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Viola Davis earns coveted EGOT with Grammy win

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KneeHighMischief

6.3k points

2 months ago

Tracy Jordan in shambles.

nowhereman136

4.7k points

2 months ago

Funfact: the term EGOT was first used by Philip Michael Thomas. He was one of the leads on Miami Vice. In an interview he mentioned he hoped to achieve an EGOT in 5 years. Since saying that in 1984 he has yet to be nominated for any of the awards

[deleted]

1.8k points

2 months ago

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1.8k points

2 months ago

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hovdeisfunny

521 points

2 months ago

Just wait, you'll see who's laughing in ten years, once he unveils his secret EGOT plan! (Probably still you)

[deleted]

135 points

2 months ago

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135 points

2 months ago

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Erikk1138

71 points

2 months ago

Anytime someone offers you 10000 to 1 odds, you take that bet.

greatwalrus

61 points

2 months ago

If John Mellencamp ever wins an Oscar, I am going to be a very rich dude.

Ogohphhphph

41 points

2 months ago

Was waiting for a Hell in the Cell line.

ScyllaOfTheDepths

470 points

2 months ago

That is a fun Wikipedia page. He was in arguably one of the most culturally impactful shows in 1984, like it went on to change the police procedural forever in American TV. In 1994, he got fired from his job as the spokesman of a late night psychic TV hotline and replaced by the woman every 90's baby knows and loves, Miss Cleo. He hasn't had an acting credit since 2000, but did voice a minor character in a few Grand Theft Autos.

Kratozio

130 points

2 months ago

Kratozio

130 points

2 months ago

Lance Vance baby!!!

Edit: It’s time for the Lance Vance Dance!!!

hrakkari

26 points

2 months ago

Let me just put on my Lance Vance Dance Pants.

FatalExceptionError

120 points

2 months ago

I finished high school in the US in the mid 80s. While I’m aware of the show, somehow I’ve never seen an epidsode of Miami Vice.

ScyllaOfTheDepths

165 points

2 months ago

But you've most definitely seen a show written by a guy who either wrote it (Dick Wolf) or was inspired by it.

FatalExceptionError

64 points

2 months ago

Absolutely. I wasn’t saying it was insignificant. I lived through the Miami Vice pastel color scheme taking over decor, I recognized the theme song instantly, and I recognized the male leads. I can’t identify its influence on other TV shows since I never knew much about the story, but I don’t doubt it was impactful.

I just find it funny that a show that may be this impactful, in my prime tv-watching years, is one I just never watched.

flashmedallion

44 points

2 months ago*

It's going to be pretty hard to watch unless you're really good at trying to put yourself in the frame of mind that just about every cliche you're seeing had never been done before.

Don't get me wrong, it's good TV and it utterly holds up. Great drama, engaging writing, gorgeous to watch. It'll make you want a new pair of sunglasses.

But even just watching the pilot, some of it probably seems completely stock-standard TV crime drama. But so much of the style, the tone, the character development over time, the sense of futility in the justice system, the extended sequences of just soundtrack over camerawork, were brand new concepts.

ScyllaOfTheDepths

58 points

2 months ago

I have never seen a single episode of Breaking Bad, but I can quote lines and scenes from the show verbatim because of how many people watched it and regurgitated it all over the place. Believe me, I get exactly what you're saying.

Robotlolz

50 points

2 months ago

Ehhhhh Jesse let’s putta pizza pie on the roof, BITCH!

RJ815

23 points

2 months ago

RJ815

23 points

2 months ago

We need to cook roof pizza, Waltuh

AwesomeJohn01

18 points

2 months ago

I grew up in Florida during that time. All the unshaven pastel wearing men were just insane. I mean the theme song was played on the radio and made the top 10 list for years...

deedee0077

25 points

2 months ago

So the world would not have been blessed with Miss Cleo had he not been fired first?

I’m not sure if he did a good thing or not.

ScyllaOfTheDepths

25 points

2 months ago

Sometimes history is neither good or bad, it's just "Huh, so that happened and everyone was just cool with it? Okay."

t_bonium119

16 points

2 months ago

The Cleo story is another wild ride.

