Jennifer Hudson gets record deal. Many of you American Idol heads may remember Jennifer from the talent show. She is currently in has a lead role in the new Movie “Dream Girls”. After American Idol , Jennifer career seem to fizzle out but she has regain strength with the Dream Girl role and her new record deal with Aritsa. Alot of well known talent tried out for the role in the movie . One of the names that came up was Fantasia and Jennifer won the role over her too.