Luxist Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Precious (film) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_(film)

    Precious. (film) Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, [2] or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. Its script was written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique, alongside Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri ...

  3. Sapphire - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire

    Sapphire is one of the two gem-varieties of corundum, the other being ruby (defined as corundum in a shade of red). Although blue is the best-known sapphire color, they occur in other colors, including gray and black, and also can be colorless. A pinkish orange variety of sapphire is called padparadscha .

  4. Push (novel) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_(novel)

    978-0-679-76675-9. Push is the debut novel of American author Sapphire. Thirteen years after its release in 1996, the novel was made into the 2009 film Precious, which won numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards .

  5. Sapphire (film) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire_(film)

    Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, and Paul Massie. A progressive film for its time, it focuses on racism in London toward immigrants from the West Indies, and explores the "underlying insecurities and fears of ordinary people" about those of another race.

  6. List of Sapphire & Steel serials - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sapphire_&_Steel...

    This is a list of the television and audio serials of the British science-fiction series Sapphire & Steel . The television series was transmitted between July 1979 and August 1982 on ITV1 and was produced by Shaun O'Riordan, with David Reid as executive. More than two decades later, an audio series was released on compact disc by Big Finish ...

  7. SAPHIRE - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAPHIRE

    SAPHIRE is a probabilistic risk and reliability assessment software tool. SAPHIRE stands for Systems Analysis Programs for Hands-on Integrated Reliability Evaluations. The system was developed for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) by the Idaho National Laboratory . Development began in the mid-1980s when the NRC began exploring two ...

  8. How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_a_Realist_Hero_Rebuilt...

    Anime and manga portal How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom ( Japanese : 現実主義勇者の王国再建記 , Hepburn : Genjitsu Shugi Yūsha no Ōkoku Saikenki ) , also known as Re:CONSTRUCTION - The Elfrieden Kingdom Tales of Realistic Brave , [a] is a Japanese light novel series written by Dojyomaru and illustrated by Fuyuyuki.

  9. Sapphire (color) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire_(color)

    Sapphire (color) The 423-carat (85 g) blue Logan Sapphire. Sapphire is a saturated shade of blue, referring to the gemstone of the same name. Sapphire gems most commonly occur in a range of blue shades, although they can come in many different colors. Other names for variations of the color sapphire are blue sapphire or sapphire blue, shown below.