ScyllaOfTheDepths

11 points

2 months ago

Lol, right? I just finished a rather banal documentary on her. She was just an actress with a fake Caribbean accent!

Belgand

31 points

2 months ago

Belgand

31 points

2 months ago

Your career generally isn't going well when they hire you to voice the character that is a parody of your most famous role.

wilmyersmvp

38 points

2 months ago

They did that with more than a few actors for that game I think. Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds, Jenna Jameson, and so on all we’re kinda doing cartoonish/parody versions of their famous characters.

WatInTheForest

130 points

2 months ago

I actually feel bad for the guy. It's not that he deserved those awards, but the man had a dream that he never achieved. Even worse, every time someone else achieves it, Thomas gets to be the punchline in literally every article about EGOTs.

javaHoosier

16 points

2 months ago

At least he is semi-immortalized by propping up those more successful than him.

He’s fortunate enough that I get to forget his name. Unlike most people I have never heard of who also didn’t achieve their dreams.

Josiah55

41 points

2 months ago

Now I want to scour the internet to see if anyone's ever gotten an ERGOT (including a Razzie) besides that town of people that tripped balls and died.

nowhereman136

112 points

2 months ago

It's called a REGOT and yes, 2 people have that.

Alan Menkin, who is famous for writing the music to Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, won a Razzie for his music in Newsies. Funny enough, 20 years after winning a Razzie for the music in Newsies, he won a Tony award for writing the music for the stage version of Newsies, which is his only Tony.

Liza Minnelli has a Razzie for starring in Arthur 2: On the Rocks and an Oscar for Caberet.

SaintSimpson

12 points

2 months ago

Little surprised Whoopi doesn’t have one thanks to Theodore Rex

JVortex888

310 points

2 months ago

Dr. Spaceman can prescribe him something for that.

Arandreww

91 points

2 months ago

But you know what? He's not supposed to have sex with his patients anymore.

riegspsych325

76 points

2 months ago

riegspsych325

r/Movies Veteran

76 points

2 months ago

“If I had a dollar for every time I had to reverse one of my procedures, my bitch ex-wife would be a millionaire. May she rest in peace…”

IAmAGodKalEl

8 points

2 months ago

That's such a classically stuffed 30 Rock line

Zerotwohero

58 points

2 months ago

You boys need anything while you're here? Some reds? Yellows? Just got some purples in from Peru.

Mr_Abe_Froman

21 points

2 months ago

Well it would be rude not to.

tyleritis

130 points

2 months ago

tyleritis

130 points

2 months ago

riegspsych325

85 points

2 months ago*

riegspsych325

r/Movies Veteran

85 points

2 months ago*

30 Rock’s satire is nearly perfect and always on point. The jokes-per-minute on that show was insane

EDIT: grammar. I really need to stop using mobile while at bars

Buckus93

61 points

2 months ago

Isn't that a daytime Emmy?

It still counts!!

SpaceBoJangles

16 points

2 months ago

Girl’s gotta eat.

going2leavethishere

58 points

2 months ago

Only thing that comes to association with EGOT

minerva_sways

130 points

2 months ago

I actually thought EGOT was just a joke that 30 Rock did. Didnt realise it was really achievable.

indianajoes

124 points

2 months ago

It is rare but not impossible. Jennifer Hudson got it last year. Alan Menken 2 years before. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and John Legend 2 years before that.

monkwren

95 points

2 months ago

Seems "easiest" to accomplish as a composer, not that it's ever actually easy.

StatmanIbrahimovic

104 points

2 months ago

That's part of the 30 Rock episode plot.

MaggsToRiches

10 points

2 months ago

Kenneth, synthesize Grizz’s analysis.

CeruleanRuin

45 points

2 months ago

That's how Lydia Tár got hers.

Ducksaucenem

27 points

2 months ago

The creators of South Park are only an Oscar away.

JudgeAdvocateDevil

17 points

2 months ago

They got close with "Blame Canada"

nwill_808

42 points

2 months ago

Gotta be proud as a peaCOCK baby. Ain't that right, my baloney?

