celeb news Jennifer Hudson achieves EGOT status! JHud & RuPaul win Tony Award

[Stepfon]

 

 

 

E- Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program for Baba Yoga (2021)

G- Best R&B Album for Jennifer Hudson (2009) and Best Musical Theatre Album for The Color Purple (2017)

O- Best Supporting Actress for Dreamgirls (2007)

T- Best Musical for A Strange Loop (2022)

[Almodusa]

A Strange Loop wins Best Musical at the 75th Tony Awards, meaning its producers, including Jennifer Hudson and RuPaul, are now Tony winners!

This means that JHud has now achieved EGOT status, becoming the 17th person to achieve this (all in competitive categories/no honorary awards).

 

• Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actress - Dreamgirls
• Grammy Awards, Best R&B Album - Jennifer Hudson
• Grammy Awards, Best Musical Theater Album - The Color Purple
• Daytime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program - Baba Yaga
• Tony Awards, Best Musical - A Strange Loop

 

RuPaul adds a Tony to his historic 11 Primetime Emmy Awards (the most Emmy wins for any Black individual). Some other producers who won for this musical are Ilana Glazer, Mindy Kailing & Don Cheadle (first-time winners) and previous Tony winners Billy Porter & Alan Cumming.

 

Edited June 13, 2022 by Almodusa

[Karla Cabello]

deserved 

[New Edition]

Wow congratulations to her!

[JanStan]

Oh wow. Congrats to her!

[dirrtydiana]

EGOT LEGEND!!!!!

 

[MadonnasBoyfriend]

The Cats actress did that!

[Hector]

So well deserved,  A Strange Loop is excellent

[Donquizote]

LEGEND AND TALENT

Certain someone must be fuming JHud stomps on her

[khalyan]

 

[P.O.P]

Wow, that's really impressive. Is she the youngest person to achieve that?

[chaneloberlin]

Queen  Congrats!

[Bimbo]

Amazing

 

I can't believe RuPaul has a Tony now too omg

[Artur]

A LEGEND

[Breathe On Moi]

Oh my god! 

 

From American idol to THIS! She ******* deserves it wow, this is truly inspirational and iconic literally wtf 

[Symmetra]

Yesss

[kandicha]

wowowow so deserved!!!  RuPaul to get a Grammy and an Oscar and finish EGOT next?

[Karma88]

Congrats Queen! 

 

Certain someone must be pressed. 
 

[Dula Peep]

RuPaul next for EGOT with Gaga  

[Not Like The Movies]

Yaaas queen, black excellence!!

 

We love to see it!

[Stepfon]

17 minutes ago, Almodusa said:

A Strange Loop wins Best Musical at the 75th Tony Awards, meaning its producers, including Jennifer Hudson and RuPaul, are now Tony winners!

This means that JHud has now achieved EGOT status, becoming the 17th person to achieve this (all in competitive categories/no honorary awards).

 

• Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actress - Dreamgirls
• Grammy Awards, Best R&B Album - Jennifer Hudson
• Grammy Awards, Best Musical Theater Album - The Color Purple
• Daytime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program - Baba Yaga
• Tony Awards, Best Musical - A Strange Loop

 

RuPaul adds a Tony to his historic 11 Primetime Emmy Awards (the most Emmy wins for any Black individual). Some other producers who won for this musical are Ilana Glazer & Mindy Kailing (first-time winners) and previous Tony winners Billy Porter & Alan Cumming.

 

Don Cheadle is a producer as well, his first Tony!

[hausofdave]

wow this is amazing 

[Tropez]

That’s an amazing achievement. So congrats to her. Like she didn’t even win American Idol. 

[NausAllien]

It's what she deserves 

[family.guy123]

Wow and an actual egot? None of this best original song fraud?