Tonight, the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony befell forward of the 2018 Emmy Awards present. John Legend has taken house the award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for his work as a producer on the NBC particular “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.” The newly acquired trophy makes him an official EGOT winner. “Before tonight, only 12 people had won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony,” Legend stated in an Instagram publish. “So amazed to be in such [rarified] air.”
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Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice—the composer and lyricist of the unique 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar—took house Emmys, making them EGOT winners as effectively. At 39-years-old, Legend is tied because the youngest individual to attain an EGOT win with Robert Lopez. He’s additionally the first black man to win all 4 awards. Legend has received ten Grammys, an Oscar for “Glory” (his Selma collaboration with Common), and a Tony for co-producing the Broadway play Jitney.
At this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys ceremony, Dave Chappelle, Donald Glover’s “Atlanta,” “Rick and Morty,” “Queer Eye,” and plenty of others took house trophies. Anthony Bourdain obtained two posthumous Emmys for his sequence “Parts Unknown,” together with Outstanding Informational Series or Special. Along along with his Outstanding Variety Special (Live) win, Legend was additionally nominated Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his efficiency in “Jesus Christ Superstar.”
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