Jennifer Hudson

-- The Associated Press

source: Winston-Salem Journal

Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson (American Idol, Dreamgirls) is 28. Sunday: Actor-comedian Dick Van Dyke is 84. Actor Christopher Plummer is 80. ...

Published Wed, Dec 9

Best of the Decade

source: Sonoma State Star

American Idol" picked people off of the streets and turned them into actual stars (Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood) with the occasional ...

Published Wed, Dec 9

American Idol well-represented in People's Choice Awards nominations, but no ...

source: Examiner.com

Meanwhile, Jennifer Hudson has earned a nod for Favorite R&B artist. Why has Kelly Clarkson been snubbed at the People's Choice Awards? ... and more »

Published Tue, Dec 8

'American Idol': Actors want Jennifer Hudson out of Mandela film

source: From Inside the Box

South African actors want to stop Jennifer Hudson playing  Nelson Mandela's wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, reports said Monday. The Creative Workers Union of South Africa said using foreign actors to tell the country's stories undermined efforts to develop the national film indu...

Published Tue, Dec 8

South Africa angry at Jennifer Hudson being cast as Winnie Mandela

source: mcsavage (WordPress)

Jennifer Hudson (American Idol & Dreamgirl) has apparently been cast to play Winnie Mandela in a new movie called Winnie and its causing quite the uproar in South Africa. Jennifer Hudson (American Idol & Dreamgirl) has apparently been cast to play Winnie Mandela in a

Published Mon, Dec 7

South African anger as Jennifer Hudson to play Winnie Mandela in film

source: Times Online

Hudson, a former winner of American Idol, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2007 for Dreamgirls, landed the role last month. ... S.African actors 'want Hudson out of Mandela film'AFP South African Actors Up In Arms over Hudson CastingHollywood.com

Published Mon, Dec 7

South Africans Protest Jennifer Hudson’s Casting As Winnie Mandela

source: Hop Crunch

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson has come under attack from a South African actors’ union after the American star was cast as the ex-con former wife of the country’s former president, Nelson Mandela, in a new biopic. The former American Idol-turned-Dreamgirl is set to portray Win...

Published Mon, Dec 7

EW gives ‘best of the decade’ props to ‘American Idol,’ Simon Cowell, Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Clarkson; Adam Lambert going on ‘The View’

source: blogs.ajc.com

He joined Johnny Depp, Tina Fey, Peter Jackson (”Lord of the Rings”), Jon Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, J.K. Rowling, Sarah Jessica Parker and the women of Sex and the City, Pixar’s John Lasseter, Will Smith, J.J. Abrams (”Lost,” “Alias,” “Fringe”), Steve Jobs and Me...

Published Sat, Dec 5