Common, John Legend to perform “Selma” OST “Glory” at OscarsJanuary 29, 2015 - 16:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Common and John Legend have officially been added to the list of performers for the upcoming 87th Annual Academy Awards. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron who will produce the event announced on Tuesday, January 27 that the two stars would perform "Glory" which they recorded for "Selma", AceShowbiz reports. "Common and John Legend are artists who have always lifted our spirits and made us think," said Zadan and Meron. "The Oscar stage is that much more profound because of their presence and we welcome them." "I'm humbled and blessed to announce that @TheAcademy invited me & @johnlegend to perform at the #Oscars on Feb. 22nd!" Common shared the news with his fans on Twitter. His collaborator wrote on his own Twitter account, "I'm so honored to announce that @TheAcademy invited me and @common to perform at the #Oscars on Feb. 22nd!" The two join previously-announced Oscar performer Adam Levine. The Maroon 5 frontman will sing the "Begin Again" track "Lost Stars" which is nominated alongside "Glory" in the Best Original Song category. Other songs up for the title are "Grateful" from "Beyond the Lights", "Everything Is Awesome" from "The Lego Movie" and "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me". Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |