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Jennifer Hudson to Play Controversial South African Figure
Originally posted 11/18/2009 10:00AM
She can do a diva with a dream deferred – now can she portray the mother of a nation?
Jennifer Hudson is set to play Winnie Mandela in Winnie, a movie about former South African president Nelson Mandela's powerful apartheid-busting but disgraced ex-wife that will begin filming May 30.
"I was compelled and moved when I read the script," Hudson tells Variety.
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How Jennifer Hudson Got Her Figure Back
Originally posted 10/20/2009 08:30AM
Jennifer Hudson just gave birth a few months ago, but you wouldn't know it by looking at her.
Wearing a flattering pink gown by Donatella Versace, Hudson, 28, told PEOPLE at the Whitney Museum Gala in New York Monday night that her secret to slimness is simple but ongoing.
"I'm still working on it," the Oscar winner said, adding that she walks 45 minutes to an hour every day. "I'm eating right, exercising, cutting sugar out of my diet. That's pretty much it, and walking every day, making sure I do some kind of exercise."
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Meet Jennifer Hudson's Newborn Son!
Originally posted 10/08/2009 09:00AM
Motherhood definitely seems to agree with Jennifer Hudson, who gave birth to her first child, David – named after her fiancé, David Otunga – on Aug. 10.
"I love being nurturing and caring because I love to see other people happy," says Hudson. "Who better to devote my time to than my own child?"
From singing lullabies ("He can be crying at the top of his lungs and just turn off like a switch") to frequent bottle-feedings ("I’ve never seen a baby eat like he does!"), the singer (who chose not to address the tragic loss of her family members last October) offers PEOPLE an intimate look into her new life as a mom.
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Jennifer Hudson: My Son Is Cutest Thing in the World
Originally posted 09/30/2009 07:00AM
Jennifer Hudson may have kept mum about her pregnancy, but when it comes to her baby boy, she's just another outspoken and proud mama.
"He's the cutest thing in the world!" raved the Grammy-winning singer, who gave birth to David Daniel Otunga Jr. on Aug. 10. "There are no words for it. He's the best. It's just amazing – us discovering each other, me becoming a mom."
Performing with Julianne Hough in New York for The Wizard of Oz Netflix concert at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield Tuesday night, Hudson, 27, paid tribute to the 1939 film's classic songs with a contemporary interpretation of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." And it looks like her son, her first with fiancé David Otunga, may be following in his mom's famous footsteps.
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Jennifer Hudson Welcomes a Son
Originally posted 08/11/2009 12:05PM
It's official: Though she remained mum over the last nine months Jennifer Hudson is, indeed, a mom.
The Oscar-winning actress and Grammy-winning singer, 27, welcomed son David Daniel Otunga Jr. on Monday, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.
"The baby is beautiful and perfect," says Hudson's rep Lisa Kasteler. "His parents are ecstatic."
David weighed 7 lbs., 14 oz., at birth and is the first child for Hudson and her fiancé David Otunga. The couple kept the sex of the baby a delivery surprise.
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Who Will Perform at Michael Jackson's Memorial?
Originally posted 07/06/2009 03:45PM
Everyone from Mariah Carey to the surviving Jackson brothers are expected to perform in honor of the late King of Pop at his memorial Tuesday at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
On Monday, the Jackson family's publicists released a "preliminary and subject to change" list of participants, which included Carey and confirmed an earlier report from CNN that Jennifer Hudson would take the stage.
Other stars set to appear include:
• Brooke Shields
• Usher
• Stevie Wonder
• Magic Johnson
• Kobe Bryant
• Andrae Crouch Choir
• Berry Gordy
• Family friends Ron Boyd and Pastor Lucious Smith
• Shaheen Jafargholi of Britain's Got Talent
• Martin Luther King III
• Bernice A. King
• John Mayer
• Lionel Richie
• Smokey Robinson
• Rev. Al Sharpton
Sources confirm to PEOPLE that the dancers who were set to take the stage with Jackson on his London tour will also perform at the memorial.
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Anika Noni Rose: Jennifer Hudson's Baby Will Be 'Much Loved'
Originally posted 06/09/2009 01:35PM
Dreamgirls star Anika Noni Rose says Jennifer Hudson will be the perfect mother.
"She will be a great, amazing and loving mom," Rose told PEOPLE at a party for Grey's Anatomy star Chandra Wilson's Broadway performance in Chicago on Monday in New York. "Having seen her with babies myself, that baby of hers is going to have a good time and be much loved."
The Tony winner and star of HBO's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency says Hudson will ease into motherly duties. "She loves babies and now that she going to be a mother herself, this experience is going to be fun and rewarding for her. She will have no problems taking on the responsibilities."
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Report: Jennifer Hudson Is Pregnant
Originally posted 05/31/2009 05:45PM
Grammy-winning singer and Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson can add mom-to-be to her resume after a weekend baby shower in her honor was held in downtown Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Felicia Fields, a longtime friend of the Hudson, confirmed to the paper that the event happened on Saturday.
"It was a baby shower, a quiet gathering of friends and mostly family," Fields, also a singer and actress, said of a gathering in a relative's home. "They're really trying to keep it kind of quiet."
She added: "It was a nice time that we had."
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Jennifer Hudson Reveals Memories of Her Slain Mother
Originally posted 05/13/2009 06:15PM
Barely seven months after her mother, brother and nephew were murdered in Chicago, Jennifer Hudson is opening up about her relationship with her mom, Darnell Donerson.
"I was always a mama's baby," Hudson tells Essence in the magazine's June cover story. "I'd go and sleep in her bed until I was 15 years old."
The singer's fiancé David Otunga tells the magazine that one of Hudson's biggest concerns after she decided to throw herself back into work – she's promoting her debut album and touring with Robin Thicke – was the thought of having to answer questions about the loss of her family.
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Jennifer Hudson's Encore Wedding Proposal
Originally posted 05/07/2009 08:45PM
Five months after boyfriend David Otunga proposed to Jennifer Hudson on her 27th birthday, she returned the gesture with a surprise of her own: a proposal on Otunga's birthday.
The Grammy-winning singer did it last month with style, presenting Otunga – a Harvard-educated-lawyer-turned-pro-wrestler – with a personally designed Neil Lane engagement ring rocking out at 5 carats.
"Jennifer wanted to give him something really special when she asked David to marry her," says Lane, who worked with Hudson for months to design the ring. "It was very sentimental and romantic ... They are really in love."
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