Set in the turbulent late 1960s and early ‘70s, DREAMGIRLS follows the rise of a trio of women: Effie (Hudson), Deena (Beyoncé) and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose), who have formed a promising girl group called The Dreamettes. At a talent competition, they are discovered by an ambitious manager named Curtis Taylor, Jr. (Foxx), who offers them the opportunity of a lifetime: to become the back-up singers for headliner James “Thunder” Early (Murphy). Curtis gradually takes control of the girls’ look and sound, eventually giving them their own shot in the spotlight as The Dreams. That spotlight, however, begins to narrow in on Deena, finally pushing the less attractive Effie out altogether. Though the Dreams become a cross-over phenomenon, they soon realize that the cost of fame and fortune may be higher than they ever imagined.
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January 18, 2008: Hudson joins Perry:
Academy Award winning former American Idol contestant (holy hell, that's one doozy of a combination!) Jennifer Hudson has joined the cast of quite possibly the most successful filmmaker working in Hollywood today Tyler Perry's latest offering THE FAMILY THAT...
January 4, 2007: SAG Awards nominees:
The grand enforcer of actor rights, the Screen Actors Guild, today announced its nominees for their 13th annual awards ceremony (aptly titled the Screen Actors Guild Awards). The only real surprise is Meryl Streep actually getting nominated for her turn...
December 22, 2006: The Kingdom trailer:
Yahoo recently posted the trailer for the Peter Berg-directed thriller THE KINGDOM and it's not too shabby. The story centers on an FBI taskforce, headed by Jamie Foxx
and comprised of Jason Bateman, Chris Cooper and Jennifer Garner, sent to Saudi Arabia to...
December 22, 2006: INT: Jennifer Hudson:
There
is no doubt that Jennifer Hudson is blessed with a powerful set of
pipes! She proves her superior
vocal abilities by pouring her heart and soul in every song while...
December 21, 2006: INT: Bill Condon:
Academy
award winner Bill Condon has created musical magic!
Writing and directing a fabulous motion picture adaptation of
the Tony Award winning Broadway anomaly...
December 20, 2006: INT: Jamie Foxx:
Jamie
Foxx is charismatic, humorous and as smooth in person as he is on
camera. Not to mention, an
incredibly successful and talented actor.
Having gained notoriety for his...
December 19, 2006: INT: Beyonce Knowles:
To
describe Beyonce Knowles as beautiful would be an understatement!
She is absolutely breathtaking, stunning and captivating. Beyonce is
an international, award winning, multi talented...
December 6, 2006: Dreamgirls soundtrack:
I tend to allow a little
too much of my "personal life" onto this site at times,
including when my long-time girlfriend crushed me a few years back
(read my reviews from back...
December 22, 2006: Review: Dreamgirls:
Set during the 60's and 70's, DREAMGIRLS is loosely based on the all girl group, The Supremes. The story follows three talented women known as “The Dreamettes”, who get their chance of a lifetime to become back-up singers for a popular R&B star....
November 13, 2006: Update:Beyonce is a lesbian?:
Update: Well, that was fun while it lasted. The story's completely untrue .
The truth is that, in all likelihood, the news item I'm about to present will turn out to be absolute bullshit since it originated at WENN and their known to downright...
October 20, 2006: Two new trailers:
Some of you may have missed the update I posted on the "Dreamgirls banners" story about the
most recent DREAMGIRLS trailer and if you did, I'll reiterate that the trailer can
be found over HERE in delicious quicktime HD. From the looks of it,...
October 19, 2006: Dreamgirls banners:
Update: The incomparable Buddy-L just pointed me to the second theatrical trailer, which you can find in sweet quicktime HD over HERE .
Those crafty bastards over at "BlackFilm" recently got ahold of the nifty, below-pictured character banners...
