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Oscar win at the 79th
Academy Awards, 2007
American Idol,
Season 3, 2004
Recently, she had a big idea that took her out
of town. " You know, I now love Santa Barbara!
I was like, 'Ooooh, I want to go whale watching.'
Because I love the water. Th en I learned how
to ice-skate. Riding horses, I got to do that too.
And so now I'm like, 'Ooh, what else can I do? "
Hudson loves to get behind the wheel-the
destination isn't important. She loves driving
up to Montecito or down to San Diego. " I don't
care where. I even love my commute to work
or driving to Santa Barbara or going to Nobu
in Malibu. Or shopping in Malibu. Or even
driving up the hills. " She loves the autonomy
she feels behind the wheel. " It's like, oh my
God, it's so inspiring to me, so therapeutic. And
we do stop for snacks, baby. "
O
f course, fast food is essential
California. Hudson loves a drivethru.
She starts to sing: I lo-loooove
In-N-Out. " Th at's one of my
favorites! You know, I used to work at a drivethru.
Th at was one of my fi rst jobs. I worked
at Burger King. When I was 16 years old. Th at
was my start. I used that opportunity on that
microphone! When that thing said, 'Beep' and
them cars were pulling up, I used to sing to
those people down in that driveway. "
As it turns out, her manager was a club
promoter. " He hired me aft er that to sing at the
clubs. And so I was like, 'Wait a minute. I'm
making more money singing at the clubs than I
am working this drive-thru. So how about I go
make my living singing?' And that's what I started
doing. And then all of it led to where I am today. "
Hudson, you see, she knows how to string it all
together. Another good example? When she received
her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013.
" I remember being there, thinking like, 'How
did I get this? Do I deserve this?' And then I
stepped out on the balcony and saw everything
out there I was attached to. I was at the Kodak
Th eatre. I won the Oscar there and it's where the
American Idol fi nale was. And I looked across
the street, and there was a musical running at
the theater. It was Lion King. It was kinda like
spelling out my career to me because I did that
on the cruise ship, and that's what led me to
Idol. I got off that ship and went straight to the
audition. Th en I saw the Ripley's Believe It or
Not! on Highland. Th at was the fi rst place I took
my family when they came out here. "
" Today I get to see just how big California is, "
she says, sighing. " It's even big enough for all
my dreams. "
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Final performance in
The Color Purple, 2016
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