Super Bowl, Oscars, and a tour? Well, two of these predictions are on the books. Today Oscar telecast producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner introduced that megastar Rihanna will carry out her nominated tune “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” on the ceremony subsequent month. Word is ABC and The Academy have identified for weeks, however they formally may take a sigh of aid that one of many world’s largest stars will carry out on the present with at the moment’s affirmation.
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After not performing for years, Rihanna headlined the Super Bowl halftime present on Feb. 12. Her efficiency was the second most-watched halftime present of all time as the printed peaked at 118.7 million viewers. The SavageXFenty billionaire revealed she was pregnant throughout the being pregnant. After not attending the Oscar Luncheon the subsequent day, many questioned whether or not she would carry out on the Oscars. Clearly, it was at all times within the playing cards.
“Lift Me Up” has been a considerable hit for Rihanna. Co-written by Ludwig Göransson, “Wakdana Forever” director Ryan Coogler and Temilade Openiyi, the tune reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at publication has over 206 million streams on Spotify alone.
Looking to generate hype, the Jimmy Kimmel hosted ceremony will proceed to announce performers within the weeks to come back. Expected to grace the Dolby Theater stage are Best Original nominees akin to Lady Gaga (“Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick”), the celebs of “RRR” (“Naatu Naatu”), Sofia Carlson (“Applause” from “Tell it Like A Woman”) and Son Lux, Mitski and David Byrne (“This is A Life” from “Everything Everywhere All At Once”).
We can solely hope final yr’s Supporting Actress winner, Ariana DeBose, brings a brand new model of her now legendary BAFTA Awards rap to this yr’s ceremony.
The ninety fifth Academy Awards will probably be held on Sunday, March 12 and broadcast dwell on ABC starting at 5 PM PT/ 8 PM ET.