Barbra Streisand will perform at the Oscars next month, the first time she’s performed during an Academy Awards broadcast in 36 years. Streisand won the Academy Award for best original song for Evergreen in 1977. She also sang the theme from A Star Is Born that night.
The 70-year-old actress is a double Oscar winner, also taking the gong for best actress for 1968’s Funny Girl. It was not announced what Barbra will perform, sparking a storm of online speculation.
Vanity Fair‘s The Hollywood blog commented: ‘We are hoping that she will not be performing a number from her recent road-trip comedy, The Guilt Trip – and will be participating in the recently announced “movie musical tribute” part of the night’s proceedings.’
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also announced on Wednesday that British singer Adele will perform at the Oscars. It will mark her first big performance since welcoming her first child into the world last October.
The 24-year-old singer will perform Skyfall, the theme tune to the latest James Bond movie, during the 85th Academy Awards at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre on February 24.
And the star-studded event could see the Someone Like You hitmaker pick up an award herself, with Skyfall – which she co-wrote alongside Paul Epworth – nominated in the Original Song category.
Adele said: ‘It’s an honour to be nominated and terrifyingly wonderful to be singing in front of people who have captured my imagination over and over again. ‘It’s something I’ve never experienced and probably only ever will once!’ – DailyMail