Beyoncé and Billie Eilish will perform on Sunday March 27, 2022 at the Oscars ceremony but Van Morrison, notoriously opposed to the obligation to vaccinate against the coronavirus, will not be at the party where he was nevertheless invited, announced Tuesday March 23 organizers.
The three artists are in the running in the category of Best Original Song for this 94th edition of the Oscars, alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda and Diane Warren, whose works will also be played at this ceremony.
Queen of Pop Beyoncé wrote the ballad be alive For the movie The Williams Method, dedicated to the rise of tennis champions Serena and Venus Williams and in which actor Will Smith plays their coach father. According to the specialist magazine variety, the star could perform her title live from the tennis courts of Compton, an underprivileged neighborhood in the suburbs of Los Angeles, where the Williams sisters made their debut. This information remains to be confirmed.
Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas will play on their side No Time To Die, tube specially composed for the last James Bond. Released in February 2020, No Time To Die has already been recognized numerous times this season, including at the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards, as well as at the Grammys last year where she received the Grammy for best song written for visual media.
If Billie Eilish, 20, leaves Sunday with the trophy for Best Original Song, she will become the youngest person in history to win in this category at the Oscars.
Van Morrison, who wrote the song Down to Joy for Kenneth Branagh’s film Belfast, was also invited to perform during the Oscars, like his competitors. Corn “he will not be able to attend the Oscars due to his concert datesorganizers said. The 76-year-old singer is performing in England at the end of March before arriving in the United States next month to continue his tour.
Van Morrison has in the past criticized loud and clear – and in music with three songs protesting against confinement – the health restrictions linked to the pandemic and said he was opposed to the obligation to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Positions which for some risked calling into question his participation in the Oscars evening.
The ceremony requires contestants, guests and journalists to be vaccinated, but performers and presenters would be allowed on stage without proof of vaccination provided they pass a rigorous series of tests.
Sebastian Yatra will be present to interpret Dos Oruguitassong taken from the latest Disney animated film Encanto, a title composed by star Lin-Manuel Miranda. Diane Warren’s Song Somehow You Do was written for the movie Four Good Days and will be performed by Reba McEntire. Diane Warren is an Oscar winner with 13 nominations to her credit but has never won the prestigious golden statuette.
The nominees for the 2022 Oscar for Best Original Song are:
– Be Alive from the movie The Williams Method (lyrics and music by Dixson and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter)
– Dos Origuitas from the movie Encanto The Fantastic Madrigal Family (words and music by Lin-Manuel Miranda)
– Down to Joy from the movie Belfast (words and music by Van Morrison)
– No Time to Die from the movie Dying can wait (words and music by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell)
– Somehow You Do from the movie Four Good Days (words and music by Diane Warren).