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Chicago is a story about two murder
esses that backstab, lie and cheat. They
also sing and d an ce- in order to make
themselves stand out in the Chicago spot
light o f the roaring 1920s and the 30s.
But the real spotlight goes to Queen
Latifah, who has been nominated for a
Golden Globe Award for her role in the
movie as the money-loving, low-cut-dress
wearing prison warden extraordinaire
Matron "M am a" Morton.
She almost didn’t get the part. Ma
donna and Rosie O ’Donnell were both
after it along with 10 other major name
stars. She auditioned three times for the
part and finally nailed with her perfor
mance o f “When You’re Good to Mama."
“This story is about 1930s women who
were smoking, having sex and shooting
their husbands,” Latifah told the Daily
News. “Things don't seem to be any differ
ent these days, and people love to read
about that stuff and gobble it up. How
many stories have you read about Ben
Affleck and Jennifer Lopez lately? Every
one wants to know w ho’s sleeping with
who.”
Velma Kelley, played by Catherine Zeta-
Jones, has had a sensational nightclub
duo with her sister, until she blanks out
and shoots her philandering husband af
ter she catches him cheating on her—with
said sister.
Kelly lives the high life injail, enjoying
the perks, as long as she pays for them,
given to her by the warden, Latifah.
Velma also hires Chicago’s slickest law
yer, Billy Flynn played by Richard Gere, to
keep her notorious murder case on the
front page.
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the musical Chicago which is now playing in
theaters nationwide. Latifah has been nominated
for a Golden Globe Award for her performance.
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1930s women who were
smoking, having sex and
shooting their husbands.
Things don’t seem to be
any different these days,
and people love to read
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— Queen Latifah
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Then enters little Roxie Hart, played by
Renee Zel weger. Hart is a wannabe singer'
dancer w h o ’s entranced by C hicago’s
promise o f fame and fortune and winds up
on the row for offing her abusive lo\>r
because he lied to her about breaking h jr
into show biz.
Billy immediately recognizes enorm ols
potential in Roxie’s crim e o f passion and,
whilepostponing Velma's case, turns Roxie
into A m erica's latest sweetheart. The press
loves her, and Roxie milks it for all it's
worth, convinced she'll be famous when
it’s all over.
The jilted Velma, however, has other
plans for little Miss Perfect and sets out ,o
sabotage Roxie’s case. The two women
stop at nothing to top one another and
claim their rightful place in the spotlight.
Still, maybe there is room for two on that
stage, after all.
O r maybe Latifah should take the stage
alone to accept her Oscar.
“ I feel like I’m living in a dream. D on't
even say the ‘O ' word to me,” she told the
Daily News o f all the kudos and Oscar talk
over her performance as Mama.
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