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‘DREAMGIRL’ HUDSON PREGNANT

Oscar-winning actress and songstress Jennifer Hudson is about to star in a new role: mom.

The 27-year-old “Dreamgirls” co-star and former “American Idol” contestant is pregnant, confirmed a pal who attended a baby shower for the mother-to-be in her hometown of Chicago over the weekend.

“It was a baby shower, a quiet gathering of friends and mostly family,” Felicia Fields told the Chicago Tribune. “They’re really trying to keep it kind of quiet.”

Hudson and fiancé David Otunga “don’t know the gender” of the baby, Fields said.

She wouldn’t say when Hudson is due, but the Chicago Sun-Times reported that the singer is about seven months along.

The good news comes seven months after Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew were murdered, allegedly by the estranged husband of Hudson’s sister.