Jennifer Hudson Reaches EGOT Status

Jennifer Hudson 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. 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. 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. She won her Oscar in 2006 for Best Supporting Actress in "Dreamgirls" and a Daytime Emmy for producing the VR-animated film "Baby Yaga. 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 and composer Robert Lopez. 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?

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