The organizers of the Oscars confirm that Lady Gaga will not perform the nominated song 'Hold My Hand' during the ceremony.
Everything indicated that the 2023 edition of the Oscars would be epic due to the musical performances. However, the organizers announced that Lady Gaga will not appear at the gala next Sunday where she is expected to perform live the song Hold My Hand, nominated for best original song for the movie Top Gun: Maverick.
During a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, executive producer and Oscar showrunner Glenn Weiss confirmed the news that Gaga, who earned her fourth nomination this year, will not be performing at the gala.
The reason, as he explained, is that the singer is in the middle of filming. “We didn't feel like she could give a performance of the caliber that we're used to and like she usually does. So, she won't be acting on the show," Weiss said.
The rest of the nominees in this year's Best Original Song category have been confirmed to perform on stage at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, as has become a tradition where songs with chances to win the statuette are performed live. with a high-flying production.
Rihanna with Lift Me from Black Panther, Wakanda Forever, Sofia Carson and Diane Warren with Applause from Tell It like a Woman, Stephanie Hsu, David Byrne, and Son Lux with This Is a Life from Everything Everywhere All At Once, and Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, the favorites to win the statuette with Naatu Naatu from the Indian film RRR, will be on the live show.
The project that will prevent Gaga from appearing is Joker: Madness for Two, the sequel to the Batman villain by filmmaker Todd Phillips who, on February 14, shared the first image of the Bad Romance interpreter, as Harley Quinn alongside Joaquin Phoenix.
The DC comics film produced by Warner Bros is expected to hit theaters in early October 2024, five years after the first film, and, due to dates and expectations, it could appear in the 2025 awards season.
Lady Gaga has performed on the Oscar stage before, the first time in 2015 performing Sound of Music from The Sound of Music, in a tribute to Julie Andrews; the second time in 2016 when she sang the theme song Till It Happens to You, from the documentary film The Hunting Ground, alongside survivors of abuse. She finally appeared in 2019 with Bradley Cooper to interpret Shallow, from the film A star is born, for which she won the Oscar for best original song.
