At a party for her new book, “I Got This: How I Changed My Ways And Lost What Weighed Me Down,” the Academy Award winner revealed to The Huffington Post that she turned down the starring role in Precious because it would have been too emotionally taxing at the time.

“I’m totally fine with my decision. I got my Oscar,” said Hudson, whose performance as Effie White in 2006’s “Dreamgirls” earned her the award for Best Supporting Actress. “I’m a firm believer that what is meant for you is meant for you, and that was clearly meant for Gabourey Sidibe. I adore her, she did an amazing job, and again I did not turn the role down because of the weight situation. I just felt the character was doing things, at least in my script that I got, that were places I did not want to go and not where I needed to go.”

Remember when singers just sang? Maybe they wrote a few songs too, or sold a perfume at the CVS, and perhaps acted in a few movies but nothing really overshadowed their singing and hopping around on stage? Those days are over, thanks to the need to have 5,6,7,8, 50-11 side hustles. It’s not enough to put out a good product. Nope, because folks just aren’t buying it anymore. We’re illegally downloading it, sharing it and watching the concert highlights on YouTube, all for free-99. It’s really hard out here for a diva, it would seem. Enter: the weight loss commercial. If you haven’t had a smash hit in years, you can lose some el-bees and #BAM, career’s back at 100 (or a good 85). Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey and, now, Janet Jackson have all discovered the formula.

CONTINUE READING ON WITCHES’ BREW

Put on your red dress, slip on your high heels and shave your hairline so your lace front is perched properly for the kids.

An all-star diva line-up comprised of Mary J. Blige, Kelly Clarkson, Florence + The Machine, Jennifer Hudson, Jessie J. and Jill Scott paid tribute to the great cities of soul music (Chicago, Detroit, London, Memphis and Philadelphia) on Sunday night at VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul event!

In addition to the head divas in charged, performances of the evening also included Chaka Khan, Erykah Badu, Boyz II Men, Estelle, Marsha Ambrosius, Travie McCoy, Mavis Staples, Martha Reeves and Ledisi.

Welch, Wanda Jackson and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings also paid tribute to the late Amy Winehouse at the special, which airs tonight.

LAUNCH RED CARPET GALLERY

Konichiwa bitches! Jennifer Hudson and the little lace front that could were all smiles while posing outside the newly opened Michael Kors boutique alongside the fashion designer during the celebration of Fashion’s Night Out in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday.

J. Hud flaunted her svelte shape with a form-fitting leopard print dress cinched at the waist from Kors’ Spring 2012 collection she paired with Salvatorre Ferragamo heels.

Disobedient lace front notwithstanding (damn you and the ship you came here on) Jennifer Hudson looked great while posing for photographs while leaving the Crown Restaurant in New York City last week. A rep for the singer denies Star magazine’s recent reports that Hudson’s engagement to fiancé David Otunga has been called off due to “clashing over Jennifer’s career obsession, commitment issues and reluctance to have more children.”

“I can confirm that the story is not true,” the rep told E! Online.

I’ve been trying to wish Jennifer Hudson’s affinity for absurdly dense lace fronts away to no success — and its really starting to piss me off. Her wigs have become a major distraction from her always beat mug and svelte figure. Leave that territory for Eddie Long to inhabit, boo! More pictures of the otherwise ultra fab singer/actress at the grand opening of the Jennifer Hudson Weight Watchers Center on Tuesday below.

Man . . . I love J. Hud but why she dressed like she works in October Fest at Busch Gardens Williamsburg Amusement Park?! She looks like a bar maid. — Kymara

I have a sudden hankering for a Hefeweizen. — Amanda

That hairline is my primary concern. — Rikki

She looks all sorts of when lacefronts attack the Pirates of the Carribbean while visiting the Wizard of Oz. — Lakechia

She was the cutest bar wench ever. I thought the hair was not a good look but overall she gets a B grade. — Auddie

I love J Hud. With that being said I’m going to talk about her like I do my own family members. Fuck what she is wearing that lacefront is killing me with those baby hairs. Child please! I love you though! — Darell

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Not before brandishing her Twitter Tech-9 first, though.

Comments made by Jennifer Hudson regarding her new body during an interview with the UK Mirror had fans of Beyonce and Rihanna seeing red over the weekend.

“All the fabulous clothes I can wear and get sent, I joke that I’m like a walking billboard now. But I won’t be taking my clothes off – no way at all. Beyonce and Rihanna can have that. I like to cover up more. I won’t do Playboy. Playboy can call, and wait. That’s just not me,” Hudson told writer Clemmie Moodie after performing at London’s Ivy Club last week.

Her comments were interpreted as anything but light-hearted to fans and they proceeded to flood Hudson’s timeline with a barrage of bullshit, prompting her to eventually tweet “I think [y'all] know me better than that. I love both Beyonce [and] Rihanna. I hate when people try to be messy. [Bey] and Ri know me better than that 2.”