Gay Movie Director, Lee Daniels has the last laugh

I always tell my friends "The toes you step on today, maybe connected to the ass you'll have to kiss tomorrow. I'm sure Lee Daniels father is wishing he would have watched his "step" a bit more carefully now that his "gay" son has made good. There are few lives with more challenges than that of a black gay man or transsexual. Trying to gain acceptance, compassion and understanding (especially from the paternal figures) is next to impossible.

But as times change and ideals expand, hopefully there will be a sense of appreciation and dare I sat pride from the family members who have been blessed with GLBT members.

*Director Lee Daniels says he felt compelled to bring the story of child abuse to the big screen in "Precious" because it helped heal the scars from his own painful past.

The filmmaker has won critical acclaim for the movie, based on author Sapphire's book Push, about a pregnant teenager who is sexually abused by her father and subjected to physical beatings from her mother.

Child abuse victims Oprah Winfrey and director Tyler Perry were so moved by the film, they jumped on board as executive producers - and now Daniels, who is gay, reveals his motivation to make "Precious" a success is rooted in his own traumatizing experiences.

"My dad wanted me to be a strong man, and I was walking downstairs in my mother's red high-heeled pumps," he tells Vanity Fair magazine. "He couldn't beat it out of me... I made this movie to heal - and hopefully to heal others."

*Meanwhile, in other Lee Daniels related news, "Precious" broke into the top-10 as it expanded to more theaters after a huge debut in limited release the previous weekend.

Finishing at No. 4, "Precious" took in $6.1 million in ONLY 174 theaters, averaging $35,000 a cinema and raising its 10-day total to $8.9 million. That compared to a $19,095 average in 3,404 theaters for "2012."

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