Jennifer Hudson

Looks like Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is channeling her inner diva. The former American Idol cast-off is quickly making a name for herself for more than just her singing. First she dissed her American Idol roots and now she’s thinking she’s too good for Soul Train.

Jennifer was scheduled to appear at the Soul Train Music Awards to receive the Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year. But the Dreamgirl decided she’d rather stay home and polish her Oscar and tried to back out at the last minute.

From The New York Post:

Jennifer called Friday and said she couldn’t make it,” said our source. “Soul Train” producer Don Cornelius immediately called Clive Davis…”Clive called Jennifer and read her the riot act. He said, ‘Get you’re ass out to L.A.’ and then hung up on her. The strong talk from her de facto boss evidently worked because “she showed up.”

Ok I’ll admit that I didn’t even now these awards were still on. But still, Jennifer should have been happy to get another dust-catcher for her mantle. If she keeps up this wanna-be Diana Ross attitude she’s gonna need all the sparkly awards she can get to sell for rent money.

Vogue diva Anna Wintour is probably sending her assistants out to find editor Andre Leon Talley and bring back his well coiffed head on a gold python covered platter. Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is loudly blaming Andre for that fashion disaster of a jacket/wrap/emergency reflective vest that she wore to the Academy Awards.

From Page Six:

“Jennifer was kind of sponsored by Talley and Vogue. Andre insisted she wear that hideous Oscar De La Renta dress with the awful, awful gold python bolero. Jennifer really didn’t want to, and so (celebrity stylist) Jessica Paster got her a beautiful gold Roberto Cavalli (gown) custom-made. But when Andre found out, he went ballistic.”

You know having your name at the top of every worst dressed list in the country doesn’t seem to be the best business move for a magazine that is known for being the voice of style and high fashion. I’m guessing Andre is about to go from being an editor at Vogue to serving as a very stylish footstool.

Now for the fun part, who should have skipped the red carpet. I don’t mind being bitchy about this because these women have buckets of cash and professional people to style, primp and pamper them before the show. It’s not my fault if they hired a fashion school drop-out or if they forgot to look in a mirror before popping open the champagne in their limo.

So here are my picks for the big fashion losers:

Jennifer Hudson may have won the Oscar, but that is no excuse for the Judy Jetson gold python jacket she was sporting on the red carpet. At least she had the sense to take it off later so she won’t have to look back on her big moment in that bolero…yuck!

Anne Hathaway in Valentino. What is with the ink spot on the front? Not only was it unflattering to her figure, it looked like a giant butterfly crashed into the front of her gown.

Jessica Biel wore an pink Oscar de la Renta halter that looked hot, but she gets marked down for her hair, too bumpy, and for her obiovus lack of a bra. It would look hot on her if it hadn’t been so cold in LA last night.

Gwyneth Paltrow. I may be the lone nay-sayer on this one, but I didn’t like the meshy, peach Spiderman dress. The criss-crossing lines were distracting and made me a little dizzy. Plus her lipstick is way too red for the gown. She needs to go kiss a few guys to tone down the bright red color.

Cameron Diaz showed up sporting an angular white off the shoulder something that looked like it came right out of a paper factory. It was one of my least favorite looks of the night. Right up there with a bald Jack Nicholson sitting the front row. Check the tape…he’s as bald as Britney.

So, that’s my take on Oscar fashion. Of course I spent the night in yoga pants and a tank top eating ice cream while watching E!. So what do I know?

And the winners are…no big surprise. Unless you made a philosophical decision to shun all things electronic yesterday, you probably know the Hollywood love fest otherwise known as the 79th Annual Academy Awards were last night. The orgy of celebrites celebrating themselves was fairly predictable.

The four acting awards went just as everyone predicted with the one exception of Alan Arkin taking the Best Supporting Actor Award and leaving Eddie Murphy looking like he had just been sucker punched (which he kinda was). Jennifer Hudson took home the bald guy for Dreamgirls…duh. And Helen Mirren and Forrest Whitaker finished up their clean sweep of the movie awards season for their royal roles in The Queen and The Last King of Scotland.

There were a few memorable moments in the mostly boring broadcast. Ellen DeGeneres was entertaining in her first date with Oscar and Martin Scorsese finally won for Best Director after being The Academy’s favorite bridesmaid for so many years.

And in one funny moment, former VP Al Gore, who made an appearnace with Leonardo DiCaprio to ask everyone to turn off their lights and drive hybrid cars, was cut off by music just as he “decided” to announce his run for president in ‘08…a joke that was a little too well received by the house full of liberals with checkbooks.

I just love karma. When someone pisses me off and I can’t retaliate, I always take comfort in knowing that eventually the unvierse will kick their ass. Now, years after ditching her gal pals in Destiny’s Child to pursue solo success, Beyonce is finally learning that lesson.

While Jennifer Hudson has been earning glowing reviews for her role in the highly anticipated movie Dreamgirls, Beyonce has been left out in the Hollywood cold.

The weakest link [in the movie] is the stunning Knowles. The camera clearly loves her, and her singing is not in contention, but as an actress, she has a vapid quality. Despite the array of dazzling fashion ensembles, and the effort to channel Diana Ross, her performance remains one-note, particularly in contrast to Hudson’s nuanced portrayal.

Oh yeah, karma is a bitch.

And by the way, what is Beyonce wearing in these pics from the Dreamgirls premiere? I can’t decide if she’s dressed as a birthday present or a really tacky lampshade.