We all recall Mary J. Blige's public expression of disgust about her previous Vibe cover in December 2005. It was during the Vibe Awards that our girl from Yonkers kept it real while on stage receiving the magazine's coveted VLegend Award.

Since Mary is all renewed and enlightened, and Mimikins is no longer spinning webs over @ 215, Mary happily graces the cover of Vibe's "150th Collector's Edition Issue."



Thank God they got rid of that bubbly font! But they went overboard on the cover lines.

GOOD LOOK ALL AROUND!

Mary and her eight Grammy nominations will help move this issue on the newsstands.

Kudos to Vibe for getting it right. Those last few covers have been less than delicious... but this shit makes my mouth water.

Heard about it here, copped the image from here. Shout out to the Loop!

And speaking of magazine covers... don't sleep on Jennifer Hudson's Essence cover.



Thoughts?

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Jennifer Hudson is the third African American woman since December 2002 to grace the cover of Vogue magazine.



I got the chance to meet Jennifer at the AEC/ASCAP luncheon at the Beverly Hilton this past Sunday morning in Los Angeles. We'll have footage of that a little later in the week.

I was working the red carpet and Jennifer was the last to come through. She was on tap to honor original Dreamgirl, Sheryl Lee Ralph for her philanthropy and commitment to AIDS prevention and awareness.



It was a quick interview. She was being dragged down the carpet by her handlers. Her quirky yet bubbly personality kept it lively. (I'm being nice here.)

She did however stop to speak with me answering questions on her new album, Oscar hoopla and having just bought her first home in Chicago.



What I did like is that Jennifer made it clear to me that there would be no movies, plays, commercials or projects that would happen before she completed her album. "I want to concentrate on my album and give it my all. You should hear something by March," she said as they pulled out of my camera shot.

photos submitted by SOHH GYANT.

source:http://blogs.sohh.com/soul/archives/2007/02/jennifer_hudson_2.html

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fter sitting through about 3 hours of pure garbage, I was elated when Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker took home their Oscars. Jennifer won in the Best Supporting Actress category, while Forest Whitaker took it home in the Best Actor category. I’m a big fan of Forest and I’m glad he finally got his props from the acting world.

Here is the list of black Oscar winners from the past:
1939: Hattie McDaniel, Gone with the Wind
1963: Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field
1982: Louis Gossett Jr., An Officer and a Gentleman
1989: Denzel Washington, Glory
1990: Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost
1996: Cuba Gooding Jr., Jerry Maguire
2001: Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball
2001: Denzel Washington, Training Day
2004: Jamie Foxx, Ray
2004: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby

This list does not include winners in the Best Original Song, etc catergories. But damn, you would think more black people would get Oscars! Congrats to J.Hud and Forest!



For more Oscar pictures, make sure you view the other post!

source:http://concreteloop.com/2007/02/jennifer-hudson-forest-whitaker-do-it-big-at-the-oscars

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Check out this video of this white dude singing “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going.” Homeboy can blow! I think Jennifer Holiday would be proud.

He can definitely sing,and he sounded real good, you will be surprised.

his is what he had to say on his youtube page:

im a white boy, singing a very black song, wanted to know peoples response, excuse slight nasal sound, ive got a cold at the min…joy :)

[YOUTUBE SOURCE]

After the cut is a video of him singing “A Change is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke



source:http://concreteloop.com/2007/03/white-boy-singing-and-im-telling-you

He's got a lot of talent.

thanks for concreteloop for putting me up on this.

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Soul Rebel reflects on Jennifer Hudson's personal tragedy:

Jennifer Hudson "You Pulled Me Through"



I know God is definitely going to get you all through this difficult time so let's keep on praying for this family.

Hear more of the songs at Sohh Soulful:
Sohh Soulful:Songs of Hope & Strength

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