Claireece Precious Jones endures unimaginable hardships in her young life. Abused by her mother, raped by her father, she grows up poor, angry, illiterate, fat, unloved and generally unnoticed. So what better way to learn about her than through her own, halting dialect. That is the device deployed in the first novel by poet and singer Sapphire. “Sometimes I wish I was not alive,” Precious says. “But I don’t know how to die. Ain’ no plug to pull out. ‘N no matter how bad I feel my heart don’t stop beating and my eyes open in the morning.” An intense story of adversity and the mechanisms to cope with it.

Jackass: The Lost Tapes is sure to please hardcore Jackass fans, particularly those who've long sought after these missing pieces. But newcomers and non-fans needn't bother. There's nothing here that's going to win you over. Nothing probably ever will. But that's OK, Jackass isn't for everyone.

This is the 37th Annual American Music Awards. The show will feature a star-studded lineup of music’s top artists and acts. The 2009 American Music Awards was held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Enjoy the show is cristal crisp quality.