American Idol Has Been Good to Jennifer Hudson

While American Idol has led to recognizability but poor record sales for many of its winners and runner’s up, being an Idol loser alum has led to great things for Jennifer Hudson.

Not one to rest on the laurels of winning an Academy Award in 2006 for her work in Dreamgirls, Jennifer has been very busy with other film projects, set to be released this year. She will be in Winged Creatures with Forest Whitaker and Dakota Fanning, and she also has a role in the Sex and the City Movie, starring Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Sarah Jessica Parker.  She is also currently in negotiations to lead the cast of upcoming film, Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys Together, set to be released in 2008 also. And she is currently filming The Secret Life of Bees, based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd.

And as if she hasn’t been busy enough, she has also managed to put together a new album, called Depreciate, which will also drop this year. Maybe it doesn’t necessarily pay to win  after all.

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