"Precious" gets Theme Song Treatment from MC

One of the starts of an upcoming flick, Mariah Carey, is penning the theme song for Precious, a movie about a 16-year old pregnant girl who is abused by her mother and unhappy with her life.

Carey is said to be working with producer and long-time friend Jermaine Dupri on the track before they add it to the final set of the movie and it's soundtrack. The name of the song is titled "100 Percent".

Expect this movie and it's stars to sweep away all of the awards in the upcoming movie awards season. "Precious" is already receiving rave reviews and awards in honor of director Lee Daniels and actress Mo'Nique at many festivals this year.

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Precious

Precious, formerly known as Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire, is a drama about a teenaged girl living in Harlem. The movie was first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009, where it won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize for best drama, as well as a Special Jury Prize for supporting actress Mo'Nique.

The film is executive produced by Tyler Perry (34th Street Films) and Oprah Winfrey (Harpo Productions). Starring in the movie is Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, and Sherri Sheperd. The movie will be in theaters nationwide on November 6, 2009.

Monica & Mo'Nique Get Their Own Shows

BET's JAZZ and VH1 Soul are merging (yet, not merging) to create a new network called "Centric". The network will launch in October, targeting African-Americans of ages 24-54.

BET J originally launched as BET on Jazz and features reality series and music-programs. Both BET J and VH1 Soul will continue as stand alone channels in addition to Centric's programming; Centric will start with BET J's distribution and annex channel slots allocated to VH1 Soul or possibly some other small MTVN service, rather than merge.

Announced last night at BET's Upfront announcement in New York, the network will launch with 45 million subscribers.

Centric will initially feature some original entertainment and reality shows, like "Model City," a reality show revolving around African-American models in New York City and "Keeping Up With The Joneses," which follows the exploits of a Houston-based family of entrepreneurs. R&B singer Monica will be starring in her own reality show entitled "Monica: Still Standing," set to air in October, and comedian/actress Mo'Nique will have her own nightly talk/variety show. News and public affairs programming are said to be added in the near future.

Centric will also re-launch the temporarily defunct Soul Train Awards.