Fresh off the heels of her 13 minute performance at SUPER BOWL 57 in Glendale Arizona, RIRI is booked to perfrom live at the Oscars!
An estimated 118.7 Million watched her perfromance during the Half Time Show on Sunday February 12.
The Academy announced that RIHANNA will sing her inspiring hit song “LIFT ME UP” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
Rihanna. 'Lift Me Up.' LIVE at the 95th Oscars.
Tune into ABC to watch the Oscars LIVE on Sunday, March 12th at 8e/5p! #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/5JYuRrf7Hi
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 23, 2023
“Lift Me Up,” with music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson and lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler, is nominated for original song. This is Rihanna’s first Oscar nomination.
The video has been viewed over 89 Million times on YouTube
The 95th Academy Awards will be live from the Dolby Theatre in LA on ABC hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday March 12. Jimmy previously hosted in 2017 and 2018. Perhaps Matt Damon will walk up to the stage and slap Jimmy and add fuel to the fire for their well documented “fake feud” where Kimmel always runs out of time and Damon doesn’t appear on his show.
I stole these. #Oscars95 March 12th on ABC! pic.twitter.com/QIwWZ6NwBM
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) February 22, 2023
Last year sadly more people talked more about Will Smith losing his temper and slapping Chris Rock on stage defending the honour of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith than the actual movies. Will is banned from the Oscars Gala and other Academy events for 10 years. Only time will tell if the ban is reduced and lifted.
Lady Gaga, is nominated for “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick.” Lady Gaga co-wrote the song with BloodPop and it’s her fourth nomination. She won the OSCAR in 2029 for “Shallow” along with with Bradley Cooper.
Diane Warren received her 14th Oscar nomination with “applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman.” The iconic songwriter was recognized with an honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards in 2022.
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
NOMINEES
APPLAUSE
from Tell It like a Woman; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
HOLD MY HAND
from Top Gun: Maverick; Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
LIFT ME UP
from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
NAATU NAATU
from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
THIS IS A LIFE
from Everything Everywhere All at Once; Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne
BEST PICTURE NOMINEES
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Malte Grunert, Producer
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
ELVIS
Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
THE FABELMANS
Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers
TÁR
Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, Producers
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers
WOMEN TALKING
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, Producers
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES
Elvis
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Whale
Aftersun
Living
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES
CATE BLANCHETT
Tár
ANA DE ARMAS
Blonde
ANDREA RISEBOROUGH
To Leslie
MICHELLE WILLIAMS
The Fabelmans
MICHELLE YEOH
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Check out the Full List of the 2023 Oscars Nominations
