{"id":2203388,"date":"2025-12-17T21:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2203388"},"modified":"2025-12-17T21:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:59:16","slug":"kate-hudson-hugh-jackman-on-song-sung-blue-neil-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kate-hudson-hugh-jackman-on-song-sung-blue-neil-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Hudson, Hugh Jackman on \u2018Song Sung Blue,\u2019 Neil Diamond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article_content\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"article-byline\"> By <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"reporter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/by\/leah-marieann-klett\"> Leah MarieAnn Klett<\/a><span class=\"quiet\">, Assistant Editor <time datetime=\"Wednesday, December 17, 2025\" itemprop=\"datePublished dateModified\">Wednesday, December 17, 2025<\/time><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"reporter-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leahmarieann\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/assets\/img\/twitter-color.svg\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<figure data-index=\"0\" class=\"img-box align-center center\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><picture width=\"850\" height=\"507\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.christianpost.com\/images\/cache\/image\/15\/80\/158056_w_850_507.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.christianpost.com\/images\/cache\/image\/15\/80\/158056_w_850_507.png\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" alt=\"Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman star in \" song=\"\" sung=\"\" blue=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"507\"\/><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption\"><span class=\"photo-des\">Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman star in &#8220;Song Sung Blue&#8221;<\/span> | <span class=\"credit\">Focus Features<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On paper, Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson\u2019s \u201cSong Sung Blue\u201d might sound like a familiar movie plot: a struggling couple, a shared dream and music as a means of freedom and joy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But what makes Craig Brewer\u2019s latest film refreshing is its emotional weight and insistence that ordinary lives, when stitched together by love and perseverance, can become something remarkable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Based on Greg Kohs\u2019 2008 documentary of the same name, \u201cSong Sung Blue\u201d tells the true story of Mike Sardina, a Milwaukee auto mechanic and Vietnam veteran, and Claire Stengl, a hairdresser, who meet late in life and form a Neil Diamond tribute act, \u201cLightning and Thunder: The Neil Diamond Experience,\u201d that becomes both an unexpected local sensation and a lifeline for the couple.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Set largely in the late 1980s, the film follows their romance, marriage and blended family alongside their improbable rise as performers. It\u2019s a story rooted in setbacks, including addiction recovery, divorce, depression and financial strain, but also in the joy of showing up, again and again, for one another.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kate Hudson stars as Claire, a Midwestern mother navigating mental health struggles, broken relationships and the hope that comes from being truly seen. According to the \u201cAlmost Famous\u201d actress, who has already been nominated for a Golden Globe for the role, the film offered the chance to highlight the beauty of community, and how often grief and joy go hand-in-hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about having someone in your life that believes in you when it\u2019s hard to believe in yourself,\u201d the 46-year-old actress told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/video#\/channel\/3771\/jnetm2kljjzuex2qgqywuscyjfsdcusw?tab=pl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Christian Post.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s about building a unit and a community that is supportive and cares for each other and builds each other up. It\u2019s about the power of music. &#8230; For Claire and Mike, their shared love and passion [for music] brings them this immense amount of joy, and they fall in love through it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/embed\/f522f0a2237f.html\" width=\"100%\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hugh Jackman, who plays Mike, is no stranger to musical performance or big-hearted dreamers, starring in \u201cThe Greatest Show\u201d and several runs on Broadway. Yet in \u201cSong Sung Blue,\u201d he portrays a man performing as Neil Diamond not to escape his reality, but to make sense of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe in the power of music and of art,\u201d Jackman told CP. \u201cI think it connects people. It\u2019s a language we all learn and understand. It doesn\u2019t matter where you\u2019re from, how old you are, what you\u2019ve been through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the 57-year-old native of Australia, the role offered a chance to reflect on how music functions beyond entertainment as memory and a source of comfort amid suffering.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly have had music that I\u2019ve lent on I listen to over and over again,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd there\u2019s music I\u2019ve cried to, there\u2019s music I walk to, dance to, cook to \u2014 music I listen to with different people in my life that it just means so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That emotional accessibility is part of what makes Diamond\u2019s catalog so central to \u201cSong Sung Blue.\u201d The sense of shared longing and the desire to be understood runs through the film; Mike and Claire do not conquer their struggles in dramatic fashion, but through a commitment to one another and their marriage in sickness and in health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Claire and Mike] fall in love through this moment where they\u2019re singing together,\u201d Hudson reflected. \u201cThere are so many themes in this film that, at the core, are really about love.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cSong Sung Blue,\u201d Diamond&#8217;s songs are played out in full, including \u201cHolly Holy,\u201d \u201cPlay Me\u201d and \u201cBrother Love\u2019s Traveling Salvation Show.\u201d \u201cLightning and Thunder: The Neil Diamond Experience\u201d catches the attention of Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Veder, who asks them to open for his band when they play a big show in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the film, and through Hudson and Jackman\u2019s vocal talent, viewers are given the tongue-in-cheek reminder that Diamond, now 84, has an impressive catalog beyond \u201cSweet Caroline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been so great getting to discover [Neil\u2019s] catalog,\u201d Jackman said. \u201cAll of his incredible songs and those amazing lyrics, I think he\u2019s underestimated as a lyricist, as a songwriter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, he\u2019s one of the great live performers of all time, but I think his music is so soulful, and it really speaks to the human experience, how there is something we fight, a loneliness, this feeling of separation. Does anyone understand it? We have this desire to connect and share it, and through music, Neil does that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through creating \u201cSong Sung Blue,\u201d Hudson said she was struck by Diamond\u2019s artistic genius and sheer volume of his catalog. Diamond has sold over 140 million albums and been inducted into the Songwriters and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t my generation of music, so Neil Diamond became a real discovery for me, and his catalog is just insane,\u201d Hudson said. \u201cYou can\u2019t even imagine the songs that he\u2019s written that he didn\u2019t even make, actually, as famous. He\u2019s just been a songwriter for so many years and has written so many hit songs. It\u2019s wild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackman said he hopes the film serves as a \u201clove letter\u201d to Diamond and his remarkable ability to understand the human experience and provide comfort, hope and joy through song.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully,\u201d he added, \u201cthe movie&#8217;s gonna do the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSong Sung Blue,\u201d directed and written by Brewer and produced by Focus Features, also stars Michael Imperioli, Ella Anderson, Fisher Stevens and Jim Belushi. The film is rated PG-13 for thematic material, some strong language, some sexual material and brief drug use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSong Sung Blue\u201d opens in theaters on Christmas Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article_credit\">\n<p>Leah M. Klett is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/mailto:leah.klett@christianpost.com\">leah.klett@christianpost.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.christianpost.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman star in &#8220;Song Sung Blue&#8221; | Focus Features On paper, Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson\u2019s \u201cSong Sung Blue\u201d might sound like a familiar movie plot: a struggling couple, a shared dream and music as a means of freedom and joy.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[35108,309934,355633,366977],"class_list":["post-2203388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-hugh-jackman","tag-kate-hudson","tag-neil-diamond","tag-song-sung-blue"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2203389,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203388\/revisions\/2203389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}