She is perhaps the most famous runner-up in music history. Her life story reads like a Hollywood movie – full of unexpected triumph and unparalleled tragedy. Yet the story of Jennifer Hudson is ultimately one of triumph over adversity. Jennifer Kate Hudson was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Born into a church family, she […]
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CHICAGO (AP) — A judge in Chicago says he'll decide next month on the request for a new trial for the man convicted of killing three members of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's family. Judge Charles Burns on Friday set a July 24 date to rule on the request from William Balfour's attorneys. Cook County prosecutors […]
A defense attorney for the man accused of killing relatives of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson told jurors during heated closing arguments Wednesday that prosecutors failed to prove their case. The state’s attorneys retorted in sometimes embittered remarks that the defense was clearly desperate in the face over overwhelming evidence. Actress and singer Jennifer Hudson sobbed […]
A defense attorney for the man accused of killing relatives of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson told jurors during heated closing arguments Wednesday that prosecutors failed to prove their case. The state’s attorneys retorted in sometimes embittered remarks that the defense was clearly desperate in the face over overwhelming evidence. Actress and singer Jennifer Hudson sobbed […]
Cellphones ringing during testimony at the trial of the man accused of killing relatives of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson so piqued a judge that he withdrew permission Wednesday for journalists to bring them into court. Judges Charles Burns complained the phones — which only reporters had been allowed to use — went off in the […]
Jennifer Hudson arrives each day at the trial of the man accused of killing three of her close family members with her personal bodyguards in tow. She uses a secret entrance to elude photographers, eats in private and waits for proceedings to start in normally off-limits judge’s chambers. The Oscar-winner, recently named one of the […]
