Dreamgirls Engaged! Jennifer Hudson Says Yes


My favorite Dreamgirl said yes to love this past weekend. Jennifer Hudson is engaged to her boyfriend, David Otunga. Otunga, known as Punk on VH1's "I Love New York 2" has been shadowing the Oscar winner for months. Hudson kept their relationship private until now. Her reps reportedly confirmed Friday that Otunga proposed on J-Hud's birthday Sept. 12.

Hudson, who stars in the upcoming flick The Secret Lives of Bees, split from her back-home sweetheart shortly after snagging the Academy Award for her breakout performance in Dreamgirls. I'm not surprised. Sudden fame often changes relationships when the partner can't keep up with the pace.

The American idol castoff has apparently found love again in Otunga, who has impressive credits himself. The 28-year-old former lawyer is a Harvard grad. Way to go, Jen!

Reformed 'Slut': Hooray For Purity!

I voted for Jordin Sparks to win American Idol. Her voice is beautiful but it was her wholesomeness that won me over. As a mom of a 10-year-old girl, I'm glad I did.

Sparks spoke up for purity last night at the Video Music Awards after the show's host Russell Brand (who I personally thought was funny) kept taking swipes at the Jonas Brothers and their purity rings. The teen hearthrobs have vowed to keep it in their pants until they are married. I'm not sure how long that will last, but since my daughter is a big fan, I'm all for it.


Sparks, 18, publicly has made the same vow and took offense to Brand's anti-virgin jokes. Before presenting an award, at American Idol winner told the audience, "I just have one thing to say about promise rings. It's not bad to wear a promise ring because not everybody – guy or girl – wants to be a slut." (source)


Since my daughter was watching the show with me, I applauded. I didn't clap because I think everyone who doesn't wait until marraige is a slut. I'd never talk about myself in that manner. I'm just always pleased when young girls have better role models to look up to than perhaps I would have been at that age. I am relieved to see that these kids who have every opportunity to go wrong are choosing to make the right choices and hopefully influencing our children to do the same.


If the Jo-Bros or even Jordin slips up, I'm won't jump on the inevitable media bandwagon and call for them to be burned at the stake. The fact that they had honorable intentions accounts for alot these days. Afterall, a couple channels over from Disney and Nickolodeon sex and excess are put on a pedestal and female role models are hard to come by.

Twins Are "In" In Hollywood


Anything can become a fad in Hollywood. First adopting children from around the world was envogue, followed by the Hollywood baby boom that had stars spitting out weirdly named offspring like Pez dispensers. Now, it seems to be cool to produce double bundles of joy.
A pal is blabbing that Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and hubby Pete Wentz are the latest tinseltown duo to be expecting twins. Fall Out Boy Pete, 29, and Ashlee, 23, were married on May 17 and announced the pregnancy soon after. The twins, however, haven't been confirmed. Pete, who likes to poke fun at the media and the ever-present paparrazzi, started the rumor himself when he referred to the baby as "them" during a radio interview. A rep said the twins rumor is not true. The friend could simply be misinformed. We'll just have to wait and see.
Other notable Hollywood moms who indeed recently welcomed twins are Jennifer Lopez, Angelina Jolie, Ricky Martin, Nancy Grace, Patrick Dempsey and Diana Farr of Numb3rs.

RANDOM CELEBRITY PDA: Will & Jada


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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith give us hope. Still in love and lust, this couple continues to make celebrity married life look easy, despite rumors of an open-marraige and other freakiness. Hey, if freaky-deaky works, who are we to judge?