Dreamgirls

WATCH: Jessica Sanchez and Jennifer Holiday Deliver Epic Performance On 'American Idol' Finale

The Huffington Post | Lee Hernandez | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: And I Am Telling You, Jennifer Holiday, Jessica Sanchez, Cultura, Video, Dreamgirls, Winner, Slideexpand, American Idol, Tony Bennett Duets, Latino Voices News

On last night's "American Idol" finale, Idol finalist Jessica Sanchez performed a duet with singer Jennifer Holiday that was so good, it may very well...

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WATCH: Jessica Sanchez Delivers Explosive Performance

The Huffington Post | Lee Hernandez | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Video, Jessica Sanchez, Cultura, Final Four, Jennifer Hudson, American Idol, Dreamgirls, Latino Voices News

And we thought last week was good... On last night's episode of "American Idol," the final four were tasked with performing California-themed songs...

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Oscars 2012 Stage Brings Back Old Hollywood Glamour (VIDEO)

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Memoirs of a Geisha, Stage, Video, Swarovski-Crystals, Academy Awards, La, Producer, Film, Los Angeles, Brian Grazer, Cinema, Kodak Theatre, Production Designer, Glamour, John Mhyre, Dreamgirls, Elizabeth, Oscars, crane.tv, Screen, Hollywood, Arts News
Constantin Bjerke

Last night The 84th Academy Awards once again brought sparkle to Los Angeles as the 2012 Oscars celebrated talent across the film industry. The Koda...

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Joyful Noise: A Conversation With Mervyn Warren, Plus Chatting With Mark Wayne Glasmire and Julian Velard

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: James and the Giant Peach, Phylicia Rash?D, Henry Mancini, Jeanette Norman, Sky Masterson, Bell-Jarboe Films, Dreamgirls, Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston, Jimmy Buffett, Johnny Mandel, David Foster, Fame, Chaka Khan, A Raisin in the Sun, Elton John, David Bowie, The Preacher's Wife, Quincy Jones, Humphrey Bogart, Queen Latifah, The Today Show, Neil Diamond, Nelson Riddle, Mr. Saturday Night, Nickelback, The Manhattan Transfer, Take 6, Kris Kristofferson, Mervyn Warren, Glenn Ballard, Harold Jarboe, Arif Mardin, Tom Waits, Julian Velard, Mark Wayne Glasmire, Michael Buble, Siedah Garrett, SIster Act 2, Todd Graff, Randy Newman, Guys & Dolls, Joyful Noise, Do the Right Thing, Marlon Brando, Weird Al Yankovic, The Wedding Planner, Steve McQueen, Nilsson, David Letterman, Video, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Original Broadway 'Dreamgirl' To Make Apollo Debut

Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Apollo Theater, Apollo, Jennifer Holliday, Dreamgirls, Amateur Night, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Black Voices News

Tony Award-winning actress Jennifer Holliday is set to make her Apollo debut on February 1 during the opening night of the theater's 78th season of Am...

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Brennan Williams

Chester Gregory Crosses Over With New Music And Mobile App

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Dreamgirls, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Jackie Wilson, Broadway, Theater, Unword, Sister Act, Chester Gregory, Mobile Apps, Black Voices News

Chester Gregory has that ability of the truly talented to repeatedly eclipse his own success. The award-winning stage actor has appeared in some of th...

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'Book of Mormon' Cast Album Breaks Billboard Records

Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Trey Parker, Billboard, Matt Stone, Dreamgirls, Rent, Tony Awards, Book of Mormon, Robert Lopez, Casey Nicholaw, Arts News

After winning Best Musical at the Tony Awards this past Sunday, the cast album for "The Book of Mormon," Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez's m...

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Thirty Years of Dreamgirls and AIDS in America

Sheryl Lee Ralph | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Aids 30th Anniversary, Aids US, HIV/AIDS, Aids-Anniversary, Hiv US Women, Aids US Women, Aids Women, AIDs Epidemic, Dreamgirls, Hiv Women Statistics, Aids, HIV Statistics, Women News
Sheryl Lee Ralph

Dreamgirls was one of the best times in my life. But in the middle of it came the worst.

