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THAT’S NOT REALLY A GOOD CAST…

Girl don’t look nothing like Etta…but she still looks good…

what the hell?

yeah congratulation to her .but i think she fell very empty in her love . and yesterday . when i got to http://www.bigbisexual.com , and check my emails there . i found she also had a profile there . as we all known . that site is a dating site . i dont know why ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Top 5! The thing wil Beyonce is, as long as she stays under the radar and doesn’t mess the movie up with her acting, she’s done a great job.

I really hope her acting has improved

Another last ditch effort by Beyonce to snag an Oscar nomination. I’ll wait until this one comes to DVD. Her acting is very bland an emotionless.

I might become a believer if she plays something other than a “singer”.

I think i’ll pass on this movie.

I’ll support her in spirit, not with my money. I’m sure the bootleg will be a hit!

Hey K-mia!

she shouldnt even be focused on winning an oscar with only a few movies under her belt. Actors work for years and star in several movies before ever winning, not to mention they are way more talented than she is. She is very self absorbed to think she could’ve gotten an oscar for dreamgirls. I remember a quote saying her false eyelashes made a better impact on the movie than she did.

Hey Aunt Viv!!

she’s an overacheiver so the more she is told she is bad at something the hard she works. I bet anything she will win an oscar one day. I will rent from blockbuster sorry bey.

IF THREE 6 MAFIA CAN WIN AN OSCAR, SO CAN BEYONCE…

she’s about to make a fool out of herself , yet again. this girl is a worse actress than mariah carey.

@a. keys….

she’s not playing eartha kitt. that’s just a rumor.

she needs to worry about keeping her album from flopping instead of trying to be an actress.

i see not in the slightest resembelance

but u know she had star power (Beyonce) and this will bring alot of people out

to see her in the movie. Rather then cast an actress who resembles and acts to fit the role

ITS NOT ABOUT TALENT ITS ABOUT CELEBRITY

LMAO oscar????

she stands as much chance of getting an oscar than mariah carey does. LMAO.

HOW DOES HER NON-ACTIN ASS KEEP GETTING ACTING JOBS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

DID SHE MAKE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL?

I MEAN REALLY,WITH ALLLLL OF THE TALENTED BLACK ACTRESSES IN HOLLYWEIRD.

OH THATS RIGHT,THIS CASTING WAS 4 NAME ONLY.

I GUESS THE PRODUCERS THINK JUST BECAUSE BEYAWNCE IS IN IT,PEOPLE WILL FLOCK 3 SEE THIS MOVIE.

SAD

bet you she doesnt win one…and if she does it will be for a song like three six mafia, not for her acting

Black people are HATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GLADE IS AN IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@GLADE

I AGREE…

I look at the type of life Beyonce is living, then I read ya’lls comments and can only imagine the type of life ya’ll living. Unless you’re a struggling actress, it ain’t that serious.

Co-sign with Glade.

B an oscar….after the 2nd coming of jesus….but peeps lets go buy her album whenever it comes out cos its going to flopp…..we cant watch another afr amer go down as we did with Usher…. britt is back and her vid on Youtube has been watched by more than 6 mill ppl already….lets pray that B will call Neyo for rescue

WELL IF U CANT ACT AND ALL..I WONDER HOW DID SHE GET THE PART??

***How is Beyonce not an ICON?? Explain that. . .when’s the last time a african-american singer had this level popularity. . .Janet Jackson’s movie roles didn’t get this level of attention.

@Hannibal,

“IF THREE 6 MAFIA CAN WIN AN OSCAR,SO CAN BEYONCE…”

_________________________________________________

Co-sign.

Actors rarely ever look like the people they portray. Remember the Temptations movie? Nobody looked like any of the Temptations except for Leon when he played David Ruffin.

@The_Truth…I have to check you right there, because Janet’s “Poetic Justice” DID in fact get this level of attention. We just didn’t have the internet back in the early ’90s for people to see people’s reaction in plain view. And why is it that black people are the only ones that are considered “haters.” Go to Perez Hilton . com and you’ll see that white folks are “haters” as well. Plus, an opinion doesn’t automatically make you a hater. I swear they need to bury that word along with the N word. Ugh.

I hope she can pull it off because from the things i’ve read Etta james was a piece of work….quite gully I might add.

Can B take off her nice outfit and out on the gully gear? If she can’t than this film will suck.

