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William Ellis Porter II (born September 21, 1969) is an American actor and singer. Porter gained notice performing on Broadway before starting a solo career as a singer and actor.Porter won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Lola in Kinky Boots. He credits the part for "cracking open" his feminine side to confront toxic masculinity. For the role, Porter also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. In 2014 Porter won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for Kinky Boots. Porter starred in all three seasons of the television series Pose, for which he was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and won the 2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, becoming the first gay black man to be nominated and win in any lead acting category at the Primetime Emmys. In 2020, he was included on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2022, he won another Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop. He made his directorial debut in 2022 with the romantic comedy film Anything's Possible.
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Ultimate Love Songs: The Very Best of Jim Brickman [Barnes & Noble Exclusive] [2009]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Destiny | 3:47 |
Dreamgirls in Concert: The First Complete Recording [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Fake Your Way To The Top | 4:01 |
| Cadillac Car | 3:06 |
| Cadillac Car (On The Road) [From On the Road] | 2:43 |
| Family | 3:42 |
| The Rap | 6:26 |
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| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | 4:04 |
| Time | |
| Love Is On The Way | |
| Introduction | 0:24 |
| Destiny | 3:48 |
| Use Me | 3:54 |
| Shining Star | 3:55 |
| Everybody Say Yeah | 4:19 |
| Land of Lola | 3:07 |
| For What It's Worth | 3:10 |
| Children | 3:41 |
| Oh, What A Beautiful Morning | 3:10 |
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