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Tishala
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08-01-2000

Friday, December 08, 2006 - 8:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
I read the interview and it ain't pretty. There is no twisting of her words because it's completely in the context of here sister and two of her best friends being gay. But so what? She's a young girl and she's new to the game. One expects her to say impolitic things. It takes time to say only what people want to hear.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 3:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Jennifer Hudson is shocked by her success
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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 7:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I am hearing oscar buzz for her!!!! very cool, always liked her

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Thursday, December 14, 2006 - 7:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Ditto

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
"Hudson's performance of this song ["And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going"] is an epiphany, as grandly shattering a piece of musical acting as the movies have seen since Judy Garland wailed about ''The Man That Got Away'' in 1954's A Star Is Born."

Wow!

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I'm very excited for her! I liked her very much on AI. She always made me smile.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
From the NY Times:

The dramatic and musical peak of “Dreamgirls” — the showstopper, the main reason to see the movie — comes around midpoint, when Jennifer Hudson, playing Effie White, sings “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going.” That song has been this musical’s calling card since the first Broadway production 25 years ago, but to see Ms. Hudson tear into it on screen nonetheless brings the goose-bumped thrill of witnessing something new, even historic. A former Disney cruise-ship entertainer with a physique to match her robust voice, Ms. Hudson was notoriously dismissed from “American Idol.” This sad instance of pop-cultural philistinism is echoed on the cover of the January 2007 issue of Vanity Fair, which omits her in favor of her better-known, thinner “Dreamgirls” co-stars Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx and Beyoncé Knowles.

“And I Am Telling You,” for all the defiance of its lyric and the triumphal swell of its orchestration, is thus an anthem of impotence, a proud woman’s protest in the face of humiliation and defeat. Like it or not, Effie is going. She has no choice in the matter. But it’s not often you go to the movies and see a big-boned, sexually assertive, self-confident black woman — not played for laughs or impersonated by a male comedian in drag — holding the middle of the screen. And when was the last time you saw a first-time film actress upstage an Oscar winner, a pop diva and a movie star of long standing? Ms. Hudson is not going anywhere. She has arrived. link

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 10:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Wow. Just reading that gave me goosebumps!

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Her performance of Heat Wave on Motown night on American Idol:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UVAaVtxD7oM

There's more of her American Idol performances on YouTube, too.

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
I am so happy for Jennifer Hudson. I've always felt that she would eventually shine after her stint on AI. What an awesome voice!!

I am looking forward to the movie.


Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Jennifer singing on The Today Show:
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Highlighter
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09-03-2003

Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 11:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Highlighter a private message Print Post    
I just got back from vacation and I was so excited to come here and say I saw Jennifer Hudson's movie!!!! She was so awesome, there aren't words to describe it! She wasn't my favorite AI that season, but I don't think anyone can argue she has a kick butt powerful voice, and she was perfect in this movie. Regarding the Vanity Fair article, I felt the same way when I read that the producers (?) are pushing for Beyonce to be up for the leading actress award and Jennifer up for the supporting actress award. IMHO, Jennifer MADE that movie. I don't get it (well, maybe I do). The irony is sickening.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 4:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Jennifer is going to be on Leno or Letterman tomorrow night ... I think Letterman

Marebear
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09-27-2002

Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marebear a private message Print Post    
Congrats on your GG award!! You were my favorite in your AI season and are a great star. I'm sure we have not seen the last of you. I'll be hoping for an Oscar

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Congrats, Jennifer, on your SAG award!! Woohoo!!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Jennifer sounded great tonight on the Tribute to Aretha!!

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
This is the only Oscar award I care about this year. I really want to see Jennifer Hudson win it!

Roteach
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06-01-2003

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 5:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roteach a private message Print Post    
I feel that way also Hermione. I hope it's one of the earlier awards given out. She's come a long way since AI and I like her attitude very much.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 10:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Yay!! Congrats to Jennifer for winning her Oscar!! And she sounded so good singing on the show.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
She was really good on Oprah yesterday too.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Hudson has turned down a $3 million role in a Warner Bros. movie because of a nude scene. Ready for the twist? It wasn’t Jennifer’s character that gets naked.

