BEYONCE KNOWLES: ‘Dream’ preferred

Songbird wows audiences in new movie.
By Kenya M Yarbrough
(December 20, 2006)
*And the buzz just keeps getting louder. As the release date approaches and nominations have been made, the film “Dreamgirls” is stealing all of the holiday hoopla.

The all-star cast includes Oscar winner Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, and Pop diva Beyonce Knowles and has the critics raving and fans anxious.

Though Knowles has graced the silver screen before, she told reporters that once she heard the Broadway hit was to become a film, she had to be a part of it and she had to use it as an opportunity to really show her talent as an actress.

“I’d heard about the Broadway play since I was 15. I wouldn’t know what a diva was if it wasn’t for this play,” she said, “So when I heard they were doing the film I said, ‘I have to be a part of it. I don’t care if I’m in it for five minutes; I just want to be a part of this movie’.”
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