Amazon’s One Night in Miami picked up three Academy Award nominations Monday morning, with two of those nods going to actor and singer Leslie Odom Jr.
Earning a best supporting actor nomination for his supporting turn as soul legend Sam Cooke, Odom also shares a best original song nomination with Sam Ashworth for the tune "Speak Now" — which makes Odom the first male performer to be nominated for both acting and songwriting.
A previous Tony and Grammy winner for his starring role in Hamilton, this pair of Oscar nominations puts Odom closer to the coveted EGOT.
But when speaking to The Hollywood Reporter mere hours after the nominations announcement, Odom focused more on the present (and on his collaborators — in particular Regina King, who.
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