New Music Tuesday: 9-30-08
While at the record store this week, you might also want to consider some of the live DVDs that are hitting shelves, including Tori Amos: Live at Montreaux 1991-1992, Jewel: The Essential Live Songbook and The Supremes: Hits in the Name of Love. Sometimes you just need a visual. On to the audio, here's what you can expect to see in new releases this week: Ani DiFranco — Red Letter Year (Righteous Babe) Today is most likely a huge day for you, if you're a DiFrancophile. Ani's album of all-new ma

♫ ALBUM REVIEW: JENNIFER HUDSON - JENNIFER HUDSON ♫
We first familiarized ourselves with Jennifer Hudson on Fantasia’s season of American Idol, where she was voted off and was told by Simon that she’d never really amount to much. I guess he’s eating his words. Hudson scored the much sought-after role of Effie White in the critically acclaimed 2006 adaptation of the Broadway music, Dreamgirls. Hudson performed with an all-star cast, including the likes of Oscar-award winning Jamie Foxx, Dannie Glover, Eddie Murphy, as well as Beyonce, and ac

Jennifer Hudson Performs ‘Spotlight’ On ‘The Early Show’
Jennifer Hudson stopped by ‘The Early Show’ on Tuesday (September 30) to sing ‘Spotlight’, the first single released off her self-titled debut album. “It’s been a long journey, but I’ve waited my whole life for this moment. It’s very exciting. It was a learning process and a whole new world once again,” the Oscar winner told co-host Julie Chen. As for her experience on ‘American Idol’, the 27-year-old said, “It was an overall great exp

Video: Alicia Keys Performs ‘Superwoman’ on ‘Oprah’
Alicia Keys and the cast of The Secret Life of Bees (Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah) were guests on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Thursday where Alicia also performed “Superwoman.” This entry was posted on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 9:27 pm and is filed under Live Performances, Alicia Keys. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or track

Kristy Lee Cook “Live With Regis & Kelly” Video (”15 Minutes Of Shame” Performance)
American Idol 7 alum Kristy Lee Cook promoted the release of her new album with a performance of the single “15 Minutes of Shame” on ABC’s Live with Regis & Kelly Friday morning. Get PopCrunch News Updates Email: What's Hot At PopCrunch Related Articles: Ringo Starr Regis & Kelly Walkout; Ringo Starr Walks Out

Kristy Lee Cook “Live With Regis & Kelly” Video (”15 Minutes Of Shame” Performance)
American Idol 7 alum Kristy Lee Cook promoted the release of her new album with a performance of the single “15 Minutes of Shame” on ABC’s Live with Regis & Kelly Friday morning. Related posts David Archuleta “Crush” Listen New David Archuleta Song Randy Jackson Ryan Seacrest Kissing “Rachael Ray” Picture Michelle Obama “Good Morning America” Interview Video David Cook Album Release Date November 18 Cyndi Lauper Barack Obama For President Endorsement

Jennifer Hudson Talks About Fiance David 'Punk' Otunga: 'He's Nice And Thick!'
Oscar-winning actress and former 'I Love New York 2' contestant seem an unlikely couple.Jennifer HudsonPhoto: MTV NewsRelated ArtistsJennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson: Jennifer Hudson & David Otunga engaged
Jennifer Hudson is engaged to David Otunga, of “I Love New York 2.” Jennifer told the story of her engagement. You can see Jennifer Hudson’s large diamond engagement ring here. Otunga, aka Punk, brought her to the beach and gave Hudson a purple shovel. Hudson explained the shovel was purple because Otunga knew that was her favorite color. Otunga told Hudson he was going to blindfold her eyes. He told Hudson to dig and dig she did. Hudson found a bunch of cards. The cards had messages for Hudso

Jennifer Hudson - Tonight Show Interview + Perfomance!
The amazingly talented and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson stopped by The Tonight Show earlier this week to promote her upcoming self-titled album, as well as current single "Spotlight". Have a look at the interview in which she discussed the album, her recent engagement and more. Her performance of "Spotlight" is right below the interview, enjoy!

