I thought she held her own as Deena

lastdecember said:

can we stop beating this dead horse? Robert Duvall, ya know the Academy Award winning actor was asked about difficult roles to pull off in genre films on Inside the Actor's Studio and he used Denzel's performance in Training Day. Its an unlikeable lead role in a film...which rarely happens and Denzel pulled it off. But folks just seem to enjoy acting like racism was a factor.

banks said:

As did I.

sosgemini said:

that's interesting. i would never have thought about it that way. i just kind of figured when they billed the film the way they did, it was for marketing. more people know beyonce therefore more people will see the movie.

i like your perspective better!

I heard not one of the winners for Dreamgirls thanked Beyonce.

The level of hostility at her is funny but she HAS to be used to it by now.

She has the Number 1 song on Billboard Hot 100
The soundtrack of the movie is Number 1

So who's the fool

mynameisnotsusan said:

And why exactly should they have thanked Beyonce? It's not like Eddie or Jennifer thanked any of the other castmembers by name when they won.

PurpleRighteous1 said:

I think my point was her fellow cast members can't stand her either, many people often do thank other cast members.

I'm not a hater or a big fan, I was kind of playing devils advocate.

PurpleRighteous1 said:

I think my point was her fellow cast members can't stand her either, many people often do thank other cast members.

I'm not a hater or a big fan, I was kind of playing devils advocate.

mynameisnotsusan said:

Jennifer does not hate Beyonce, In fact when Jennifer was her in NY and did the show at the Hammerstein, I had the pleasure of meeting her in her dressing room and went back to her hotel suite and when the subject came up about Beyonce... she said to me that Beyonce gave her some great advice regarding her aborted cd... she said when she signed with Clive that she alreday had a cd in the can and Beyonce told her that her vocals were amazing but her beats sounded dated and now she's recording all new material... she said her problem was with Beyonce's Father

banks said:

Never heard this. Was she signed with him or something? Or does this stem from B getting all the attention for the movie?

That dress is horrid.

I heard not one of the winners for Dreamgirls thanked Beyonce.

The level of hostility at her is funny but she HAS to be used to it by now.

She has the Number 1 song on Billboard Hot 100
The soundtrack of the movie is Number 1

So who's the fool

mynameisnotsusan said:

The soundtrack being number one has nothing to do with her. She only sings on 3 songs

Janfriend said:

Fact of the matter is, her name is attached to it....there had been talk about her being in the movie and appearing on the soundtrack for months now. The people who were thinking of buying it were doing so, at first because she was on it. Now, their reasoning might have changed a bit...(after hearing, Jennifer, that is). But at the begining it was all due to the fact that she was going to be on it and her true "die hard" fans, were going to pick it up. No matter what. Like I said in my other post, she sometimes might act like a "diva", but she has talent. It disturbs me how people are forever "cracking", on her. I guess people would rather listen to Janet's whispering ass.

PurpleRighteous1 said:

no she said he wanted to sign her and she declined and not long after that there was a article about her not liking gays and she believes that he was responsible for that

If one has noticeably larger wrinkles [then the average woman] under their underarms one should not lift up said arm and expose them.

I can't believe you guys are correlating this shit w/ "pain" & "feeling sorry for her"

She's been stealing the spotlight from everyone in her midst for YEARS now, and God bless her - she's talented & beautiful BUT she can't be the center of the universe ALL the time, even she has to learn that someday despite mostly positive reinforcement all her life. Beyonce is set, the girl has it made - no one can take that away from her. If she can't feel genuine joy for those around her & share a little of the kudos she's so used to drowning in, then fuck her - she's got some tough lessons ahead.

I think her pose on the red carpet @ the Globes says a lot... "notice ME!!" She'll get over it, she fucking better I don't think it's necessarily "funny", but it damn sure ain't sad w/ all the shit going on in the world



Greatest Pits: Just how desperate is Beyoncé to win back some of the attention she's lost to "Dreamgirls" costar Jennifer Hudson, who walked off with both the movie and the accolades? The comely chanteuse strikes her best "hey, check out my star power" pose as she styles a precariously plunging, slit-to-there 14-carat calamity of a metallic gown that even Mariah Carey, who's never met a cleavage-baring piece of sequined sausage casing she couldn't fashion into a constricting ensemble, would find too ticky-tacky for her taste. Not only is the déclassé dress all wrong for the occasion, but it's oh-so-unbecoming on the deliciously curvy Beyoncé, who is also undone by a distracting stick-straight faux 'do that's sure to become an instant favorite among her most devoted female impersonators.

http://entertainment.msn....t?GT1=8966
[Edited 1/17/07 3:01am]

Janfriend said:

Fact of the matter is, her name is attached to it....there had been talk about her being in the movie and appearing on the soundtrack for months now. The people who were thinking of buying it were doing so, at first because she was on it. Now, their reasoning might have changed a bit...(after hearing, Jennifer, that is). But at the begining it was all due to the fact that she was going to be on it and her true "die hard" fans, were going to pick it up. No matter what. Like I said in my other post, she sometimes might act like a "diva", but she has talent. It disturbs me how people are forever "cracking", on her. I guess people would rather listen to Janet's whispering ass.
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shorttrini said:

no way...the sales of the sountrack are soo low its obvious her fans arent picking it up...its the diehard showtune fans who are buying this puppy. tis all.

The soundtrack was released on December 5th and the soundtrack did not become number 1 until after the film was released on On December 25th. Get your facts straight. If people were buying it because of Beyonce, it would have went number 1 the first of sales. It's number 1 because of the fans of the musical and, most likely, Jennifer because she carried the damn movie
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Janfriend said:

This is true in my case. I'm buying the soundtrack tomorrow because I'm tired of replaying "And I Am Telling You" and "I Love You, I Do" on YouTube. LOL.

I need to be able to sing these in my car.
I will be fast forwarding past Listen because it's all show and no substance.

SynthiaRose said:

Are you buying the regular one or the deluxe edition?


In the meantime, enjoy this:

http://www.myspace.com/ra...tepcontrol

Janfriend said:

Depending on how picky you are, I think both are worth getting, or at least the deluxe edition and the single And I'm Telling You..., as it bleeds into the next track on the deluxe edition. The regular release has it stand alone.
[Edited 1/19/07 21:59pm]

RipHer2Shreds said:

I got the regular and didn't know about the deluxe edition before hand. I now plan to get the deluxe edition

sosgemini said:

How many has it sold so far? Has it gone gold?

PurpleRighteous1 said:

I think my point was her fellow cast members can't stand her either, many people often do thank other cast members.

I'm not a hater or a big fan, I was kind of playing devils advocate.

I don't know. I like Beyonce and I like Jennifer Hudson. I thought it was cool that Beyonce got teary-eyed when Jennifer won.

The thing that I thought was kinda rude was that Eddie and Jennifer never mentioned the rest of the cast when receiving their awards.

M

I don't know. I like Beyonce and I like Jennifer Hudson. I thought it was cool that Beyonce got teary-eyed when Jennifer won.

The thing that I thought was kinda rude was that Eddie and Jennifer never mentioned the rest of the cast when receiving their awards.

M