Oscars go Long with Songs
Oscars go Long with Songs
Fifty-nine songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures are being considered in the original song category for the 80th Annual Academy Awards. The songs, unveiled Wednesday, include four songs from “August Rush” as well as three each from “Dan in Real Life,” “Enchanted,” “56 Drops of Blood,” “Good Luck Chuck,” “Into the Wild” and “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.” Films with two eligible songs are “Badland,” “Grace Is Gone,” “The Hottest State,” “Music and Lyrics” and “Once.”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen clips in random order Jan. 15 featuring each song for voting members of the music branch in Beverly Hills and New York. Following the screenings, members will vote to determine which three, four or five songs become nominees in the category. The 80th Academy Awards nominations will be announced Jan. 22.
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