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Musical Oscar Politics
Hollywood Elsewhere —
Musical Oscar Politics The Envelope 's Tom O'Neil is reporting how Fox Searchlight has decided to deliberately under-support M.I.A.'s "O Saya," one of the two Oscar-nominated songs from Slumdog Millionaire. Fox Searchlight's overt support (by way of a CD mailing) has gone instead to " ...
Jai Ho V. O Saya
Awards Daily —
... Tom O’Neil is reporting that Fox Searchlight is definitely urging voters to pick Jai Ho over O Saya in cast the two songs split the Academy vote. ...
Slumdog's Jai Ho vs. O Saya... Which One Yah Got?
RopeofSilicon.com —
Tom O'Neil at Gold Derby is reporting Fox Searchlight has chosen to push one Slumdog Millionaire original over the other. In this case it is "Jai Ho" over "O Saya" for Best Original Song at the 2009 Oscars. ...
Apologies (and some capsule reviews)
Stale Popcorn —
... And to help make up for being MIA here is... well, MIA! It's "O... Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire, the best thing about that movie fyi. It's also the song that Fox Searchlight are trying to insultingly have Eternal Sunshined from Oscar voters' memories. NOT COOL, FOX SEARCHLIGHT! ...
Jai Ho v.s O…Saya
Fataculture —
[image] Apparently , Fox Searchlight have chosen their favourite child and cast aside its other. What I mean by that is, apparently AMPAS members received a campaign CD that featured only two of its three nominated musical entities – original song “Jai Ho” and the original score. “O…Saya” nowhere to be found. While Jai Ho may be the defining track from Slumdog Millionaire (it is at least that “feel good” song that folks would award, methinks), featured at the end with the big Bollywood shout out display, I don’t think it’s the best song nor is it my favourite. And that’s not ...
Fox Searchlight Purposely Underselling M.I.A. 'Slumdog Millionaire' Track At The Oscars
:: The Playlist :: —
... Having to chose between two of its babies, Fox Searchlight is evidently purposely underselling M.I.A.'s "Slumdog Millionaire," track, "O Saya," in favor of the solo A.R Rahman track, "Jai Ho," according to the Golden Derby. ...
