Oscars: Robert Lopez Becomes First Double Egot Winner With Original Song Award

With his latest Oscar victory, Robert Lopez makes history by becoming the first person to achieve the Egot twice.At the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday night, Lopez and his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez collected the best original song honor for “Remember Me” from the animated film Coco, meaning he’s now bagged at least two coveted awards from each of the fields of television (Emmy), music (Grammy), film (Oscar) and theater (Tony).Mel Brooks, Whoopi Goldberg and the late John Gielgud are among the 12 showbiz legends to have “Egot’ed,” though technically 17 people have achieved this special all-round achievement if you count…

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