Jennifer Hudson was in town recently and stopped by Hot 107.9 to speak with our very own Maria More! J Hud talked about hew new album I Remember Me , overcoming personal tragedies, playing Winnie Mandela and more! Check out the exclusive interview below! RELATED: J. Hud Goes Home To Chicago To Shoot “Where You At” Video [PHOTOS] RELATED: Jennifer Hudson Drops 56 Pounds To Play Winnie Mandela!!! RELATED: Jennifer Hudson Kicks Off Disney Dream Cruiseship Celebration [PHOTOS]
Singer calls Kelly’s ability to channel her ‘kind of creepy.’ By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Christina Garibaldi Jennifer Hudson Photo: MTV News On Tuesday, Jennifer Hudson drops her new album, I Remember Me , and it seems the artists she worked with on the record also remembered her. For the release, she hooked up with Alicia Keys and R. Kelly, who seemed to channel the singer perfectly — almost too perfectly. “R. Kelly was writing for me at the time, and I didn’t even know it, and they just sent me this song,” she recalled to MTV News about the track “Where You At.” “You don’t want to get your hopes up too high of being able to work with someone like R. Kelly, and when they sent the song, they told me, ‘Kelly put up a shrine of pictures of you to channel you, and he created this song.’ ” Whatever he was doing seemed to really work, as Hudson explained: “It was kind of creepy to me, because when I heard the song, I was like, ‘Oh my god! … He’s, like, giving me me! This is what I would do! This is something I would say.’ And I hadn’t even met him until after … and I’m like, ‘This is bizarre.’ ” Crediting Kelly and Keys, Hudson notes that “they gave me my sound.” And it seems whatever otherworldly bond she had with Kelly, she had a more-grounded one with Keys, with whom she worked on the songs “Angel,” “Everybody Needs Love” and “Don’t Look Down.” “I must say that working with Alicia was my favorite sessions in the recording studio ever, and I think it was partly because … it was a learning experience,” she said about Keys, who gave birth days after their sessions. “She’s just amazing to work with. We had such a good time together. … It was an amazing, fun experience.” Which I Remember Me collaboration are you most looking forward to hearing? Tell us in the comments below! Related Videos MTV News Extended Play: Jennifer Hudson
Singer calls Kelly’s ability to channel her ‘kind of creepy.’ By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Christina Garibaldi Jennifer Hudson Photo: MTV News On Tuesday, Jennifer Hudson drops her new album, I Remember Me , and it seems the artists she worked with on the record also remembered her. For the release, she hooked up with Alicia Keys and R. Kelly, who seemed to channel the singer perfectly — almost too perfectly. “R. Kelly was writing for me at the time, and I didn’t even know it, and they just sent me this song,” she recalled to MTV News about the track “Where You At.” “You don’t want to get your hopes up too high of being able to work with someone like R. Kelly, and when they sent the song, they told me, ‘Kelly put up a shrine of pictures of you to channel you, and he created this song.’ ” Whatever he was doing seemed to really work, as Hudson explained: “It was kind of creepy to me, because when I heard the song, I was like, ‘Oh my god! … He’s, like, giving me me! This is what I would do! This is something I would say.’ And I hadn’t even met him until after … and I’m like, ‘This is bizarre.’ ” Crediting Kelly and Keys, Hudson notes that “they gave me my sound.” And it seems whatever otherworldly bond she had with Kelly, she had a more-grounded one with Keys, with whom she worked on the songs “Angel,” “Everybody Needs Love” and “Don’t Look Down.” “I must say that working with Alicia was my favorite sessions in the recording studio ever, and I think it was partly because … it was a learning experience,” she said about Keys, who gave birth days after their sessions. “She’s just amazing to work with. We had such a good time together. … It was an amazing, fun experience.” Which I Remember Me collaboration are you most looking forward to hearing? Tell us in the comments below! Related Videos MTV News Extended Play: Jennifer Hudson
I Remember Me singer says David Daniel Otunga Jr. is ‘very musical.’ By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Christina Garibaldi Jennifer Hudson Photo: MTV News As Jennifer Hudson readies the release of her new album, I Remember Me , she revealed that her son, David Daniel Otunga Jr. , got some musical DNA from his mama. When she spoke to MTV News last week, she explained that her little boy loves to rock out when he thinks she’s not looking. “He’s very musical. He just loves music overall, and he’s into it,” she said. “I feel like I had a little Michael Jackson. He’d be in the backseat of the car, [moving] his little shoulder to anything that comes on the radio, and then I turn around like, ‘What are you doing?’ And he laughs like, ‘Ha! What, you didn’t think I had that move?’ ” David Jr. is not just keen to the tunes on the car stereo: His ears also perk up when he hears his Oscar- and Grammy-winning mother’s voice on television and radio. “He knows mommy’s voice,” Hudson shared. “If my commercial is on, he’ll walk out the room, ‘That’s my momma!’ ” This August, her son will turn 2, and she said that for now, one baby is enough for her and her fianc
She’s a new mother, she has a new figure and she’s starring in a new movie. Indeed, Jennifer Hudson has come a long way since American Idol . In the latest issue of Essence , the singer/actress touches on all these topics and more… On motherhood : “My wish is to be at least half as good as my mother was, as patient and as loving as she was, and to just give that to my son.” On her new body : “I didn’t realize that so many people were watching me or that so many people were interested. Now people come up to me saying, ‘You’ve inspired me,’ and I’m like, Wow.” On portraying Winnie Mandela on the big screen : “We were supposed to shoot the film two years ago. But with all that happened in my life, they waited. Even the director was saying, ‘For you to take this project on with everything that happened shows you are really passionate about it.’ So I just hopped into it. I just really wanted to be a part of telling the story.”
“You know, it used to be, you get naked, you get nominated. Not anymore. [Sigh] Not anymore” – Anne Hathaway Last night’s Oscars proved that if you want to be young, hip and relevant in Hollywood, shower awards on a historical drama about overcoming stuttering. But not all was old and stiff, with many, many beautiful actresses causing a whole other kind of stiffness on the red carpet. Of sexceptional interest were presenters Jennifer Hudson , looking pert and perky in a tangerine orange gown, and Mila Kunis , seducing the crowd in low cut lavender. Congratulations to utterly charming host Anne Hathaway and all of last night’s Oscar winners, especially the beautiful Melissa Leo (and her F*ing incredible acceptance speech) and knocked-up knockout Natalie Portman !
Vanity Fair magazine brought out the stars for their annual Oscar’s after party last night in Los Angeles. Spotted at the celebration were Jamie Foxx, 50 Cent and the newly svelte Jennifer Hudson who mingled with Justin Timberlake, and Justin Bieber who stepped out with his girlfriend Selena Gomez for the first time. Read More At HipHopWired.com
Vanity Fair magazine brought out the stars for their annual Oscar’s after party last night in Los Angeles. Spotted at the celebration were Jamie Foxx, 50 Cent and the newly svelte Jennifer Hudson who mingled with Justin Timberlake, and Justin Bieber who stepped out with his girlfriend Selena Gomez for the first time. Read More At HipHopWired.com
Vanity Fair magazine brought out the stars for their annual Oscar’s after party last night in Los Angeles. Spotted at the celebration were Jamie Foxx, 50 Cent and the newly svelte Jennifer Hudson who mingled with Justin Timberlake, and Justin Bieber who stepped out with his girlfriend Selena Gomez for the first time. Read More At HipHopWired.com
