Rita Ora Billed To Perform Oscar Nominated Song

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Actress Rita Ora is billed to perform the Oscar?-nominated song ?Grateful? at the 87th Oscars to be staged at the Dolby Theatre.
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According to show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron the Oscars will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris on Sunday, February 22, live on ABC.

“International recording artist, Rita Ora, will make her Oscar stage debut this year. The mixture of her incredible voice and glamour makes a perfect combination for our show” says Zadan and Meron.

The song, Grateful is written by Diane Warren for the film Beyond the Lights, and has been nominated for Original Song.

Interestingly, this nomination marks Warren?s seventh Oscar nomination in the category.

The four other nominated songs are ?Everything Is Awesome? from ?The Lego Movie,? ?Glory? from ?Selma,? ?I?m Not Gonna Miss You? from ?Glen Campbell…I?ll Be Me? and ?Lost Stars? from ?Begin Again.?

Rita Ora dominated the U.K. charts with her first and certified platinum album ?Ora? (2012), which included the number one singles “R.I.P.,” “How We Do (Party)” and “Hot Right Now.” Currently featured on the smash single “Black Widow,” with fellow superstar Iggy Azalea, Ora is readying her second full-length album, to be released this spring. She will appear in a number of upcoming films, including the highly anticipated ?50 Shades of Grey? and Jake Gyllenhaal’s ?Southpaw? to be released in July.

Source; spyGhana.com

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