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Gabourey Sidibe walks the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the world premiere of Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 (Photo by Karon Liu) 

Gayle King walks the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the world premiere of Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 (Photo by Karon Liu) 

Gayle King on the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the world premiere of Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009. The signature Oprah mic suggests that Toronto and TIFF could be featured in an upcoming episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show  (Photo by Karon Liu) 

Mariah Carey walks the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the world premiere of Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 (Photo by Karon Liu) 

Mary J. Blige walks the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the world premiere of Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 (Photo by Karon Liu) 

Oprah Winfrey walks the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the world premiere of Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009. Pictured in background, Tyler Perry (Photo by Karon Liu) 

Oprah Winfrey walks the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the world premiere of Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 (Photo by Karon Liu) 

Oprah Winfrey presses her hand to her heart on the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the world premiere of Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 (Photo by Karon Liu) 

Paula Patton walks the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the world premiere of Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 (Photo by Karon Liu) 

Paula Patton and Robin Thicke walk the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the world premiere of Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 (Photo by Karon Liu) 

Robert De Niro arrives at Roy Thomson Hall for the world premiere of Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 (Photo by Karon Liu) 

Sapphire and Oprah Winfrey on the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the world premiere of Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 (Photo by Karon Liu) 

Sherri Shepherd poses exuberantly the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the world premiere of Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2009 (Photo by Karon Liu) 

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