The world of weaves and wigs

I'm gonna have to give up reading if the world of celebrity gossip (from squeeky clean Entertainment Tonight to random bloggers) gets any dirtier. It's just not fun anymore! (Ok, well, Tom Cruise is always a little funny, but I say ban the coverage of all people who are famous for nothing, or nothing good: Paris, Nicole, Lindsay (i'm not convinced there is talent, or any left, Britney..)

The only story I have been enjoying lately is the feud between Beyonce (did she drop the Knowles? Take that, daddy!) and Jennifer Hudson, American Idol contestant turned Oscarbuzz singer and actor in her first ever acting role in Dreamgirls. Who doesn't love a good divafight, after all?

The concensus seems to be that Beyonce is not happy with all the attention Hudson is getting for her performance in the film remake of the Broadway hit. While I'm sure that marketing people and spokeswhores WOULD and may have stirred up a story this irresistable, I am also willing to believe it, mainly because it involves what looks to be a great, big, musical, fun film, an art imitating life imitating art imitating life backstory (Supremes/Dreamgirls/ Beyonce as Diana Ross-ish star and Hudson as the puffier girl who has the real talent), a timely Beyonce backlash (including the meanest and best rumour one can write about a woman, that she is/looks 10 years older than she claims), and sudden fame thrust on someone very unlikely but likable - a reality show contestant.

There don't seem to be any pictures of Beyonce with Hudson at the film's premiere recently, which sounds like a page taken right out of the Diva manual, and she has gone on record to say that she could have played the part of Effie but she didn't want to put on the extra 20 pounds. I can almost see the claws when I read that.

I am really excited to see this film and while I don't love all musicals, I love some musicals as much as I love my dog, and I am hoping to add this one to my list. One thing I know for sure, Hudson wears those bad 60's wigs much better than Beyonce. She looks like hell! What would she be without her expensive blonde weaves I wonder? Wonderful Dreamgirls trailer (note wigs at :10 and :27):

Speaking of musicals, I just purchased and watched a childhood favorite, ANNIE. I have to tell you, kids who loved this movie, it stands up very well today and is just as much fun as I remember. It's sort of pure as no one from the film went on to do anything else, aside from the pros who were already famous. Carol Burnett is still hilarious as Miss Hannigan, the drunken meanie who runs the orphanage, and Albert Finney is still and always Daddy Warbucks to me. I find it amusing that Tim Curry added this film to his resume so soon after portraying the most famous transsexual in cinema in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.(Maybe my beloved Hedwig is more famous now, if so, yay!) Also, for film buffs, you can irritate any film snobs you know by telling them your favorite John Huston picture is Annie. I plan to. Watch them boil as a fun party trick!

Britney photo source - Dlisted, who titles so many of his photos "sick" I think he must have 100 with that name. He also painstakingly researched Beyo's diva behaviour re:photo's with Hudson and reported on it on his site.

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