A Strange Loop came into the night as the most nominated project, with a total of 11 nods, end eventually won two of them, including the best musical. Hudson picked up Tony as one of the producers of the original Broadway production, joining the EGOT club along the way.

Hudson started collecting EGOT-worthy awards in 2007, when she won the Oscar for her supporting role in Dreamgirls. She went on to win two Grammys – the best R&B album for Jennifer Hudson in 2009 and the best musical theater album for her work on The Color Purple in 2017. She came one step closer to EGOT last year when she received a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on Baba Yaga.

Hudson followed in the footsteps of recent winners Alan Menken, John Legend, and Andrew Lloyd Webber to become the seventeenth person to reach EGOT. She’s also the second black woman after Whoopi Goldberg in 2002 to become the EGOT winner.

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The new trailer debuted during the virtual BET Awards. It shows Hudson taking on the role of the Queen of Soul, hitting all the right notes, and delivering a couple of memorable lines—including “You have to disturb the peace when you can’t get no peace.”

Aretha Franklin hand-picked Jennifer Hudson to play her before passing away in 2018. The Oscar-winning actress told Sunday Today that her only goal is to honor the famous singer, and that’s she’s hoping she’ll make her proud and do her justice.

After several delays, Respect is expected to premiere on December 25th. It will also star Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Queen Latifah, and Mary J. Blige

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Hudson announced she wrapped the production on Respect by sharing a photo from the set, and describing how important this project is to her.

“Too overwhelmed to get into it right now but words can’t express how grateful I am to be chosen by the queen herself and to live out yet another dream! It was my honor, to honor the Queen’s request!” wrote the actress on Instagram.

In addition to being handpicked by the Queen of Soul herself to play her in a biopic, Jennifer Hudson also sang the timeless hit “Amazing Grace” at Franklin’s funeral in 2018.

Respect is scheduled to come out on October 9th, and it will also star Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Marc Maron, Tituss Burgess, and Mary J. Blige.

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Hudson stars as the queen of soul in the forthcoming biopic titled Respect. 

The minute-long clip from MGM gives us a very short first sneak peek to the Grammy and Oscar-winning singer singing a verse from the title song nearly a cappella. Hudson was handpicked for the role by Franklin herself who passed away more than a year ago at 76 years old. 

“Much R.E.S.P.E.C.T to the queen of soul,” Hudson tweeted alongside the teaser on Friday.

The Liesl Tommy-directed film also stars Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Marc Maron, Tituss Burgess, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore, Tate Donovan, Heather Headley, Skye Dakota Turner, and Mary J. Blige.

Watch the first trailer for Respect below. 

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The main goal of this award show is to shine a light on “world leaders, artists, business leaders, and youth activists who keep the world’s poor at the forefront of their life’s work.”

In addition to celebrating individuals taking action to end extreme poverty, this award show will also feature remarkable stories and several amazing musical performances.

John Legend will host and perform during the show, but he’s not the only A-list star giving his contribution to Global Citizen Prize special. The list of performers also includes Jennifer Hudson, Raphael Saadiq, Sting, Stormzy, H.E.R., and Coldplay’s Chris Martin.

The ceremony will be held at the Royal Albert Hall in London today, with Connie Britton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Leona Lewis and more presenting the awards.

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Whitaker will take on the role of C. L. Franklin, the singer’s father and popular preacher in his local community. Wayans will portray another important figure in her life – her first husband Ted White, whom Franklin married when she was only 19 years old.

Respect will be helmed by the Tony-winning stage director Liesl Tommy, who’s hoping this movie will be as transcendent as Franklin’s glorious life and legacy thanks to the powerhouse group of actors involved.

“I am thrilled with the incredibly talented cast we have assembled for our film, and I’m so proud that Ms. Franklin entrusted us to tell her story and to share it with the world. As a storyteller, hers is the kind of story we all dream of telling,” said Tommy in a statement.

Respect is set to be released on August 14th, 2020 and it will also star Marc Maron, Tate Donovan, Mary J. Blige, and Audra McDonald.

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Tom Hooper will serve as the director of this exciting project, originally created by Andrew Lloyd Webber. He already has a great track record adapting Broadway musicals to the big screen – his version of Les Misérables received dozens of coveted awards, including three Oscars.

The list of big-name talents who already joined his Cats adaptation includes Jennifer as Grizabella, Ian McKellen as Gus and Taylor Swift and James Corden in unspecified roles. Idris Elba is set to play Macavity, the Napoleon of Crime in the world of Cats. He’s the main antagonist of the tribe of fellow cats called the Jellicles, central characters of the film.

Before Cats hits theaters on December 20, 2019, Idris Elba will appear in Netflix comedy Turn Up Charlie and The Fast and the Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw.

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The Good Night singer has joined the illustrious club of EGOT winners — those who have claimed Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards — and now he’s joining another cool club. The 39-year-old is set to become one of the 4 coaches on The Voice.

