HUDSON'S STARBUCKS GIG SCRAPPED OVER AGENT'S 'DEMANDS'

Oscar winner JENNIFER HUDSON missed out on a lucrative corporate gig deal because her demands upset organisers. The DREAMGIRLS star was slated to perform at coffee chain Starbucks' annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington, but the company bosses balked at her needs and pulled the plug on the show. According to website TMZ.com, the singer wanted five cars, hair and make-up artists, security, humidifiers and chicken wings all paid for as part of her deal. And when Starbucks Chairman HOWARD SCHULTZ saw the rider list, he cancelled the show because he didn't like the way the agent was dealing with his people. Sources claim Hudson knew nothing about the demands that were being made on her behalf.

23/03/2007 19:52