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 Actress Amy Adams pulled a first-class move on Friday during a flight from Detroit to Los Angeles when she gave up her prime seating to an American serviceman who was also on the plane. An account of what happened was relayed on Twitter by Jemele Hill, co-host of ESPN's "Numbers Never Lie," who also spoke with TODAY.com via email. 
 
 "When we were waiting to board, I saw her glance the soldier's way and then she said something to the person she was traveling with," Hill said in an email from the flight. "Once we boarded, I saw she was in first class. I was upgraded to first class and she was a couple rows behind me. I think she must have said something to the flight attendant, because before we took off she had vacated her seat and the flight attendant brought the soldier to her seat." 
 
 Hill at first thought that the serviceman was unaware who had surrendered his or her seat to him, but a flight attendant told Hill that the man did indeed chat privately with Adams near the front of the plane. 
 
 "I just thought it was incredibly classy and thoughtful," Hill said. "I already was a fan of hers, but now I'm a bigger one after today." 
 
 
 
 Hill's followers on Twitter echoed that sentiment about the five-time Oscar nominee. 
 
 Hill also said that Adams' new seat on the Delta flight was in coach. 
 
 A passenger named Ernest Owens even got to shoot a selfie with the actress after telling her that she was classy for giving up her seat. Owens told "Inside Edition" that "(Adams) said it's something she always wanted to do and she just decided to put her money where her mouth is." 
 
 When the plane landed in L.A., "Inside Edition" caught up with Adams, who said, "I didn't do it for attention for myself. I did it for attention for the troops." 
 
 Adams, 39, received her latest Oscar nomination this past year for her role in "American Hustle." Prior to that, she was nominated for roles in "The Master," "The Fighter," "Doubt," and "Junebug." 
 
 One of Hill's Twitter followers pointed out that Adams was born on a U.S. military base in Italy and grew up on a base in Colorado. 
 
 A representative for the actress has not yet responded to TODAY.com's request for comment — and Hill didn't want to bother the sleeping serviceman during the flight. 
 
 Hill's show, "Numbers Never Lie," airs weekdays at noon on ESPN2. 
 
 Follow Kurt Schlosser on Google+ ||||| UPDATE: Her new seatmate, journalist Ernest Owens, tweeted a photo of himself with the actress, pictured above. 
 
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 Amy Adams is a class act. 
 
 The five-time Academy Award nominee gave her first class seat to an American serviceman who was also on her Delta flight. Adams, 39, took his seat in coach during their flight from Detroit to Los Angeles. 
 
 Jemele Hill, co-host of ESPN's Numbers Never Lie, broke the news via Twitter Friday morning. "I'm an even bigger fan now," she tweeted. Hill was unaware that Adams was born on a military base during her father's days in the service. The family moved several times before settling in Colorado when she was 8. 
 
 Hill recounted the experience via e-mail. "When we were waiting to board, I saw her glance the soldier's way and then she said something to the person she was traveling with," Hill wrote to NBC's Today in a message from the flight. "Once we boarded, I saw she was in first class. I was upgraded to first class and she was a couple rows behind me. I think she must have said something to the flight attendant, because before we took off she had vacated her seat and the flight attendant brought the soldier to her seat."
– It was, writes Kurt Schlosser at Today.com, a "first-class move." Amy Adams gave up her first-class seat to a US serviceman today on a Delta flight from Detroit to Los Angeles. ESPN's Jemele Hill, also on the flight, first called attention to the move via tweet, then elaborated in an email to Today. "When we were waiting to board, I saw her glance the soldier's way and then she said something to the person she was traveling with," recounts Hill. Once on board and seated in first class, Adams spoke to a flight attendant, vacated her seat for the serviceman, and headed back to coach. The five-time Oscar nominee was born on a military base during her dad's stint in the military, notes E! Online.