NBC confirmed that John will be replacing actress and singer, Jennifer Hudson, for the spring cycle of the reality competition.

“[John’s] multi-dimensional career and incredible talents provide a repertoire that will excite and inspire our artists. This coaching panel is sure to ignite season 16,” said President of the Alternative and Reality Group at NBC Entertainment, Paul Telegdy.

The father of 2 will join fellow judges Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton, as well as host Carson Daly.

“I’m thrilled to join the coaches of The Voice,” he said. “I’ve been a guest and mentor on the show multiple times and I’m so excited to discover talented singers and help them make the most of their gift. I hope the world is ready for #TeamJL.”

We’re giving you the green light, John!

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Jennifer Hudson, Sir Ian McKellan, James Corden, and Taylor Swift best begin sharpening their claws as they have signed on to star in a film version of Cats.

Based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make what is known as “the Jellicle choice” and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back in the form of one of their 9 lives.

Tom Hooper who directed Les Misérables has signed on to helm the project which is being written by Lee Hall who penned the screenplay for Billy Elliot and is set to begin filming in November.

The Dreamgirls Oscar winner will once again put her golden pipes to good use as she takes on the role of Grizabella, while Ian and James are both Tony Award winners and Delicate singer, Taylor, has numerous Grammys under her tail.

Sounds like the making of a beautiful memory.

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MGM studios picked up the project and will finance it, while the role of executive producers will be taken by Straight Outta Compton‘s Scott Bernstein and music producer Harvey Mason Jr. who collaborated with Franklin during her career. Hudson and Mason Jr. previously also worked together on the film Dreamgirls, for which Hudson received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Jennifer Hudson rose to fame after participating in the third season of American Idol. She then landed the role of Effie White in Dreamgirls, delivering a critically acclaimed performance which brought her roles in movies like Sex and the City, Winnie Mandela, and Monster. Hudson found success in the music world as well, with her debut album Jennifer Hudson receiving a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. She obviously has the talent required for the role of Aretha Franklin.

Aretha Franklin is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with over 75 million records sold during her 60 years long career. She won a total of 18 Grammy Award including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994 and was also the first performer to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Franklin recorded 41 studio albums, with 2014s Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics, on which she covered ten famous female artist songs, being most recent one.

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A Strange Loop came into the night as the most nominated project, with a total of 11 nods, end eventually won two of them, including the best musical. Hudson picked up Tony as one of the producers of the original Broadway production, joining the EGOT club along the way.

Hudson started collecting EGOT-worthy awards in 2007, when she won the Oscar for her supporting role in Dreamgirls. She went on to win two Grammys – the best R&B album for Jennifer Hudson in 2009 and the best musical theater album for her work on The Color Purple in 2017. She came one step closer to EGOT last year when she received a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on Baba Yaga.

Hudson followed in the footsteps of recent winners Alan Menken, John Legend, and Andrew Lloyd Webber to become the seventeenth person to reach EGOT. She’s also the second black woman after Whoopi Goldberg in 2002 to become the EGOT winner.

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The new trailer debuted during the virtual BET Awards. It shows Hudson taking on the role of the Queen of Soul, hitting all the right notes, and delivering a couple of memorable lines—including “You have to disturb the peace when you can’t get no peace.”

Aretha Franklin hand-picked Jennifer Hudson to play her before passing away in 2018. The Oscar-winning actress told Sunday Today that her only goal is to honor the famous singer, and that’s she’s hoping she’ll make her proud and do her justice.

After several delays, Respect is expected to premiere on December 25th. It will also star Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Queen Latifah, and Mary J. Blige

The post Jennifer Hudson Channels Aretha Franklin in New “Respect” Trailer appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Hudson announced she wrapped the production on Respect by sharing a photo from the set, and describing how important this project is to her.

“Too overwhelmed to get into it right now but words can’t express how grateful I am to be chosen by the queen herself and to live out yet another dream! It was my honor, to honor the Queen’s request!” wrote the actress on Instagram.

In addition to being handpicked by the Queen of Soul herself to play her in a biopic, Jennifer Hudson also sang the timeless hit “Amazing Grace” at Franklin’s funeral in 2018.

Respect is scheduled to come out on October 9th, and it will also star Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Marc Maron, Tituss Burgess, and Mary J. Blige.

The post Jennifer Hudson Reflects on Playing Aretha Franklin appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Hudson stars as the queen of soul in the forthcoming biopic titled Respect. 

The minute-long clip from MGM gives us a very short first sneak peek to the Grammy and Oscar-winning singer singing a verse from the title song nearly a cappella. Hudson was handpicked for the role by Franklin herself who passed away more than a year ago at 76 years old. 

“Much R.E.S.P.E.C.T to the queen of soul,” Hudson tweeted alongside the teaser on Friday.

