Precious cleaned up in this morning’s 82nd Annual Academy Award nominations! The independent film about a teen mother’s living Hell in 1980s Harlem earned six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress noms for Gabourey Sidibe and funny lady Mo’Nique — who portrayed Precious’ abusive mother, Mary.

An ecstatic Mo spoke with The TODAY Show’s Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira early Tuesday about her nomination.

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