April 05--South Side native Jennifer Hudson is a Grammy-winning Broadway performer but Monday on "The Late Late Show" she tackled children's songs with James Corden.
"I love singing well-known songs. Right, I do. And if there's one thing CBS doesn't love, it's me spending money on the rights to those songs," Corden said. "So tonight we're presenting a melody of some of the hottest public domain songs around."
Hudson, 34, and Corden sang parts of "Skip to My Lou," "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" and "If You're Happy and You Know It."
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Elsewhere, Hudson, who plays Shug Avery in "The Color Purple" on Broadway, taped a segment this week that's expected to air as part of the goodbye to "American Idol."
Fox is scheduled to broadcast a retrospective of "Idol's" 15 seasons at 7 p.m. Tuesday, ahead of a two-part series finale that kicks off at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
"The Late Late Show" airs 11:37 p.m. weeknights on CBS.
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