Lady Gaga. Jennifer Hudson. Common and John Legend. Adam Levine. Rita Ora. Tegan & Sara. Tim McGraw.
This isn’t the lineup for an upcoming pop concert, but rather for Sunday’s Academy Awards.
“We want to entertain,” said Neil Meron, producing his third consecutive Oscar ceremony with Craig Zadan. “And there’s no better entertainment than to do it with music.”
Host Neil Patrick Harris will perform an original song by the Oscar-winning writers behind “Let It Go,” the producers said. Called “Moving Pictures,” the musical number will set a “subliminal theme” for the evening, Meron said.