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Halle Berry 'Works' as Young Aretha Franklin

Morris W. O'Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Jennifer Hudson, Lady Sings the Blues, Halle Berry, Beyonce, Leon, Jamie Foxx, Little Richard, Billy Dee Williams, Ray Charles, Dreamgirls, Cadillac Records, Entertainment News
Morris W. O'Kelly

Aretha says she wants Halle for the part. Aretha now says she has Halle for the part. Halle's public remarks indicate she's reticent to play the rol...

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Happy Birthday, Broadway Legend Jennifer Holliday! (LISTEN)

Jeff Rivera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadway, Beyonce, Jennifer Holliday, Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News
Jeff Rivera

She is the the Tony Award and Grammy Award-winnng Broadway legend who started Hollywood's obsession with "big girls". Before Jennifer Hudson, before Q...

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Dreamgirls Gets a Facelift

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hudson Scenic Studios, Michelle Obama, Jennifer Holliday, Robert Longbottom, Longtime Companion, Hairspray, John Breglio, Syesh Mercado, Milton Craig Nealy, Robin Wagner, Moya Angela, Apollo Theatre, Dreamgirls, Michael Bennett, West Side Story, Diana Ross, Margaret Hoffman, Adrienne Warren, Stephen Caffrey, Harlem, City Island, Payola, Henry Krieger, Led, Korea, Trevon Davis, Shane Sparks, Jarran Muse, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, West Point, William Ivey Long, Zuckerbaby, Arts News
George Heymont

From the very first beats of Henry Krieger's score, the new staging of Dreamgirls roars out of the opening gate and never slows down.

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Rubbernecking: Project Runway, Episode 3 "It's A Party"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Plush Puppies, Party Dress, Project Runway, Betsy Johnson, Tina Turner, Peach Carr. AJ Thouvenot, Nina Garcia, Valerie Mayen, Rubbernecking, Heidi Klum, Mad Max, Dreamgirls, Party Store, Ivy Higa, Lifetime TV, Kristin Haskins Simms, Wooly Balls, Andy South, Michael Drummond, Michael Kors, Gretchen Jones, Tim Gunn, Sarah Trost, Casanova, Michael Costello, Mondo Guerra, Recap, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

This is the first week the show's new 90-minute format actually worked for me, perhaps because there were so many delicious moments -- including an extended sequence of Tim Gunn's workroom pep talks.

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First Nighter: From Scott Siegel's "Broadway Rising Stars" Some Will Rise, Some Fall, But Which?

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Emmy Raver-Lampman, American Musical & Dramatic Academy, Tisch School of the Arts, Chicago, Pamela Myers, George Furth, Jennie Harney, Usher, Harry Belafonte, Scott Coulter, Dreamgirls, Town Hall Summer Broadway Festival, Stephen Sondheim, Company, Ellisha Marie Thomas, Ben Harney, Rebecca LaChance, Matt Steele, Erin Gorey, Paris Nix, Scott Siegel, Broadway's Rising Stars, American Idol, Glee, Seal, Entertainment News
David Finkle

There's something intrinsically, irrefutably wonderful about the "Broadway Rising Stars" evening but predicting which of these kids will make it here and, by extrapolation, anywhere is a fool's game.

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Movie Review: Death at a Funeral

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Danny Glover, Columbus Short, Peter Dinklage, Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Zoe Saldana, Keith David, Death at a Funeral Movie Review, Chris Rock, Dreamgirls, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Frank Oz, Tracy Morgan, James Marsden, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Neil Labute's remake of Death at a Funeral is virtually a photocopy, in terms of the story it tells and the comedy beats it hits. Yet everything in this version is coarser and more obvious, aimed at a lowest-common-denominator audience.

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World AIDS Day: Making Awareness Sexy

Sheryl Lee Ralph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aids, HIV/AIDS, Aids Education, AIDS Awareness, AIDs Epidemic, Dreamgirls, World AIDS Day, Impact News
Sheryl Lee Ralph

After all these years I am shocked at how little we in America talk about "it" and how the silence surrounding "it" is killing us quicker than the disease.

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A Plea to Oscar Host Hugh Jackman: Less Johnny Carson, More Wolverine

Caryn James | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia the Movie, Wolverine, Bill Condon, Laurence Mark, Jon Stewart, Movie Awards, X-Men, Chris Rock, Hugh Jackman, Oscars, Oscars Show, Awards Shows, Dreamgirls, The Boy From Oz, Award Shows, Hugh Jackman Oscars, Entertainment News
Caryn James

Here's what the producers have promised so far: less of what viewers love and more of what we hate. Do they not want a younger audience?

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