Well, I know most of you (me included, for the most part) don't get into the awards show thing. But I will say, a few things are coming out of the mix that are pretty cool: Maybe now Eddie Murphy's got a chance to do something besides endless Dr. Doolittle/Norbit-type movies for the rest of his life. Not sure he deserves an Oscar, but he was great.... Jennifer Hudson almost--almost--makes me think "American Idol" actually features people with talent. Of course, she was eliminated from the contest... Maybe Hudson's rising star will cause the studio to recut the "Dreamgirls" trailers that erroneously make you think Beyonce Knowles is the star... Forest Whitaker is *finally* getting recognition after years of quality work. Hollywood keeps creeping ever slowly toward giving Black actors more respect, as evidenced by the number nominated for--and winning--awards. The surviving cast of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" were all trotted out on stage together at the SAG Awards. How cool is that?? Best of all, some actresses' successes are helping in a small way dispel the obsession with skinny blondes in the entertainment industry. People like Hudson, and "Ugly Betty" star America Ferrara, who's said in the past, "...To me, the tragedy about this whole image-obsessed society is that young girls get so caught up in just achieving that they forget to realize that they have so much more to offer the world."..."I think it's hilarious when people call Jessica Alba or Eva Longoria curvy. Come on. They're not curvy. They're small. I'm curvy." Love Ferrara's comment on what Hollywood calls a curvy woman. I agree! Maybe actresses like this can help re-establish young girls' self-image. Of course, it can be argued it was Hollywood and Madison Avenue that destroyed it in the first place...
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