15-01-2017 05:00 via baltimore.cbslocal.com

Jennifer Holliday Backs Out Of Trump Inauguration Gig

DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Broadway star Jennifer Holliday has backed out as a performer at next week’s presidential inaugural following protests from her gay and black fans, further dimming the event’s already low celebrity wattage.
Holliday, best known for her Tony-winning role in Broadway’s “Dreamgirls,” said in an interview Saturday she hadn’t considered that singing at a Thursday concert by Washington’s Lincoln
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