Oscars

So the Oscars are this Sunday and new info is coming in about the big night. The official Oscar press release reports that Beyoncé will perform “Listen” (music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler, lyric by Anne Preven), one of three Original Song nominees from the musical “Dreamgirls.” Also from “Dreamgirls” will be Hudson singing “Love You I Do” (music by Henry Krieger and lyric by Siedah Garrett), and Rose, Robinson and other cast mates performing “Patience” (music by Henry Krieger and lyric by Willie Reale). To read the full press release click here. Giant magazine held a pre-Oscar event Wednesday night at the Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles to honor Academy Award nominee Jennifer Hudson. Jamie Foxx, and Janet jackson were among some of the people who attended. Stuart Weitzman announced that Anika Noni Rose will wear the Diamond Dream Shoe to the 79th Annual Academy Awards. An excerpt from the press release: "The Diamond Dream Shoe, created exclusively for the actress, is asilver evening shoe with a stiletto heel, adorned with 1,420 individualbrilliant cut Kwiat diamonds, weighing over 30 carats. The diamonds are setin platinum circles, inspired by Kwiat's timeless Circles Collection. Thespectacular shoe is worth half a million dollars."As Anika pursues and accomplishes her dream, I wanted to recognizethis young actress by creating a luxuriously glamorous shoe for her to weardown the red carpet on Hollywood's most celebrated evening," said designerStuart Weitzman." Picture of the Stuart Weitzman Diamond Dream Shoe and to read the full press release click here: Scott Culter, one of the writers for Listen said today that he would split his Oscar with Beyonce if he were to win Best Original Song on sunday night. He says, "Beyonce helped that along a lot - little lifts in the melody, little lifts in the song that we hadn't thought of. She just kept sending back ideas, thoughts, what she wanted. "I'll cut my Oscar in the middle and give her half." Awww how sweet. Click here for the full article. And just to refresh our memories here's Beyonce killing "Listen" when she was on Oprah with the rest of the cast.