DREAMGIRLS

Beyonce Live - Dreamgirls

Mon, 7 May 2007 09:35:00 -0400

Beyonce is currently on tour in Europe and she definitely incorporates DREAMGIRLS into the show. Here's a clip of DREAMGIRLS/Diamonds are a girl's best friend medley. Beyonce is getting her Deena on and I love it.

Steppin To The Bad Side

Wed, 2 May 2007 22:06:00 -0400

From the DVD that just came out yesterday. Do you have your copy?

Dreamgirls Steppin To The Bad Side Ext
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Meet Bill Condon!!!!

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:54:00 -0400

This Sunday in West Hollywood, California you can meet Bill Condon at a book signing. He will be signing copies of the DREAMGIRLS coffee table book at Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069 (310.659.3110 ). Bill will talk for about 20 minutes, answer any questions, and then sign. *For further info, please write info@booksoup.com.

Dreamgirls Update

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:40:00 -0400

It's been a while but I've got some updates for the DREAMGIRLS family.

AOL UnCut Video (Taking Entries Now)

AOL Uncut Video is hosting a DREAMGIRLS “Live The Dream” Contest from April 5 through May 4 in which aspiring singers are invited to upload their best performance video of a song from the DREAMGIRLS soundtrack. Site visitors will be able to rate their favorites, add text and video comments and share the videos with friends via email or IM. A team of judges will narrow down the entries to the top five finalists and the grand prize winner will then be viewed by the film’s Oscar®-winning director, Bill Condon, and producer Laurence Mark. The winner will be announced on May 11 and will receive a $5,000 American Express shopping spree. Click here to enter and for more details.

GLAM.com (Starts April 20)

In anticipation of Mother’s Day, Glam.com will host the “DREAMGIRLS Dream BIG Giveaway” in which the grand prize is a trip for the sweepstakes winner and his/her mom to New York City. The prize includes airfare for two, accommodations at the luxurious Dream Hotel for one night, makeovers, a “Dream BIG” gift bag of goodies and two tickets to a Broadway show. Entries will be accepted beginning April 20 through May 21.

One Night Only Remix Contest (Starts April 27)

Beginning April 27th BET.com will host a “One Night Only” Remix Contest from April 27 through June 1 in which consumers can submit their hip hop versions of the iconic song. The top five videos will be featured on the website and visitors can vote on their favorite performance. The grand prize winner will receive two tickets to the BET Awards in Los Angeles and a makeover to get them ready to join the stars on the red carpet.

Which one will you get?

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:24:00 -0400

I'm getting the 2 disc Showstopper Edition!

Dreamgirls DVD in stores May 1st

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:32:00 -0500

The groundbreaking Tony Award-winning Broadway phenomenon comes to life as an all-new motion picture adaptation written and directed by Academy Award winner Bill Condon. A Laurence Mark production presented by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, Dreamgirls, is a compelling story of love and loyalty, fame and betrayal that tracks the struggle, sacrifices and triumphs of a group of outsiders carrying their landmark sound into mainstream America in the 1960s and '70s.

Dreamgirls Standard DVD Features: - 12 Extended Musical Numbers and Alternate Scenes - Never before seen musical number by Jennifer Hudson

Dreamgirls Two Disc "Showstopper Edition" Features: - 12 Never Before Seen Musical Numbers - "Building the Dream" Featurette - Behind the Scenes Footage, auditions and screen tests

Technical Specs: - Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer - Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Tracks

The Dreamgirls single disc DVD will sell for $29.99 and the Two Disc "Showstopper" edition will sell for $39.99. Dreamgirls will also be available on HD-DVD and Blu-ray on May 1st as well.

Source: movieweb

Jennifer sings AIATY

Tue, 6 Mar 2007 07:45:00 -0500

A little late but blogger was giving me trouble this week. Here is Jennifer Hudson singing "And I am Telling You" at Clive Davis's party.

