{"id":2444690,"date":"2019-05-29T01:06:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T07:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=841353"},"modified":"2019-05-29T01:06:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T07:06:33","slug":"watch-jennifer-hudson-honor-aretha-franklin-at-pulitzer-prize-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/watch-jennifer-hudson-honor-aretha-franklin-at-pulitzer-prize-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Jennifer Hudson Honor Aretha Franklin at Pulitzer Prize Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jennifer Hudson<\/a> made a surprise appearance at the Pulitzer Prize awards ceremony in New York City to pay tribute to Aretha Franklin<\/a>. The singer offered a rousing version of \u201cAmazing Grace\u201d at annual Pulitzer Prize luncheon at Columbia University\u2019s Low Memorial Library, which honored the 103rd class of Pulitzer winners.<\/p>\n

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In April, Pulitzer announced<\/a> it would be awarding Franklin, who died last year<\/a>, a posthumous special citation \u201cfor her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades.\u201d Franklin is one of only a few musicians to receive the Pulitzers\u2019 Special Citation for the arts and she is the first individual female musician to take the honor. Previous winners include Rodgers & Hammerstein, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan and, most recently in 2010, Hank Williams.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAmazing Grace, how sweet the sound\u2026\u201d remembering #Aretha<\/a> at the #pulitzer<\/a> prizes with (!!!) @IAMJHUD<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/JIYbX5RdHc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Columbia University (@Columbia) May 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hudson almost didn\u2019t make it to the ceremony after being stuck in the Midwest due to bad weather. As a tribute to the Queen of Soul, she decided to brave an all-night road trip to New York. Hudson told the Associated Press<\/a>, \u201cI looked up and I thought, \u2018You know what, it\u2019s like Aretha\u2019s spirit is in me. She didn\u2019t believe in flying, she would drive.\u2019 I got here in time, five minutes early to sing, because I wasn\u2019t going to miss it. Honey I said, \u2018If I got to walk, if I got to crawl, I\u2019m going to get there.\u2019 And here I am \u2014 so it\u2019s in my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hudson will play Franklin in an upcoming biopic<\/a> of the singer\u2019s life for MGM. The film, Respect<\/em>, is being written by Oscar-winning Thelma & Louise<\/em> screenwriter Callie Khouri and directed by Liesl Tommy. Hudson was hand-picked by Franklin to star in the film. She said in a statement, \u201cIt is an absolute honor to be a part of bringing Ms. Franklin\u2019s story to audiences who adore her around the world. She is one of the most iconic and talented artists of all time and what a dream come true it is to portray her extraordinary life on screen. I could not be more excited to be working alongside Liesl Tommy, a brilliant and thoughtful director, who is no doubt the perfect choice to lead the film.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Hudson made a surprise appearance at the Pulitzer Prize awards ceremony in New York City to pay tribute to Aretha Franklin. The singer offered a rousing version of \u201cAmazing Grace\u201d at annual Pulitzer Prize luncheon at Columbia University\u2019s Low Memorial Library, which honored the 103rd class of Pulitzer winners. In April, Pulitzer announced it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 20:15:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}