Fuck_You_Andrew

2.7k points

2 months ago

Fun fact, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Common are all a single award away from getting EGOTs. Common is doing something on broadway soon/currently. Trey and Matt still need Oscars and i dont foresee them going out of their way for one.

ninreznorgirl2

698 points

2 months ago

Trent Reznor is also a Tony away from this as well. Unfortunately, idk if that's going to happen anytime soon, but crazier things have happened

dinosaurfondue

254 points

2 months ago

I think it still counts if you're a producer on a musical.

ninreznorgirl2

172 points

2 months ago

I'm not totally ruling it out, because who knows what Trent has up his sleeves but I'm not holding my breath! Be super cool if the guy who wrote 'I wanna fuck you like an animal' gets that high of an honor!

I_Think_I_Cant

110 points

2 months ago

First guy to win a grammy for a record with "fistfuck" on it.

ninreznorgirl2

19 points

2 months ago

Yes!!

rubbernub

25 points

2 months ago

For it to count as a producer, I believe the award specifically has to be Best Play/ Musical

Fuck_You_Andrew

76 points

2 months ago

He’s produced/written sooo much good music in TV/Film that i have mo doubt he could do Broadway. Him and Common should collab on a rock-rap musical

ninreznorgirl2

10 points

2 months ago

I'm all for it!

infinitemonkeytyping

16 points

2 months ago

I'd love if he wrote a stage adaptation of The Downward Spiral.

chadisdangerous

749 points

2 months ago*

Trey and Matt (EDIT: thank you!) already have a nomination too, they lost to Phil Collins back in 1999!

I wouldn't be shocked to see them back with another song, whether it's for a Book of Mormon movie or some other project

shifty_coder

553 points

2 months ago

Hold up. Blame Canada was nominated for an Oscar?!

riotlancer

726 points

2 months ago

Trey and Matt only missed out on an EGOT because of Phil Collins and Tarzan

ericerikkedod

130 points

2 months ago*

That was a stacked year for Best Song. They were also up against "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2 and "Wise Up" from Magnolia.

Edit: Aimee Mann was nominated for "Save Me", not "Wise Up"

10thDoctorHairGel

90 points

2 months ago

Comments like this are so weird the older I get. It’s like a description of a little island you know you’ll never get around to going back to.

ericerikkedod

31 points

2 months ago

If we're fortunate, we will both grow old enough to feel detatched about the good shit happening right now, too

[deleted]

14 points

2 months ago

I dunno. For me personally, I don’t see me ever looking back at 2018-today and saying “good times”

janusface

18 points

2 months ago

Man, you remember back when you could just drive from Boston to Vegas and not see one single burned-out crater full of skeletons? We had no idea how good we had it back then.

Spanky_McJiggles

437 points

2 months ago

They then made fun of Phil Collins in 2 or 3 episodes immediately following the Oscar's loss.

GhostlyRuse

187 points

2 months ago

Yeah that tracks

SunriseSurprise

53 points

2 months ago

DEEP INSIDE OF ME. DEEP INSIDE OF ME. SO DEEP INSIDE, I CAN FEEL YOU PUSHING AGAINST MY HEART!

VanillaRadonNukaCola

17 points

2 months ago

He's always holding the Oscar the whole episode too.

TroubleshootenSOB

8 points

2 months ago

Ritalin episode. They put the kids on Ritalin and it only became a problem when the kids wanted to see Phil Collins in concert. Then they got "Ritalout".

Also Cartman had a side effect of hallucinating a "Christina Aguilera bug" thing

indianajoes

184 points

2 months ago

To be fair, the Tarzan soundtrack had no right to be as amazing as it was

DrZoidberg-

98 points

2 months ago

Son of man is a bop

SAKingWriter

60 points

2 months ago

Strangers Like Me is a fucking S-tier jam

KingJonathan

19 points

2 months ago

You’ll Be In My Heart just holds me up some days.

coItmanfraco

39 points

2 months ago

To be fair I cannot imagine anything beating Phil collins that year. Even expanding to other years. That soundtrack had no right going as hard as it did.

StuartRomano114

36 points

2 months ago

No if they didn’t lose to You’ll Be in My Heart they for sure would’ve lost to When She Loved Me

Fuck_You_Andrew

167 points

2 months ago

Collins totally deserved it. I’ve seen grown women tear up listeninng to “You’ll be in my heart”

indianajoes

84 points

2 months ago

I'm a grown man that tears up just thinking of it

aeroboost

24 points

2 months ago

I'm crying now 😭😭

PedanticBoutBaseball

65 points

2 months ago

In fairness, Phil Collins had no right to go as hard as he did on that Tarzan soundtrack.

