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Miss Jennifer Hudson just wrapped the video shoot for second single "If It Isn't Love" off her 1st self -entitled R&B Album this past week in Los Angeles. This is the same album that has Miss Hudson up for four Grammy nominations. She is scheduled to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl this Sunday and to perform at the Grammys on February 8th, 2009.

This will be the first time Jennifer Hudson has come back to the public eye since the slayings of her mother, brother, and nephew in October. I know she has to go back to business as usual. Lord knows if it was me, I would be no good to nobody for at least a year or two. But you know what, that which does not kill you, makes you stronger. Jennifer Hudson is a living testimony to that.

Our favorite girl Mo'Nique won the Special Jury Prize for acting for her performance in the divisince Lee Daniels movie PUSH a novel based on the book written by Sapphire. The movie is about a bleak yet redemptive drama of sexual abuse and teen motherhood. Lee Daniels is no stranger to movie making. He produced the Oscar-winning movie Monster's Ball. Remember that is the movie in which Miss Halle Berry won an Oscar for. (ummm hmmmmm)

The movie Push also won the awards for dramatic grand jury prize and the audience award for Best U.S. Drama. Also, ThickMisses Sherri Shephard is in the movie as well. Other celebrities you might recognize are Mariah Carey Paula Patton and Lenny Kravitz. I hear that Mo'Nique is getting some OSCAR BUZZ for this movie. Keep it right here on this blog for a movie premiere date. Below is a picture of Mo'Nique in character.

CNN sat down with the new ThickMisses on the block and chatted with her about her inspirations, sound, and who she will be bringing to the Grammys. If you didnt know Jazmine Sullivan has 5 Grammy nominations in her name. GO GIRL!!!

CNN: How would you describe your sound?

Jazmine Sullivan: I can't really describe it; that's the whole thing. Once you hear the CD, you'll hear that one sound doesn't sound like the next. You know, I've been influenced by so many different styles and different genres of music that I felt like that should be represented on my first album, so when you get it, you get a taste of gospel, jazz, R&B, hip-hop, reggae, pop ... everything is on there, there's something for everybody to enjoy. I didn't want to exclude anybody from the album.

CNN: Let me ask you this: When you saw or heard the other nominees in the best new artist category who happen to be a little bit more well-known, was it intimidating? I mean, you got the Jonas Brothers, Katy Perry, Adele ...

Sullivan: Yeah, the Jonas Brothers, specifically. I didn't even know they were new artists because they are so huge, so, you know, so after, when my name was called after theirs, I thought, "Wow, they're new artists, too?" I got a little scared, I tell you that.

CNN: All right, the big question: Grammy night. What are you wearing? Who are you bringing? What are you going to be doing?

Sullivan: I'm bringing my mother. She's been my rock and my support ever since I was a baby. She was my first huge fan, that what she is.
I don't know what I'm wearing. I'm trying not to think about that. I want to perform. Hopefully I can get on stage and I can show everybody who I am and what I'm about. But I haven't thought about the dress or the shoes or the hair or anything about that.

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Our beloved Dana Owens aka Queen Latifah will be penning a book on tips for happiness in a new life-coaching book, aimed at inspiring her fans. Queen Latifah has signed a deal with Grand Central Publishing and aim to have her book on shelves some time next year.

Jamie Raab, Grand Central's Executive Vice President and Publisher, tells AOL's BlackVoices.com

"We are delighted to be publishing Queen Latifah's new book."Throughout her career, she has consistently taken on new challenges, and, through her vision, hard work and great talent, has achieved success in so many arenas. What she has accomplished in every facet of her life is extraordinary, and makes for a book of life lessons that I know readers will find deeply inspirational."



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Go ahead Queen. She is always doing her thing and stacking her money. I must give her props. Queen Latifah is a prime example of no matter what size you are, you can accomplish your dreams.

Jill Scott is pregnant with her first child, the R&B singer and actress revealed to reporters at the Television Critics Association conference in Los Angeles on Friday.

Promoting her new HBO series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, based on the popular novels by Alexander McCall Smith, Scott said she discovered that she was pregnant just before leaving for Botswana where she filmed the show.

"The first trimester I spent in Botswana," said the star, who is due April 25. "That was one of the biggest challenges of my life. First trimester! You're sick every morning. It was seven hours time difference, the heat, the bugs, the 14 hour days."

Still, the actress, who is engaged to drummer Lil' John Roberts, says she's glad she went through with the plans to film. "My doctors gave me a clean bill of health and said you can do this, so I did it."

CONGRATULATIONS JILL!!!

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