Barack Obama, Chadwick Boseman, Adele, and Eminem win Emmy Awards
Saturday, September 3, 2022, is a day
to remember in the history of the Emmy awards as Barack Obama, Adele, Chadwick
Boseman, and Eminem won awards.
Former US president Barack Obama won the best
narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series “Our Great
National Parks”
This documentary series is split into five parts
and it features Nationa parks from around the globe. This series is produced by
Barack and Michelle Obama`s production company “Higher Ground”.
Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT as this
Emmy award is in addition to his two Grammy awards.
The former US president won Grammy awards for
the reading of his audiobook memoirs “The Audacity of Hope” and “A promised
Land” His wife Michelle Obama won her own Grammy in 2020 for reading her audiobook.
You must be
wondering what an EGOT means. EGOT is used to refer to a special category of
entertainers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. To date, only
17 people have done it.
Obama is the
second President to have an Emmy. Dwight D. Eisenhower was given a special Emmy
Award in 1956.
The late Chadwick Boseman also won an Emmy for his
voice work.
The Black Panther actor won for outstanding
character voiceover for the Disney+ and Marvel Studios animated show "What
If…?"
On the show, Boseman voiced his Black
Panther character T’Challa in an alternate universe where he becomes Star Lord
from "Guardians of the Galaxy."
It was one of the last projects for the movie star
Boseman, who died in 2020 of colon cancer at age 43.
Adele also got her first Emmy win, meaning she is just
one award away from an EGOT.
Adele won the Outstanding Variety Special
(Pre-Recorded), Emmy, for her CBS special "One Night Only". This
means the award-winning songwriter is one step closer to EGOT status.
She now has an Emmy, several Grammys, and an Oscar.
All Adele needs now is a Tony and she'll have the full collection and join the
elite group of artists who have managed to win all four.
Eminem also won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety
Special, although he was for the live version; Adele's was pre-recorded.
Eminem, Dre, and the rest of the SB gang are all
Emmy winners now for their Halftime Show performance earlier this year.
This means Eminem is just a T away from EGOT.
His longtime manager, Paul Rosenberg, noted that
on Twitter.
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