Jennifer Hudson

The 87th Academy Awards — though many took umbrage to the fact that people of color were few and far between among the nominees — were not too shabby last night, with a few folks making their personal moments political on the world stage. There were more than enough tears to go around, as some got downright […]

The highly anticipated, star studded Grammy Awards are just around the corner and some of our favorite artists are up for this year’s top honors. Here is a brief rundown of some of this year’s high profile Grammy nominees: Beyoncé and Pharrell Williams received separate nominations for Album of the Year. Iggy Azalea was nominated for Best […]

Songstress Jennifer Hudson’s (pictured below) half-brother, Steven Simpson (pictured) was allegedly arrested and taken to a Paw Paw, Mich., jail where he faces charges of household invasion and attempted murder, according to TMZ. SEE ALSO: Kenneth Douglas: Morgue Worker Admits To Having Sex With Up To 100 Corpses Simpson is accused of repeatedly stabbing an unnamed man […]

Actress and R&B songstress Jennifer Hudson (pictured) certainly knows how to reward those folks closest to her in a major way!  The stage and screen diva recently gifted her longtime assistant and confidant Walter Williams (pictured below) with a present he never even would have imagined receiving: the deed to his very own house, according […]

Jennifer Hudson is one of the stars in the upcoming holiday film, “Black Nativity.” In the movie, Hudson plays Naima, who became pregnant with her son, Langston (a nod to the writer of the play on which the film is based, Langston Hughes), when she was just 15 and goes back home to visit her religious family for Christmas. […]

“Black Nativity” hits theaters this holiday season, and the movie is a testament to how much one can truly learn from their family, even when they haven’t been a presence in their everyday life. In the film, Forest Whitaker plays a reverend who is also the father to Jennifer Hudson‘s character, Naima, who became pregnant […]

Republicans are going nuts over the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that launched on Tuesday, October 1. And since there has been confusion as to what the plan will entail and how it will affect everyone across the board, particularly young people, the White House has put out a call to R&B diva and actress Jennifer […]

After experiencing a drop of approximately 10 million viewers, American Idol has secured Grammy and Oscar winning, season 3 alum Jennifer Hudson as a judge for season 13, reports E! Online. Multiple reports confirmed to E! News that season 1 winner, Kelly Clarkston, is also on board to help the flailing show which has dipped […]

On January 21 and 22, President Barack Obama will be sworn in for his second term in the 57th Presidential Inauguration. But you don’t have to be there to get a front row seat to the making of history. NewsOne‘s Senior Editor, Abena Agyeman-Fisher, will act as your eyes and ears with a diary blog […]

William Balfour (pictured), who was convicted for brutally murdering three of Jennifer Hudson‘s family members, has been sentenced to three consecutive natural life sentences, plus 120 years in prison, reports the Chicago Tribune. RELATED: Balfour Guilty Of Murder In Jennifer Hudson Slayings Balfour, who was the ex-husband of Hudson’s sister Jennifer, was convicted of the first-degree murder deaths […]

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago jury convicted Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law on Friday of murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in what prosecutors described as an act of vengeance by a jilted husband. Hudson, who expressed her undisguised disdain for William Balfour when she took the witness stand and endured weeks of excruciating […]