Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Here is Wolgang Puck's menu for this year's Governors Ball.

http://gourmetfood.about.com/od/televis ... l-Menu.htm

Barbra Streisand will perform.

This is really a gay Superbowl.

They have now announced that Norah Jones will sing "Everybody Needs a Best Friend," from Ted

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni45900479/?ref_=hm_nw_tp_t5

In addition to the return of live performances of the nominated songs there will be a segment on the musicals of the last ten years highlighting Chicago; Dreamgirls and Les Miserables.

Adele's tune is on par with the best, a little more subdued than most recent ones, but definitely more representative of the best work than the worst.

I wonder if all this publicity over Adele might kill her chances for a win? What about all of the other performers and writers of songs this year? They won't get nearly the attention, which might go over poorly with voters who think this latest stunt is a veiled attempt to nab her the trophy. It is something akin to endorsement even if only for ratings.

Precious Doll wrote:

Reza wrote:

Greg wrote:The oscar.com site is really hyping Adele performing "Skyfall."

.....and the Oscar goes to......

I hope not, the song was as unmemorable as have all the Bond theme songs for over 20 years.

I'm a very big fan of Bond movies. Although not the level of a Shirley Bassey theme, I think Adele's song is one of the best ever.

Reza wrote:

Greg wrote:The oscar.com site is really hyping Adele performing "Skyfall."

.....and the Oscar goes to......

I hope not, the song was as unmemorable as have all the Bond theme songs for over 20 years.

Greg wrote:The oscar.com site is really hyping Adele performing "Skyfall."

.....and the Oscar goes to......

The oscar.com site is really hyping Adele performing "Skyfall."

Sabin wrote:Yeah.
(He wrote a nominated song.)

But Norah Jones sang the song. So even though McFarlane will be there to accept should he win, it won't be him performing it.

Oscarguy wrote:I'm sure the main reason they changed the rule to require 5 nominees was in part an effort to encourage more broadly popular songs be included and get the songs performed on the show again.

I'm glad they changed the rule. I mean, last year was ridiculous with only two nominees! There were a handful of solid efforts they could have nominated but didn't. What are they looking for, perfection? We don't have people writing at the level of "Over the Rainbow" or "All the Way" for movies anymore. So they shouldn't be quite that picky.

I'm sure the main reason they changed the rule to require 5 nominees was in part an effort to encourage more broadly popular songs be included and get the songs performed on the show again.

Yeah.
(He wrote a nominated song.)

Sabin wrote:Pretty sure Seth MacFarlane will be there.

Isn't he hosting the event?

Pretty sure Seth MacFarlane will be there.

I think we should have a topic

Apparently performances for Best original Song are back, as Adele was just confirmed as a performer on the show

http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleas ... 30123.html