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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: A Controversial Duet by Two Superstars Will Open the Oscars · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: There's a good chance Wicked will take home several key
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Speaker 2: awards at this Sunday's Oscars, and there's also award it's
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Speaker 2: two biggest stars will open this show. Both Cynthia Rivo
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Speaker 2: and Ariana Grande will perform together for The Hollywood Reporter,
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Speaker 2: who also reports that they'll probably kick off the celebration,
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Speaker 2: most likely with the live rendition of the hit from
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Speaker 2: the movie performing Gravity. There's a controversy associated with this development,
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Speaker 2: as none of the songs from Wicked are nominated for
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Speaker 2: an OSCAR since they were written for the Broadway musical
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Speaker 2: and therefore not original music.
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Speaker 3: It's controversial due to the.
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Speaker 2: Decision that not all the nominated songs will even be
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Speaker 2: performed this year, but Wicked's music is undeniably popular with fans.
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Speaker 2: The magazine also confirms it Dojakat Lisa, Blackpink and Now
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Speaker 2: of White Lotus as well.
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Speaker 3: Queen Latifa and Ray are.
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Speaker 2: Also set to perform the ninety seventh Academy Awards air
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Speaker 2: Sunday on ABC and for the first time ever, will
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Speaker 2: stream on Hulu.
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Speaker 1: Concurrently, that's Direct from Hollywood