Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson on Song Sung Blue and the value of karaoke

Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson team with director Craig Brewer for Song Sung Blue, a moving drama based on the stranger-than-fiction story of Milwaukee-based Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning and Thunder.

The film, which in my review I called a "feel-good movie and a good tearjerker," involves big dreams, heavy losses, and how music can carry people through all of it. So, when I — Entertainment Editor Kristy Puchko — sat down with Jackman, Hudson, and Brewer to talk about the film, we naturally got into the power of karaoke.

Within the film, both Jackman and Hudson take on musical performances on s...