I will wait for the DVD. Beyonce acting is hard enough to watch. All I want her to do is sing and dance. Leave the acting to the actresses!

i think Kat De Luna looks like Etta James

She looks like a damn fool………

I might wait til this joint hits the dvd, or a bootleg comes out. Don’t think I’ll catch this @ the Movies. And I’m a moviehead!

Beyonce’ is a beautiful woman and she can sing her ass off. With that being said, if I were Etta James, I would be mad that a seasoned “actress” isn’t playing my part. Beyonce’ can barely talk and her attempts to act have all sucked.

Why is it when an opinion is broached by a black person that is not favorable it has to equal, hate?

I don’t think Beyonce is a good actress but I admire her voice and her entertainment capabilities.

Why must that make me a hateful person?

I think someone like Tisha Campbell, Jasmine Guy, Tichina Arnold should be playing the role of Eartha Kitt, Aretha Franklin and other entertainers. These women can ACT, SING and DANCE.

I love Mos Def. I absolutely loved him in Lackawanna Blues.

@ West Koast

OMG Leon really did look like David Ruffin. Felt like it was really him.

Sharon Leal who played the replacement for JHud in Dream Girls should be getting the roles that require Acting first, singing and dancing second.

I would not want a Teacher who studied to teach english trying to cover for my Math teacher and the same philosophy applies here with Singers turned actors. There are actors who study their craft who happen to be blessed in other areas such as singing and dancing. Those rare talents are known as TRIPLE THREATS!

DAM BE IS THICK

http://www.myspace.com/thagrindaholic

CHECK OUT THA NEW SONG “NEVA DROWN”

@dayg715

Beyonce is playing Eartha Kitt in the biopic movie. It was announced last week I believe. She can’t act and the role should have went to someone who has the talent but you know how it goes.

We don’t need other races to hate on us! We can always rely on our own to do a damn good job of it. All these blak blogs beat down on brothers and sisters who are finally doing their thing, I am sure the KKK and all white supremacists are having a jolly old time!!

Her acting does suck. But I believe she will pull it off. She is not the main focus of the film. The film is about Adrien Brody, the owner of Cadillac Records and it’s recording artists. So her part will work out because it is not a major part like in Dreamgirls.

Wassup Y’all. Whoever said B has a chance at winning an Oscar since Three Six Mafia got one…is RIGHT!!! I don’t care for her actin’ either but hey-its her world right now…

My bosses and I were just talking about this chick last night before I left work. We all agreed – it’s time for this girl to sit down, have a baby and then come back.

I swear, she better do this movie some justice. I love Etta James’s music, so if Beyonce screws this up I think the industry is going to retire her ass themselves!!!

Bad grammar. I meant James’

@wakeuppeople: Just because a person is black doesn’t mean you have to approve them. That is the most ignorant thing I have ever heard. I don’t care if you are green, if you entertain me, as an actress or singer should do, then I will give them their props. But just because you are my race or ethnicity, that is ridiculous. you need to wakeup, wakeuppeople.

Well I just wonder if she is going to have more than two lines to say per scene

Estelle Getty looks bangin.

@ sruabi

Oh, well that’s good to know.

I thinks she’s still trying to “out do” Jennifer Hudson (since she got an award and Bey didn’t). Bey needs to focus on getting “some soul” before getting in front of the camera again otherwise, the audience will continue to “see nothing” when it comes to her acting. This is different from that 4th grade stage acting we all did.

I am the biggest Beyonce fan in the world, but when it comes to her acting, I think she should just stick to singing.

She thought she was going to get the Oscar, but Jhud came in and showed her up. Beyonce please just sing

I agree with ALL of you on Leon playing David Ruffin. He was really good in that role.

What ever happened to him, what’s he doing now?

@ Oshie-LMAO @ Estelle Getty!!!

“AND I’M TELLIN’ YOU, I’M NOT GOIN’”

I can’t wait!!!!

Theres nothing more sacrilegious than a ghetto mama trying to give the appearance of possessing blonde hair. It’s straight up blasphemy every single time and hurts my soul.

@ MISSBLAZE 43

Leon was in a movie called Cover. A must see.

This bish needs to call it a wrap on acting. She plays the same role in every movie she does. There’s no depth to her. And to you smucking idiots talking about black blogs bringing black people down, yall are smoking rocks! People are entitled to their opinion. You do not have to like everyone because they’re black. GTFOH!