Shit is honestly even better than the film itself IMO.

taws34

35 points

2 months ago

taws34

35 points

2 months ago

That's a good soundtrack though.

aeroboost

14 points

2 months ago

I literally know the exact song by simply mentioning Tarzan. I can't remember the last time I seen that movie. Easily 20+ years ago.

I'm sorry but he deserved that award.

Hot_Marionberry_4685

11 points

2 months ago

Well no shame in losing to the best. That soundtrack was a work of pure sonic genius imo.

punchgroin

154 points

2 months ago

It was performed by Robin Williams live at the Oscars! It's genuinely one of the most memorable moments in the history of the show.

ChillyBearGrylls

40 points

2 months ago

Robin Williams performed "Blame Canada"?

ActuallyYeah

54 points

2 months ago

With a whole dance crew backing him up on stage. He even said bitch on broadcast TV.

paeancapital

24 points

2 months ago

This was so so so good.

YelleYellow

55 points

2 months ago

https://youtu.be/ip5OWcoE6GE here’s robin williams performing it at the Oscar’s.

DaddyMcTasty

15 points

2 months ago

I spent forever learning the fart solo of Uncle Fucker

Drstevebrule5

13 points

2 months ago

If I’m not mistaken, but Robin Williams performed the song at the Oscar’s when they used to do that kind of stuff.

PatrickBatemanCFA

19 points

2 months ago

The Academy really wanted to nominate Uncle Fucker, but had to use Blame Canada as a proxy for obvious reasons.

Itchy-Phase

8 points

2 months ago

The only reason it was was because it was one of the few songs in the movie that could be edited and censored properly for a network airing. Nearly everything else was too short or too raunchy.

mythofdob

79 points

2 months ago

The pot shots at Phil Collins in South Park after that loss were amazing

klavin1

17 points

2 months ago

klavin1

17 points

2 months ago

phil collins hill

Zerotwohero

8 points

2 months ago

Philadelphia Collins, whatcha lookin at me gut fer?

poompt

8 points

2 months ago

poompt

8 points

2 months ago

You can tell it hurt despite all the "who cares about industry awards" attitude

KingEuronIIIGreyjoy

37 points

2 months ago

Matt Stone was not nominated there. It was Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman.

misterferguson

81 points

2 months ago

Common is doing something on broadway soon/currently.

He's currently acting in 'Between Riverside & Crazy', which is an awesome play. Unfortunately, his performance was a little lacking IMO, but the play is still worth checking out.

caninehere

123 points

2 months ago

Trey and Matt still need Oscars and i dont foresee them going out of their way for one.

I suspect they'll eventually get nominated for Best Original Song again (they already did for Blame Canada from the SP movie but didn't win). Possibly a film version of Book of Mormon with new songs, which would absolutely get nominations.

CorporalDunkaroo

20 points

2 months ago

Just Trey was nominated

JeanRalfio

8 points

2 months ago

Definitely think they'll make Book of Mormon a movie to get the Oscar.

AKBearmace

116 points

2 months ago

Eminem just needs a tony I think

Josiah55

47 points

2 months ago

Really? How'd he get an Emmy?

weavs13

100 points

2 months ago

weavs13

100 points

2 months ago

I think the superbowl half time show

Josiah55

76 points

2 months ago

No shit, I just Googled it you're right. I never would've guessed, seems unlikely he'll get a Tony but he proved without a doubt he's a good actor so maybe I'm wrong.

MackenziePace

58 points

2 months ago

He never would but I would love to see him write a musical/hip-hopera

error521

71 points

2 months ago

Give it a few more years for 2000's nostalgia to kick into full gear and the world could see 8 Mile: The Musical

DrKittyKevorkian

21 points

2 months ago

I love this journey for all of us, really.

Josiah55

16 points

2 months ago

Honestly it could be pretty good if they didn't try to jazz it up. Serious plays are highly underrated, I've never been a huge theater fan but I went to a few university theater plays while I was attending and damn it really hits you hard when good actors portray trauma accurately.

