Oscars Week: Day 2

Day 2 has come and gone, but man, I am tired!  Can you imagine being a nominee during a week like this?   I don't know how they do it and still look pretty all week long.  Yesterday, I hit Roger Neal's Hollywood Style Gifting Suite and received the celebrity treatment.  What is it like to get all of those free gifts?  Take a look....



If you read my Day 1 post, I alluded to a bit of show gossip and I hinted that the group I saw getting credentials might mean that there will be singing at this year's show. (I named them in the tags.)  I sleuthed around and here's what I am hypothesizing for now....

1.  The group will be singing as a part of some tribute, perhaps during the infamous and always controversial "Hollywood Death" segment.  Sounds possible, but it's a group of kids singing, that's too morbid.

2.  How about this better theory:  They ARE featuring the two Best Original Songs from The Muppets and from Rio.  My guess is that the Muppets will make an appearance to sing because Miss Piggy and Kermit are already in the building to present an award.  The kids' chorus will be a part of the Rio song.  This would make me very happy if Theory 2 actually happened.

I did ask my insider sources to confirm this.  When I offered up my Muppets theory, the response was met with silence.  My other source could not confirm nor deny.  Hmmmm, am I on to something here?  What do you think, let me know in the comments below.

Oscars: Looking At the Best Original Song and Score

To tide you over until I finish up my insider's view of the Oscar Nominees Luncheon, check out my Behind The Red Carpet look at the nominees......

Let's look at the Best Original Song/Best Original Score Category.  There are so many controversies in both of these categories with the voting, the shortlist, who was eligible, and why there were only two nominees in the Best Original Song category.  I break it all down for you along with giving you a look at some of the rules at how the nominations happened in this category.



After shooting the video, I was able to interview two of the nominees for Best Original Song:  Sergio Mendes and Siedah Garrett for the movie, Rio, at the 39th Annual Annie Awards.  Here's what they had to say: