DREAMGIRL TO SING AT DNC THURSDAY "Barack Obama has asked 'American Idol' contestant and Oscar-winning 'Dreamgrls' actress Jennifer Hudson to sing at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. According to 'Access Hollywood,' Obama asked Hudson to sing the National Anthem on Thursday night when he formally accepts the party's nomination."
The MTV Movie Awards were held last night, and I admittedly couldn't bring myself to sit through the hours-long crapfest. Just by looking at the pictures (after the jump), it's obvious I didn't miss much.
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It has descended upon us: The Sex and the City movie premiered last night in New York City, much to the delight of … Eli Manning? He was one of the guests in attendance, for reasons unknown, at the type of over-the-top shindig that should only be reserved for stuff like the second coming of Xenu.
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• John Mayer upped the douche factor by charging a fan $10 to take a picture with him. [YouTube]
• The Ashlee Simpson-Pete Wentz wedding photo nobody has been dying to see. [People]
• Kelly Rowland is bitter she lost out a Sex and the City role to Jennifer Hudson. Trust us, Kel. It's a good thing. [ICYDK]
• Jessica Simpson is nursing her broken heart in Cabo with her parents. What a tough life. [INO]
• Martha Stewart is the new face of the "Got Milk?" ads, because if anyone can make you want to pick up a carton, it's her. [DListed]
• Good news: Jessica Alba and Cash Warren will be having another wedding so everyone can join in on their marital bliss. Does this mean they will have to get two divorces? [PS]
We hear word that some oddly popular event happened last night in Los Angeles. We're not really sure what it was all about, but we've got pictures of some of the self-congratulatory, insular men and women in attendance after the jump.
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Jennifer Hudson, seen here maybe getting robbed, is on a short list of actresses Aretha Franklin would like to play her in her biopic.
The "queen of soul" has said that though the process is ongoing, she has watched Hudson's breakout role in Dreamgirls "a couple of times lately," adding that Fantasia Barrino and Halle Berry are also being considered for the part.
Of course, if the film follows Franklin into present day, she'll need to play her, uh, incomparable self.
• We're not sure why Queerty posted the above clip, but we're fucking doing it now, too! Sense in numbers. [Queerty]
• Lance Armstrong's daughters are so baffled by his relationship with Ashley Olsen they've started to bring her to school to experiment on. [DListed]
• The fact that "different looking" has come to be synonymous with "ugly" is a scary societal shift. [EBG]
• Drew Barrymore on the set of Grey Gardens. We presume this is pre-meltdown of her character. If not, crazy looks pretty. [PS]
• Grey of Anatomy fame got married. [INO]
• Jennifer Hudson: Oscar winner turned hang-outer. [ICYDK]
• Lindsay Lohan's enabler aims her syringe. [Yeeeah]
• Celebrity aptronyms. Fun! [CityRag]
• More of this caged bird. [HT]
Because we were too busy soaking our Indian effigies in gasoline in preparation for today's celebrations, we missed out on the Jennifer Lopez concert at Madison Square Garden last evening, the one in which she was going to announce her pregnancy. Luckily, Jossip's adman was there to get the lowdown:
Jennifer Lopez did not announce that she was preggers last night but, did allude to it and she definitely is.
However, JLo was not the star last night. the Puerto Ricans went ape shit for Marc! i felt like i was one of the only white boys there and it was lacking on the homos too but, Jennifer Hudson was in the front row and LL Cool J and Fat Jo both performed with JLo.
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No dashiki yet, and also no signs of a soul food dinner cooked to cheer up a heartbroken Carrie. Looking good.
Stereotype Meter remains at one. (One, not zero, because the world is always a little racist.)
Jennifer Hudson has officially signed on to what is accurately and awkwardly being titled Sex and the City: The Movie. She will play the role of Louise, assistant to Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie Bradshaw. Expect her to be more streetwise than Carrie, hard working, sensitive and funny.
[Source]
• Donald Trump again proving his intellect is nowhere near his net worth. [DListed]
• Tori and her mom are friends again. Weren't you worried? [CN]
• Stallone takes steroids, proving that he's no better than that cheating commie Ivan Drago. Mick would fucking puke if he knew about this. [Glitterati]
• Linds and Jude? [IDLYITW]
• Sarah Jessica biting the Olsens' style. Olsen twins still not biting much protein. [Jossip]
• Nope, Mischa's still not fat, no matter what these pics say. [DS]
• If you think you're above Soul Train, you must also think you're above good vibes and dancing feet and everything worth fighting for. [NYP]
• Inconvenient "inaccuracies" in An Inconvenient Truth? [NYT]
• Tracy Morgan going Martin Lawrence on a Texas morning show, sans handgun ("Somebody gonna get pregnant!"). [DListed]
• Enough with the Carmen Electra. Seriously. [HT]
• Barba proves that, when failed by mediocre talent, you gotta start exploiting your boobs. [Egotastic]
• Jennifer Hudson's getting married. Say, "We want prenup!" [Celebitchy]
• Jay-Z should use all his fucking money to buy pants that fit. [ICYDK]
• Even Kimmel hates Leto. [ASL]
• Aguilera drinking to prove she's not pregnant. Hmmmm. Better than drinking so that she won't be pregnant. [Glitterati]
• Some calloused bitches are accusing some other calloused bitches of acting extra calloused for the cameras. [NYT]
Fresh off her Oscar win for best supporting actress, Jennifer Hudson has revealed to Access Hollywood that she is currently pursuing a biopic:
At the NAACP Awards last weekend, Hudson told Access Hollywood she wants a role in the dramatic tale of a famous baseball hero, reinvisioned on the big screen.
