Coco Jones Channels Effie, Deena & Lorell from ‘Dreamgirls’ for Halloween 2025

After channelling Donna Summer and Princess Tiana successful past years, Coco Jones is “Steppin to the Bad Side” with her 2025 Halloween costume.

The Grammy victor shared her glitzy get-up via her authoritative societal media pages connected Thursday (Oct. 20) — and she didn’t conscionable settee for 1 Dreamgirls character. Spoofing 1 of the posters for the 2006 movie adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical, Coco Jones simultaneously posed arsenic Effie White, Deena Jones and Lorell Robinson.

In summation to a picture-perfect recreation of the poster, the “Here We Go” vocalist besides recorded her ain screen of the musical’s titular track, implicit with a video of her hitting each of the iconic moves from the movie country wherever Deena sings pb for the archetypal time. All dolled up successful a babe blue, figure-hugging gown seemingly consecutive from the Dreamgirls set, Jones perfectly nailed her costume — down to the notorious Diana Ross-inspired neck-rolling choreography Beyoncé truthful memorably executed successful the 2006 film.

The 2006 movie adaptation of Dreamgirls featured a towering cast, including Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Jamie Foxx, Loretta Devine, Eddie Murphy and Danny Glover, with Hudson taking location the Academy Award for champion histrion successful a supporting role. The movie brought the 1981 Broadway philharmonic of the aforesaid name — which starred Devine, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Jennifer Holliday (who won the champion histrion Tony) — to the metallic screen, adding respective caller songs and expanding prime storylines. Earlier this twelvemonth (Sept. 15), five-time Tony nominee Camille A. Brown confirmed that she volition nonstop and choreograph a Dreamgirls Broadway revival, with performances slated to statesman successful autumn 2026.

Jones’ Halloween costume isn’t conscionable a callback to a classical portion of Black cinema; it’s besides a motion to her resemblance to Hudson. During a 2023 sojourn to the Jennifer Hudson Show, Jones and Hudson shared a hearty laughter astir however often fans mistake them for 1 another. “Honestly, astatine this point, I conscionable play into it,” Jones joked earlier launching into an impromptu screen of Hudson’s standout Dreamgirls number, “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going.”

Halloween festivities are conscionable the latest update successful a engaged twelvemonth for Jones. This twelvemonth alone, she shared her debut workplace album (Why Not More?), launched a headlining tour successful enactment of the grounds and got engaged to hoops prima Donovan Mitchell. Most recently, the R&B prima opened for prime dates connected Brandy and Monica’s Read Entire Article