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Hudson honored for 'Dreamgirls' role
2007-01-15
Jennifer Hudson belted out some pop classics as the Palm Springs International Film Festival honored her performance in "Dreamgirls." Hudson received the breakthrough performance prize at a gala Saturday after missing the festival's award ceremony earlier this month. "I never imagined any of this, I never thought about the outcome," Hudson said. "All I wanted was the part. It never occurred to me I would be a part of such greatness." Later, she launched into Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and the Barry Manilow favorite "Weekend in New England" -- the last song she sang before being voted off 2004's "American Idol." Hudson, 25, plays soulstress Effie White in "Dreamgirls," adapted from the stage hit about a singing group that rises to stardom in the 1960s. Her film debut has earned a Golden Globe nomination, and she's considered a potential Oscar nominee. "I'm going to have to do a lot of praying to get ready for that," Hudson said of the Academy Award nominations being announced later this month.
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