Fantasia is heading back to where it all started. The “American Idol” champ is scheduled to perform on Thursday night’s episode of the hit show. She will serve up the soulful “Collard Greens and Cornbread,” the new single from her third album Back to Me. The R&B songstress will share the stage with Jamie Foxx and will.i.am, who will debut their collaboration “Hot Wings (I Wanna Party)” off the soundtrack to the animated film Rio. Tune in tomorrow evening for a super-sized helping of star power.

After holding it down on Broadway in The Color Purple, Fantasia is ready to hit the big screen. The “American Idol” winner is set to star as Mahalia Jackson in a biopic adapted from the 1993 book Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel, where she will play the late gospel singer.

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Fantasia whipped up a strawberry, pineapple, and coconut milkshake at Millions of Milkshakes at the Westfield Culver City Shopping Mall on Thanksgiving Eve before her show at Club NOKIA in downtown Los Angeles. Her daughter Zion tagged along, posing for photos with her mom and assisting her behind the counter.

“This is Zion, my daughter, and I keep her with me now ’cause she’s the best thing for me to have right now,” said Tasia, who attempted suicide earlier this year. “Thanksgiving is coming… Truly I’m just thankful to be here. After all that I’ve been through, I still have joy. It doesn’t matter anymore because we have to learn how to live our lives for us. We can’t please everybody.”

Check out Fantasia bringing her milkshake to the mall below.

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After discovering that her boyfriend is cheating on her, Fantasia kicks him to the curb and does her in the video for “I’m Doin’ Me,” the second single off her third album Back to Me. The independent woman rounds up her girls and sings away her blues at a diner and in the park in the Benny Boom-directed clip. But don’t feel too sorry for Tasia, new love is lurking just around the corner.

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Fantasia hit the New York City pavement to shoot her new video for “I’m Doin’ Me,” the second single off her third album Back to Me. With director Benny Boom (Next Day Air) at the helm, the clip shows Tasia trying to get over her ex, rocking a cutoff jean jacket over a gray dress accented by a giant circular ruffle. The video premieres November 1 on VEVO, but you can get a sneak peek of what to expect by checking the pics below.

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Fresh off the success of her third album Back to Me, Fantasia Barrino is taking her show on the road with the announcement of her first headlining tour. The Grammy-nominated songstress will embark on her 30-city “Back to Me” trek with openers Eric Benét and Kandi, kicking off the nationwide jaunt on November 4 at Richmond, Va.’s Landmark Theater. The “American Idol” champ will tour through the holidays and complete the run at St. Louis’ Fox Theatre on New Year’s Day. Check below to see if Tasia is headed your way.

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Fresh off the success of her new album Back to Me, Fantasia keeps the ball rolling with the second season of her VH1 reality show “Fantasia for Real.” And the drama ain’t even close to over. In the next installment of the series, Fantasia deals with the hardship of discovering she was dating a married man, passing her GED, and her suicide attempt, with cameras documenting her hospital stay and its aftermath.

Watch the super-trailer for season two, and mark your calendar for the premiere on Sunday, Sept. 19, at 10 p.m.

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Katy Perry might have the No. 1 album in the country, but that doesn’t mean Fantasia Barrino has no reason to celebrate. The “American Idol” alumnus, whose third album Back to Me was released just weeks following a highly-publicized suicide attempt, earned the highest chart debut of her career on the Billboard 200, landing at No. 2 with an impressive 117,000 copies sold.

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