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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 12:07 am
Forgot to give the head's up: the Patti Labelle tribute featuring Fantasia and JHud among others is this weekend. Check your local listings. [3-5 Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles]
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 9:37 pm
ACK!! I missed it!
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 9:49 pm
OMG. What an amazing show!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 4:00 pm
okay, I'm pouting now ... lol ...
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 4:04 pm
Fantasia and Yolanda Adams were just Spec.Tac.U. Lar. Fantasia doing Lady Marmelade Fantasia doing Somebody Loves You Yolanda Adams doing You'll Never Walk Alone Ms Adams also did a great version of On My Own with Brian McNight, but it was especially good because of Mr McKnight's singing.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 4:37 pm
oh dang, Fantasia killed Somebody Loves You... and thank goodness this re-airs tonight on BET
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 4:54 pm
I love the end of Lady Marmelade and the camera goes to the audience and we see Kobe go "Whoa!" and the guy behind him says "Damn!" Yup. That's Tasia.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 5:07 pm
That girl is one helluva performer ... sheesh ...
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 5:11 pm
BTW, here's Patti Labelle and the Bluebells at the Apollo in 1962 (!) doing You'll Never Walk Alone. Amazing!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 5:17 pm
wow ... Ms. Patti was and still is amazing ...
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, January 26, 2009 - 5:52 am
Gahh I missed it! Let me see if I can listen to the links though. eta - Eh they're blocked.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, January 26, 2009 - 4:02 pm
She's rockin that aubergine hair lolol.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 4:11 am
Jennifer Husdon and Fantasia live in ATL singing I'm His Only Woman: youtube. Super good.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 7:40 pm
Fantasia at Chicago's GospelFest: youtube And last night, she performed at the 75th Anniversary of the Apollo Theatre, performing Purple Rain (and Prince was there!). She got a standing O, of course. Essence said: Like an explosion, Fantasia, sporting a short black bobbed hairdo, charged the platform, kicking off her shoes and singing at the top of her lungs. Wearing a short cream sequin mini dress, she wowed the audience. Leaping off the stage, Fantasia ran up and down the aisles singing a soulful rendition of "Purple Rain." The audience gave a standing ovation. Here are some Twitter responses to her performance: simonesmalls: Fantasia is killing Purple Rain...ran out to crowd and all about 3 hours ago from TwitterBerry LaBelleFemme: Fantasia is off the hook!!!!! about 3 hours ago from TwitterBerry ihavesuperpower: I wish I could Sang!! (not sing, but sang) Fantasia just caught the purple rain holy ghost! about 3 hours ago from TwitterFon EmilWilbekin: Fantasia just put her foot in "Purple Rain" about 3 hours ago from Tweetie And this weekend, I'm going to see her at LA Pride, the Los Angeles LGBT Pride festival.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 9:09 pm
You lucky duck ... that girl can sang
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 9:41 pm
I. M. Jealous! I adore Fantasia! 
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, June 14, 2009 - 12:15 pm
So she tore it up last night, of course. Big crowd, got a proclamation from the mayor of West Hollywood declaring it Fantasia day. Did "When I See You," "Free Yourself," "Truth Is," "Summertime," "Tell Me Somethin' Good," "Purple Rain." Here's a blogger writing about it. It seems like he hasn't heard her stuff since AI, but...whatev... Last night American Idol Season 3 winner Fantasia headlined the Pride Festival. I am not a big fan of her music but I am a huge fan of her performing style. Honestly, nobody has had this kind of stage presence since the great Tina Turner. Maybe you smirk - but that only means you've not seen her live on stage. End of story. She did about an hour set which included her hits (unknown to me) and a couple of cover songs. She did Chaka Khan proud with Tell Me Something Good and out Princed Prince with a powerful rendition of Purple Rain. She also performed Gershwin's Summertime, which after 8 seasons of American Idol still remains the best single moment in that show's history - and I've seen them all. After her set was over the Mayor of West Hollywood came on stage to present Fantasia with a plaque honoring the day as Fantasia's Day and gave her the key to the city. She was very thankful and then she asked, "Does this mean I getta eat anywhere I want?" The Mayor shrugged his shoulders as the guy next to me scream toward the stage, "Girl, he don't know." [etc.]
