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LAST UPDATED: Dec. 22, 2022

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2023 Oscars Predictions: Best Original Song

CATEGORY COMMENTARY: Fifteen songs remain from the 82 that were in the mix for best original song.

The big music stars are here to help with ratings if the Academy feels inclined to lean into it. We have Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Drake, Jazmine Sullivan and Selena Gomez, with inventive selections like the team behind “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR.”

In the case of S.S. Rajamouli’s Tollywood epic, seeing its two leads N.T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan Teja performing the iconic dance sequence on the stage would likely throw the ceremony (and the ratings) into a new stratosphere of global entertainment. Please don’t pass this up Academy.

With these many superstars in the running, someone big is bound to miss. Rita Wilson and Diane Warren have immense support within the branch, representing the conventional choices and leaving room for inspired selections such as pop stars. Warren is coming off a killer speech at the Governors Awards where she was awarded an Honorary Oscar, giving momentum to her track from “Tell It Like a Woman.”

Wilson, who is also a producer of the film with her husband, two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks (“Philadelphia” and “Forrest Gum”), has been working the campaign trail. The husband and wife could be one of the newest married couples to garner awards attention, which in recent years has given us power couples like Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz.

Worth mentioning the few snubs from the shortlist including Billie Eilish and Finneas (“Nobody Like U” from “Turning Red”) and Joe Jonas (“Not Alone” from “Devotion”). I also wish Billy Eichner’s collaboration with Marc Shaiman on “Love is Not Love” from “Bros.”

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2023 Academy Awards Predictions

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The 95th Oscars ceremony will be held at the Dolby Theatre and televised live on ABC on Sunday, March 12, 2023.

2022 category winner: “No Time to Die” by Billie Eilish and Finneas from “No Time to Die” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

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