Oscars: 'Mary Poppins Returns,' 'RBG' songs to be performed by special guest and Jennifer Hudson
The Academy tweeted that "Mary Poppins Returns" and "RBG" songs will be a part of the Oscars telecast.
Oscars: 'Mary Poppins Returns,' 'RBG' songs to be performed by special guest and Jennifer Hudson The Academy tweeted that "Mary Poppins Returns" and "RBG" songs will be a part of the Oscars telecast. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2019/01/31/oscars-mary-poppins-returns-rbg-tunes-and-special-guest/2738602002/
Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY Published 8:44 p.m. ET Jan. 31, 2019
Jennifer Hudson is set to perform "RBG" song "I'll Fight," written by Diane Warren. (Photo: Charles Sykes, Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
The Oscars this year may not have a host, but the Academy promises that at least there will be music.
On Thursday, a little more than three weeks ahead of the Feb. 24 telecast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tweeted about two nominated songs that will be performed on the show. The first, "I'll Fight" from the documentary "RBG," will be sung by Jennifer Hudson. The second, "The Place Where Lost Things Go" from musical "Mary Poppins Returns," will be performed by "a surprise special guest."
This news comes after Variety published a story last week that angered many music fans, including "Poppins" star Lin-Manuel Miranda, when it reported that most Oscar-nominated songs wouldn't be performed at the Academy Awards. However, it appears that each of the song nominees has a good shot at being represented on the Dolby Theatre stage, after all.
USA TODAY has reached out to the Academy for comment on whether more songs will be performed on the telecast.
Things we'd like to announce today:
1. @IAMJHUD will perform the nominated song "I'll Fight" on the #Oscars!
2. This has been our favorite tweet of the day.
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 31, 2019
Spoiler Alert: "The Place Where Lost Things Go" from "Mary Poppins Returns" will be performed on the #Oscars.
BONUS SPOILER ALERT: It will be performed by a surprise special guest!
The other Academy Award-nominated songs are "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" from "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs," "All the Stars" from "Black Panther" and "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born."
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Best picture: "BlacKkKlansman" Focus Features
Best picture: "Black Panther" WALT DISNEY STUDIOS
Best picture: "Bohemian Rhapsody" 20TH CENTURY FOX
Best picture: "The Favourite" Yorgos Lanthimos/Fox Searchlight Films via AP
Best picture: "Green Book" Universal Pictures
Best picture: "Roma" CARLOS SOMONTE/NETFLIX VIA AP
Best picture: "A Star Is Born" NEAL PRESTON/WARNER BROS. VIA AP
Best picture: "Vice" MATT KENNEDY/ANNAPURNA PICTURES VIA AP
Actress: Yalitza Aparicio, "Roma" Alfonso Cuarón
Actress: Glenn Close, "The Wife" Graeme Hunter, Sony Pictures Classics via AP
Actress: Olivia Colman, "The Favourite" Atsushi Nishijima/Fox Searchlight via AP
Actress: Lady Gaga, "A Star Is Born" Clay Enos, Warner Bros. via AP
Actress: Melissa McCarthy, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" Mary Cybulski, 20th Century Fox
Actor: Christian Bale, "Vice" MATT KENNEDY/ANNAPURNA PICTURES
Actor: Bradley Cooper, "A Star Is Born" Clay Enos/Warner Bros. via AP
Actor: Willem Dafoe, "At Eternity's Gate" Lily Gavin, CBS Films via AP
Actor: Rami Malek, "Bohemian Rhapsody" ALEX BAILEY/20TH CENTURY FOX
Actor: Viggo Mortensen, "Green Book" UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Supporting actress: Amy Adams, "Vice" Matt Kennedy, Annapurna Pictures via AP
Supporting actress: Marina de Tavira, "Roma" Carlos Somonte, Netflix
Supporting actress: Regina King, "If Beale Street Could Talk" Tatum Mangus, Annapurna Pictures via AP
Supporting actress: Emma Stone, "The Favourite" Atsushi Nishijima, 20th Century Fox
Supporting actress: Rachel Weisz, "The Favourite" Yorgos Lanthimos, Fox Searchlight via AP
Supporting actor: Mahershala Ali, "Green Book" UNIVERSAL PICTURES/PARTICIPANT/DREAMWORKS
Supporting actor: Adam Driver, "BlacKkKlansman" David Lee, Focus Features
Supporting actor: Sam Elliott, "A Star Is Born" Clay Enos, Warner Bros. via AP
Supporting actor: Richard E. Grant, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" Mary Cybulski, Fox Searchlight via AP
Supporting actor: Sam Rockwell, "Vice" Matt Kennedy/Annapurna Pictures
Director: Alfonso Cuaron, "Roma" CARLOS SOMONTE
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos, "The Favourite" Atsushi Nishijima/20th Century Fox Film
Director: Spike Lee, "BlacKkKlansman" David Lee, Focus Features
Director: Adam McKay, "Vice" Matt Kennedy, Annapurna Pictures
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski, "Cold War" VALERY HACHE, AFP/Getty Images
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