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For Oscar nominee Jennifer Hudson, there was no question where she would celebrate her success in the week leading up to the Academy Awards - at her family's church.
"I don't do clubs. I don't drink. I don't smoke," Hudson told a boisterous crowd at Progressive Baptist Church on Chicago's South Side. "I'm not having no club party; I better have a praise party."
Hudson headlined a gospel concert named in her honour, "An Evening of Praise with Jennifer Hudson," accompanied by the acclaimed Soul Children of Chicago. Many of the more than 3000 people in the audience were non-church members drawn in to hear Hudson and others sing.