We’ve always known that there’s something special about Taraji P. Henson. Now, mainstream Hollywood has finally started to take notice of this sister. Most of us saw her first in Baby Boy, but she earned our respect with her role in Hustle & Flow. Since then, however, her film roles haven’t been anything to write home about (although she was pretty good in The Family That Preys). In the meantime, she has had some success in television with regular stints in The Division and Boston Legal.  But I suspect that things will start to change for Taraji, who’s 38, if the early reviews of Brad Pitt’s new movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (which opens on Christmas Day) hold true. There is even talk of an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Read the full story