Why, musical mystics, why??

Mariah Carey is planning on turning her life, the one rattled by domestic abuse and being biracial, into a stage musical.

The Precious star is unsure about appearing in the project, and wants Brit Leona Lewis to play her onstage, according to reports.

An insider says:

“Mariah secretly likes the idea of Leona Lewis playing her. Not only is she exotic, she’s the only one who they reckon would be able to tackle Mariah’s eight-octave vocal range.”

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Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have signed on as producers of the new Broadway musical “Fela!” and will attend the show’s opening night at the Eugene O’Neill Theater next Monday, Nov. 23, a publicist for the production said.

The three stars are among the investors in the play about the life of Nigerian singer/activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones choreographs and directs “Fela” using the pioneering Afro-Beat style of music Kuti created with his Black-Panther inspired group, Africa 70. Kuti was one of Africa’s most well known musicians and activists and was eventually imprisoned and released by the Nigerian government on a currency smuggling charge. The singer died in 1997 due to complications from AIDS.

Though the three megastars artistic involvement in the musical is bound to be minimal, given that the show is already in previews and had a critically acclaimed run Off Broadway last year, but their presence and likelihood of promotion is bound to raise the plays public profile.

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Jennifer Hudson is one proud mama!!! The singer/actress was spotted at a free live concert and movie screening of “The Wizard of Oz” where she gushed about her little boy David Daniel Otunga Jr.

According to people.com, Hudson said:

“He’s the cutest thing in the world!” raved the Grammy-winning singer, who gave birth to David Daniel Otunga Jr. on Aug. 10. “There are no words for it. He’s the best. It’s just amazing – us discovering each other, me becoming a mom.”

Hudson, 27, paid tribute to the 1939 film’s classic songs with a contemporary interpretation of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” And it looks like her son, may be following in his mom’s famous footsteps:

“He seems like he’s very interested in music already. The other night he was having a fit screaming, and someone turns on the music and he just stops and calms down. And I was exactly the same way as a baby,” said Hudson, who played “Let It Be Me,” her collaboration with Rod Stewart, to calm her son. “Sometimes when he cries, I try to harmonize!”

But Little David’s growing affinity for music isn’t all that he’s displaying. “He’s a very rare newborn,” Hudson said. “He tries a lot – he’s turning over, he’s lifting up his own head, he tries to hold his own bottle, sometimes I swear he’s talking to me, or at least trying to. The other day he said, ‘Hi!’ – I swear, I’m not crazy. David was there too, and he was like, ‘He just said, “Hi!” ‘ He’s very aware.”

Take a look at Jennifer below:

Jennifer Hudson gives birth to baby boy!

When will the couple get married?

If you didn’t catch Fantasia as Celie in the Broadway production of “The Color Purple,” don’t worry – she’s going on tour with the traveling cast!

For tickets and tour info, click here.