Robinson and Hudson bump into each other again at a party following a New York City performance by Kids in the Hall. Four days after they have their first date strolling through Central Park and visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hudson moves into Robinson's New York City apartment. Hudson is later spotted wearing a diamond ring, sparking talk of an engagement. Though she declares to PEOPLE, "We're totally in love," the actress denies plans for an impending wedding.
If critical recognition had eluded her in the past, it certainly caught-up with her at the 2000 Golden Globe Awards, where she took home the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in Cameron_Crowe's Almost Famous. Engulfed in the Hollywood hype machine following her winning role in Almost Famous, it seemed as if Hudson was set to follow her mother in taking the film industry by storm. After soaking in her nowfound fame in the early years of the new millennium, Hudson emerged from a whirlwind schedule of fashion shoots and awards shows to appear in the /romantic /war drama The Four Feathers in 2002.
