Her first public performance since the triple slaying of her mother, brother and nephew last October, Jennifer Hudson's stunning version of the anthem before Sunday night's Super Bowl, stirred us all.

In the first public appearance for 'Dreamgirls' star, three months after her mother Darnell Donerson, brother Jason Hudson, and nephew Julian King were found tragically murdered in their Chicago home, Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson has been enlisted by NFL to sing the national anthem at the 1st February festivities to be held in Tampa, Fla.

The leading contenders for the 40th NAACP Image Awards unveiled Wednesday are singers Jennifer Hudson and Beyoncé Knowles, for their work in ABC television network and the film 'The Secret Life of Bees'.

Los Angeles  - US singer and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson, 27, dominated the nominations for the 40th NAACP Image Awards.

Hudson was nominated seven times for the prestigious awards, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the oldest US civil rights organization, announced Wednesday.

New York  - Two months after three of Jennifer Hudson's family members were murdered, her brother-in-law was indicted in the case, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday.

The Attorney’s office of Cook County State told MTV News on Tuesday that there was sufficient evidence for the police to charge William Balfour - the estranged husband of Julia, elder sister of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson - with the murders of Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew.

William Balfour, 27, estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson has been arrested on a warrant from Stateville Correctional Centre, where he was being held for a suspected parole violation.