Comments on: Jennifer Hudson Album Drops in September

By: JudyOhio

JudyOhio — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:24:45 +0000

She is quite hard to recognize on that cover. I see JH in the nose, mouth, and a small bit of the chin. Other than that, no sign of her. And only the one eye is exposed enough to see a feature. They really didn’t need to do all that imo.

One of Fantasia’s covers has the arms up, chin up, pose….that didn’t look like her either.

By: sumidol

sumidol — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:18:09 +0000

I have never posted a link and wasnt sure how, I didnt mean to put up all the comments also, the article was short, shorter than what most people write so I wasnt sure if it would be a problem. Sorry

No one had to convince me the lady had talent from the get go and photo shopping is a fact of life with everyone, star or not. This just got me going because of the extent of it. They took a beautiful voluptuous lady and pretty much cut her in half and by doing that implied, to me, that she was not so gorgeous the way she was and I thought she was. Thats all

By: StevenD

StevenD — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:30:18 +0000

“You know, Effie would not stand for this, and neither should Jennifer. Neither should her fans.”

You know I think all Effie would stand for is singing front and center and thatÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s what Jennifer is doing, fat, thin, photo shopped or real.

As I said IÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m just happy that someone who I used to have to try to convince people that she had talent is finally getting the solo album that she has deserved. I think Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…â€œSpotlightÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ is a great first single that not only I can’t get out of my head it’s also building on the R& B charts and Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…â€œEffieÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢sÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ going to finally have her moment on the charts.

By: littlepark

littlepark — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:22:21 +0000

Ha, there is nothing wrong being photoshopped these days. Especially for people in the entertainment business where your image matters, no matter how much we would like to believe/say/protest it shouldn’t. But what is really laughable in this case is this “source” insisting that Hudson’s body isn’t photoshopped. Um, how stupid do they think people are? Bwah!

By: mj

mj — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:43:18 +0000

Please don’t post entire articles, and please don’t post articles without links.

By: Kat

Kat — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:20:43 +0000

And what image of Jennifer would be more likely to attract people who doesnÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know her or her work to her CD? The prettiest one possible.

Or maybe people could be attracted to her CD by her MUSIC. Novel concept. I know you can’t hear her music by looking at her CD cover, but if looking like a gorgeous sex kitten on your CD cover were all it took to sell albums, Katharine McPhee would be getting certified 10x platinum right now.

But add to that the fact that beauty isn’t a universal concept. The entertainment industry has a very, very narrow concept of female beauty; the rest of the world does not. Poll your male or lesbian friends; they’re all going to have different ideas of their dream woman. Some will want a long and lithe frame; others an athletic one; others want some serious junk in the drunk. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to appear attractive, but the media culture is stuck in this ridiculous rut that there is only one way for a woman to be beautiful, and frankly, it’s sickening. Maybe “that’s the way it is,” but “that’s the way it is” has historically been the defense used when…there simply is no other defense.

By: sumidol

sumidol — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:45:26 +0000

Because it is not just a LITTLE makeover, thats why. This same article showed her on 6/25 at an award show and you can see that half her body was removed in this little photoshop. Yes, her music and her talent is what is most important but this took the notice off of that just a little bit but of course we know she is more or less than just her figure. This article was with the pic

Jennifer Hudson’s Slim Chance
Posted Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:32pm PDT by Lyndsey Parker in Reality Rocks
Is it just me, or does Jennifer Hudson look, um, DIFFERENT on her debut album’s cover?

Seriously, not since Ann Wilson was electronically compressed from a size 16 to a size 2 in one of Heart’s ’80s music videos have I seen such a glaring example of what appears to be some sort of digital diet. Because unless Jennifer has been on Beyonce’s pre-Dreamgirls lemon-and-cayenne-pepper fasting plan for the past six months, this album art does NOT accurately represent the real Hudson from the neck down.

