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Jennifer Hudson and Beyonce Knowles took the Oscar stage Friday to rehearse a dance rendition of three nominated songs from Dreamgirls. The production number is complicated by the fact that their duet means they’re sometimes singing different parts than they did in the movie. Though there has been much speculation about diva-style jealousy between the two, particularly after Hudson received a supporting actress nomination, the pair seemed overly generous with each other as they divvied up lines onstage.

Occasionally during the first few run-throughs, they stepped on each other’s lines in the song Love You I Do, which involves male dancers swirling around them pretending to play trumpets and saxophones. It only took a few tries to smooth out the kinks.

The glam-factor was low for rehearsals. Hudson wore a pink T-shirt with a cartoon of Martha Stewart that read “Martha is My Homeboy,” and Knowles was in a jacket and jeans. Knowles came on wearing five-inch pumps, similar to the shoes that she’d sport on Sunday, while Hudson started out in gold slippers. But after two tries, Hudson decided to practice in her high heels, too. Dreamgirls director Bill Condon staged the dance performances, which include the songs Listen and the heartfelt Patience. Though Eddie Murphy sings it in the movie, he is apparently not involved in the telecast performance. The duties for that number go to his co-stars Anika Noni Rose and Keith Robinson, who sang parts of it in the movie but take it all on for the broadcast, with Knowles and Hudson coming in for the big finish and a final Dreamgirls pose.

- USA Today