Nightmare Taking Spotlight from Dreamgirls Debut

Nightmare Taking Spotlight from Dreamgirls Debut
By Andrea M. White

Celebrity beef and gossip are all the rage of the entertainment industry these days. With television shows like BET’s Beef the Series, along with a variety of DVDs with hip-hop artists taking shots at each other, it seems like fans can’t get enough of engaging themselves into the drama-filled lives of celebrities. From the hip-hop stage to the big screen, the newest celebrity drama, that has even my ear to the ground, is the alleged beef between R&B’s sweetheart Beyonce Knowles and her costar, American Idol contestant, Jennifer Hudson.

First leaked on a popular tabloid media website, sources purportedly told a reporter that there was bad blood between Knowles and Hudson, mainly because of the attention Hudson has been receiving from her legendary performance in the remake of the Broadway classic, Dreamgirls. Though Knowles has denied any animosity toward her costar, she poured gasoline onto the burning rumor mill with her sudden departure from the NYC premiere held Monday night. Her excuse however was that she had planned a romantic evening with her man Hova along with the private plane she had rented to celebrate his 37th birthday. With all the negativity surrounding the relationships of the female cast, they have held their composure and have handled themselves in a respectable manner.

Amidst the so-called beef, it’s important that fans and supporters of this film and this casts of stars, which include Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, and Danny Glover, not forget what is important. Dreamgirls has created the type of buzz that black films have been longing for. Not only hand-clapping, standing ovation buzz, but Oscar buzz for the 24-year-old Hudson who received a standing ovation in the middle of the film during Monday night’s premiere. Lets not continue to let instigating soothsayers destroy the fact that this film has brought Broadway to its knees with thanks and praise, along with interest of recreating the Broadway film due to the spark that Dreamgirls has created in both the US and the UK. Among all of the not-so-golden black films released today, this production shines as one of the best. Supporters of positive, black entertainment must continue to support the efforts and on December 25th, end the nightmare at a theatre near you and watch this dream come to light on the big screen.