The Liesl Tommy-directed film also stars Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Marc Maron, Tituss Burgess, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore, Tate Donovan, Heather Headley, Skye Dakota Turner, and Mary J. Blige.

Watch the first trailer for Respect below. 

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The main goal of this award show is to shine a light on “world leaders, artists, business leaders, and youth activists who keep the world’s poor at the forefront of their life’s work.”

In addition to celebrating individuals taking action to end extreme poverty, this award show will also feature remarkable stories and several amazing musical performances.

John Legend will host and perform during the show, but he’s not the only A-list star giving his contribution to Global Citizen Prize special. The list of performers also includes Jennifer Hudson, Raphael Saadiq, Sting, Stormzy, H.E.R., and Coldplay’s Chris Martin.

The ceremony will be held at the Royal Albert Hall in London today, with Connie Britton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Leona Lewis and more presenting the awards.

The post “Global Citizen Prize” Special: John Legend and Jennifer Hudson to Perform appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Whitaker will take on the role of C. L. Franklin, the singer’s father and popular preacher in his local community. Wayans will portray another important figure in her life – her first husband Ted White, whom Franklin married when she was only 19 years old.

Respect will be helmed by the Tony-winning stage director Liesl Tommy, who’s hoping this movie will be as transcendent as Franklin’s glorious life and legacy thanks to the powerhouse group of actors involved.

“I am thrilled with the incredibly talented cast we have assembled for our film, and I’m so proud that Ms. Franklin entrusted us to tell her story and to share it with the world. As a storyteller, hers is the kind of story we all dream of telling,” said Tommy in a statement.

Respect is set to be released on August 14th, 2020 and it will also star Marc Maron, Tate Donovan, Mary J. Blige, and Audra McDonald.

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Tom Hooper will serve as the director of this exciting project, originally created by Andrew Lloyd Webber. He already has a great track record adapting Broadway musicals to the big screen – his version of Les Misérables received dozens of coveted awards, including three Oscars.

The list of big-name talents who already joined his Cats adaptation includes Jennifer as Grizabella, Ian McKellen as Gus and Taylor Swift and James Corden in unspecified roles. Idris Elba is set to play Macavity, the Napoleon of Crime in the world of Cats. He’s the main antagonist of the tribe of fellow cats called the Jellicles, central characters of the film.

Before Cats hits theaters on December 20, 2019, Idris Elba will appear in Netflix comedy Turn Up Charlie and The Fast and the Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw.

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The Good Night singer has joined the illustrious club of EGOT winners — those who have claimed Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards — and now he’s joining another cool club. The 39-year-old is set to become one of the 4 coaches on The Voice.

NBC confirmed that John will be replacing actress and singer, Jennifer Hudson, for the spring cycle of the reality competition.

“[John’s] multi-dimensional career and incredible talents provide a repertoire that will excite and inspire our artists. This coaching panel is sure to ignite season 16,” said President of the Alternative and Reality Group at NBC Entertainment, Paul Telegdy.

The father of 2 will join fellow judges Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton, as well as host Carson Daly.

“I’m thrilled to join the coaches of The Voice,” he said. “I’ve been a guest and mentor on the show multiple times and I’m so excited to discover talented singers and help them make the most of their gift. I hope the world is ready for #TeamJL.”

We’re giving you the green light, John!

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Jennifer Hudson, Sir Ian McKellan, James Corden, and Taylor Swift best begin sharpening their claws as they have signed on to star in a film version of Cats.

Based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make what is known as “the Jellicle choice” and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back in the form of one of their 9 lives.

Tom Hooper who directed Les Misérables has signed on to helm the project which is being written by Lee Hall who penned the screenplay for Billy Elliot and is set to begin filming in November.

The Dreamgirls Oscar winner will once again put her golden pipes to good use as she takes on the role of Grizabella, while Ian and James are both Tony Award winners and Delicate singer, Taylor, has numerous Grammys under her tail.

Sounds like the making of a beautiful memory.

The post “Cats” is Moving from the Stage to the Big Screen appeared first on EverydayKoala.

MGM studios picked up the project and will finance it, while the role of executive producers will be taken by Straight Outta Compton‘s Scott Bernstein and music producer Harvey Mason Jr. who collaborated with Franklin during her career. Hudson and Mason Jr. previously also worked together on the film Dreamgirls, for which Hudson received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Jennifer Hudson rose to fame after participating in the third season of American Idol. She then landed the role of Effie White in Dreamgirls, delivering a critically acclaimed performance which brought her roles in movies like Sex and the City, Winnie Mandela, and Monster. Hudson found success in the music world as well, with her debut album Jennifer Hudson receiving a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. She obviously has the talent required for the role of Aretha Franklin.

Aretha Franklin is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with over 75 million records sold during her 60 years long career. She won a total of 18 Grammy Award including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994 and was also the first performer to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Franklin recorded 41 studio albums, with 2014s Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics, on which she covered ten famous female artist songs, being most recent one.

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