Mary J. Blige makes Oscars history as the first double nominee for Best Song and Best Supporting Actress

Mary J. Blige made history tonight at the 90th Academy Awards: As presenter Taraji P. Henson noted, Blige is the first person to ever receive double nominations for Best Original Song and Best Supporting Actress. Fortunately, it’s a year that the Oscars are featuring musical performances, so Blige was able to wow the crowd with her rendition of the gospel-inspired song “Mighty River” from Mudbound—the same movie for which she received her acting nomination playing a sharecropper’s wife in the Jim Crow south.