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Will Mariah Carey's role in Precious receive an Oscar nomination?
Background: The legendarily high-maintenance pop diva underwent a soup-to-nuts physical transformation, checking her glossy celebrity patina at the door in order to convincingly portray the film's Ms. Weiss: a drab but deeply empathetic soul helping a troubled teenager in '80s Harlem. Far from the image Carey has cultivated for years, the character is no oil painting of music-video pulchritude, with her lank hair, a wardrobe of rayon sweater-coats and, yes, even a sparse mustache creeping across her upper lip. "I had to lose all vanity," Carey said. "I had to change my demeanor, my inside, layers of who I am, to become that woman."
Movie history is studded with A-list actors who subverted their prescribed images in a bid for greater respect and awards season glory. A few recent examples: Nicole Kidman's golden statue-grabbing turn (courtesy of a prosthetic schnoz) in "The Hours," or Charlize Theron's uglying up as a serial killer for her Oscar-winning portrayal in "Monster."
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-mariah5-2009nov05,0,6612431.story
Movie history is studded with A-list actors who subverted their prescribed images in a bid for greater respect and awards season glory. A few recent examples: Nicole Kidman's golden statue-grabbing turn (courtesy of a prosthetic schnoz) in "The Hours," or Charlize Theron's uglying up as a serial killer for her Oscar-winning portrayal in "Monster."
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-mariah5-2009nov05,0,6612431.story
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