Hudson wins NAACP award:

Dreamgirls Play footage

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:17:00 -0500

This is a segment on Jennifer Holliday from CBS. Tere are some excellent clips of the Original DREAMGIRLS play which is the main reason why I'm posting it. Why didn't they record the play? It hurts my heart knowing there is no professional recording of the original play. Sad. Anyway, check it out.

Winning is so sweet!

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:12:00 -0500

Jennifer's acceptance speech!

Kiss that Oscar Jennifer!

Jennifer Holliday on E! preshow to the red carpet singing "And I am Telling You"

Oscar Performance and Pics

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:37:00 -0500

The ladies looked great in red and they gave a wonderful performance of the three nominated songs.

Source: Courtesy of ~Evolution_DC3.BW~ on DC3Forever.2ya.com

Winners

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:24:00 -0500

Update: We were robbed for Best Song but the DREAMGIRLS put on a hell of a show. I should get the video soon.

Update: Jennifer just won Best Supporting actress. Congratulations Jennifer! The performance should be coming up soon.

Update: We lost Best costume design.

So far DREAMGIRLS has won one award. They won. best sound mixing and Eddie lost in the Best Supporting category.

Score: W-2 , L-3

Oscar Arrivals

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:32:00 -0500

Beyonce in Armani.

I'm mad Jennifer is rocking that metallic jacket but the dress it beautiful.

Anika is looking fabulous, as usual.

Sideah Garret one of the songwriters (Love You I Do) from DREAMGIRLS is nominated for Best Song.

Keith is the first on the scene, looking real good.

Barbara Walters Oscar Special

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:04:00 -0500

Tonight is Barbara's Oscar Special at 7pm ET on ABC and Jennifer Hudson is one of the guest on the Special along with Eddie Murphy. Supposedly, Jennifer sings "And I am Telling You" for the first time. This is an excerpt from an article by The Journal Gazette discussing the special:

“I think this is one of the best shows we’ve had,” Walters says. “We’ve got a great cast, and there are things that made us almost sit up and applaud. Often when you’re doing an interview and you ask someone to sing a little something, they’ll say, ‘Oh, no, I’m sorry. I don’t have my music or my arranger.’ Well, Jennifer Hudson just opened her mouth, and this sound came out! We were staggered.”

Hudson sings the show-stopping “Dreamgirls” number “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” for Walters, who declares it “the first time people who have not seen the film (or the stage show) will hear it. Her story is like the one in ‘Dreamgirls,’ about the girl who’s told she can’t make it, then gets the biggest part there is.”

Click here for the full article. I don't think she will sing the whole song and it seems to be an impromptu performance rather than something that was planned. However, I could be wrong which would be a good thing because there's soem doubters out there who don't think Jennifer can pull the song off live. I know she can and I can't wait to watch all teh action tonight.So make sure you set your tivo's. The special airs tonight at 7pm ET on ABC and 11pm on the West coast following the Oscars.

Oscar Performance Spoilers

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:02:00 -0500

Click here if you want some insight into the DREAMGIRLS performance tomorrow night.

Oscar Rehearsal

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:38:00 -0500

Beyonce rehearses for the Oscars with Bill Codon directing the DREAMGIRLS numbers.

Source: Dc3forever and cornerofbeyonce

Oscars

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:25:00 -0500

So the Oscars are this Sunday and new info is coming in about the big night.

The official Oscar press release reports that Beyoncé will perform “Listen” (music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler, lyric by Anne Preven), one of three Original Song nominees from the musical “Dreamgirls.” Also from “Dreamgirls” will be Hudson singing “Love You I Do” (music by Henry Krieger and lyric by Siedah Garrett), and Rose, Robinson and other cast mates performing “Patience” (music by Henry Krieger and lyric by Willie Reale). To read the full press release click here.

Giant magazine held a pre-Oscar event Wednesday night at the Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles to honor Academy Award nominee Jennifer Hudson. Jamie Foxx, and Janet jackson were among some of the people who attended.

