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Hudson to join Sex and the City
12/09/2007 11:55 - (SA)
Los Angeles - Oscar-winning Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson is being lined up for a part in the upcoming movie version of hit television show Sex and the City, it was reported on Tuesday.
Hudson, 25, is in final negotiations to play the assistant to central character Carrie Bradshaw, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, according to movie industry journals the Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety.
Hudson rose to fame as a contestant on reality television singing show American Idol before her breakthrough in hit musical Dreamgirls, which earned her a best supporting actress Academy Award earlier this year.
Most talked-about series
Sex and the City - which follows the tangled love lives of four New York women - went off air in 2004 after a successful six seasons that saw it become one of the most talked-about series in US television history.
Filming for the movie gets underway in New York later this month, with all of the principal stars from the television series reprising their roles.
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