American Idol's third season winner Fantasia Barrino plays herself in a television movie that shows how the teenage single mother overcame poverty, sexual abuse and illiteracy to win the hit talent ...

In the small but growing ranks of "American Idol" finalists, Fantasia Barrino doesn't enjoy the same level of celebrity as Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Hicks or Clay Aiken. Nor is it out of bounds to say ...

Fantasia Barrino is to play herself in a movie of her life story – overcoming poverty and sexual abuse to win American Idol. The film – provisionally titled Life Is Not a Fairy Tale: The Fantasia ...

Summertime has always been very good to Fantasia Barrino. The singer wowed Simon Cowell and company doing her rendition of the George Gershwin hit, practically assuring herself the third season crown ...

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Former "American Idol" champ Fantasia Barrino will play gospel legend Mahalia Jackson in a feature biopic slated for a December release. The film, based on the 1993 ...