Jennifer Hudson Assists Parker in City

Her instant gay audience cred solidified with one performance - the drama-queen-to-end-all-drama-queens Effie White in Dreamgirls- Jennifer Hudson has decided to preach it to the choir once again by getting herself cast in 2008's Sex and the City: The Movie.

It would appear that Hudson's appearance on the cover of Vogue endeared her to the fashionable powers that be (that Oscar win probably helped a little, too), and the former American Idol star will co-star as Carrie Bradshaw's (Sarah Jessica Parker) assistant.

This, of course, begs the question of how much assistance a character who sits in cafes, shops for shoes, and lightly taps on a laptop actually needs, but the inclusion of Hudson still feels like a welcome and adorable layer of pink frosting on an already crowd-pleasing cupcake.

Hopefully, she'll be allowed to sing, too.