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Jennifer Hudson Lost 80 Pounds

January 23, 2012 by · Comments Off on Jennifer Hudson Lost 80 Pounds 

Jennifer Hudson Lost 80 Pounds, For Jennifer Hudson, weight loss is the gift that keeps on giving. In fact, the 30-year-old singer, actress, and Weight Watchers spokesperson lost 80 pounds after the birth of her son in 2009, but over two years later, she is still adjusting to life as a smaller woman.

Hudson, whose svelte self graces the latest Good Housekeeping magazine cover, is making the rounds on her book tour for her weight loss memoir, I Got This. According to Just Jared, the star’s Good Housekeepingcover look features Hudson in a sleek tangerine bandage dress, showing off those enviable curves. She also wears her hair long, with some wave and plenty of volume, and a touch of coral-colored lipstick. (Want a similar lip look? Try this sumptuous item from Givenchy: Rouge Interdit Satin Lipstick in Tempting Coral, $29, Sephora.)

Her weight struggles went on nearly all her life before she got to her current size. At 19, according to Access Atlanta, Hudson’s weight soared to 256 pounds. She slimmed down in 2005, getting to a size 10, but then was asked to gain 20 pounds to play the role of Effie in Dreamgirls. Then weight loss and body image issues slapped Jennifer Hudson in the face again: In 2008, her record label photoshopped an image of her on her first album cover so she looked much thinner.

Though happier in her healthier body, the star admits her changes in size have caused something of an identity crisis. She explained in Cinema Blend:”Because it’s a new body, I’m trying to find out, how do I want to be perceived? Who is this new me? I knew how to be the big girl, but now I have to find out how to be this girl.”

Jennifer Hudson Oscar Dreamgirl

January 16, 2012 by · Comments Off on Jennifer Hudson Oscar Dreamgirl 

Jennifer Hudson Oscar DreamgirlJennifer Hudson Oscar Dreamgirl, Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an American recording artist, actress and spokesperson. She came to prominence in 2004 as one of the finalists on the third season of American Idol coming in seventh place. She made her film debut in the 2006 film Dreamgirls, which won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, an NAACP Image Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

She won a Grammy Award for her eponymous debut album, Jennifer Hudson, which was released in 2008 on Arista Records and was certified gold by the RIAA for selling over 800,000 copies in the US; sales exceeded 1 million copies worldwide. Additionally, it spawned the hit single Spotlight. Her second album I Remember Me was released in March 2011, and has reached number two on the Billboard 200, selling 165,000 copies in its first week of release.

In late 2008, after Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew were killed in a shooting, Hudson stepped out of the limelight for three months. Hudson resumed her public appearances in 2009, and has since performed at the Super Bowl XLIII, the Grammy Awards, American Idol, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Hudson has been described as a friend of President Barack Obama, who invited her to appear with him at a fundraiser in Beverly Hills in May 2009. She also performed at the White House at the “Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement” event. Her vocal range is mezzo-soprano.

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