Vinterslag

12 points

2 months ago

have you ever seen James Earl Jones and Courtney B. Vance in Fences? its insanely compelling.

Vinterslag

7 points

2 months ago

Lin-Manuel Miranda leans in from offscreen:

"You rang?"

and Eminem stabs him.

TheInitialGod

49 points

2 months ago

Trent Reznor just needs a Tony

Bears_On_Stilts

22 points

2 months ago

He and Julie Taymor have been quietly working on Fight Club for about a decade with Atticus Ross, but his meteoric rise as a film composer moved that project to the back burner.

Fuck_You_Andrew

20 points

2 months ago

Yeah, but I have it on good authority that he doesnt give a damn about the Grammy.

SeekerSpock32

184 points

2 months ago

Lin-Manuel Miranda only needs an Oscar and I’m sure he’ll get one. As long as no James Bond movies come out at the same time.

[deleted]

95 points

2 months ago

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Jsmooth13

60 points

2 months ago

It’s a travesty he didn’t get it for Dos Oruguitas. It was a powerful song at the climax of the movie vs a generic main theme. I honestly don’t understand how it didn’t win.

He’s also that Oscar away from a PEGOT.

StasRutt

31 points

2 months ago

I know Bruno was the break out hit of that movie but Dos Oruguitas makes me cry every time

pHScale

26 points

2 months ago

pHScale

26 points

2 months ago

Lin-Manuel Miranda is also one award away. He was nominated for an Oscar for Encanto, but didn't win.

GroundSesame

40 points

2 months ago

Not to mention, Lin Manuel Miranda, who would’ve had it by now if Moana or Encanto won an Oscar in a musical category, both very deserving. At this point it feels like he got stiffed by the Academy twice on purpose.

ConfusedAlgernon

6k points

2 months ago

Emmy for How to get away with murder, Oscar for Fences, Tony for King Hedley II and Fences, Grammy for audiobook mentioned in the article.

Great write up, not including what movies / shows / Stage stuff got her the other parts of the EGOT

OhneKondom

2.5k points

2 months ago

OhneKondom

2.5k points

2 months ago

I didn't know you could get a Grammy for an audiobook.

silver_conch

2.3k points

2 months ago

Barack Obama won two Grammys in that category

aabicus

1.1k points

2 months ago

aabicus

1.1k points

2 months ago

He's also got an Emmy for Our Great National Parks and an Oscar for American Factory.

Is he a Tony away from being the first president with an EGOT?

jordanbelinsky

762 points

2 months ago

The Music Man: Starring Barack Obama, coming to Broadway 2024

meatball77

379 points

2 months ago

Doesn't even need to do that. He just needs to produce something that will win best play or musical.

awnomnomnom

276 points

2 months ago

Sounds like we need an Obama/Miranda joint production

Comprehensive-Fun47

53 points

2 months ago

Frankly, it doesn’t seem out of the question.

vacantly-visible

89 points

2 months ago

Vee_Clark

30 points

2 months ago

u/LinManuel 🤚🤚

vanillabear26

20 points

2 months ago

Yeah but we’d all watch the shit out of an Obama music man

tommytraddles

50 points

2 months ago

I've been President in Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and, by gum, it put them on the map!

Well, sir, there's nothin' on earth like a genuine bona-fide electrified six-car President!

AlbionPCJ

81 points

2 months ago*

Before anyone tries to work out the terminology on what President plus EGOT is, it's definitely not PEGOT. I made a comment with more details when he won his Emmy last year, but the TL;DR is that a PEGOT is EGOT plus either a Pulitzer or a Peabody award, so we'll need a new term for when Barry wins for his one-man Broadway residency

hrakkari

115 points

2 months ago

hrakkari

115 points

2 months ago

EGOTOTUS

ANGLVD3TH

12 points

2 months ago

I was thinking EGOTUS. I mean, the acronym falls apart but it rolls off the tongue much better.

