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'Pariah' Star Adepero Oduye Lining Up Role In Steve McQueen's 'Twelve Years A Slave' With Michael Fassbender

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • April 16, 2012 7:36 PM
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  • 5 Comments
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How do you follow a breakthrough performance that was name dropped by Meryl Streep and nominated for an Indie Spirit Award? How about doing a movie with Michael Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Brad Pitt? Welcome to the big time Adepero Oduye.
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More: Adepero Oduye, Twelve Years A Slave

Rooney Mara, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain & Jennifer Lawrence Are Vanity Fair's 2012 Ingenues

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 31, 2012 1:43 PM
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  • 16 Comments
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Vanity Fair loves the ladies. For their annual Hollywood issue the magazine has once again gone with hot young things for their cover, making it three straight years the boys have left off from strutting their stuff (excluding the 2009 issue which for some reason had Barack Obama fronting the issue). But also as usual, it's hard to argue with their choices for the most part with Rooney Mara, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence selected for the cover.
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More: Rooney Mara, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Adepero Oduye, Shailene Woodley, Elizabeth Olsen, Paula Patton, Felicity Jones, Lily Collins, Brit Marling

TIFF '11 Review: 'Pariah' Is So Much More Than Just This Year's 'Precious'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • September 12, 2011 12:59 PM
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  • 2 Comments
Listen, we understand that sometimes in order to get some attention, indie films need glib comparisons and word out of Sundance this year was that Dee Rees' "Pariah" was this year's "Precious." However, not only is "Pariah" nothing like "Precious", it is so much better and so much more rewarding than anything Lee Daniels' "achieved" with his hysterical, exploitative, ghetto soap opera porno. Real in ways few movies ever are, "Pariah" mixes the coming out and coming-of-age story and pitches it against the backdrop of an African-American family adapting to the shifting cultural sexual tides. The result is a film that is warm and raw, sometimes both at the same time, and is easily one our favorites of the year.
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More: Films, Actresses, Review, Dee Rees, Pariah, Adepero Oduye

Watch: Trailer For Sundance Pick, 'Pariah' -- Is This 'Precious' For 2011?

  • By Edward Davis
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  • June 10, 2011 5:00 AM
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  • 1 Comment
We're really not sure what's up with the Indigo Girls meets Sarah McLachlan acoustic song that's going on in the beginning of this trailer (ok, we do, but really?), but "Pariah," a 2011 drama that was shown at Sundance 2011 to major acclaim, subsequently picked up by Focus Features, looks pretty damn great.
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More: Actresses, Films, Dee Rees, Pariah, Adepero Oduye

We're So Over Jennifer Lawrence: 5 Actresses Who Broke Out At Sundance 2011

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • January 31, 2011 3:18 AM
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  • 2 Comments
Every year, the Sundance Film Festival serves not only as a showcase of the best of independent cinema from around the world, but as a strong indicator of some of the rising talent likely to make waves in future years. As much as the festival showcases young writers and directors, it's for its instant creation of movie stars that it's perhaps become best known in recent years.
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More: Actresses, Felicity Jones, Lubna Azabal, Elizabeth Olsen, Adepero Oduye, Brit Marling

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