Yet with rock band Queen, pop superstar Lady Gaga and two musicals in the race for best picture, the highest honors in the film industry will have an unusually strong music vibe as the Oscars seek to regain television audiences. British band Queen, featuring Adam Lambert as lead vocalist, will open the February 24 show with a live performance celebrating the box-office success of best picture nominee “Bohemian Rhapsody,” a representative of the band told Reuters. Details have been scant about the first Academy Awards ceremony in 30 years to go ahead without a host, bringing a curiosity factor to the last and biggest awards show of the season. “Lady Gaga is a music superstar and I would imagine her hard core fans will be tuning in for her,” Willmore added. That often feels like the part that makes the ceremony long, so maybe without a host it will not feel like it is dragging,” said Willmore.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 20, 2019 15:36 UTC