"As far as film, I want to do the Jackie Robinson story," she told Access' Shaun Robinson.'
"It tells of greatness and our history," she said. "That means something to me."
Inside sources tell MollyGood that, while casting directors respect Hudson's talent, most agree that her tits are much too big to play Jackie Robinson.
Jennifer Hudson is blaming her Oscar fashion don't on Vogue's celebrity editor Andre Leon Talley:
Jennifer Hudson, did win big - but lost big, too, because of the much ridiculed metallic bolero Andre Leon Talley made her put on. (Post fashion editor Serena French said it made her look "lost in space.") "Jennifer was kind of sponsored by Talley and Vogue," said one fashionista. "Andre insisted she wear that hideous Oscar de la Renta dress with the awful, awful gold python bolero.
"Jennifer really didn't want to, and so [noted stylist] Jessica Paster got her a beautiful gold Roberto Cavalli custom-made. But when Andre found out, he went ballistic. Moments before she left for the show, there was a power struggle and Jennifer ended up putting his outfit on."
Keep in mind that Jennifer thanked God twice for her best supporting actress win. My thoughts are, instead of blaming one of the most powerful fashion editors working today for the bolero mishap, she should have blamed God for that one, too. She should proclaim that God willed her to don the chunky, metallic jacket because it slightly resembles angel wings.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you, Jennifer. Andre giveth and Andre can taketh away. God didn't put you on the cover of Vogue.
[Source]
Hey, Abigail Breslin, couldja be any cuter? I don't think everyone in the whole world wants to hug you and giggle yet. And Nicole Kidman, couldja stop being creepy and staring deeply at little girls who aren't even paying attention to you?
As you probably know, last night was the Oscars; the perennial opportunity to acknowledge with trophies films that have already been acknowledged with large scale critical acclaim, audience approval and millions of dollars.
There were shockers (Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar?) and gimmes (Scorsese woulda hung himself) and a slight cringe when you realized that there must have been a conscious decision to exclude Anna Nicole from the "In Memoriam" montage (no love for Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, Academy?)
And, of course, the red carpet throbbed with couture. Here's my picks for the best. Keep in mind that I don't know anything about fashion. I just know what I believe to be good which, now that I think about it, is kinda knowing at least a little bit. And, with this guy considered as an expert on the subject, I would actually prefer to not know a lot. Not sharing interests and knowledge with Cojo is something I strive for.
Best dressed probably goes to Jennifer Hudson, just because it looks like her gown had pockets and function is important and refreshing.
And Ryan Gosling's just included because he brought his mom and sister and I thought that was nice.
PS That Japanese girl from Babel, Rinko Kikuchi, wins for unexpected stunner of the night.
PPS Helen Mirren looks good "for her age", huh?
• Milli Vanilli movie? I wonder if it's a silent film? ZING! (You won't find a better one-liner than that about this. Don't even bother looking.) [ICYDK]
• PETA's pissed at the Olsens, as well as their own ineffectiveness. [CityRag]
• Told you Leibovitz was a hack. [Frillr]
• Keira's breasts small "like a little girl's." Thanks, Humbert. [Egotastic]
• Dudes love this girl. [HT]
• I believe that's called ménage, Linds. [IDLYITW]
• Literally beg to date some Laguna Beach flotsam? I'll pass. I'm holding out for Kurt Loder. [Jossip]
While Beyonce is bending on the cover of the most famous lunkheaded lad mag around, her Dreamgirls co-star Jennifer Hudson is gracing hyper-elite Vogue. So, while 15-year-old boys and their dads are high-fiving and staring at Beyonce, chic and calloused women everywhere will be poring over Jennifer Hudson. Hmmmmm. I'm not sure who wins.
Regardless, Jennifer Hudson looks good on the cover, although of course people are already making the obligatory fat jokes because her mouth is open (fish in a barrel, dudes).
I do appreciate Vogue making me look right.
• Natalie Portman being perfect and setting my li'l unrequited heart aflutter. [Egotastic]
• I hope she bought the kosher franks. [DListed]
• That Girls Gone Wild d-bag is the only thing left that's making me hope there's a hell. [IDLYITW]
• Jennifer Hudson making you like her more than you like Beyonce. [JJ]
• Even though, apparently, everyone loves Beyonce. [HT]
• The Olsens and Saget look creepy together now. [PopSugar]
• Joe Biden gets his party started by saying that, in the past, black presidential candidates haven't been well-spoken or clean. NIIIIIIIIIICE! [NYT]
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