ACADEMY AWARDS Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Wille D.Burton Make Black History

GIRL6 with a very uplifting and historical entertainment report from Hollywood.

Well, well,well!! Congratulations to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for making some more history. Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker were this year's recipients of the prestigious little gold man statue with the midas touch..OSCAR! Forest Whitaker received his OSCAR for Best Actor for his magnificent portrayal of the dictator who murdered many, Idi Amin in the feature "The Last King of Scotland". Ms Jennifer Hudson won her trophy for her break out-first-time-ever-newby-performance in the dazzling "Dreamgirls" for Best Supporting Actress.

As Ms Beyonce, Hudson's co-star in the film, put it when asked her impression of the nominees for this year's top award program,

"This was a great year for African-Americans in film. I am just so happy to be here on this night."

It was a good year..with Eddie Murphy Best Supporting Actor nominee; Djimon Hounsou, also Best Supporting Actor nominee; Will Smith, Best Actor nominee; Willie D. Burton, sound engineer extraordinaire and a member of a nominated sound mixing team for the movie "DreamGirls"(who also won BTW!)

Jennifer and Forest...it was terrific to have multiple mentions in ONE year to look forward to! I mean there is still a long way to go with nearly 80 years of existence of the Academy, and several more years more of film making and hundreds of blacks in film over those years, today's numbers in comparison may be small but it is starting to look like something we can look forward to every year now...names and all to be considered and honored for all their work.

I am,personally, just overwhelmed for Forest Whitaker!

This man has been the man in so many films. He has been such a revelation over the years and memorable for every performance he has delivered. He becomes something we get into, watch and when over--can never forget. Whitaker was the plastic surgeon in "Johnny Handsome" (1989)Who can forget his quietly, irresistibly sympathetic performance as a British soldier kidnapped by the IRA in Neil Jordan's highly praised "The Crying Game" (1992)? I thought the brotha was an Englishman, fo' real!

And as a director...well, he brought us his director's vision in "Waiting to Exhale", as well as his directorial skills in the Whitney Houston video for the song "Shoop-shoop" from the film. He directed Saundra Bullock in "Hope Floats" (1998). All this was followed by Whitaker becoming the host of UPN's revival of "The Twilight Zone" (2002-2003), and later executive producer of the highly acclaimed TNT original film "Door to Door" (2002) starring William H. Macy.

What more can we say? I tell folks all the time, "Idi Amin too strong for you? Then check his portrayal of the great Charlie Parker in the Clint Eastwood directed "Bird". You'll be convinced, Forest Whitaker is one of the greats.

Academy Award winner, and winner of the Golden Globe Jennifer Hudson

(those words will always precede your name whenever you are introduced)...well girlfriend, you showed that Simon Cowell didn't you? He said you had no "depth", over the top and would never get a recording deal.

"You only get one chance at it, and the people who don't win will never be seen again."Simon Cowell to Jennifer Hudson backstage at American Idol, as re-told by Jennifer Hudson

Hold up that OSCAR girl!! You are the poster girl now for every negative comment, let down, and insult ever voiced by Cowell to the contestants on that American Idol show and now they can just keep going 'cause they know there is a real possibility of success for them if they choose to continue to pursue a dream. They may have or hold on to hope in their heart after he delivers a blow to try and shatter them. You are the perfect reason NO ONE should take HIM seriously at all!

I LOVE IT! I will nothing but continued success for this young sister and all that will come her way. I also appreciate the honors publicly she has given to Jennifer Holliday who created Effie( the character Hudson portrayed in the movie version of the Broadway play from 25 years ago), and also to the late Florence Ballard, the Supreme who suffered so but whose spirit embodied Effie. These ladies must never be forgotten.

For Eddie, Djimon and Will--their day will come too. I just know it.

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