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Jennifer Hudson went back to where it ALL started!

The Oscar AND Grammy winner graced the American Idol stage for the finale on Thursday night with the newly crowned Candice Glover.

The former Idol and latest AI winner performed an INCREDIBLE duet of Inseparable.

Being the humble star that she is, Jennifer threw Candice the spotlight and told her to "sing it" at the song's end.

And the hopeful DEFINITELY held her own.

The fact that Candice wasn't outshined by Jennifer's powerhouse vocals only proves that gurlfriend is a true DIVA in the making.

Ch-ch-check out the performance that earned a standing ovation from the judges (above)!!!

Close call!

Last night, the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, held in El Lay, inducted the likes of Donna Summer, Quincy Jones, Randy Newman, Rush, Albert King, Public Enemy, Heart and Lou Adler!

And while there was a myriad of star-studded guest speakers and performers for the special occasion, including Oprah Winfrey, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters, and John Mayer, one expected performer was NOTICEABLY missing in action:

Christina Aguilera!

The diva, who was expected to join Hudson by posthumously honoring Summers' magnificent career with a performance of Bad Girls and Last Dance, reportedly canceled at the last minute. And her absence is now being said to have been due to

While there might not be a lot of buzz around Jennifer Aniston and the products she endorses, people seem to still REALLY love her!

According to the Brand Passion Index, Jennifer ranked the highest in consumer love out of the 7 celebrities that were monitored. The others included: Beyonce, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Hudson, Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Simpson, and William Shatner!

Seriously, Jennifer only generated around 2% of the buzz, but it was mostly positive! Her ex-hubby? Well… the news isn't so hot for him!

Brad got a lot of ridicule for his short-lived stint as Chanel No. 5’s celebrity, and had the second highest share of buzz with 32% of the overall chatter. The bad part is that he had the second lowest Net Sentiment score (-7) and a Passion Intensity of 44.

But who was the most disliked celebrity endorser??

We're shocked! It was JENNIFER HUDSON! She generated the lowest Net Sentiment score (-12) as well as the lowest Passion Intensity score (16) — people just feel smothered by how many Weight Watchers commercials there are, and are tired of it! Ouch!

Oh, and if you're wondering, Beyonce had the highest buzz! She just had middle-of-the-road love, though!

Sorry, JHud!

[Image via WENN.]

We all know Miley Cyrus likes partyin' in the USA, but this weekend she traded in noddin' her head like 'yeah!' for a double dose of hip hop booty poppin'.

Mileybird was spotted twerking up a storm in Miami at Pharrell William's birthday party on Friday and Lil' Kim's party on Saturday with a star-studded guest list that included Jennifer Hudson.

The blondie tweeted:

So many peeps I love birrrfday is today! Gotta celllllebratttteee ❤❤❤

— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) April 6, 2013

Girl, we're all about having a good time AND your scandalous outfits, but how many times do we have to tell you that smoking (below) is BAD for you.

So we get that you're

Smash's ship might be sinking fast, but no matter what night the show airs Bernadette Peters will ALWAYS be a star!

The Broadway legend will making a smashing return to the show on this week's The Parents.

This time Bernadette could be staying on the show for longer than one episode at a time after being offered a role in the fictional play, Bombshell.

Maybe she is the star power the TV show needs???!

Because Katharine McPhee, Anjelica Huston, Jennifer Hudson, and Debra Messing don't appear to be enough.

Regardless, we'll always welcome a performance from this bright-eyed bubbly icon!!!!

Ch-ch-check out the sneak peek (above)!

We're still feeling the love from our party!!

As we've shown you in photos and video, our 35th Birthday Pajama Party was the sweetest one yet — filled with all our best friends and most loving family.

Grateful really doesn't even begin to explain it.

Ch-ch-check out the super thoughtful video that was presented to us, featuring celebs like Elton John and Carly Rae Jepsen wishing us a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY (above)!!!

We want to extend a very big thank you to all of them, including Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Rowland, Taylor Swift, Florence Welch, The Saturdays, Usher, Kerli, Fantasia, Darren Criss, Matisyahu, Kacey Musgraves, Jewel, Kristin Chenoweth, and all the others who took the time out of their busy shedzules to send us good vibes on our 35th!

You made our night so very bright! THANK YOU!!

Today is a GREAT day, everyone!

First off, it's looking like Lindsay Lohan might be getting the treatment and help that she needs, in the form of a 90-day lock-up rehab stint! Then, we get a new Game of Thrones season 3 trailer!

NOW: It looks like Jennifer Hudson is back in the studio, recording new music!

The only problem is that it's pretty cruel of her just to tease that she's recording something new without even telling us what — could it be new material for Smash?? Or is it the ultimate news: a new album????

Ah!!

We can only guess — and also mention that gurl goes to the studio looking pretty fab!!

Send us some samples, JHud!

[Image via Instagram.]