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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, December 08, 2006 - 8:52 am
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.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 3:14 pm
Jennifer Hudson is shocked by her success link
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 7:08 pm
I am hearing oscar buzz for her!!!! very cool, always liked her
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, December 14, 2006 - 7:21 am
Ditto
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, December 15, 2006 - 9:00 am
"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!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, December 15, 2006 - 9:03 am
I'm very excited for her! I liked her very much on AI. She always made me smile.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, December 15, 2006 - 10:16 am
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
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, December 15, 2006 - 10:58 am
Wow. Just reading that gave me goosebumps!
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Friday, December 15, 2006 - 1:31 pm
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.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 8:57 am
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.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:40 pm
Jennifer singing on The Today Show: MSNBC Video
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Highlighter
Member
09-03-2003
| Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 11:13 am
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.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 4:12 pm
Jennifer is going to be on Leno or Letterman tomorrow night ... I think Letterman
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Marebear
Member
09-27-2002
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 4:23 pm
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 
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:45 pm
Congrats, Jennifer, on your SAG award!! Woohoo!!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:22 pm
Jennifer sounded great tonight on the Tribute to Aretha!!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 9:58 am
This is the only Oscar award I care about this year. I really want to see Jennifer Hudson win it!
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Roteach
Member
06-01-2003
| Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 5:16 pm
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.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 10:06 pm
Yay!! Congrats to Jennifer for winning her Oscar!! And she sounded so good singing on the show.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 10:26 am
She was really good on Oprah yesterday too.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 10:47 am
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
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, March 30, 2007 - 6:31 pm
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. Link
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 6:46 am
Good for her - I'm loving J-Hud. She's awesome!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 4:38 am
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.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, October 24, 2008 - 7:26 pm
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.
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Kittystj
Member
08-10-2001
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 2:00 pm
This is so tragic. Also now the nephew has been found shot. My thoughts and prayers are with Jennifer.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, November 03, 2008 - 3:10 pm
Hudson Family Funeral Held in Chicago link 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. [...]
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 7:18 am
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.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, December 14, 2009 - 5:04 pm
Watching Jennifer's Christmas special ... she goes back home.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 1:05 pm
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.
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