Jennifer Hudson to sing Dreamgirls’ signature song at OscarsPosted by Wilson Morales
February 20, 2013
Source: Deadline
According to Deadline, Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls and Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago will be performing their Oscar-winning roles on Sunday’s Academy Awards as part of a celebration honoring the resurgence of movie musicals of the last decade.
In the same segment revisiting their roles from this year’s Best Picture contender Les Miserables will be several of the film’s key cast members including Oscar nominees Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway along with Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tevit, Samantha Barks, and Helena Bonham Carter.
This year’s Oscar show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who last month announced the musical tribute would be part of their show, have kept the participants who will be singing a secret until finally first breaking the news to Deadline this morning.
With segments including the aforementioned tribute to movie musicals of the last decade including their own Chicago (which will also have a cast reunion on the show), a spot with Barbra Streisand performing on the Oscars for only the second time in her career, and a 50th Anniversary James Bond Tribute than will include the first appearance on the show by 007 song diva Shirley Bassey (Goldfinger) there is a lot of anticipation for Sunday night.
Hudson, who has a recurring role on the NBC show Smash, which is also produced by Zadan and Meron, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 for her debut screen performance as Effie White in the film adaptation of the musical Dreamgirls. Her showstopping scene was the signature song of the film, “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going”.
