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Hudson says she feels her mom's presence

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Singer, actress and new mom Jennifer Hudson says she can still feel the presence of her mother, who was shot to death in Chicago last year.

Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew were gunned down, allegedly at the hand of her sister Julia's estranged husband, who is awaiting trial on triple-homicide charges.

"Access Hollywood" asked her if she can still feel her mom in her life.

"Yeah, definitely," Hudson said. "Wherever, wherever. Every day, I'm like: 'Wow, I didn't realize I am so much like my mother until now.' So yeah."

She said her mother was also the "strongest person -- woman I've ever seen." She said she and Julia remain supportive of each other.

"You know, we are family. All we have is each other," she said.

The Oscar winner, who has a newborn son with her fiance, David Otunga, called motherhood "the most amazing thing ever" and told "Access Hollywood" she wants more children.

"I'd like to have at least one more, a little girl," she said. "I want a girl and then maybe another one. You know, one baby at a time."

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Laura Bush makes 'Leno' appearance

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Jenna Bush Hager interviewed her mother, former U.S. first lady Laura Bush, for a segment on Wednesday's edition of "The Jay Leno Show."

Leno's "Ten @ Ten" segment was adapted to the Central Time Zone because the satellite originated from the Bush home in Midland, Texas. The series of rapid-fire questions was then aptly renamed "9 Questions at 9 O'Clock."

Among the questions Bush Hager asked her mother were, "Mom, since you moved home to Texas, have you received any funny housewarming gifts?" The former first lady responded: "I have received one very funny gift that I got from a friend of mine. He bought it. It's a Laura Bush bobble-head doll. He bought it at the Constitutional Center in Philadelphia. It was on the clearance shelf."

Previous celebrities who have participated in the new segment include current first lady Michelle Obama, Justin Timberlake, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Miley Cyrus, LeBron James, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, Ben Roethlisberger, Amy Poehler, Sen. John McCain, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Chris Matthews and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius.

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Walters to interview Palin for ABC News

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Barbara Walters is to sit down with 2008 U.S. vice presidential candidate and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for a multi-part series of interviews, ABC said.

The segments are to begin airing on "Good Morning America" Nov. 17, the morning her memoir "Going Rogue: An American Life" is released. Portions of the chat are also to air on "Nightline" Nov. 17, again on "Good Morning America" Nov. 18 and on "20/20" Nov. 20.

"The wide-ranging interview will cover Palin's public life as governor of Alaska and her vice presidential run in 2008, as well as her private life," ABC said in a release.

This is to be Walters' first interview with Palin.

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J.Lo's ex-husband Cris Judd gets engaged

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. singer-actress Jennifer Lopez's second ex-husband Cris Judd says he has proposed to Kelly A. Wolfe, his girlfriend of about a year.

Lopez and Judd were married from 2001-02. Lopez is now married to recording artist Marc Anthony.

"I am engaged!" Judd, a dancer and choreographer, told Usmagazine.com. "I am extremely overjoyed, and I couldn't be happier."

Judd said he and Wolfe got engaged about a month ago, but haven't yet set a wedding date.