Jennifer Hudson took center stage again during a tribute to musicals at the 85th Academy Awards and then she brought the house down with her belting “And I’m Telling You I’ Not Going” solo from the production Dreamgirls which shot her to instant fame. Hudson could have won again because her voice was as powerful [...]
February 25, 2013
Jermaine Dobbins
Film, Soul/R&B/Alt
Kicking off the Super Bowl in New Orleans, Jennifer Hudson brought her A-game to sing “America The Beautiful” in the centre of the superdome, along with a number of students from Sandy Hook Elementary School. Sharing the honour of singing at such a prestigious event watched by million with 26 students of Sandy Hook Elementary [...]
February 4, 2013
Nura Abdela
Music News, TV
Some of music’s biggest stars turned out to celebrate Whitney Houston‘s life and musical career as part of last night’s CBS-aired TV special, We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY Salute to Whitney Houston. [...]
November 18, 2012
Sam Gould
Music, Soul/R&B/Alt, TV
Exploring her journey of “breathtaking highs and unthinkable loss,” R&B star Jennifer Hudson is the latest to invite the iconic Oprah Winfrey to her home and share her story on Oprah’s Next Chapter. [...]
September 11, 2012
M. Gosho Oakes
Music, TV
Oscar-winning actress and Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Hudson is easily one of the most decorated figures in Hollywood, but with those accolades have come an immense amount of pain stemming from the horrific 2008 slaying of several family members including her mother, brother and young nephew. While she’s been relatively mum on the subject and how [...]
August 28, 2012
Max-El
TV
After two years away, George Tillman, Jr. will be returning to the director’s chair for The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, the touching coming-of-age story of two inner-city kids faced with the difficult task of fending for themselves after their mothers are taken away by the authorities. [...]
July 28, 2012
Leke Sanusi
Film, Film & TV
William Balfour, the man convicted in May of slaying the mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, was sentenced Tuesday to three consecutive life sentences for the murders plus an additional 120 years for his convictions on charges of home invasion, aggravated kidnapping and possession of a stolen vehicle. [...]
July 25, 2012
Max-El
Music News, News
Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy-winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson has landed a multi-episode arc on season 2 of NBC’s Broadway drama Smash, according to The Hollywood Reporter. [...]
After lackluster reviews following its screening at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival, Winnie, the Winnie Mandela biopic starring Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls, The Secret Life of Bees) in the lead role and Terrence Howard (Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, Iron Man) as Nelson, is now scheduled to be released this Autumn. [...]
June 24, 2012
Andy Bustard
Trailers
Grammy-winning singer/actress Jennifer Hudson is planning a follow-up to her sophomore release I Remember Me, which won an NAACP Image Award earlier this year. The “Think Like A Man” songstress has confirmed her return to both the studio and the movie screen, as she also has a new film role in the works. [...]
June 6, 2012
Karen Nyame-Gyamfi
Music News