Jennifer Hudson

... Celebrities like Halle Berry, Kerry Washington, and Jennifer Hudson have taken to social media demanding justice and voicing their support for the Yarl family...

... The 17 other EGOT winners include Sir John Gielgud, Rita Moreno, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Legend and Jennifer Hudson...

... There are three professional singers in the actress race too - with Jennifer Hudson (who played Aretha Franklin in Respect), Lady Gaga (House of Gucci) and Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza) all in the frame...

... Two different actresses are nominated for playing Aretha Franklin in separate projects - Jennifer Hudson for the film Respect and Cynthia Erivo for TV mini-series Genius: Aretha...

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... Another Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson to play Aretha Franklin in a biopic of the Queen Of Soul (image above)...

... The big screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber s musical boasts a fur-midable cast including Taylor Swift, Idris Elba and Jennifer Hudson...

... Like Carter, Beachler was the first black winner in her category Ludwig Goransson won best original score for Black Panther Other winners from the evening included Regina King, who scooped the best supporting actress award for If Beale Street Could Talk Mahershala Ali (far right) won best supporting actor for his role in Green Book, seen here posing with fellow Oscar-winning actors (left to right) Rami Malek, Olivia Colman and Regina King The film A Star is Born won best original song for the song Shallow, with Lady Gaga giving a heartfelt speech Free Solo won the best documentary award, with the film-makers posing in the press room (left to right): Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill Becky Neiman-Cobb (left) and Bao Domee Shi tasted their victory after winning best animated short film The ceremony had no official hosts, but presenters included (left to right) Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Melissa McCarthy appeared on stage dressed in an outfit inspired by Olivia Colman s character in The Favourite, complete with rabbits attached to her royal robes Actor Brian Tyree Henry appeared alongside McCarthy, with his take on a historical costume Helen Mirren presented alongside Aquaman star Jason Momoa Actor Keegan Michael Key made quite an entrance, flying down from the roof clutching an umbrella The evening s entertainment included Jennifer Hudson singing with a flowing cape Bette Midler also sang for the audience Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper sang together, performing a romantic rendition of Shallow from their film A Star is Born At the end of the song, Gaga and Cooper shared a microphone while a camera circled them ...