All you had to say was Mos Def and i was THERE! And at least HE CAN ACT!

Yeah, I can wait to go to BlockBuster or Hollywood Video for this one and Obession too. She won’t get my cash, but yeah in spirit she gets her gratitude from me.

Singers trying to be actors belittles the Art.

Do we smell a flop!!!!

Beyonce can not act!!!!!!!! She is phoney and it shows too well on screen.

White America loves light girls regardless if they have talent or not. She should really take a break.

Who the hell is Mathew Butt cuddling with? DANG! he love his daughter..lol

I’ll pass. I don’t think Bey as an actress or Etta James are that interesting.

Loves it! Beyonce looks great as Ella! Can’t wait to see this movie! It’s going to be huge! It will open in over 800 theaters1 What a smash! The cast is stellar! Beyonce you got the haters on lockdown this era. They are not going to be able to keep up with all your moves! Just love it! Love to see successful black folks making moves. One more thing haters, she’s also the executive producer of the movie. Can you say ca-ching!LOL

Raheem DeVaugn also has a cameo in the movie, as a soul singer with the last name Gibbs or something….I’m checking for that screen time, he’s adorable!

Sing Jill Scott! Pump up the volume on the haters anthem!LOL

Mos Def was good in 16 Blocks.

I’ll wait for the DVD!

Bey is about the most talented triple threat since Vanessa Williams and all of you just hate on her just like you hated on Vanessa. Granted her acting skills need improvement, but she can sing and dance her ass off. Give her a chance to become the best that she can be.

One word: BOOTLEG!

Sorry, but Bey is not an actress and I don’t even think she can pull this one off. Etta James was something else and I KNOW Bey is to quaint for the role. Shudda invested in J. Hud on this one because she definitely has the sassiness required that could’ve related much better to the role of Etta James.

I like Beyonce as a singer entertainer, not as an actress, these roles need to be given to actreses (hope I spelled that correctly) who deserve rolls like this, who have been waiting on roles like these…

Etta James has already said she isnt happy that Bey is playing her just like whitney beyonce cant act and will stop getting parts soon

Not for nothing but I go on this site at least twice a day and I seriously dont understand why you guys hate on Beyonce so much. I just dont get it. The women is an extremely successful, talented (obviously- she wouldnt be around for 10+ years) and beautiful BLACK women. Why are you all hating her on her when you should be supporting her. She may not be the best actress out there but she definately isnt the worst.

She is doing good for herself, let the girl live..DAMM.

::I REALLY WISH BEY WOULD STOP WASTING $$ AND TIME ON ACTING…CUZ SHE IS THE WORST @ IT. STICK TO WHAT YOU KNOW BABEZ…STOP THE FOOLISHNESS CUZ YOU ARE ONLY HURTING YOURSELF. LEAVE THE ACTIN TO YOUR LIL KRUNK AZZ LIL SIS AIITE…THANKIES::

I guess money can buy you anything these days. I wonder if wanted to design a building could she buy her architectural registration simply because she was on the forbes list. This is a hot role and a kick in the face for those who studied acting in school. Tisha Campbell would’ve been perfect for this part or the Queen herself would’ve killed this role. In all honesty this looks like another version of dreamgirls where Beyonce is gonna try to showcase her vocals. She got this role because she help fund and listed herself as a “coproducer” Of course she wasn’t gonna cast anyone else for the role.

Next I heard she is playing Eartha Kitt, they could get a great actress to lip synch the music,

Beyonce is not a great actress..

I’m so glad when back in the days they actually chose actors and actresses. If the Tina Turner movie had been brought out today I bet you Beyonce would’ve fought hard for that role and would’ve done some big payoffs. Luckily it was made before her time and the wonderful actress Angela Bassett still to this day is recognized for how well she played that role. And to think, she looked nothing like Tina Turner but in that movie you didn’t think about that cause she was so good.

Beyonce said it her self Dreamgirls was not Oscar worthy for her, so she was not expecting one.

I will give Beyonce this her work ethic is off the chain and when she sets her mind on something she gives 2000% of it. Her roles was not handed to her she worked hard to get it..

She looks like Tisha Campbell did when she was in the TV series little Shop of Horrors with Tichina Arnold back in the day.

or was the name of the show Rags to Riches?

LMAO @ all the negative feedback on ALREADY. Movie ain’t even out yet! I agree tho, Bey u won’t be thankin the Academy w/this one.

