EXCLUSIVE: Oscar Nominee's Mom Weighs In On Vanity Fair Controversy
Posted on Feb 18, 2010 @ 01:02PM
Alice Tan Ridley the subway singing mother of Precious star Gabourey Sidibe told RadarOnline.com exclusively that her Oscar nominated daughter deserved to be on the cover of Vanity Fair’s 2010 Young Hollywood Edition.
Many observers felt that it was surprising that Sidibe – who is up for Best Actress– was omitted from the cover that featured starlets like Kristen Stewart, Carey Mulligan, Abbie Cornish, Amanda Seyfried and Anna Kendrick. Although Sidibe was featured inside the magazine, she has admitted that she wondered about her exclusion from the cover.
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Alice, who is a former singing teacher and Department Of Education teacher’s aide has been wowing commuters for 18 years with her captivating vocals. Though she performs in some of New York’s busiest subway stations she has also traveled to Chile, Argentina, and Germany because of her amazing voice.
But on March 7 she will get her biggest thrill when she accompanies her daughter to the Academy Awards. Alice had tried out for the role of Precious' mother and had prodded her daughter to try out for the lead role.
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“I am really looking forward to it and hopefully Gabourey will win!" she said about the upcoming awards show.
“I can’t wait to see my daughter in her element and walking down the red carpet because I am so proud of her."
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While she has already met George Clooney, Alice has another Hollywood fixture in her sights: "The one person I would like to meet most of all is Quentin Tarantino because I love his movies."
For the big night, she has yet to decide on her wardrobe. “I haven’t picked a dress yet but Gabby is in Paris right now, so, maybe she will find me something nice to wear.
“We usually shop together for clothes when we are together and I want to look my best."
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She has only been in one movie.
Posted Fri, 02/19/2010 - 11:20am
this girl may have done some great acting...but in 1 movie! i know of many great actresses nominated many times and not win and they are great actors!
Posted Fri, 02/19/2010 - 7:03am
SHAME on the MOTHER! She fed her chilld to grow up morbidly obese and sets her off to all sorts of medical problems and an early death. Now the mother like Kate G, will be supported by her child. Another useless human.
Posted Thu, 02/18/2010 - 11:08pm
here's your sign, desertgirl.. u r another useless human
Posted Thu, 02/18/2010 - 11:11pm
She may be a one hit wonder. If they did the cover after she had won an Oscar ....... she would have been included.
Posted Thu, 02/18/2010 - 10:50pm
There was just not enough room on the cover. Enough said.
Posted Thu, 02/18/2010 - 8:44pm
People need to move on, this is not a race issue. Vanity fair did it off star power and the girls all have more movies in the work. I agree they screwed up by not putting zoe saldana on it. How many more movies do you think Gabourey Sidibe will do?.
Posted Thu, 02/18/2010 - 7:22pm
Hoping she will win the Oscar. That is MUCH better than being on the Vanity Fair cover!
Posted Thu, 02/18/2010 - 5:01pm
shes a brick house....
Posted Thu, 02/18/2010 - 4:57pm
OH! Vanity Fair's I don't like their magazine,but I've seen the same thing on their front cover people of different race,but they were small as well.....
Posted Thu, 02/18/2010 - 4:27pm