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The Oscars, Play By Brutal Play

By Linda Holmes
Published February 27, 2011 at 11:58 AM PST
This story was published more than 14 years ago.
<strong>Red carpet radiance:</strong> Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 for her role in <em>Dreamgirls.</em>
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Red carpet radiance: Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 for her role in Dreamgirls.

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Linda Holmes
Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour. She began her professional life as an attorney. In time, however, her affection for writing, popular culture, and the online universe eclipsed her legal ambitions. She shoved her law degree in the back of the closet, gave its living room space to DVD sets of The Wire, and never looked back.

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