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On Nov. 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the presidential election, capping his historic bid to become the 44th president. Obama mania swooped the nation and the world as Obama was treated like a famous rock star rather than a presidential candidate. Presidents Obama's face turned up on any and everything that could be sold. The American way proved to be the Obama way.
* In November 2005, Jennifer Hudson was cast in the role of Effie White for the film adaptation of the musical Dreamgirls, which also starred [Jamie Foxx], Beyoncé Knowles and Eddie Murphy. The role, originally created in a Broadway performance by Jennifer Holliday, marked Hudson's debut screen performance. She won the role over hundreds of professional singers and actresses, including RavenSymoné and American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino.2009 marked the arrival of the animated family film The Princess and the Frog. It is the 49th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics line, and the first of these films to be traditionally (2D) animated since 2004's Home on the Range. The fairy tale is based upon a prince named Naveen (Bruno Campos) from the land of Maldonia is transformed into a frog by the evil scheming voodoo magician Dr. Fadlier (Keith David). The frog prince mistakes a girl named Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) for a princess and has her kiss him to break the spell. The kiss does not break the spell, but instead turns Tiana into a frog as well. Together, the two of them must reach the good voodoo priestess of the Bayou, Mama Odie (Jenifer Lewis), while befriending a trumpet-playing alligator and a hopelessly romantic firefly along the way. The film opened in limited release in New York and Los Angeles on November 25, 2009, and released in wide on December 11, 2009.Washington holds the record for most Oscar nominations by an actor of African descent; so far he has earned five. * For his standout portrayal of Ray Charles in the movie Ray (2004), Jamie Foxx won the Academy Award for Best Actor. * In November 2005, Jennifer Hudson was cast in the role of Effie White for the film adaptation of the musical Dreamgirls, which also starred Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles and Eddie Murphy.See the full content of this document
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On Nov. 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the presidential election, capping his historic bid to become the 44th president. Obama mania swooped the nation and the world as Obama was treated like a famous rock star rather than a presidential candidate. Presidents Obama's face turned up on any and...See the full content of this document
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