So I'm at my desk on a Friday afternoon, slurping on a Super Big Gulp and reading today's issue of Daily Variety. The review of "Dreamgirls" so jumped out at me that I feel complelled to immediately share - especially what reviewer David Rooney had to say about Jennifer Hudson as Effie (pictured, far right), the character who he says is "more fully developed...than onstage, Effie is a fierce, wounded, pulsating heart of the movie."

Of Hudson's breakthough performance he writes:

"The emotional intensity is immediately pushed several notches higher with Hudson's raw, devastating delivery of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going." The anthem of proud desperation is forever linked to Jennifer Holliday's defining original interpretation but Hudson makes it her own, singing it on a bvare stage backed by mirrors..."

"An 'American Idol' finalist without prior screen experience, Hudson comes fully-formed to film. It's the kind of galvanizing [performance] that calls to mind debuts like Barbra Streisand in 'Funny Girl' or Bette Midler in 'The Rose,' with a voice like the young Aretha."

High praise indeed! I agree 100 percent and would like to repeat my "Out in Hollywood" prediction that Hudson will win the Academy Award for best supporting actress.