October 17, 2006: Dreamgirls poster:
DreamWorks was cool enough to set us up with this poster for their upcoming musical DREAMGIRLS . In it, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson and The Other One star as singing trio The Dreamettes who rise to fame singing back-up for
headliner James "Thunder"...
August 31, 2006: Dreamgirls trailer:
A little while ago, BET premiered the first whatever-it-is-you-call-
something-that's-slightly-above-a-teaser-but-not-really-a-full-trailer for Bill Condon's upcoming pseudo-Supremes biopic DREAMGIRLS . For those of us that didn't catch it on BET (and frankly...
June 1, 2006: Dreamgirls featurettes:
After seeing the film's first twenty minutes and other clips at Cannes , the Big Guy (JoBlo, that is) gave the upoming musical drama DREAMGIRLS a pretty big vote of confidence. Eddie Murphy's performance in particular really rang his bell, with him going so...
May 29, 2006: Danny Glover Rewinds:
Hot on the heels of Kirsten Dunst joining the cast of Michel Gondry's BE KIND, REWIND, Danny
Glover is also now onboard the Jack Black-starring comedy. In the film, Black stars as a video store clerk whose recently magnetized brain (due to a power plant...
May 22, 2006: New Dreamgirls pics:
In
connection with our DREAMGIRLS
event coverage ( PART
1 & PART 2 ),
we received the first 4 official photos from the movie, including
the first look at...
May 22, 2006: Dreamgirls: Part 2:
CLICK
HERE for pictures from the film
As mentioned in my
previous, more movie-oriented write-up of this DREAMGIRLS
event, I
was never really all...
May 22, 2006: Dreamgirls: Part 1:
CLICK
HERE for pictures from the film
It's not every day that
one gets invited to an "event" starring Beyonce Knowles,
so even though the...
March 3, 2006: Presenting Dreamgirls!:
When
Dreamworks wants to promote an upcoming film, they go all out.
We were recently invited to a set visit for the new musical
called DREAMGIRLS ,
to be released by Dreamworks...
February 14, 2006: Eddie flies Starship:
Oh, Eddie Murphy, did you learn nothing from PLUTO NASH? Why would you sign on to STARSHIP DAVE when it seems essentially like PLUTO NASH 2? You
either have unflinching faith in the potential of sci fi comedies, this script is gut-bustingly hysterical...
February 3, 2006: Hottie Update!!:
First off, thanks to Col who, prompted by my realization last week that Sally Field was at one
time considered a hottie, pointed out that a "Gidget"-era Field was particularly hot and sent along this picture as proof. Moving right along, props to dk789...
January 19, 2006: Dreamgirls featurette:
DreamWorks was cool enough to send us the first official pic and a behind-the-scenes featurette for the upcoming muscial DREAMGIRLS .The film is based on the Broadway play of the same name and follows
a trio of women (played by Beyoncé Knowles,...
December 14, 2005: Foxx blows Leaves:
Jamie Foxx has signed on to the drama BLOOD ON THE LEAVES. The film is an adaptation of the Jeff Stetson novel of the same name. In it, an African-American
Mississippi professor, Martin Matheson, a passionate activist and outspoken protestor of those...
December 8, 2005: Dreamgirls teaser:
Somebody needs to tell the Teaser and Trailer Fairy to back off a little bit because all these teasers and trailers are getting out of hand. What's that, like eight thousand
that have shown up in the last couple of days? With about five thousand of...
November 24, 2005: Beyonce Dreamgirls cast:
Musicals are all the
rage in movies these days. Next year, 25 years after kicking ass on
Broadway, the Tony-Award winning musical DREAMGIRLS
will be coming to the big screen starring Jamie...
April 11, 2005: Beyonce a Dreamgirl:
Beyonce Knowles has signed on to star in the DreamWorks' adaptation of the Broadway musical DREAMGIRLS, a not-so-thinly veiled story based on Diana Ross and The Supremes. The project is being written and directed by Bill Condon who wrote CHICAGO and who won an...