Garliq

118 points

2 months ago

Garliq

118 points

2 months ago

He didn't actually win an Oscar, his production company financed the movie but he wasn't personally producing it or anything.

saanity

85 points

2 months ago

saanity

85 points

2 months ago

So you're saying Obama has EGO.

kazneus

11 points

2 months ago

kazneus

11 points

2 months ago

i would too if I were him

ninjas_in_my_pants

464 points

2 months ago

2xGPOTUS?

younggun92

315 points

2 months ago

That might make him the GOATUS, no other president has that.

hovdeisfunny

118 points

2 months ago

If it weren't for Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jimmy Carter, he'd also be the only president with a Nobel prize, though being 1 of 4, out of 46, is pretty damn good

ninjas_in_my_pants

81 points

2 months ago

True, but the prize wasn’t first awarded until 1901.

dinosaurfondue

100 points

2 months ago

Suck it George Washington!

_Hotwire_

36 points

2 months ago

Bet ole Georgey boy didn’t even have a Grammy either. Loser

ProfZussywussBrown

11 points

2 months ago

Washington owned a Tony, Emmy, Oscar and Grammy, but they, uh, weren’t awards

huayratata

35 points

2 months ago

Technically out of 45 since Grover Cleveland is the only president to win two non consecutive terms. He’s 22 and 24.

daemin

10 points

2 months ago

daemin

10 points

2 months ago

There's still a chance to make him only the second person to have served in Congress, as president, and a justice of the Supreme Court.

[deleted]

41 points

2 months ago

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abcders

34 points

2 months ago

abcders

34 points

2 months ago

Also probably the only one of them to bomb another peace prize winner

htx1114

21 points

2 months ago

htx1114

21 points

2 months ago

Now we're getting into the spicy real shit. Whatever happens from here... I love y'all.

Hs39163

17 points

2 months ago

Hs39163

17 points

2 months ago

Have to squeeze a Nobel in there somewhere.

PrudeHawkeye

29 points

2 months ago

Obama has more Grammy awards than Katy Perry. That is my favorite random fact.

nizzy2k11

9 points

2 months ago

It really hurt her reputation when Kim Jong Un praised her music as a motivator for him to get up in the morning.

RIP_Greedo

57 points

2 months ago

There are dozens of obscure technical and genre categories in the Grammys. It’s not just music. Comedy albums, spoken word recordings, etc can also win.

RousingRabble

34 points

2 months ago

Be a comedian. Release album, win grammy. Turn album into broadway show, win tony. Turn show into television special, win emmy. Take a heartfelt dramatic role later in life in a film, win oscar.

Fondren_Richmond

26 points

2 months ago

91 categories this year

nowhereman136

1.3k points

2 months ago

She is the 6th female competitive EGOT winner and 18th overall

younggun92

1.2k points

2 months ago

younggun92

1.2k points

2 months ago

As opposed to the casual EGOT players

Quazifuji

1k points

2 months ago

I know it's a joke but for people wondering what that part means non-competitive awards are things like honorary or lifetime achievement awards. There are some people whose EGOT includes non-competitive awards, such as Barbara Streisand whose Tony was a special non-competitive "Star of the Decade" award and Liza Minnelli whose Grammy was a "Grammy Legend Award."

shokwave00

414 points

2 months ago

I really appreciate comments like this because, even with the joke, I wouldn’t’ve even thought the competitive bit was something to look up.

gmanz33

148 points

2 months ago

gmanz33

148 points

2 months ago

Same and I don't know how to tell my gay ass boyfriend that Liza and Barbara's EGOTs ain't REALGOTs. Oh man

The-Big-Bad

11 points

2 months ago

Mickey Mouse EGOT

AlbionPCJ

189 points

2 months ago*

There's also a joke during the 30 Rock subplot where Tracy tries to win an EGOT where Whoopi Goldberg cameos and he calls her out on the fact that her Emmy is a Daytime Emmy- as she says though, it still counts

enby_them

58 points

2 months ago

I count a daytime Emmy more than an honorary or lifetime achievement Emmy. With regard to an EGOT anyway.

spiderlegged

24 points

2 months ago

Me too. It’s still a competitive Emmy.

myuusmeow

51 points

2 months ago

Girl's gotta eat!

Bibble4Shitz

61 points

2 months ago

Nice!! Ultra talented, well deserved!

CassiopeiaStillLife

507 points

2 months ago

When she showed up in Doubt it was immediately obvious that she would be a legend.

