THE FACTS
Jennifer Hudson may participate in the upcoming biopic about the wife of Nelson Mandela.

THE SPIN
Despite what Mo’Nique says, winning an Oscan can lead to more money. Take Jennifer Hudson’s career for example. Following her Oscar-winning performance as Effie White in Dreamgirls, Jennifer Hudson went on to star in Sex & The City and The Secret Life of Bees.

And now, she may be starring in what could be another Oscar-caliber film.

Roger Friedman reports:

Oscar and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson’s supercharged appearance last night at Denise Rich’s annual Angel Ball gave rise to talk about her next project.
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Hudson, who won the Academy Award for “Dreamgirls” and was so good in “The Secret Life of Bees,” is now rumored to be in talks for an indie biopic about South African leader Winnie Mandela. Winnie was a winner during her years as wife of Nelson Mandela during his 27-years of illegal incarceration. But in later years she lost her way, getting into legal trouble and becoming a pariah. She and Mandela have been divorced for some time.

The word is that either the terrific Derek Luke or actor Idris Elba might be up for the part of Nelson Mandela. Details are still sketchy.

Winnie Mandela is all of a sudden a hot topic in movies. This summer, Oscar nominee Sophie Okenedo played Winnie in a BBC film.

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