Fantasia to play legendary gospel singer, Mahalia Jackson, in film.

[balloonoboy]

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Fantasia Lands Lead in Mahalia Jackson Biopic
It will be the first feature-film lead role for the Grammy-nominated star of 'The Color Purple.'

American Idol alum and erstwhile VH1 reality-show star Fantasia Barrino has added another line to her resume today.

The season three winner is slated to appear in a feature-film adaptation of the 1993 book Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel, which recounts the life of the late American gospel singer, a civil rights activist who was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The CAA-repped Barrino, who's biggest post-Idol gig to date was playing Celie in the Broadway version of The Color Purple, will portray Jackson on her journey from abject poverty in New Orleans to her rise as a global figure in gospel and early supporter of Martin Luther King, Jr. The singer died in 1972 at the age of 60.

The 26-year-old performer also played herself in the 2006 Lifetime biopic Life Is Not a Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story, which was based on her 2005 autobiography.

The film will be directed by Euzhan Palcy (A Dry White Season) from a script by Jim Evering, and goes into production in April in Pittsburgh and Chicago for a December release.

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Fantasia is 'pregnant with prosperity,' not with child, manager says

(CNN) -- Fantasia Barrino's recent weight gain fueled online rumors that the R&B singer was expecting a child, but her manager gave another explanation.

"Fantasia's pregnant with prosperity," manager Brian Dickens told CNN on Tuesday.
The 2004 "American Idol" winner is gaining weight in preparation for a movie role, Dickens said.

Barrino, who has been signed to play legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, must gain 45 pounds by the time filming starts in May.
This is great news.

 

[balloonoboy]

http://www.hollywoodrepor...ad-mahalia-jackson-97485

Fantasia Lands Lead in Mahalia Jackson Biopic
It will be the first feature-film lead role for the Grammy-nominated star of 'The Color Purple.'

American Idol alum and erstwhile VH1 reality-show star Fantasia Barrino has added another line to her resume today.

The season three winner is slated to appear in a feature-film adaptation of the 1993 book Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel, which recounts the life of the late American gospel singer, a civil rights activist who was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The CAA-repped Barrino, who's biggest post-Idol gig to date was playing Celie in the Broadway version of The Color Purple, will portray Jackson on her journey from abject poverty in New Orleans to her rise as a global figure in gospel and early supporter of Martin Luther King, Jr. The singer died in 1972 at the age of 60.

The 26-year-old performer also played herself in the 2006 Lifetime biopic Life Is Not a Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story, which was based on her 2005 autobiography.

The film will be directed by Euzhan Palcy (A Dry White Season) from a script by Jim Evering, and goes into production in April in Pittsburgh and Chicago for a December release.

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/02/08/fantasia.heavy.role/

Fantasia is 'pregnant with prosperity,' not with child, manager says

(CNN) -- Fantasia Barrino's recent weight gain fueled online rumors that the R&B singer was expecting a child, but her manager gave another explanation.

"Fantasia's pregnant with prosperity," manager Brian Dickens told CNN on Tuesday.
The 2004 "American Idol" winner is gaining weight in preparation for a movie role, Dickens said.

Barrino, who has been signed to play legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, must gain 45 pounds by the time filming starts in May.
This is great news.

 

[dame theory]

Gaining 45 pounds though? Fantasia better not keep that...she gotta donk...

She can't study her lines by herself though...

 

[dame theory]

Gaining 45 pounds though? Fantasia better not keep that...she gotta donk...

She can't study her lines by herself though...

 

[balloonoboy]

@ the constant jabs about her literacy.

As long as she continues to give me chills with her singing, as the movie will definitely do, she doesn't have to be able to recite Plato's Republic.

Some vids of the great Mahilia:

 

[balloonoboy]

@ the constant jabs about her literacy.

As long as she continues to give me chills with her singing, as the movie will definitely do, she doesn't have to be able to recite Plato's Republic.

Some vids of the great Mahilia: