William Balfour is the only person detained by police for the murders of Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew. However, Chicago Police said on Tuesday it may be possible more than one person was involved in the murders.
Balfour, the estranged husband of Julia Hudson, actress Jennifer Hudson’s sister, is still being held on a parole violation after an arrest and questioning on Friday, but has not yet been charged.
Law enforcement sources told the Chicago Tribune that they are focusing on Balfour’s movements the day the murders took place, October 24, but that they are also trying to determine whether someone else drove Balfour to the Hudson family home in Chicago.
Witnesses have said the Chrysler parked a block from the Hudson home was driven by Balfour, 27, at approximately 7 a.m. on Friday, the same vehicle was later found outside a local high school. A security video showed someone parking the car there, but detectives have yet to identify the driver.
Music legend ARETHA FRANKLIN wants Academy Award winner JENNIFER HUDSON to play her in an upcoming film based on her life.
The Queen of Soul appeared backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Monday night, where she talked about Hudson being the ideal choice to portray her.
A book on Franklin’s life is scheduled to debut as a theatre production in the coming months, with talk of Hudson playing the soul legend in the film adaptation already in circulation.
Hudson won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar last month for her role as EFFIE WHITE in the movie musical DREAMGIRLS.
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JENNIFER HUDSON has ordered a special display case so she can show off her Oscar in her new home.
The proud DREAMGIRLS star insists the statuette she won at the Academy Awards last month will have a special place of honour in her new condo in Chicago, Illinois.
She explains, “I want to put it in it’s own case with theme music when you open it up.”
Hudson claims she might even give her new prize a bit of a makeover adding, “He needs some clothes, I want to give him an afro… Don’t tell the Academy!”
Hudson is still getting over the shock of winning and insists on taking her Oscar statue with her wherever she goes.
She explains, “When I got my Golden Globe (Award) I took it around with me for about two weeks before I would give it up so it could be engraved.”
She will also reluctantly have to give her Oscar up so it can be engraved adding, “I don’t like that idea, but just to get my name on it, I will!”
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DREAMGIRLS star JENNIFER HUDSON was stunned when EDDIE MURPHY lost the Best Supporting Actor award at the Oscar ceremony on Sunday and feared the members of the Academy had turned against the film.
Murphy was heavily favoured to take home the prize but lost out to LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE star ALAN ARKIN.
Hudson claims she was nervous about her nomination for Best Supporting Actress in the film and Murphy’s loss added to her feelings of insecurity.
She explains when he lost, “I was very, very shocked. Very shocked. And of course that made everybody nervous.
“We were all like ‘Uh-oh. Oh, God.’ You know, but he’s still a winner.”
Hudson ended up wining the Oscar for her role as EFFIE WHITE in the film.
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Kate Hudson has ordered lawyers to take action against several publications for printing photos and articles that falsely imply that she has anorexia.
Her attorneys say the pictures “suggested that she had an eating disorder that was so grave and serious that she was wasting away, to the extreme concern of her mother and family.”
Hudson is also said to be concerned about how the pictures will impact her career and reputation.
The National Enquirer, Heat Magazine and the Daily Mail have been cited as guilty parties by London law firm Schillings.
The case will go to trial in 2006 if not settled beforehand.
