Jennifer Aniston is opening up like never before.
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was eliminated from American Idol season three in 2004. After a series of stellar performances, Hudson was placed in the bottom three with fellow contestants LaToya London and eventual winner Fantasia Barrino in week six after performing Barry Manilow's "Weekend in New England." While Elton John called the votes “,” judge Simon Cowell recently during an appearance on Hudson's The Jennifer Hudson Show.Nearly two decades later, Jennifer Hudson—one of Glamour's —opened up about the experience, telling Glamour that while she didn't think she was going to win, she was surprised to be going home so soon given the momentum she'd been building and consistently receiving so many votes.
Still, she knew her career was far from over. “I was like, okay, this is the end of the road here, but it doesn’t mean it’s the end because I still have my gift and what I learned from my [Idol] experience," she said in her Women of the Year . "What can I take from this to propel forward?”The next move, of course, was to win an Academy Award.
Just a few months after she left Idol, Jennifer Hudson was approached to audition for the role of Effie White in Dreamgirls. And with that role, starring alongside the like of Beyoncé and Jamie Foxx, the singer checked the “Oscar” box on her way to making EGOT history. By 2022 she had cemented her spot as the 17th performer to win an Emmy (for producing the series Baba Yaga), a Grammy (she has two), a Tony (for producing A Strange Loop) and, of course, an Oscar, joining the ranks of EGOT Hollywood icons like Audrey Hepburn and Rita Moreno.
And to be clear, that's a more exclusive club than the winners of American Idol (there are 19 and counting). Just saying.By Perrie SamotinBy Kerry McDermottBy Jessica
.Jennifer Aniston is opening up like never before.
(that is, to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). And on Tuesday, November 1, the talk show host added another honor to her lengthy list of accomplishments: 2022 .She was presented with the award by Kelly Rowland, who praised Hudson as “resilient, talented, and honey that voice!" “In a business filled with competition and scarcity, Jennifer puts family, friendship, sisterhood, and community above all," Rowland continued.
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By Photography by Jennifer Hudson can’t get enough of the heat. Relentless, inert, encompassing heat that would send most people sprinting for the nearest air conditioner, which, for Hudson, is less than 20 paces away from the outdoor picnic table we’ve just settled into on stage three of Burbank’s Warner Bros. lot.
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Teresa Giudice went all in on true love this year. The 50-year-old star revealed at the BravoCon After Show that she and her new new husband, Luis Ruelas, did not sign a prenup prior to their August wedding. «True love, true love,» she told the crowd after host Andy Cohen directed the fan question to her.Giudice previously went back and forth with Cohen on prenups back in February, when the host was aghast to learn she wasnt planning for one. «Why wouldn't she sign a prenup?» he said.
American Idol is a cultural institution.
Jennifer Hudson has been delighting viewers during the weekdays with her new chat show, The Jennifer Hudson Show, which has won a mass of ratings since it began airing last month. MORE: Jennifer Hudson's rarely-seen son following in her footstepsBut away from the spotlight, the award-winning singer enjoys nothing more than spending time with her teenage son, David. The EGOT winner is incredibly protective over her family life but shared a rare video of herself and the 13-year-old listening to LL Cool J in the car.
The inaugural gala for The Grio Awards are set to honor icons, leaders and legends like Tyler Perry, Patti LaBelle, Dave Chappelle and Normal Lear.
EJ Panaligan editor Allen Media Group’s African American-focused news, lifestyle, sports and entertainment platform theGrio has announced the inaugural The Grio Awards. The black-tie event will take place at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, October 22th with co-hosts comedian Sheryl Underwood and Taye Diggs. The award show’s inaugural honorees are slated to attend in-person, including: The event will also feature special musical performances by Yolanda Adams, Tyrese, Fantasia and LaBelle. Greg Phillinganes will serve as musical director, and DJ Kiss will serve as both DJ and announcer. Additional guests slated to attend include Sheryl Lee Ralph, Judge Christine Perez, Dave Winfield, Judge Lauren Lake, Judge Mabelean Efphram, April Ryan, Natasha Alford, Michael Harriot, Panama Jackson, Nikole Hannah Jones, Ben Chavis and Marla Gibbs.
Kate Hudson has revealed that her mother Goldie Hawn was heavily involved when she gave birth to her three children. During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show on Friday, the Almost Famous star opened up about her close relationship with her actress mother and revealed that she had to be present when Kate had her three children. "She likes to be very involved in my life.
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