Beyonce should try to play a character completely unlike her self…then she can improve her acting range…

I truly hope they had sense enough to dub Ettas voice into the musical numbers. The thought of Beyonces “non singing ass” croaking out “At Last” through “her nose” is a painful thought.

I’m actually really excited to see this movie..Mos Def playing chuck berry!! I didn’t even know he could sing..Beyonce looks very much like etta in these pics but i’m just not yet convinced that she can tone down the vibrato to have a similar sound to etta’s raspy voice..but I am interested in how it plays out

mos def killed that singing part in lackawanna blues…I love him in it.

actually I’m NOT really excited to see the movie. I think I would rather see that Secret Life of Bee’s flick…

I need a break from the Dreamgirl/Ray flicks……

Can I get Bey to take a vacation. Can I get her and Jigga’ to have a honeymoon that’s longer then 3 days?

70 songs on a new cd AND a movie?

No wonder they been together so long they proboly don’t even know each other….I bet if they kicked with each other longer then 5 minutes they might discover they don’t even like each other…….

hmmm. just a thought…I’m just sayin’ tho’……..

@surabi…obviously you misread my post! The point is black people do not have to support all black poeple, but there is no need to NOT point out one’s success, most of the posts here including yours are just down right nasty and does prove my point!

I see nothing wrong with her acting. I have seen alot worse. For her to be beginner I personally think she making it rain on these hoes also Jennifer Hudson. But that is just my opinion.

The only one of the cast who can act is Mos Def. And by the by imo Jennifer Hudson was not that great in Dreamgirls. She was the “It Girl” at the time that’s why she won the Oscar.

the reason beyawnce said that dreamgirls was not oscar worthy is because she didn’t get the oscar.now what she should have said was that she wasn’t oscar worthy.

I have to give props where props are due. That Beyonce is a go-getter & I will never hate on somebody tryna get theirs. So whether she can sing, act or dance, put on a helluva show, have Jay-Z’s babies, etc she is doing what she loves and apparently happy so more power to her!

Damn B. Blonde hair ma-ma .. Dayum

Shame her camp is doing everything to push the album sales

She’s type casting her own self! Carmen Jones, Dream Girls, now this movie. She’s definitely turning into Leon!

she is trying to take on roles that will make her be seen as a serious actress. her agent is sticking to becoming a hollywood actress 101 rules …the best way for Bey to become an actress is to stop trying to look cute in every damn thing. she need to follow halle berry career. constantly being the cute one, or the singer isnt going to help her acting career. and lastly 2CUTE4U has a horse face that i am getting tired of seeing on these boards. i recommend rhinoplasty. they have payment options if you cant afford the whole bill at once.

GABRIELLE UNION!!!!!!!!

MMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!

WHERE DO I BUY A TICKET!?!?!?!?!?!

I am certain she will take credit for writing ‘At Last’ for the soundtrack. LOL!

i’m interested in this movie because i’d like to know a bit more about Etta James…hope Beyonce does her justice. as far as Bey playing Eartha Kitt, *long pause* don’t think it’ll work

Bey is alright but Gabby U. always stands out to me.

Glade(Check me out!)

Black people are HATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you can say that again black people was raised of hate mainly i tell you why alot of blacks did not have they mom and dad married together.

and sometimes i hate to say this but if you rasied by a black single mother she is full of hate and bitterness and her kids rub off on her and i hate to say this but it need to be said if your dark skined you cause drama with the light skins and then hate froms from slavey too its so many things lists goes on with this crazy ass race. most black kids wish for a father and mother to just be together and u know what that is what ever black child needs in oreder to have a heathly happy life if you did not have love in your home you wont have it later on. so i say if u did not have it as a black woman make sure yo ass have a husband then have kids dont be like them bring your kids up wiht happeyness and teach your black boys better then the new ones today teach them to have black pride and love they blackness self teach them how to be a man got damn it this race needs some changes.

Beyonce got the role in this and the Obsessed movie because her and her father produced the movies. When you front the cash you have the right to put yourself in the flix. Does that mean she should have played the role? Only time will tell. If we’re just looking at her past performances I would have to say no. I don’t have a problem with her singing I have a problem with her acting. She should put just as much effort in acting as she does singing and maybe she will get better. There are a lot of actors who study their craft and I can truly understand why they would be mad at people like Bey who come along and take leading roles. She doesn’t even start at the bottom and work her way up she starts with leading roles and that’s what annoys me. Busta, LL, Queen none of these people took leading roles when they first started off and worked their way up.