Jennifer Hudson returns to first love -- music
Now that she's won an Oscar, 'American Idol' alum is back with new CD

Jennifer Hudson on Soundcheck - Video
Jennifer Hudson performed some songs from her debut album for Walmart’s Soundcheck series which is sponsored by Dove.  To watch the whole show (it’s worth it!), click here.  I loved the intimate feeling of the video because it truly felt like a… soundcheck.  Just Jennifer - no glitz or overdone production - just Jennifer and those amazing vocals!  In the meantime, you can check out this short overview of the performance: Jennifer Hudson on Soundcheck by soundche

Hudson's a triple threat, no caffeine required
Jennifer Hudson doesn?t drink coffee. Doesn?t like it, she says. Doesn?t need it, counters her manager, Miguel Melendez.

"Spotlight" On Jennifer Hudson
In addition to her promising film career, 27-year-old Jennifer Hudson has been busy in the recording studio. Today, she releases her self-titled debut album and performed one of the songs on The Early Show.

New Jennifer Hudson CD is no 'Dreamgirls'
Did Jennifer Hudson upstage her recording career before it even began? Certainly she set the bar perilously high by making her studio debut with the scenery-chewing, Oscar-grabbing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from "Dreamgirls." RELATED: Jennifer Hudson ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT It's the show-stopper to end all show-stoppers: R&B's answer to "Climb Every Mountain" and "Rose's Turn" combined. And Hudson nailed it, communicating every layer of anger, hurt and desperation in constantly escalating, yet fin

Sweet Release: What’s In And Out This Week
MUSIC Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Hudson I don’t want to hate on American Apparel, because I love it, but seriously, Oscar-winning Jennifer Hudson needs to fire her stylist. On the cover of her first solo record, she’s in a basic dress that hipsters...

Size matters in Jennifer Hudson's future goals
Actress-singer Jennifer Hudson is especially excited about her next film project, ?The Secret Life of Bees,?? in which her co-stars include fellow singer/actresses Alicia Keys and Queen Latifah, as well as Dakota Fanning.

J.Hud, Punk, And A Purple Shovel
That’s kind of how the romantic story of David Otunga aka Punk from I Love New York 2 and his proposal to Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson went down. Jennifer sat down with VH1 News and talked about her birthday surprise from her boyfriend of less than a year. After taking her for a romantic day on the beach, “he blindfolded me and pulled out a purple shovel,” Jen says. “Stop playing. Are you kidding me?” she asked. J.Hud then had to dig her way to a card that gave her some specif

Jennifer Hudson on Soundcheck!
Soundcheck spends a day with pop music’s new dream girl… Jennifer Hudson. She discussed stardom, singing and self-esteem. Plus, stay tuned for an exclusive set - and sneak peek selections from Miss Hudson’s highly-anticipated debut disc. Watch it all here on Soundcheck.

Album Review: Jennifer Hudson
Now these are my personal views, this does not reflect the entire ATF staff. I just wanted to make that clear. Now I just heard Jennifer Hudson’s self-titled album. I am absolutely in love with this woman now. This album is perfectly put together. It was so worth the wait, they really took there time with her. I love every single track on this record, it just flows. She actually doesn’t scream on every track, which I figured she would be. Her vocals are displayed very well on this album. This is

Jennifer Hudson Names Her Dogs After Her Acting And Singing Awards
Jennifer Hudson named her dogs after her awards. The "Dreamgirls" star christened her pooches in honor of the trophies she has won as both an actress and singer. She explained: "The boy's called Oscar and the girl is Grammy - and I called their puppies after other awards I won like Golden Globe, Sag, and another is called Bafta." Despite her success, Jennifer - who appeared on U.S. TV talent show "American Idol" - admits she is amazed at how well she has done. She added: "I don't understand it. I have to la