Justin Bieber And Chris Martin Get Oscar Nods For ‘Best Song’
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Written by James Conlon
Teen sensation Justin Bieber and Coldplay’s Chris Martin are among a list of musicians given an early nod for the 2011 Oscars. Both singers were included in this year’s longlist for the ‘Best Original Song’ category, meaning that they will be eligible for selection in the final Oscar nominations on January 25th next year.
Bieber has been given recognition for his song ‘Never Say Never’, which featured in this summer’s Hollywood film The Karate Kid. It is one of forty-one songs which have been selected for the longlist. Other notable entries include Avril Lavigne with ‘Alice’ from Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland, Janet Jackson’s ‘Nothing’ from Why Did I Get Married Too and John Legend’s ‘Shine’ from Waiting For Superman.
Chris Martin is in contention with ‘Me and Tennessee’, a song which he wrote for his wife Gwyneth Paltrow to sing in the film Country Strong. Paltrow has also been listed for her role in another song from the film, ‘Coming Home’.
The songs will be slimmed down into a shortlist of no more than five entries as the nominations are announced next January. The Oscars are set to take place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on February 27th next year.
The 2011 Oscar nomination longlist for ‘Best Original Song’:
"Alice" from "Alice in Wonderland"
"Forever One Love" from "Black Tulip"
"Freedom Song" from "Black Tulip"
"Bound to You" from "Burlesque"
"Welcome to Burlesque" from "Burlesque"
"You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me" from "Burlesque"
"There’s a Place for Us" from "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"
"Coming Home" from "Country Strong"
"Me and Tennessee" from "Country Strong"
"Despicable Me" from "Despicable Me"
"Prettiest Girls" from "Despicable Me"
"Dear Laughing Doubters" from "Dinner for Schmucks"
"Better Days" from "Eat Pray Love"
"If You Run" from "Going the Distance"
"Darkness before the Dawn" from "Holy Rollers"
"Sticks & Stones" from "How to Train Your Dragon"
"Le Gris" from "Idiots and Angels"
"Chanson Illusionist" from "The Illusionist"
"Never Say Never" from "The Karate Kid"
"To the Sky" from "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole"
"What If" from "Letters to Juliet"
"Life during Wartime" from "Life during Wartime"
"Made in Dagenham" from "Made in Dagenham"
"Little One" from "Mother and Child"
"Be the One" from "The Next Three Days"
"If I Rise" from "127 Hours"
"When You See Forever" from "The Perfect Game"
"I Remain" from "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"
"Dream Big" from "Pure Country 2: The Gift"
"How I Love You" from "Ramona and Beezus"
"Darling I Do" from "Shrek Forever After"
"Noka Oi" from "Six Days in Paradise"
"This Is a Low" from "Tamara Drewe"
"I See the Light" from "Tangled"
"Rise" from "3 Billion and Counting"
"We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3"
"Eclipse: All Yours" from "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
"Nothing" from "Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too"
"A Better Life" from "Unbeaten"
"Shine" from "Waiting for ‘Superman’"
"The Reasons Why" from "Wretches & Jabberers"
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