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Rejecting Jennifer Hudson
Like Rita Moreno last week, Jennifer Hudson is an EGOT winner. She’s won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony – not to mention a Golden Globe. But before earning a major award in every major entertainment category, Hudson was eliminated from American Idol – twice. She had fallen off the radar, rejected after her first Hollywood audition. That is, until she got an unusual phone call from her cousin.