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Bette Midleris taking her talents tothe Oscarsstage once again.
The legend, 73, will perform the song “The Place Where Lost Things Go” fromMary Poppins Returnsat the upcoming Academy Awards, she announced on Twitter Saturday.
“So, (drum roll) Ladies and Gentlemen, I will be chanteusing (that’s singing) onthe Oscarson Feb 24…the nominated song from ‘Mary Poppins’…’The Place Where Lost Things Go’ …so excited!!” she wrote.
Shortly after it was announced that Midler would be singing his song, Shaiman, 59,gushed on Facebookthat his heart was “exploding.”
“As a child of the 60s, I grew up obsessed with the ‘Mary Poppins’ soundtrack, learning everything about songwriting and film scoring from it. As a teenager in the 70’s, I became obsessed with new star Bette Midler, who fate amazingly led me to, resulting in our 40 year relationship,” he wrote. “Could I have ever imagined that one day Bette Midler would sing a song I co-wrote with Scott Wittman for a sequel to ‘Mary Poppins’ at the Academy Awards?! My heart is exploding!!!”
Midler is no stranger tothe Oscarsstage: she has twice been nominated for Best Actress, forThe Rose(1979) andFor the Boys(1991). In 2014, she performed her signature ballad “Wind Beneath My Wings” from her movieBeachesduring the ceremony’s annual In Memoriam tribute.
She joins Jennifer Hudson, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings,Bradley CooperandLady Gagaas stars confirmed to be performing their nominated songs during the live broadcast.
Hudson will sing “I’ll Fight,” the Diane Warren-penned track from the documentaryRBG, while Welch and Rawlings will perform “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from the Coen Brothers’The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
Cooper and Gaga, meanwhile, will sing “Shallow” fromA Star Is Born. Cooper said in a recent interview, however, that he’d be shedding his Jackson Maine persona for the performance, and would be singing as himself and not hisStar Is Borncharacter.
“He’s gone,” Cooper said onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert. “I’m not gonna try to get him back. But it will be me singing.”
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Of the five songs nominated for best original song, the only one that has yet to be confirmed for a performance during the broadcast is Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “All the Stars” fromBlack Panther.
The Feb. 24 ceremony is expected to be thefirst Oscars in 30 years to go without a hostafter comedianKevin Hartstepped down in December.
source: people.com
