Wednesday, February 20, 2019
After attempting to keep music and the number of awards presented on air to a minimum, the
Oscars will now feature a performance from
Queen + Adam Lambert in celebration of
Bohemian Rhapsody, which is up for five awards.
The
Motion Picture Academy has back-pedaled on its plan to hand out four awards during commercial breaks and limit musical performances to two of the nominated songs and an appearance by the
Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Now,
Bette Midler will perform Best Original Song nominee "The Place Where Lost Things Go" from
Mary Poppins Returns,
Lady Gaga and
Bradley Cooper will reprise their duet on “Shallow” from
A Star is Born,
Gillian Welch and
David Rawlings will do the tune they wrote for
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings,” and
Jennifer Hudson will do
Diane Warren’s “I’ll Fight” from
RBG. No word yet on whether
Kendrick Lamar and
SZA will perform their
Black Panther hit, “All the Stars.”
Considering that the Academy—and
ABC—wanted the show to wrap in three hours, might it now approach the length of the
Grammys?
