Oscars 2024: Who's Performing And What To Expect—As Ryan ...
Ryan Gosling will take the Oscars stage to perform “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie,” the first performer announced for the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony, with performances for other nominated songs like “What Was I Made For?” also expected to be announced.
Ryan Gosling will perform "I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie." (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times via ... [+] Getty Images)
Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Key FactsThough Gosling—nominated for Best Supporting Actor—is the only performer announced so far, all of the nominees for Best Original Song are typically performed during the ceremony.
The other songs up for the songwriting award whose performances have yet to be announced are “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie,” “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony,” “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot” and “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Billie Eilish—who sings “What Was I Made For?”—has not been confirmed as a performer by the Academy, but she told the Los Angeles Times she “can’t wait” to perform at the ceremony, though she said she finds performing at the Oscars “horribly terrifying.”
Other performers likely to hit the stage to perform nominated songs include Jon Batiste, Becky G and Scott George, an Osage Nation singer-songwriter who wrote “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People),” which is sung by Osage Tribal Singers.
The Academy announced five previous winners will present each acting award this year, a return to a format it had only tried once during the 2009 ceremony. In 2009, former winners reunited onstage and honored each nominee one by one in presentations that stretched to 10 minutes long, moved nominees to tears and inspired multiple rounds of applause and standing ovations from the audience. The Academy unveiled the first slate of presenters for the ceremony, which includes all four of last year’s acting winners: Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan from “Everything Everywhere All At Once” and Brendan Fraser from “The Whale.” Other winners set to present include Jessica Lange, Mahershala Ali, Lupita Nyong’o and Matthew McConaughey.
What To Watch ForThe 96th Oscars ceremony will take place March 10 at 7 p.m. EST. The show will air on ABC, ABC.com and the ABC app.
Key Background“Oppenheimer” leads this year’s nominations with 13 total, and after winning top prizes at the Golden Globes and BAFTAs, it is considered the frontrunner to win Best Picture. Other nominees contending for multiple awards include “Poor Things” with 11 nods, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” up for 10 awards, and “Barbie,” nominated for eight prizes.
Further Reading2024 Oscar Nominations: ‘Oppenheimer’ Leads With 13 Nominations (Forbes)
Oscar Nominations Snubs: ‘Barbie’ Misses Nods For Greta Gerwig And Margot Robbie (Forbes)