The Dreamgirls star says that she will never appear in a film that features nudity because she is a role model to aspiring young black women. So I guess we won’t be seeing a Jennifer Hudson nude scene anytime soon. As stupid as that may be, you must applaud her for sticking to her convictions especially when a big paycheck it being flaunted under her nose.

http://tinyurl.com/2ftwqg

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Friday, March 30, 2007 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Hollywood Wiretap reports that Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) is playing fellow Oscar winner Forest Whitaker’s daughter in Winged Creatures, now shooting in Los Angeles.

Hudson joins Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Embeth Davidtz in the film, being directed by Rowan Woods (Little Fish).

The story follows the witnesses to a brutal murder suicide in a fast food restaurant as they cope with the aftermath of the incident and how they affect the people who help them along the way.

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Jbean
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01-05-2002

Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 6:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jbean a private message Print Post    
Good for her - I'm loving J-Hud. She's awesome!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 4:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Hudson moves to "Sex and the City" movie

By Leslie Simmons
Tue Sep 11, 4:59 AM ET

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson has joined the cast of "Sex and the City: The Movie," which begins filming next week in New York.

Hudson will play the assistant to Sarah Jessica Parker's character, Carrie Bradshaw, in the film based on the hit HBO comedy series.

In July, the show's four leads, including Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon, came aboard for the film after New Line Cinema agreed to finance and distribute it. Chris Noth also joined the cast to reprise his role as Mr. Big.

Michael Patrick King is writing and directing.

Hudson, who won an Oscar for her supporting role in "Dreamgirls," recently completed production on the ensemble drama "Winged Creatures" starring Kate Beckinsale, Forrest Whitaker, Jackie Earle Haley and Dakota Fanning. Sony is distributing the film.

The former "American Idol" contestant is also in the studio working on her debut album for Arista Records, due for release in the first quarter of 2008.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Friday, October 24, 2008 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
On the news tonight, Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother have been tragically killed in a home shooting, and her young nephew is missing and on amber alert.

Kittystj
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08-10-2001

Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 2:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kittystj a private message Print Post    
This is so tragic. Also now the nephew has been found shot. My thoughts and prayers are with Jennifer.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Monday, November 03, 2008 - 3:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Hudson Family Funeral Held in Chicago
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In what had to have been the hardest day of her life, Jennifer Hudson bid her mother, brother and nephew goodbye. At the funeral for her three slain family members, Hudson kissed her mother goodbye. Her friend, Fantasia sang at the service.

As the two-hour wake for her mother, brother and nephew came to an end, Jennifer Hudson approached their coffins and spent a few moments with each.

She paused at the casket of her 7-year-old nephew Julian, then moved on, gently touching the body of her mother. Composed, the 27-year actress and singer leaned down to kiss her mother goodbye. She paused again before her brother's casket before taking her seat.

The three-hour funeral reached an emotional peak when American Idol Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino sang a gospel classic, "Your Grace and Mercy". Calling the Hudsons "my family," she walked off the stage and into the aisle where she took Jennifer's hand and sang directly to the actress.

"I think it healed Jennifer's soul just then," said family friend, Lisa Allison.

The funeral ended shortly afterward and now the funeral procession is being led to Oak Woods Cemetery on the South Side by a horse-drawn carriage. [...]

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 7:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
oh my gosh, don't you know that Fantasia just tore that song up? I'm sure she was crying and had the whole place in tears.

This is really a tragedy.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, December 14, 2009 - 5:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Watching Jennifer's Christmas special ... she goes back home.

Sia
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03-10-2002

Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
I did not enjoy most of the musical selections on Jennifer's Christmas special. She did a nice job on "O, Holy Night," though, and I enjoyed the number she shared with Michael Buble. I did notice, however, that she left out the line, "Well, maybe just a cigarette more. . ." in cutting the song down to make it into a medley. I'm sure that wouldn't have fit in with her wholesome image. When they began the song I wondered how they would work around that line, lol. They took care of it nicely; anyone unfamiliar with the song wouldn't have noticed the line was omitted.