How is Hudson a supporting actress when the Effie character is actually the star of the production? To say the least Hudson and Jamie Fox are the stars of this film. The original play revolved around Effie not Deena.






>Yes, I know it's a week and a half before the film is
>released (and two and a half weeks before its wide release),
>but I wanted to consolidate any and all "Dreamgirls"-related
>postings under one thread.
>
>The premiere was Monday night. After posing on the red carpet
>for a few snapshots, The Yonce cut out early to go celebrate
>Jay-Z's birthday. They paid her $12.5 million to appear in
>this picture and co-write and co-produce "Listen" (making her
>the highest paid black actress in cinema history), and she
>couldn't even stay for the premiere? Jay's gon' have more
>birthdays, sister! But you're going to have only one
>"Dreamgirls" premiere.
>
>The original Broadway cast was all invited (dunno if they
>showed up or not)...except for Jennifer Holliday, whom I hear
>is (quite) difficult to work with, and long ago got on David
>Geffen's bad side (ooo ooo ooo....*rimshot*). Holliday ran,
>not walked, to "The Wendy Williams Experience" ("Experience?"
>Who the hell does she think she is, Jimi Hendrix?), and
>attempted to dredge up sympathy from a listening public who
>doesn't know that there;s a lot more to why she didn't get ot
>go to the premiere (they've hardly forgotten about the
>original Broadway actors; Loretta Devine and Hinton Battle
>both appear in the film).
>
>Other than this, the premiere went on as scheduled. The film
>recieved a standing ovation, and Jennifer Hudson's "And I Am
>Telling You I'm Not Going" scene received its own standing
>ovation (in particular from a weeping Rosie O'Donnell...lol).
>The film has apparently been altered from the version I saw in
>November -- seven minutes have been added to the runtime.
>
>---
>
>And now, here's a (short but sweet) scene from "Dreamgirls",
>of Jennifer Hudson as Effie White singing "Love You I Do", a
>song written for the film by original "Dreamgirls" composer
>Henry Krieger and 80's R&B singer Siedah Garrett:
>
>hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/5kjgeo
>
>This scene is part of the "Dreamgirls" movie trailer podcast
>(that means it's LEGAL, mods!): it's in iTunes as a free
>download, but it's apparently not up on Apple.com yet.