DREAMGIRLS: Holliday and Ralph Interviews

Very um... interesting... radio interviews with Sheryl Lee and especially Holliday...

http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/holidays06/dreamgirls

And Ms. Ralph is gracious as always.

And it's nice she's setting the record straight about the Diana Ross story.

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Sheryl Lee Ralph's interview was gracious and honest. Loved it. But Hollidays interview was... just. sad.

-Oh god she is so dilluted; she says she "arranged" the original song [yet did it in one take].
-I am upset they didn't give a cameo to an original to keep the connection to history [hello, Ms. Divine].

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Well listen to SLR's...it is so refreshing after hearing the same crap from Holliday --- Ms. Ralph is so generous with her history and so humble...

"I had my time...I paved that road; and is a beautiful one." So amazing.


I'd love to see her back on the stage.

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Updated On: 12/12/06 at 10:46 PM

She makes me sick! She does not HAVE to get the nom, she is going to because she is wonderful in the role. She does not just sing in the movie, she acts ms holliday.

Holliday made it seem like they are just giving her the nom because it has to do with music. I was just stating that Hudson also acts.(well)

it pissed me off that Holliday was just dismissing Jennifer and saying "oh they'll give her a nomination because theres nothing else out..."

so bitter!!

and when she said "she now has a record deal with clive davis, and oscar nomination, awards and accolades..." and she was saying it so nasty and mean... she was pretty much saying that Jennifer has everything she wants!

I loved Sheryl Lee Ralphs interview... did anyone else get the feeling she was directing half her interview towards Holliday? when she was saying "i had my time... i need to step back and let the new ones shine... i paved the road for them and now its their turn... " etc etc

like she was telling Holliday... shut your damn mouth fool.

The interviewer needs to do some girl group research before interviewing about this film.

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Please everybody! give the woman a break, she suffers from a long history of clinical depression...she may just be going thru another period where she feels that she is obsolete. It's hard to long for love from so many areas(for her a marriage and stardom) and have them both "reject" you. Even if that is not the case, people who have no control over their chemical imbalances can easily miss the warning signs that they are sinking....I hope that she finds some peace soon.
Secondly, if she is as broke as she claims, she may not be able to afford costly medicine and/or counseling. The media is often seen as free therapy for the stars. Maybe this is her venue. The woman may be talking to the mics and cameras to keep from crawling back into her own world and making another attempt to take her own life. Everyone obviously knows that Jennifer Hudson is well deserving of her accolades. Everyone is aware that Jennifer Holliday is feeling like a non-entity. The woman feels like she is being replaced- by a younger, spritelier, vocal powerhouse, image of herself who can also act on film(and right now is less difficult to work with)! she even has the same initials!!! It is easy to see why she(Jholl) can distort hollywood preferences into personal rejection.
Lastly, the film producers and all of the powers that be should not play games with her. Don't invite her to openings or premiers and then take them away under the pretense of an "error in printing". Have the decency to tell the truth- they have already told her the truth about her age and her time to be in the spotlight- they should tell her that she has made some caustic remarks and people are uncomfortable trusting her in a venue that garners publicity.
In other words, things are going great and are going to be great for Jhud and all of the other stars of dreamgirls. that reality alone should allow us to have some compassion for a woman who -for whatever reason- thinks that unless she is out front, she has no value. May you find peace in this whole situation Jennifer Holliday! And Jennifer Hudson, May you not be afraid to shine...with empathy

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now that i totally agree with...i just think that when people have been are clinically depressed, they aren't always able to see from the outside that their actions are destructive, until they have come out of it...having dealt with both people who are depressed because of a situation (they usually can at some point take themselves in hand and get off the trainwreck), and those who are diagnosed as clinically depressed (they live in a state of depression interrupted by periods of "regular" behavior) we are expectin something of her that even at 40+ years old, she is just not able to do. I have no relation to this woman, but someone who so obviously thrives on public acceptance and affection is clearly not operating with all of her healthy coping mechanisms...for that -even though i am a fan of all involved in this movie, even though i wish she would mellow out- i am not inclined to suggest that she is doing this JUST because she WON'T get over it. I think that she just may be stuck in this place and CANT move beyond it without intervention. But you are absolutely right that it is not ok,

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LOL funny the thing about perspective is that everyone has a different one. Who's perspective shall I put it in? No one here knows what really is going on. Everyone here is just speculating.

dbl post

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Updated On: 12/13/06 at 11:49 AM