Stuart Weitzman announced that Anika Noni Rose will wear the Diamond Dream Shoe to the 79th Annual Academy Awards. An excerpt from the press release:

"The Diamond Dream Shoe, created exclusively for the actress, is asilver evening shoe with a stiletto heel, adorned with 1,420 individualbrilliant cut Kwiat diamonds, weighing over 30 carats. The diamonds are setin platinum circles, inspired by Kwiat's timeless Circles Collection. Thespectacular shoe is worth half a million dollars."As Anika pursues and accomplishes her dream, I wanted to recognizethis young actress by creating a luxuriously glamorous shoe for her to weardown the red carpet on Hollywood's most celebrated evening," said designerStuart Weitzman."

Picture of the Stuart Weitzman Diamond Dream Shoe and to read the full press release click here:

Scott Culter, one of the writers for Listen said today that he would split his Oscar with Beyonce if he were to win Best Original Song on sunday night.

He says, "Beyonce helped that along a lot - little lifts in the melody, little lifts in the song that we hadn't thought of. She just kept sending back ideas, thoughts, what she wanted. "I'll cut my Oscar in the middle and give her half."

Awww how sweet. Click here for the full article. And just to refresh our memories here's Beyonce killing "Listen" when she was on Oprah with the rest of the cast.

New Pic

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:41:00 -0500

Here's a new pic that surfaced on People.com

Us Weekly

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:02:00 -0500

Jennifer on the cover of LIFE Magazine

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:30:00 -0500

Jennifer is a covergirl once again, this time gracing the cover of Life Magazine. Here are pictures from the article. You can read the full article here. Jennifer will also be on the cover of People Magazine with other celebs like Christina Aguilera, Diddy, Pink, and Whitney Houston to name a few. So be on the look out for that as well.

Source: Life.com

And I am Telling You I'm Not Going..

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:27:00 -0500

E! has announced that Jennifer Holliday will be singing THE song on the E! Oscar Red Carpet Special. I'm a little perplexed by it but I guess it's all good. What do you all think about Jennifer Holliday singing on the red carpet at the Oscars?

Speaking of Effie, Jennifer Hudson won a BAFTA on Monday (happy Darren?). I'm a little late with the news but I've been busy. Anyway, the BAFTA is the British equivalent of an Oscar. So congrats to Jennifer on her win. No one can steal her shine right now, not even Holliday. The girl is doing big things!

Beyonce in Sports Illustrated

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:07:00 -0500

VOGUE

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:18:00 -0500

Here it is, Jennifer on the cover of VOGUE. It's a nice cover, it could have been a little better but I'm just happy that she's on the cover to begin with. The last picture is my favorite.

Source: Thanks Damarcus

Dreamgirls at The Grammys

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:43:00 -0500

Last night Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson and Jamie Foxx all attended the Grammys. Beyonce performed "Listen," Jennifer and Jamie presented awards.

VOGUE

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:37:00 -0500

According to Eonline Jennifer Hudson will be on the cover of the March issue of VOGUE. Here's an excerpt of the article from Eonline:

"My gal Jennifer has landed herself a cover of Vogue. Winfrey and Berry are the only other African-American actresses to grace the cover of the magazine. Hudson will appear on the cover of the mag's annual Power Issue. It's one of the biggest issues of the year because it includes a spring fashion preview. "March is to spring what the September issue is to fall," a magazine insider says.

Hudson was shot for the magazine by über-celeb shutterbug Annie Leibovitz at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. In addition to the cover (first reported by WWD), I'm told there are three more portrait pics of her inside the magazine to go along with her seven-page story. Vogue will probably begin releasing images of the Hudson spread sometime next week, a source reports."

This is huge, she would be the third black woman to be on the cover of VOGUE and one of the only fuller figured women to appear on the cover. Jennifer is doing big things. I will be looking out for that cover. Click here to read the full article.

You can also catch Jennifer performing at Clive Davis's pre grammy party. It will air live at 9pm PST/ 12:30am EST. Click here to watch the live show.

BET's 'One Night Only" Kids on Radio

Fri, 9 Feb 2007 07:44:00 -0500

These are the kids from the BET 'One Night Only" series. If you can catch the show be sure to do so. It's great and these kids can sang!