Photo: VINCENZO PINTO/AFPLady Gagawill not take perform her nominated song “Hold My Hand” come Oscar Sunday.The “Stupid Love” singer, 36, was invited to the95th Academy Awards, but had to turn down the offer due to scheduling conflicts with theJokersequelFolie à Deux, Oscars producer Glenn Weiss said Wednesday duringthe OscarsCreative Team press conference.“We have great relationships withLady Gagaand her camp [but] she’s in the middle of shooting a movie right now, and here we are honoring the movie industry and what it takes to make a movie,” Weiss said. “After a bunch of back and forth, it didn’t feel like she can get a performance to the caliber that we’re used to with her, that she’s used to and all that stuff.“Weiss continued: “So she is not going to perform on the show, however, this is all, from our point of view, about someone making a movie and us completely understanding that that’s what is priority in this business, especially when we are honoring movies.“Aside from Gaga, whose nominated song was featured inTop Gun: Maverick, all of this year’s nominees for Best Original Song have been confirmed to perform at the ceremony.She last performed at the 2019 Oscars, where her song “Shallow” fromA Star Is Bornwon Best Original Song. She was also nominated that year for Best Actress, and also received a Best Original Song nod in 2016 for “Til It Happens to You” fromThe Hunting Ground.RELATED VIDEO: Oscars 2023 Nominations: Brendan Fraser, Austin Butler and Ana de Armas Among NomineesAll nominated songs are typically performed during the ceremony each year. This year’s nominations includeRihanna’s “Lift Me Up,” Sofia Carson and Diane Warren’s “Applause,” Stephanie Hsu, David Byrne and Son Lux’s “This Is Life” and Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava’s “Naatu Naatu.“During an interview in May of last year,Top Gun: MaverickstarTom Cruisesang Gaga’s praises for her work in the film.According to Cruise, 60, the “incredible” Gaga is “not just on the soundtrack” of the movie, a follow-up to 1986’sTop Gun, but “helped compose the score.“Cruise explained that Gaga presented her song to him andHans Zimmer, who also composed the music for the film, after they were struggling with finding the right fit.“It just opened up the whole movie. She’s amazing,” he toldJames Corden. “It just opened those doors to the emotional core of the film that we had … in that moment, things just came together in such a beautiful way. Her song that she’d written just fell right in and became, really, the underlying score andthe heartbeat of our film.“She released the song days before and encouraged listeners to have “faith in humanity” in an Instagram post.“I wanted to say that I wrote the song for the INCREDIBLE movie#topgun#topgunmaverickbut also for people who feel like they’re not gonna be ok or WE ARE never gonna be ok and that life taught me through hard times to have faith in humanity when it’s hard to have faith in yourself,” Gaga wrote alongside a selfie.“When you feel lonely, sad, removed from the world, far away from yourself and others#holdmyhandOne day you may even be strong enough to hold your own 🤝,” continued the caption. “I love you with my whole heart for all the years I’ve been blessed to sing, write songs, produce and perform for you. Thank you 🙏 here we go!!! 🖤✈️"The “Alejandro” singer is currentlyfilming for the upcoming musical sequelto 2019’sJoker, titledJoker: Folie à DeuxwithJoaquin Phoenix. She is set to play Harley Quinn.
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Lady Gagawill not take perform her nominated song “Hold My Hand” come Oscar Sunday.The “Stupid Love” singer, 36, was invited to the95th Academy Awards, but had to turn down the offer due to scheduling conflicts with theJokersequelFolie à Deux, Oscars producer Glenn Weiss said Wednesday duringthe OscarsCreative Team press conference.“We have great relationships withLady Gagaand her camp [but] she’s in the middle of shooting a movie right now, and here we are honoring the movie industry and what it takes to make a movie,” Weiss said. “After a bunch of back and forth, it didn’t feel like she can get a performance to the caliber that we’re used to with her, that she’s used to and all that stuff.“Weiss continued: “So she is not going to perform on the show, however, this is all, from our point of view, about someone making a movie and us completely understanding that that’s what is priority in this business, especially when we are honoring movies.“Aside from Gaga, whose nominated song was featured inTop Gun: Maverick, all of this year’s nominees for Best Original Song have been confirmed to perform at the ceremony.She last performed at the 2019 Oscars, where her song “Shallow” fromA Star Is Bornwon Best Original Song. She was also nominated that year for Best Actress, and also received a Best Original Song nod in 2016 for “Til It Happens to You” fromThe Hunting Ground.RELATED VIDEO: Oscars 2023 Nominations: Brendan Fraser, Austin Butler and Ana de Armas Among NomineesAll nominated songs are typically performed during the ceremony each year. This year’s nominations includeRihanna’s “Lift Me Up,” Sofia Carson and Diane Warren’s “Applause,” Stephanie Hsu, David Byrne and Son Lux’s “This Is Life” and Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava’s “Naatu Naatu.