While last night’s Academy Awards were overshadowed by some shameful behavior, there were some wonderful moments.
I was happy to see CODA win two Oscars, one for Best Movie and one for Best Supporting Actor, Troy Kotsur.
Kotsur, who is deaf, was greeted with silent applause, as shown in the video below:
a great moment, for sure.
Since this is a music post, I thought I would also share the song that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The winner was Billie Eilish for her theme song for the 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die.
I don’t know much about Eilish’s work, so I went to old faithful, Wikipedia, to learn a bit more. Here’s a quick summary:
Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell (what a great name) born December 18, 2000, is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single “Ocean Eyes”. The song was written and produced by her brother, Finneas O’Connell, with whom she frequently collaborates on music and in live shows. Her commercially successful debut extended play Don’t Smile at Me (2017) charted in the top 15 in numerous countries, including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
Eilish’s first studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019), debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart. It was one of the best-selling albums of 2019, buoyed by the success of its fifth single, “Bad Guy”, Eilish’s first number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100. The following year, she co-wrote and performed the theme song “No Time to Die” for the James Bond film of the same name, which topped the UK Singles Chart and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2022 (I love how up-to-date Wikipedia often is). Her subsequent singles “Everything I Wanted”, “My Future”, “Therefore I Am”, and “Your Power” each peaked in the top 10 in the US and UK; her second studio album, Happier Than Ever (2021), reached number one in 25 countries
Eilish has received several accolades, including seven Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, one Guinness World Record, three MTV Video Music Awards, three Brit Awards, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award. She is the youngest artist in Grammy history and second overall to win all four general field categories—Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year—in the same year. She was featured on Time magazine’s inaugural Time 100 Next list in 2019 and the Time 100 in 2021. According to the RIAA and Billboard, Eilish is the 26th-highest-certified digital singles artist and one of the most successful artists of the 2010s.
Not bad for a 21-year old…
Here’s the winning song:
*image from Wikipedia
I saw a recent interview that Troy Kotsur gave, and I walked away with a very favorable opinion of him. I’m guessing you saw CODA. We don’t go to the movies that often, but I haven’t seen any of the films most years.
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He does seem like he has a good sense of humor.
I did see CODA and thought it was great. I wrote a post about it about 10 days ago about how it brought me to tears. We watched it fromt he comfort of our home… 🙂
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Wow! I can see why she won. Thanks for sharing it. I heard that Reba gave a very moving performance. And I thought about you when I heard about Coda winning.
As far as the “unfortunate event” that happened that you referred to, shameful is right! And that word covers it!
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it is a good song, and she seems to be quite the talent. I’ll have to look for Reba’s performance. I wonder if there will be any repercussions from the unfortunate event…
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I think the repercussions will be a loss of fans for Will. But who knows.
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in a normal world, that’s what should happen…
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Will Smith should win the Oscar for best overacting in a melodramatic role. He called it protecting his queen. He picked the worst possible way to do so. I’m glad CODA won Best Picture and will look for it in the theaters.
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I agree. His reaction seemed to be way over the top.
I was happy that CODA won as well.
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The Oscars are exciting once again. I sure wish I had watched. I hear next year they’ll be hosted by Jerry Springer.
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You are soo bad! LOL! I am …smacking my head… down on my pillow now.
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I hope you had pleasant dreams of boring Oscars, where nobody gets violent.
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I didn’t dream about the Oscars at all! So that was pleasant. 🙂
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Did you dream about your grammy?
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…mmm…! No, smartie!
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Your poor grammy.
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🙄
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🙂
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agreed…
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did you dream about magical cows and singing hippos and other fantastical creatures?
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that would probably help you sleep better…
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you just won’t admit that you would watch Jerry Springer… 🙂
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I’d watch that. And can you imagine what it would be like if Don Rickles had hosted the Oscars back in his prime?
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Will Smith’s behaviour is getting far too much air time. It was not a good example for his followers. I’m glad Belfast also won an award.
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I agree; that’s why I didn’t even want to mention the incident. Belfast is on my list to watch…
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Hi Jim, I don’t think Will Smith should have won an Oscar after his shameful behaviour. It send a very bad message to the world that you can behave like a spoiled brat with no self control and then get rewarded for it.
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or at least not given it to him publicly. he should have been removed from the event. terrible behavior…
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She’s very talented.
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I don’t know any of her music, but given the number of awards and her sales, she must be…
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No argument here. She is a great artist!
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I guess I need to check out some of her music. I don’t know any of her songs…
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If that dreary dirge is the best song I hate to think what the others were like! But I’ve never liked Billie Eilish, so maybe I’m biased. It was great to see Troy Kotsur win – those early days on Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye have stood him in good stead 😊
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We loved the Sue Thomas FB Eye series. 🙂
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I enjoyed it too, and it has been repeated here so much I think I’ve seen them all at least twice!
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I wish it would be repeated here. She was quite the woman! I read her book after the series came out. Was very good too.
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It will probably come back at some point – most of the good series do. I haven’t read her book, but I thought it was a nice touch for the real Sue Thomas to play a small role in the series.
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Agree! 😉
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I always like those sort of cameo apperances…
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I’ll have to check to see if it is on any of the streaming services…
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hmmm… I guess it’s something I should look into…
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I’ve never heard of it…
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yes, I was happy for Troy. And I can’t comment on Billie, since I don’t know any of her music, but I agree that the James Bond song seemed underwhelming…
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I did not watch the Oscars so other than the Will Smith incident I didn’t know much else. Wish they gave less coverage to negative news and more coverage to positive news!
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that would be nice!
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in spite of the ugly actions of one, you are right, there were some wonderful highlights. I love billie’s voice, she sounds like a much more mature chanteuse. I cannot wait to see coda, I have heard nothing but raves about this film and I love that they won, along with the genuine joy in the lead actor winning.
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I don’t know much about Billie, in fact, I don’t know a single song by her. But she is aobviously talented. I was quite happy for CODA and its actor…
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I don’t really know much about her music. But because she has Tourette Syndrome, people in my online community are talking about her constantly. From what I hear, she’s a super authentic person, and that alone makes me like her.
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I don’t know her music either, and I did not know about the Tourette’s either. Glad to hear she is authentic…
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Hmm… I might be related to Billy Eilish. Interesting.
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I’d look into that if I were you 🙂
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