LOS ANGELES, CA
Sidibe won best actress Friday for "Precious: Based on the
Novel `Push' by Sapphire," playing an illiterate teen pulling
herself out of an abyss of neglect and abuse. Mo'Nique earned the
supporting-actress honor as the girl's loathsome mother.
Jeff Bridges won best actor for the country-music tale "Crazy
Heart" and Woody Harrelson won supporting actor for the
war-on-terror drama "The Messenger."
"Precious" swept every category for which it was nominated,
including best screenplay by a first-time writer for Geoffrey
Fletcher.
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