“During an interview in May of last year,Top Gun: MaverickstarTom Cruisesang Gaga’s praises for her work in the film.According to Cruise, 60, the “incredible” Gaga is “not just on the soundtrack” of the movie, a follow-up to 1986’sTop Gun, but “helped compose the score.“Cruise explained that Gaga presented her song to him andHans Zimmer, who also composed the music for the film, after they were struggling with finding the right fit.“It just opened up the whole movie. She’s amazing,” he toldJames Corden. “It just opened those doors to the emotional core of the film that we had … in that moment, things just came together in such a beautiful way. Her song that she’d written just fell right in and became, really, the underlying score andthe heartbeat of our film.“She released the song days before and encouraged listeners to have “faith in humanity” in an Instagram post.“I wanted to say that I wrote the song for the INCREDIBLE movie#topgun#topgunmaverickbut also for people who feel like they’re not gonna be ok or WE ARE never gonna be ok and that life taught me through hard times to have faith in humanity when it’s hard to have faith in yourself,” Gaga wrote alongside a selfie.“When you feel lonely, sad, removed from the world, far away from yourself and others#holdmyhandOne day you may even be strong enough to hold your own 🤝,” continued the caption. “I love you with my whole heart for all the years I’ve been blessed to sing, write songs, produce and perform for you. Thank you 🙏 here we go!!! 🖤✈️"The “Alejandro” singer is currentlyfilming for the upcoming musical sequelto 2019’sJoker, titledJoker: Folie à DeuxwithJoaquin Phoenix. She is set to play Harley Quinn.
Lady Gagawill not take perform her nominated song “Hold My Hand” come Oscar Sunday.
The “Stupid Love” singer, 36, was invited to the95th Academy Awards, but had to turn down the offer due to scheduling conflicts with theJokersequelFolie à Deux, Oscars producer Glenn Weiss said Wednesday duringthe OscarsCreative Team press conference.
“We have great relationships withLady Gagaand her camp [but] she’s in the middle of shooting a movie right now, and here we are honoring the movie industry and what it takes to make a movie,” Weiss said. “After a bunch of back and forth, it didn’t feel like she can get a performance to the caliber that we’re used to with her, that she’s used to and all that stuff.”
Weiss continued: “So she is not going to perform on the show, however, this is all, from our point of view, about someone making a movie and us completely understanding that that’s what is priority in this business, especially when we are honoring movies.”
Aside from Gaga, whose nominated song was featured inTop Gun: Maverick, all of this year’s nominees for Best Original Song have been confirmed to perform at the ceremony.
She last performed at the 2019 Oscars, where her song “Shallow” fromA Star Is Bornwon Best Original Song. She was also nominated that year for Best Actress, and also received a Best Original Song nod in 2016 for “Til It Happens to You” fromThe Hunting Ground.
RELATED VIDEO: Oscars 2023 Nominations: Brendan Fraser, Austin Butler and Ana de Armas Among Nominees
All nominated songs are typically performed during the ceremony each year. This year’s nominations includeRihanna’s “Lift Me Up,” Sofia Carson and Diane Warren’s “Applause,” Stephanie Hsu, David Byrne and Son Lux’s “This Is Life” and Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava’s “Naatu Naatu.”
During an interview in May of last year,Top Gun: MaverickstarTom Cruisesang Gaga’s praises for her work in the film.
According to Cruise, 60, the “incredible” Gaga is “not just on the soundtrack” of the movie, a follow-up to 1986’sTop Gun, but “helped compose the score.”
Cruise explained that Gaga presented her song to him andHans Zimmer, who also composed the music for the film, after they were struggling with finding the right fit.
“It just opened up the whole movie. She’s amazing,” he toldJames Corden. “It just opened those doors to the emotional core of the film that we had … in that moment, things just came together in such a beautiful way. Her song that she’d written just fell right in and became, really, the underlying score andthe heartbeat of our film.”
She released the song days before and encouraged listeners to have “faith in humanity” in an Instagram post.
“I wanted to say that I wrote the song for the INCREDIBLE movie#topgun#topgunmaverickbut also for people who feel like they’re not gonna be ok or WE ARE never gonna be ok and that life taught me through hard times to have faith in humanity when it’s hard to have faith in yourself,” Gaga wrote alongside a selfie.
“When you feel lonely, sad, removed from the world, far away from yourself and others#holdmyhandOne day you may even be strong enough to hold your own 🤝,” continued the caption. “I love you with my whole heart for all the years I’ve been blessed to sing, write songs, produce and perform for you. Thank you 🙏 here we go!!! 🖤✈️”
The “Alejandro” singer is currentlyfilming for the upcoming musical sequelto 2019’sJoker, titledJoker: Folie à DeuxwithJoaquin Phoenix. She is set to play Harley Quinn.
source: people.com