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, June 14, 2009 - 3:17 pm
yay for her! thanks for posting that.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, June 14, 2009 - 8:49 pm
Thanks Tish! 
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 2:20 pm
Gorgeous Pics of Fantasia (and her banging worked out body} by Derek Blanks: Young, Black, and fabulous
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 8:57 am
Wow! She looks fabulous!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 7:33 am
Fantasia lands reality series at VH1 This is old news, but didn't see it posted here ... Former "American Idol" star Fantasia Barrino will return to reality television in a new unscripted series on VH1. The nine-time Grammy nominee has received a series commitment from the network for a new show that will premiere in early 2010. "Fantasia has one of the most fascinating stories in show business, from her tough upbringing to her meteoric rise on the national scene thanks to 'American Idol,' " said Jeff Olde, executive vp original programming at VH1. "Her challenges from fame and her unwillingness to fail have combined to create a larger-than-life talent who appeals to music lovers around the world. So many people wanted to work with her on this, but Fantasia is now part of the VH1 family, and we're so happy to have her." VH1's very on-brand project will chronicle Fantasia's life as a recording artist and young single mother. The series is executive produced by Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato and Tom Campbell for World of Wonder, with Jill Holmes, Kristen Kelly and Olde producing for the network. "Fantasia's life has been an open book, but at 24 years old, her story has just begun," Barbato said. "We look forward to smashing expectations and revealing the fresh, funny and unexpected side of this one-of-a-kind country girl and superstar." The North Carolinian rose to fame as the winner of the third season of "Idol" and has gone on to a successful career as a recording artist. Her autobiography "Life Is Not a Fairy Tale" led to a Lifetime movie in which she played herself. The VH1 show's title and episode count have not been determined. The project was packaged by CAA.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, July 10, 2009 - 3:46 pm
Tasia is touring with The Color Purple now--they will almost certainly announce the film stuff later this year. The play is currently in Washington at the Kennedy Center (Pres Obama will be coming soon, but I'm not sure of the exact date), and will appear throughout the country through the end of the year. Here's the Washington Post's review, in part: Fantasia Is Becoming In 'Purple' The Musical Is Mechanical, But Singer Is a Revelation Wash Post Who knew? Fantasia not only carries off the whole stage-acting thing in "The Color Purple," but also practically carries the entire lumbering musical on two solid shoulders. She is, in other words, a wonder -- a natural -- and ample reason to go and find the joy in the more satiny moments of a sometimes syrupy evening in the Kennedy Center Opera House. [...] Fantasia plays Celie, the brutally mistreated farm girl who is wrenched from her adoring sister, Nettie (LaToya London), by just about the orneriest varmint in all of musical theater-dom: the vile Mister (Rufus Bonds Jr.), a misery who imagines that it is within his purview to constantly blurt at the woman who washes his shirts and endures his "lovemaking" that she is downright ugly. You, of course, will recall Fantasia as the heart-on-her-sleeve winner of the third season of "American Idol" -- the season that Jennifer Hudson lost. And you would be forgiven for raising an eyebrow at her casting in the demanding starring role of a Broadway musical -- an assignment that might be even more fraught and grueling than trying each week to impress Simon Cowell. As it turns out, however, you would be wrong to conclude that the casting is a stunt, a mere attempt to capitalize on reality-show renown. For Fantasia wears Celie as a heartbreaking second skin. (And believe me, even though I interviewed her a few weeks ago -- she's a hugger; I hugged back -- I haven't drunk the Kool-Aid.) A see-through quality in the portrayal compels belief: When, for instance, Bonds's Mister metes out one form of Dickensian punishment or another, the look, first of shock and then pained acceptance, registers on Fantasia's features as absolute truth. Heck, she even ages convincingly. [...] With her uncanny magnetism, however, Fantasia works her magic. She turns Celie into someone whose dignity we feel for -- and a so-so enterprise into something special. The performer has expressed herself on the topic of acting: She wants to do more of it, particularly in movies. It's hard to speak to her cinematic potential. But you know a singular stage presence when you see one. Could someone please find -- or better yet, write -- her next musical? [etc.]
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, July 10, 2009 - 7:09 pm
I'm so glad she's doing so well.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, July 10, 2009 - 7:51 pm
Wow!
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