Dreamgirls star Anika Noni Rose has signed on to voice Maddy in Disney’s The Frog Princess. Rose will become Disney’s first black princess in the first hand-drawn film Disney has committed to since the Pixar purchase. The film promises to return to the Broadway-style musical in the likes of the successful Disney animated films such [...]

I thought Jennifer said she was talking time off to concentrate on her music? Well apparently not. The Academy Award winning actress has been cast as Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker’s daughter in Winged Creatures. The movie follows a group of strangers who form a unique relationship with each other after surviving a random shooting [...]

Did You Know: Dreamgirls star and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson auditioned for Quentin Tarantino Death Proof segment of the Grindhouse exploitation double feature.
“Jennifer auditioned for my movie GRINDHOUSE, and it didn’t work out. But I love her,” admits Tarantino.
I bet Tarantino is regretting his casting decision now. I’m guessing that Hudson was probably gunning [...]

Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Hudson has turned down a $3 million role in a Warner Bros. movie because of a nude scene. Ready for the twist? It wasn’t Jennifer’s character that gets naked.

Random Notes from the Editor:
Errol Morris’ short film which opened the Academy Awards show was fantastic. If you didn’t see it, you can check out the video at Oscar.com.
Ellen DeGeneres is not funny (with exception of the Jennifer Hudson/Al Gore joke, but I have a feeling someone probably wrote that for her).

Let’s look at the results from the 79th Academy Awards ceremony:

Best Motion Picture of the Year:
The Departed

Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Achievement in Directing:
Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears for The Queen
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel
Paul Greengrass for United 93

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Forest [...]

Yesterday we reported that movie critic Roger Ebert was spreading a rumor that Little Miss Sunshine would cause a major upset at the 2007 Academy Awards. Well it looks like Vegas visited the same rumor mill.

Here are the winners from the 2007 Golden Globes:
SUPPORTING ACTRESS (FILM)
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls

ORIGINAL SONG
“The Song of the Heart” - Happy Feet - Music & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers Nelson
SUPPORTING ACTOR (MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE)
Jeremy Irons - Elizabeth I
ACTRESS (TV DRAMA)
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
ACTOR (TV DRAMA)
Hugh Laurie - House
SUPPORTING ACTRESS (TV MINISERIES OR TV [...]