Her Best Actress nod comes for her powerful portrayal of Milwaukee’s own Claire Sardina.
There are plenty of paths to Oscar-worthy acting, but only one Academy Award-nominated performance has its origins in the taverns of West Allis and Milwaukee.
With Kate Hudson’s nomination for Best Actress for Song Sung Blue, announced Thursday, the miraculous storm of perseverance and coincidence that brought Mike and Claire Sardina to prominence as a local Neil Diamond tribute act in the ’90s and early ’00s continues to roll like thunder…