Jennifer Hudson reflects on two decades of success, new season of talk show
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Twenty years after her elimination from "American Idol," Jennifer Hudson is reaching new heights in her ever-evolving career. Her talk show "The Jennifer Hudson Show", which premiered in 2022, was renewed for a third season earlier this year.
Hudson said she has come a long way since her Idol days, but the passion she had when she first started remains.
"I've been so blessed to do so many things because I do it for the love, the passion," she said on "CBS Mornings" on Monday. "When I was eliminated from 'American Idol,' I'm like, 'Well, you still have your talent and as long as you keep at it, it has no choice but to give in."
Keri Russell, literally acting as U.S. ambassador, was deftly balancing yet another diplomatic crisis, in a rented manor, with prop champagne. And the plot, while plausible, was scripted. Asked whether it was over-glamourized, Russell replied, "The diplomatic world? Well, yeah, it's TV! You've got to over-glamorize it! Everything takes so long!"
Dua Lipa and Cher opened the Rock & Roll Hall Fame induction ceremony on Saturday night singing "Believe" before giving way to a medley of rump shakers by funk masters Kool & the Gang, rock classics by Foreigner and Peter Frampton, and a powerhouse performance by Dionne Warwick, bringing the house down at 83.