Kate Hudson, her fiancé Danny Fujikawa, her parents Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell and brothers Oliver Hudson and Wyatt Russell attended a special screening of her new movie Song Sung Blue in Aspen, Colo. Kate Hudson and her family are ringing in the holidays with Neil Diamond.

A good comedy is hard to make. That's why Kate Hudson has said no to so many. But she considers herself more of a character actor and wants to be in more 'transformative' roles, like her new movie, 'Song Sung Blue.

For years she was pigeonholed as a rom-com star. Her turn as a blue-collar mom with a love of Neil Diamond just might vault her back to the Oscars.

Kate Hudson has had a successful career in film, with her latest role, Song Sung Blue, already generating Oscar buzz. There is one movie role she wished she hadn’t turned down, she told Andy Cohen on the December 22 episode of Watch What Happens Live.

The two stars play a couple that is down on their luck and start a Neil Diamond tribute band. The film lands in theaters on Dec. 25.

Kate Hudson admits to PEOPLE that she does not answer emails and that it’s best to give her a call “I tell people, really honestly, that I hate email,” the Song Sung Blue star says She adds, “If you’re going to send me an email and think that I’m going to get it or read it, good luck!” Kate Hudson has had a whirlwind year.