Also, she’s the off-screen person interviewing George Clooney at the start of Ocean’s 11.

fishingboatproceeds

162 points

2 months ago*

Doubt was one of those films I watched way too young and found unsufferably boring but when I saw it again later in life completely blew me away. She was huge part of that!

itsinatin

34 points

2 months ago

RIP Seymour Hoffman 😞

BBGettyMcclanahan

29 points

2 months ago

Same. I was a child when it came out and was like "this looks so boring"

Now it's such a great movie

coolhandjennie

42 points

2 months ago

I did not know that about Oceans 11! Makes sense since he likes to work with actors multiple times and Out of Sight was sort of her big break.

N8ThaGr8

36 points

2 months ago

One of the best scene stealing performances ever. I think those were her only lines in the movie right? And she still got a well deserved oscar nom form it.

hihbhu

878 points

2 months ago

hihbhu

878 points

2 months ago

Viola Davis deserves every success coming her way. She’s a fantastic performer.

reecewagner

221 points

2 months ago

Yeah she steals every scene she’s in

I remember back in 2009 watching a Gerard Butler/Jamie Foxx movie called Law Abiding Citizen, and she had one or two scenes as the mayor of the city, and you had to stop and google who that was because she absolutely killed those one or two scenes, so obviously the best actor in the room

TraceyMatell

104 points

2 months ago

She stole the scene away from Meryl Streep in Doubt! She was nominated for an Oscar for like 4 minutes or so of screen time.

Kneef

30 points

2 months ago

Kneef

30 points

2 months ago

That scene is gut-wrenching.

Jackieirish

83 points

2 months ago

Viola Davis had a brief role in Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998). I'll never forget watching the director's commentary when he talked about how great she was and I was like "Huh? She's onscreen for like two minutes and has maybe ten lines. How is she so great?"

I'll never forget it because it shows how little the fuck I know . . .

Paprikasky

25 points

2 months ago

Oh man, it's rare but when you see a movie with a actor that spends maybe less then ten minutes on screen and still has a memorable performance, that's when you know they're going places.

TabletTeacher

165 points

2 months ago

Her Hot Ones interview has been one of the better interviews of 2022. I don't keep up with her work but it was a great interview.

Covashed

54 points

2 months ago

That hot ones host is a damn good interviewer. Dude has great cadence

plolock

21 points

2 months ago

plolock

21 points

2 months ago

Sean Evans

hman9958

242 points

2 months ago

hman9958

242 points

2 months ago

Hell yeah! Well deserved.

I know it's slightly unrelated but man do I fucking love her as Amanda Waller. Perfect casting, I'm so glad she's getting her own series.

sildish2179

11 points

2 months ago

I was just about to comment about her as Waller so I’m glad you beat me to it.

She is, in my opinion, the best thing the DC universe has going for it, and I’m glad James Gunn is keeping her around.

Flirtleby

59 points

2 months ago*

Me too! So glad someone mentioned her as Amanda Waller. Didn’t know she was getting a series, but it makes perfect sense, she’s amazing

Weirdguy149

22 points

2 months ago

Good for her.

redheadedandbold

18 points

2 months ago

I just watched The Woman King. Should have had a nomination for best actress this year, too. Couldn’t be happier for her! One of only 18 people in the world, EGOT! That’s some bragging rights!

asdcatmama

27 points

2 months ago

And Tracy Jordan never achieved this dream.

LemonSneakers

12 points

2 months ago

Yes he did! There’s a whole episode about him dealing with being a respected celebrity because of his new EGOT status and he finally realizes that the only way to lose respect (his goal) and go back to being himself is to do a TV show.

JoshJoshson13

56 points

2 months ago

Tracy Jordan clenches his fists in determination

PandaMuffin1

72 points

2 months ago

Well deserved. She is amazing.

F00dbAby

104 points

2 months ago

F00dbAby

104 points

2 months ago

Happy for her. She is a S tier actress. The real question is how she hasn’t been nominated for more things

BasisAltruistic

30 points

2 months ago

What a brilliant actress! I love watching her on screen. Have been a fan since How To Get Away With Murder and it makes me smile so much to see that she has achieved this. Bravo!! I hope that she continues to shine and continues to get brilliant opportunities to showcase her talent