OSCAR® WINNER JENNIFER HUDSON TO PERFORM AT 87TH
OSCARS®
LOS ANGELES, CA—Oscar and Grammy-winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson
will be performing on the 87th Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron
announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air on Sunday,
February 22, live on ABC.
“We’re creating several musical sequences for the Oscars and we couldn’t be
happier that our friend, Jennifer Hudson, will be performing in one of them,”
says Zadan and Meron.
Hudson won the Oscar for Actress in a Supporting Role for the 2006 film
“Dreamgirls.” Her other acting credits include “Sex and the City” (2008), “The
Secret Life of Bees” (2008), “Winnie Mandela” (2013) and “The Inevitable Defeat
of Mister & Pete” (2013). Hudson’s self-titled debut album won the 2008
Grammy Award for Best R&B Album and was certified Gold, as was her second
album, “I Remember Me.” This year she was nominated for Best R&B Performance
for the song “It’s Your World,” from her 2014 album, “JHUD.”
The 87th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby
Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised
live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars, produced
by Zadan and Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and
territories worldwide.
