prestigious Song of the Year prize at the Grammys last month.)But Ryan Gosling, 43, still won the night when he brought all of his Kenergy to the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.It was a show-stopping number unlike any that the Academy Awards had seen before.Instantly, Gosling’s Kenfest joined the ranks of these wackiest Oscar musical performances ever.The sight of the orange-jumpsuited singer cavorting across the stage with a troupe of ghosts and other assorted ghouls was truly scary.
As was the fact that Stevie Wonder’s “I Just Called to Say I Love You” not only beat out the No. 1 smash “Ghostbusters” but the likes of Phil Collins’ “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now),” Kenny Loggins’ “Footloose” and Deniece Williams’ “Let’s Hear It for the Boy.”Although Samuel E.
Wright sang these two Alan Menken-Howard Ashman tunes as the voice of Jamaican crab Sebastian in 1989’s “The Little Mermaid,” actor-dancer Holder took the performance plunge for both nominated songs before “Under the Sea” won the Oscar.
But the cheesy choreography — by Paula Abdul, just one year after “Straight Up” went No. 1 — and even cheesier costumes were a total washout.Although Robin William unbottled his genie powers singing “Friend Like Me” in 1992’s “Aladdin,” Tony-winning actress Nell Carter attempted to puff up the jam in her MC Hammer pants before the tune lost the intramural battle to “A Whole New World” on Oscar night.
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