"It was a quarter-century ago in Almost Famous, her breakthrough picture, that she first proved she could hoist a movie out of the doldrums while making the task appear as effortless as blow-drying her hair. Without her performance as Penny Lane, the rock'n'roll muse who describes herself as a band-aid rather than a groupie, Cameron Crowe's dopey valentine to the 1970s of his youth would have been Almost Forgettable."
"The years that followed brought a confetti-like flurry of romcoms, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Bride Wars, both smash hits despite their mood of seething bitterness. There were overlooked dramatic gambles (The Killer Inside Me, The Reluctant Fundamentalist), maximum-cringe misfires (the cancer weepie A Little Bit of Heaven, Sia's crass autism drama Music) and the odd effervescent comeback, including Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, in which Hudson was superb as a dim-bulb fashion designer prone to facepalm moments."
Kate Hudson emerged in Almost Famous, earning an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Penny Lane. Her vitality propelled that film and its marketing campaign. Subsequent career moves included romcom hits How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Bride Wars, dramatic gambles such as The Killer Inside Me and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and misfires including A Little Bit of Heaven and Music. Hudson delivered an effervescent comeback in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as a dim-bulb fashion designer prone to facepalm moments. At 46 she earned a Golden Globe nomination and likely an Oscar nod for Song Sung Blue, portraying Claire 'Thunder' Sardina who forms a Neil Diamond tribute duo with her husband, Mike (Hugh Jackman).
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