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EXCLUSIVE: Andre Leon Talley: Jennifer Hudson Is "Doing Very, Very Well"
Monday November 3, 2008

Jennifer Hudson and Andre Leon Talley

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Jennifer Hudson is "staying close to her family" right now, says Vogue editor (and pal) Andre Leon Talley.

"She is doing very, very well. She's very strong," he told Usmagazine.com Friday at Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project's annual Hulaween gala in NYC.

Look back at touching photos of Jennifer Hudson and her family.

"I think that she has such strength," said Talley, who has been e-mailing the Dreamgirls star, whom he dressed for the 2007 Oscars. "There's so much strength within her that she's going to be OK. The message that she sent to me is that she appreciates all the messages of love that come from all the fans."

On Sunday night, friends and family paid their respects to Hudson's slain mother, Darnell Donerson, brother Jason and nephew Julian, who were murdered, at a public memorial at the Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist Church near the family's Chicago home.

Along with her sister Julia, Jennifer has also established the Hudson King Foundation for Families of Slain Victims in honor of their loved ones.

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