RadarOnline.com was there for the hilarious moment.
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Rather than having the moderator call on reporters to ask questions, Mo'Nique took control and did it herself in hopes of rewarding the journalists who spoke to her before she became the toast of the town.
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She said she was choosing people "that came to her when no one would," at times jumping over the reporters chosen by the moderator.
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"I am a stand up comedian who won an Oscar," the giddy Mo'Nique added. "Woah baby, I tickle me."
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