{"id":28903,"date":"2023-12-08T17:48:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T17:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webpromall.com\/?p=28903"},"modified":"2023-12-08T17:48:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T17:48:06","slug":"jennifer-hudson-reaches-egot-status-with-tony-award-for-strange-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webpromall.com\/celebrity\/jennifer-hudson-reaches-egot-status-with-tony-award-for-strange-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Hudson Reaches EGOT Status with Tony Award for 'Strange Loop'"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jennifer Hudson<\/strong> is in rare company today after winning a Tony award, she’s joined some huge celebs who’ve won 4 major entertainment awards … aka the EGOT.<\/p>\n The Jennifer-produced musical “A Strange Loop” took home the trophy for Best Musical during Sunday night’s 75th Annual Tony Awards … giving her the final piece of the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony pie.<\/p>\n Jennifer had previously nabbed 2 Grammy Awards, one for Best R&B Album in 2009 album and another in 2017 for Best Musical Theater Album for The Color Purple.<\/p>\n She won her Oscar in 2006 for Best Supporting Actress in “Dreamgirls” … and a Daytime Emmy for producing the VR-animated film “Baby Yaga.”<\/p>\n Jennifer is going down in history as the 17th person to get all 4 awards … and she’s the 3rd youngest ever to get it done, behind John Legend<\/strong> and composer Robert Lopez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The former “American Idol” star’s musical “A Strange Loop” follows a black, queer writer writing a musical about a black, queer writer writing a musical about a black, queer writer. Ya get the title now, right?<\/p>\n The meta-musical’s been getting rave reviews since it launched off-Broadway in 2019.<\/p>\n Congrats, Jennifer!!!<\/p>\n