Why Hugh Jackman fought for hometown Milwaukee premiere for ‘Song Sung Blue’

Hugh Jackman didn’t just visit Milwaukee — he channeled it — during the hometown premiere of “Song Sung Blue.”

Jackman, 57, and director Craig Brewer attended the Tuesday, Dec. 2, event for the film about the real-life Milwaukee couple Mike and Claire Sardina (Kate Hudson), who performed in a Neil Diamond tribute band, Lightning & Thunder, from the late 1980s through the mid-2000s.

Sardina attended the premiere along with her daughter, Rachel Cartwright, portrayed by Ella Anderson (“The Glass Castle”). The family joined Jackman and Brewer for a 12-minute introduction before the film. “This is one of the most amazing stories that celebrates Milwaukee, that celebrates Neil Diamond and family and love,” Jackman said in his introduction…

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