She hired the same acting coach as Halle Berry and Charlize Theron who both have Oscars.

She went to a Drug addicted facilty in Brooklyn.

She gained 20 lbs.

So it’s not her not dedicated to the role she just need to let go and become someone else and don’t think about how it “looks”.

I think keyshia cole would have been a better pick or some other actress that can somewhat resemble Etta James. i hope Beyonce does a good job. I really like Etta James as well as her songs.If the reviews are horrible, I will watch the movie when it comes on TV.

DAMN SHE CANNOT ACT!!! GIRL JUST STICK TO ENTERTAINMENT

SHE WANTS THAT OSCAR SO BAD AFTER JENNIFER HUDSON WON IT AND SHE DIDNT GET SH@#!

SORRY B I DON’T SEE A OSCAR IN YOUR FUTURE. IF ANYTHING MY GIRL ANGELA BASSETT’S OSCAR IS OVERDUE. JUST KEEP SINGING AND GIVE JAY SOME KIDS!!

She is going to overact…to the point that the audience cringes each time she’s shown. I can just see her whimpering and sliding down the walls after a fix lol I don’t think she’ll do well and I hesitate to pre-bash her because if you set the bar low anything she does will seem great but I just have to be honest…She’ll get props for her musical numbers maybe but that’s about it.

The problem with Beyoncé is not her acting, it’s just she wants to be and make everything= I want to be ICONIC.

But you can’t shine everywhere!! She is a singer,dancer,songwriter (let’s pretend it), songproducer, co-desingner(with mama of course), and now she wants to be the best actress, a movie producer!!

SO WHAT’S NEXT? Beyoncé the DIRECTOR with Solange in the leading role???

C’mon u cant’be the best everywhere that is not hating that a FACT.

If she really want to be considered as an actress she should focuse on it ( for a few years maybe)and STOP accepting the damn singer roles.

Just my opinion.

mos def acting > the entire cast

Seems I have seen this on some tall dating place yet,The ideal place to pick up women as far as i know __T a l l c h a t.c o m__ cute, hot , talented… whatever u can come up with…LOL

LMBAO @ I am certain she will take credit for writing ‘At Last’ for the soundtrack. LOL!

Actually her cousin would have looked more like Etta James that her. SERIOUSLY! I know it sounds like a joke. But hence the weight, & height! VIOLA!

ps..DREAMGIRLS was a great movie…

BLACKS want get far in this world because we have now became and probably as long as this world exist and turns….be OUR ON GREATEST AND WORST ENEMY.

I meant to say BLACK PPL ARE “OUR” OWN GREATEST AND WORST ENEMY.

@ very opinionated

You must not have gotten what MLK and Malcom were teaching in their later years and it was the content of ones character, not their skin color to support.

That is why we are going nowhere, we got all these devils in black skin, teaching our communities all the wrongt things, and because we DON”T GET IT, in terms of what Malcolm, MLK, Angela Davis was saying we feel obliged to support it.

We should support good character and condemn bad character irrespective of skin color.

If someone is a lying parasite then their skin color shouldn’t automatically mean they should be supported.

We got it twisted and so do you.

Until we can judge character we will continue to be led astray by our ‘own’.

I LOVE BLACK PEOPLE!!!!!!!!

GO GABRIELLE UNION!!!!!

GO OBAMA GO!!!!!!!

It is really a sad day when it is very clear and bright that Beyonce cannot act a rass yet she keeps on getting roles. Now clearly they dont get it at that Beyonce is overrated and not that many people are into her. Oh well when movies start to flop is when they will stop allowing her to act in these movies. She really ruined this movie for me and she did the song a diservice. When will people see the wackness that is Beyonce. Is todays society all about fakeness. Are we that superficial. I am so happy that I am an adult in this day. I would hate to be 12 and think that Beyonce is really someone great. Ha – SHe knows that she isnt all of anything. She is average with a great team.

OH well.

I agree that movies about singers lives should be played by actors and not singers who can’t act. There are to many black actors out there who could really play these roles well. Hey Hollyweird why don’t you give them a break.

You know I think it’s easier for a singer, or a rapper to get acting roles than actors. Please don’t let an actor try breaking into the singing business. It’s usually a flop.