Latest Gabourey Sidibe News

Precious actress Gabourey Sidibe rocks blue boots while stopping off for some shopping at Victorinox and then eating at Balthazar in the concrete jungle of New York City on Sunday (March 14).

The 26-year-old actress was recently slammed by radio shock jock Howard Stern in which he claimed that Gabby’s wouldn’t have an acting career in the future because of her weight. Gabby’s mom fired back, saying, “Get a life. He can see, you can see, I can see Gabby is a big girl. She’s a big woman, so what’s wrong with that? She’s not like everyone else in the world. I don’t see him giving jobs out to anybody, so why should we care what he says? He might not hire her, but someone else will!”

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Gabourey Sidibe will have a recurring role in The Big C, a dark comedy series on Showtime.

The 26-year-old Academy Award nominee guest starred in the show’s pilot - The Big C stars Laura Linney as Cathy, a suburban mom and teacher who’s been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Gabby will play a quick-witted student in Cathy’s class. Oliver Platt will play Cathy’s husband, according to Access Hollywood.

Production is set to begin in May for a summer debut.

Gabourey Sidibe wears a Marchesa dress and Lorraine Schwartz jewelry at the 2010 Oscars held at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday (March 7) in Hollywood.

The 26-year-old actress is nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.

Gaby called the media “dumber than the people on jury duty” for trying to instigate a feud between her and Oprah Winfrey. “Oprah rules the world,” she told Speakeasy.

Gabourey Sidibe gears up for the Oscars at the Women In Film Pre-Oscar Party and the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon on Thursday (March 4) in Los Angeles.

The 26-year-old Precious actress told People that while she’d planned to bring her mama to the Oscars as her date, she recently got an offer from a very famous female…

“Oprah called me and was like, ‘Hey girl, do you want to ride together?’ ” Gabby shared.

“I was like, ‘I got it Oprah, calm down. I don’t want to show up with you. People will think we’re too cool,” she laughed before admitting that Oprah’s the only person she “continually [gets] star-struck by.”

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Precious actress Gabourey Sidibe gets her bottom grabbed by comedian Chris Rock at the 2010 NAACP Image Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday (February 26).

The 28-year-old New York City-born rising star won an award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.

Gabby hammed it up on the red carpet with Sandra Bullock but seemed to enjoy it more when Chris grabbed her bum on-stage!

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Gabourey Sidibe and Maggie Gyllenhaal pose together at the 2nd Annual Character Approved Awards invitation-only cocktail reception at The IAC Building on Thursday (February 25) in New York City.

Grammy Award-winning music group Green Day and director Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker) were among ten honorees at USA Network’s second annual Character Approved Awards, a multimedia campaign honoring individuals who are changing the face of American culture.

Inspired by USA’s Characters Welcome brand, the initiative is dedicated to celebrating the true trailblazers across a variety of disciplines such as art, philanthropy, new media and film.

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Precious actress Gabourey Sidibe attends the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards 2010 at the Royal Opera House in London, England on Sunday (February 21).

Also pictured below is the 26-year-old New York City-born actress leaving the BBC Radio 1 studios on Saturday (February 20).

Gabby recently responded to not being put on the cover of the latest Young Hollywood Vanity Fair issue, saying, “At first I thought, ‘Hmm, should I be there? Then I very quickly got over it. I think if I were a part of that shoot I would have felt a little left out anyway.”

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