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John Legend will perform his Oscar-nominated song “Glory” at the Academy Awards next month.
The “All of Me” singer will take to the stage to perform the uplifting song from Ava DuVernay ’s Martin Luther King biopic starring British actor David Oyelowo .
Legend is the second artist confirmed to perform at the ceremony next month. Maroon 5’s Adam Levine will also take to the stage to give a rendition of his Oscar-nominated song “Lost Stars” from Begin Again .
The three other nominated songs in the Original Song category are “Everything is Awesome” from The Lego Movie , “Grateful” from Beyond the Lights and “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glenn Campbell…I’ll Be Me .
Selma has been widely snubbed at this year’s Oscar, receiving just two nominations including one for Best Picture.
The Academy drew criticism for nominating twenty white actors in the acting categories, with no recognition for Oyelowo’s performance, or for the film’s black female director Ava DuVernay.
Oscars 2015 nominationsShow all 28 1 /28Oscars 2015 nominations Oscars 2015 nominations Birdman - 10 nominations Academy Award nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone), Best Actor (Michael Keaton), Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Cinematography, Original Screenplay, Best Director (Alejandro González Iñárritu)
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Oscars 2015 nominations The Grand Budapest Hotel - 10 nominations Academy Award nominated for Best Director (Wes Anderson), Best Picture, Film Editing, Production Design, for Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume Design, Cinematography, Original Screenplay, Original Score
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Oscars 2015 nominations The Imitation Game - 8 nominations Academy Award nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Best Supporting Actor ( Keira Knightley) Best Director (Morten Tyldum), Film Editing, Production Design, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
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Oscars 2015 nominations American Sniper - 6 nominations Oscar nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Bradley Cooper), Film Editing, Sound Mixing, Adapted Screenplay
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Oscars 2015 nominations Boyhood - 6 nominations Academy Award nominated for Best Picture, Actress in Supporting role (Patricia Arquette) Film Editing, Best Director (Richard Linklater), Original Screenplay
Oscars 2015 nominations Whiplash - 5 nominations Academy Award nominated for Best Picture, Film Editing, Sound Mixing, Adapted Screenplay
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Oscars 2015 nominations The Theory of Everything - 5 nominations Oscar nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Eddie Redmayne), Best Actress (Felicity Jones), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
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Oscars 2015 nominations Foxcatcher - 5 nominations Oscar nominated for Best Director (Bennett Miller), Best Actor (Steve Carrell), Original Screenplay, Makeup and Hairstyling
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Oscars 2015 nominations Selma - 2 nominations Oscar nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Song
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Oscars 2015 nominations Mr Turner Oscar nominated for Production Design, Costume Design, Cinematography, Original Score
Oscars 2015 nominations Wild Reese Witherspoon is Oscar-nominated for best actress in a leading role and Laura Dern is nominated for best supporting actress
Oscars 2015 nominations Two Days, One Night Marion Cotillard has been nominated in the best actress category
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Oscars 2015 nominations Nightcrawler Oscar nominated for Original Screenplay
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Oscars 2015 nominations Gone Girl Rosamund Pike is Oscar nominated for best actress in a leading role
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Oscars 2015 nominations Interstellar Nominated for Visual Effects, Sound Editing, Production Design, Sound Mixing, Original Score
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Oscars 2015 nominations Still Alice Best actress in a leading role nomination for Julianne Moore
Oscars 2015 nominations The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies Oscar nominated for Sound Editing
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Oscars 2015 nominations Into The Woods Oscar nominated for Production Design, Costume Design, Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep)
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Oscars 2015 nominations Captain America: The Winter Soldier Robert Redford and Chris Evans film is nominated for Special Effects
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Oscars 2015 nominations Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Nominated for an Oscar in the Visual Effects category
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Oscars 2015 nominations The Lego Movie Oscar nominated for best song 'Everything Is Awesome' but snubbed in best animation category
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Oscars 2015 nominations X-Men, Days of the Future Past Oscar nominated in the Visual Effects category
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Oscars 2015 nominations Begin Again Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo in Begin Again which is Oscar nominated for best original song
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Oscars 2015 nominations Guardians Of The Galaxy Nominated for Visual Effects, for Makeup and Hairstyling
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Oscars 2015 nominations Unbroken Oscar nominated for Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Cinematography
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Oscars 2015 nominations How To Train Your Dragon 2 Oscar nominated for Animated Feature Film
Oscars 2015 nominations Maleficent Oscar nominated for Costume Design
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Oscars 2015 nominations Inherent Vice Oscar nominated for Adapted Screenplay
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The 2015 Oscars have been dubbed the “whitest year” since 1998, when no actor of ethnic heritage was nominated in any of the four acting categories.
The 87th Oscars will take place on Sunday 22 February.
The ceremony will be broadcast live on ABC in the US, and can be watched live in the UK on Sky’s pop-up channel Sky Movies Oscars.
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