Rihanna is reportedly on among a few names on the shortlist of talent who is being considered to play Whitney Houston in a biopic of the late singer’s life.

Whitney’s record label boss, and close friend Clive Davis, is apparently helming the project, and is trying to get a script finalized as soon as possible.

According to Daily Mail, Rihanna is at the top of the list, alongside ‘Dreamgirls’ actress Jennifer Hudson.

Other people on the list are Vivica Fox and Jordin Sparks.

Although movie executives are hoping Riri will sign up for the film, the Talk That Talk singer already turned down the chance to remake Houston’s The Bodyguard last year.

She told OK! magazine: ‘I hate it when singers do singing movies all the time, because you can never look at them as anybody else. I want to play a character. My whole life is playing Rihanna; being a singer won’t be a stretch for me.’
The superstar’s life story had been discussed before her death and the I Will Always Love You singer was excited about the project.

A source told the People newspaper: ‘Whitney knew about the project and was excited to see where it would lead.

‘It’s hoped the biopic will be as successful as Tina Turner movie What’s Love Got To Do With It, which landed two Oscar nominations for Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne who played Tina and Ike Turner.’

Whitney, who was found dead in a bath in the Beverly Hilton, is said to have claimed that she was beaten up by the devil during drug binges.

Her former sister-in-law, Tina Brown, told the Daily Star Sunday: ‘She was always convinced that demons were out to get her when she was high.’

Tina, who is the sister of Bobby Brown, added: ‘On one occasion she told me she was staring at the face of the devil himself… but it was her reflection.’

She claimed that Whitney’s legs were black and blue from self harming when high but she believed that Satan was responsible for the wounds.

Tina, who has served time in jail for drug possession, also claimed that Houston would call drug dealers to her home to prolong parties.

She told the newspaper: ‘She’d cut open a cigar, take the tobacco out, put in marijuana and the whole piece of crack and puff away.’

I wonder if Rihanna can even act. Seems like a very big project to guess if she can pull it off.

Who do you think would make a better Whitney Houston? Rihanna or Jennifer Hudson?

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Jennifer Hudson is still out promoting her new book: “I Got This : How I Changed My Ways, Found Myself, and Lost What Weighed Me Down”.  Here she is at a book signing in Chicago at Barnes & Noble sporting some funky polka dotted tights.

I was only going to share the one photo, but as I looked through the set, I noticed just how expressive Jennifer’s face is and it cracked me up.  Take a look at the gallery shots.

Have you picked up a copy of her book yet?  Is it any good?

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But outfits like this are NOT HOT.

30-year-old Jennifer Hudson showed up at the VH1 Divas show last night looking….. out of this world? Tell me it doesn’t look like a Battlestar Gallactica costume? I hate the dress, I hate the boots – I hate the whole look! I think her new body looks amazing, but it might be time to hire a better stylist!

She’s reportedly lost over 80lbs – which is pretty amazing, congrats!

Jennifer Hudson may by slimming down her figure but she surely is beefing up her digs. The award-winning singer and actress just made the purchase of a lifetime: a nearly $6million, 12,000 square foot, six-bedroom, seven-bathroom mansion in the suburbs of her hometown of Chicago.

The property also features:

“…a heated garage, a theatre and two laundry rooms, according to Zillow.com.

“It also comes with a luxurious kitchen space, a finished walk-out basement and cherry hardwood floors. There is also a large dining area, big lounge, a music room with grand piano and a games room.”

I think that will be certainly enough space for the singer, her fiance David Otunga and their 2-year-old son, David Jr. It was only three years ago that Jennifer experienced the greatest tragedy of her life when her mother, brother, and nephew were all gunned down at her mother’s home in Chicago. Her sister’s estranged husband is now awaiting trial for the deaths of all three family members.

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Christina Hendricks and Jennifer Hudson attend SELF Magazine’s 4th Annual Women Doing Good Awards in NYC.

Christina is definitely dressed down from yesterday! Wow!!

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In a recent interview with Self magazine, actress and singer Jennifer Hudson discusses that first time she discovered she had a weight problem: in 2004 during American Idol.

“I didn’t even know I was considered plus-sized until I came to Hollywood. I thought I was the perfect size!”

That changed on a red carpet, when “an interviewer asked, ‘How does it feel to be plus-sized in Hollywood?’ I looked around, like, Who is she talking to? Oh, me? I’m plus-sized? In the neighborhood I’m from in Chicago, a 16 is normal. But in Hollywood, everyone looks exactly the same, so I stood out.”

Hudson decided to take action when she was pregnant with her now 2-year-old son, David.

“I thought, hold on – why doesn’t anybody know I’m pregnant? And I wanted to set a good example for my son.”

She says portion control and exercise helped her shed the pounds, going from a 16 to a 6, losing 80 pounds. She said:

“I’m prouder of my weight loss than my Oscar!”

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Earlier today on The View, Joy Behar shared that on a shopping recently she ran into singer Jennifer Hudson, and Joy claims that she overheard the salesperson in the store tell Jennifer that she’s a size zero.

“How does that feel?” Joy said she asked the Windy City native, who told her, “I feel like they’re talking to someone else.”

Jennifer went from a size 16 to now, reportedly a zero, and the actress has been the official spokesperson for Weight Watchers since April 2010.

In January, she told USA Today, “Instead of saying I lost this or that, I [say I] feel like I gained 10 years of my youth back. I look 10 years younger. People say to me, ‘You have Jennifer Hudson’s face. Are you her little sister?’”

Earlier this summer, she told told People Stylewatch: “I go into the store and they try to put me in 4s and 6s and I’m like, ‘Who are you trying to talk to?’ My mind hasn’t caught up yet … I didn’t expect to go as far as I did.”

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