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EXCLUSIVE: I hear the dailies of Jennifer Hudson in MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic Respect are mind-blowing, and to tee off the feature just right the studio is moving it off its October 9 release date for a limited Christmas Day debut. From there, Respect will expand January 8 in theaters with a full-on wide release…

Jennifer Hudson turned in an emotional tribute to late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant Sunday at the NBA All-Star Game in Chicago. The award-winning singer and actress sang the classic “For All We Know” just before the game got underway. As images of Bryant and his daughter Gianna played on a screen behind her…

Saying she was “overwhelmed” with emotion from portraying the Queen of Soul, Jennifer Hudson announced Saturday that she just wrapped production on Aretha Franklin biopic Respect. “It is officially a wrap on @respectmovie wrap it up, it's done!” Hudson shared on Instagram. “Too overwhelmed to get into it right now but…

Jennifer Hudson commands r-e-s-p-e-c-t in this first-look footage of the singer/actress in character as Aretha Franklin for MGM’s upcoming biopic Respect. In the brief teaser, Hudson-as Franklin, in glittery gold gown, is shown backlit on stage as those first instantly recognizable words – ‘What you want baby I got it&#8221…

Get ready, internet haters and cranky critics who have been gunning for Cats, lying in wait since the first revelation of how it was made, because like it or not, the long-awaited movie version finally is upon us, and for this Cat and Cats fan it is a welcome treat this holiday season. Judging by the fevered reaction…

Meghan Trainor is to replace Jennifer Hudson as a coach on the British version of The Voice. The All About The Bass singer, who was a judge on Fox's The Four alongside Sean Combs and DJ Khaled will star in ITV's The Voice UK alongside Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am and Olly Murs. Hudson said that she had left the show as a…

Universal has released the first trailer for Cats, its adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical. The Working Title's pic is helmed by Les Miserables‘ Tom Hooper and has a December 20, 2019 release date. Playing out – or dancing through – the familiar tune of “Memory,” the trailer answers at least one question…

CinemaCon, the big annual exhibitors confab in Vegas, isn’t exactly where you go to with Oscars on your mind. It is a place where the biggest applause lines are usually about how many billions of dollars studios are making for theater owners and themselves. Nevertheless, in recent years, amidst all the various summer…

Universal Studios Boss Donna Langley didn’t have any trailers for Cats, the studio’s feature take on the hit Andrew Lloyd Weber musical because as actor James Corden said in the reel “it’s a level of technology which hasn’t been used before.” So they tickled attendees this morning with a BTS look showing the dancers…

Ten-time Oscar nominee Diane Warren didn’t win Sunday in the Original Song category at the Academy Awards for RBG‘s feminist anthem “I’ll Fight,” but powerhouse singer Jennifer Hudson knocked it out of the park singing it in the first performance among among the nominees. The song also served as a reminder of the…

MGM has set stage director Liesl Tommy to direct Respect, the feature film about music icon Aretha Franklin. Oscar winning Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson was handpicked by Franklin to play her, and Oscar-winning Thelma & Louise and Nashville creator Callie Khouri is writing. Liesl is the first black woman to earn a…

“We’re all born to do something,” songwriter Diane Warren says. “And this is what I was born to do.” Certainly, looking at all Warren has accomplished in her career, the industry agrees. Amassing nine Oscar nominations between 1988 and 2018, along with a Grammy, an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and three consecutive Billboard…