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The three of them managed to lift the ceremony, especially with an initial stand -up routine in which Sykes joked about having watched The Power of the Dog three times but still had only reached halfway through the movie. The three presenters were one of the most welcome elements of the ceremony, but they couldn't do much to add rhythm to the broadcast.Beyoncé's "Be Alive" from King Richard opened the show with a live performance from Compton in which all of the musicians, dancers and Mrs. Knowles-Carter herself were dressed in bright tennis-ball yellow. That wasn't enough music.
Billie Eilish and her brother FINNEAS performed “No Time to Die” with rock-star perfection. They would end up winning the Ecuador Phone Number List Oscar for that theme. Add on top of that the fact that the nominated original song from Encanto, “Dos Oruguitas,” was performed live during the Oscars with the rest of the nominated themes. But we also listened to a performance of the not nominated but definitely more popular Encanto theme — judging by Spotify and YouTube streams alone — “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.

That wasn't all. The Academy partnered with Twitter to reach out to fans so that they'd choose their favorite movie released in 2021. Twitter voters could nominate a film for the fan-favorite movie using the hashtag #OscarsFanFavorite. The title with the most votes was recognized during the awards broadcast: Zack Snyder's zombie flick Army of the Dead. Likewise, and confusingly, fans could also vote for their most cheer-worthy movie moment ever using the hashtag
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