So, this looks like one extreme Photoshop makeover. But why? Jennifer looks great the way she is. Do the suits at RCA Records really think she’ll shift more units with her head digitally decapitated and then Franksteined onto some skinny mystery body? And do they really think her fans are unobservant enough to overlook such a radical renovation of her famously full figure?

You know, Effie would not stand for this, and neither should Jennifer. Neither should her fans.

And if this really is Jennifer’s actual body, then someone please email me the name of her personal trainer, pronto.

And that’s the skinny, for now.

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1. muziclvr57 – Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:16pm PDT
Whoa, i could understand if they wanted to shop just a little to be reasonable but this is too much.
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2. Stacey B – Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:25pm PDT
Wow is that really her, but I am not mad at her sometime peopel want a differnt look and for most full figure woman they want

By: mj

mj — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:26:43 +0000

I also wanted to share this commercial for a soap product, a kind of before-after photoshop : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdUggibS7Iw

Yes, that ad is very famous, and quite eye-opening. The original point I was making in my post was that EVERYONE is photo shopped, including MEN. Particularly on album covers, find me one that isn’t altered to look “prettier”. Even Taylor Hicks had his double-chin bushed away on his Idol debut. Why make a big deal out of Jen’s little makeover?

By the way, I love Jennifer. I think she’s really talented. “Spotlight” is catchy and fun, and I look forward to hearing her album in September. Her career is going fantastic. I think it’s awesome.

By: Nattevakt

Nattevakt — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:11:30 +0000

Hello, newbie here

I have to say, if it was not for a name in the cover, I will not have recognize her (and I just saw the movie Dreamgirls tonight).
I also wanted to share this commercial for a soap product, a kind of before-after photoshop : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdUggibS7Iw

See you folks around…

By: StevenD

StevenD — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:05:28 +0000

As much as I hate R. Kelly (and I do) if he can write a song for Jennifer in the style of Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…â€œI Belive I Can FlyÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ which would totally fit her then IÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m fine with it on her disc. I think all of these people just wanted to work with her because sheÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s such a special talent.

By: abbysee

abbysee — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:57:58 +0000

I completely understand the photoshopping, a touch here and there but when they remove half your body then that is definitely sending out the message that maybe it isnt ok for Jennifer to be the size she is?

Yeah that!

By: gelfling

gelfling — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:24:56 +0000

I’m more concerned about who is on her album. Between R.Kelly and Akon, she lost my respect. Add in the fake image and I’m totally disgusted.

By: sumidol

sumidol — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:32:38 +0000

I think talking about whether it is photoshopped or not makes for some interesting observations as shown above. I liked the fact that this beautiful talented singer was NOT trying to be an anorexic stick and then a photo comes up of her looking half her size and that is a little discouraging to some people. I completely understand the photoshopping, a touch here and there but when they remove half your body then that is definitely sending out the message that maybe it isnt ok for Jennifer to be the size she is? She looked wonderful the way she was or should I say is, because I do not believe this is even close to what her size actually is no matter what her site says either.

Either way though this pic is a pic of a very beautiful young lady.

By: ptslittlecomment

ptslittlecomment — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:51:07 +0000

Well yes, we can be disappointed but is it any more wrong than taking out a few extra lines on the face or changing hair color or eye color? It does happen all the time and unfortunately, mankind in general and the western world in particular, is attacted to a certain standard of beauty. It has been proven in several studies over the years that the younger, thinner, more attractive person gets the job, the better place to live, the more desirable place in society. Fair? No! Tragic? Yes ! True? Absolutely! Does Jennifer want to sell the most copies she can? I am sure she does.
And what image of Jennifer would be more likely to attract people who doesn’t know her or her work to her CD? The prettiest one possible. Look at it this way, it is already creating quite a bit of buzz about Ms. Hudson and it hasn’t even hit the shelves yet! This is a good thing.

By: dancingqueen

dancingqueen — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:41:36 +0000

She’s a gorgeous lady and I’m so pleased for her success. I’m not pleased that she can’t be herself, for the same reasons Kat noted in her post. There is no way I’d ever believe this wasn’t ps’d, I don’t care what her fan site says.