(ANSA) - NEW YORK, APRIL 25 - There are a few hours to go until the night of the stars but for Laura Pausini the glamor of the Oscars has already begun. "Io Si / Seen" deserves an Oscar for best original song ": this is the final verdict of" Variety "critic Clayton Davis, a few hours before the Academy Awards ceremony, aired overnight from Los Angeles and other global locations including London. Accompanied by a scarlet red grand piano by the 12-fold candidate Diane Warren, Pausini performed the branoscritto with the American musician and Niccolo 'Agliardi for the film by Edoardo Ponti "Life in front of se": both dressed by Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino - a black tuxedo for laWarren, a trouser suit with a double-breasted jacket by lame'd 'gold for Pausini - they performed on the stage of the new museum of the Academy of Los Angeles in view of the pre-recorded segment "Oscars: Into the Spotlight" broadcast by ABC before the actual ceremony began.
With Laura and Diane they recorded their own songs for Academy Award nominees for Best Original Song: Celeste, HER, Leslie Odom Jr., Daniel Pemberton. According to "Variety" it will be Odom for "Speak now" from "One Night in Miami" to bring home the precious statuette: the actor is also nominated in the best supporting actor category for the role of Sam Cooke in the Regina King film.
But if the night of the stars belonged to Pausini, as it happened a month ago on the occasion of the Golden Globes, it would be the first time that a song entirely in Italian has won an Oscar. Laura is not the first Italian to sing in Italian at an Oscar: "It happened with Andrea Bocelli singing a part of 'The Prayer' in Italian while Celine Dion interpreted the section in English", recalled the singer, proud to represent the 'Italy at the 2021 ceremony. In 1999 "ThePrayer" from the movie "Quest for Camelot" got a nomination but the winner was "When we Believe" from "The Prince of Egypt". (HANDLE).