RIHANNA TO PERFORM AT THE OSCARS®

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Executive producers and showrunners Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner announced today that music superstar Rihanna will perform the Oscar®-nominated song "Lift Me Up" from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" at the 95th Academy Awards®.

Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson composed the music for "Lift Me Up," and Tems and Ryan Coogler wrote the lyrics. Rihanna has received her first Academy Award nomination.

Rihanna is a nine-time Grammy Award winner who has eight multi-platinum albums and 14 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

In the coming weeks, the producers will continue to announce new cast members for the show.

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Following the slap incident between Will Smith & Chris Rock, the Oscars have added a 'crisis team'

Los Angeles [US], February 23: Following the slap incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock, the Oscars have added a 'crisis team' to their 2023 show.

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The crisis team was formed in response to Will Smith's infamous walk on stage and slap on presenter Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars. According to Variety, Academy President Janet Yang previously stated that the organization's response to the incident was inadequate.

Kramer, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, told Time magazine, "We have a full crisis team, which we have never had before, and numerous plans in place. We've run a number of scenarios. So we're hoping to be ready for anything that we don't expect to happen right now but are planning for just in case it does."

'Because of last year, we've opened our minds to the many possibilities at the Oscars,' he added. But these crisis plans — the crisis communication teams and structures we have in place — allow us to say, 'This is the group that we have to gather very quickly. This is how we all connect. This is the representative. This will be the declaration.' And obviously, depending on the specifics of the crisis, and let's hope nothing happens and we never have to use these, but we already have frameworks in place that can be modified."

Smith slapped Rock during the best documentary feature category presentation at the 2022 Oscars. Rock made a controversial joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's bald head, which she shaved after being diagnosed with alopecia. Smith returned to his seat after the slap and screamed at Rock repeatedly. Later that night, the Academy issued a statement saying it "does not condone violence in any form," and Smith apologised the following day. Smith resigned from the Academy as well.

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Kiara Advani's sangeet lehenga was adorned with 98K swarovski crystals. It took 168 days of making

Decoding Kiara Advani's golden ombre lehenga by Manish Malhotra from her Sangeet ceremony. Its production took 24 weeks.

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Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani married on February 7 in Jaisalmer. Since then, the couple has delighted us with beautiful photos from their royal wedding on Instagram, which are breaking the internet.

The couple has finally shared photos from their sangeet ceremony. Sid-sangeet Kiara's attire has once again piqued everyone's interest. Manish Malhotra designed their outfits for their sangeet ceremony.

This couple is looking very beautiful in a golden lehenga and studded black sherwani, but you will be surprised to know the speciality of Kiara's lehenga, know here.

The sherwani of the groom Siddharth Malhotra is also very special. Fine thread work has been done in Siddharth's sherwani. The velvet sherwani is encrusted with precious Swarovski crystals giving it an absolutely royal look.

To complete Kiara's look, Manish Malhotra chose a high jewellery collection with the dress, in which a special ruby is studded with natural diamonds.

Since their big day on February 7, 2023 in Jaisalmer, the duo has been dropping images from their haldi ceremony and sangeet. For the wedding wardrobe, the couple relied on couturier and friend Manish Malhotra for all events. Although the bride picked one designer, she stayed away from a linear approach and kept things fresh and different for all events. She first wowed in a blush pink lehenga with architectural embroidery, followed by a romantic pearl decorated ivory lehenga for the haldi. But it’s Advani’s sangeet lehenga that stood out for being the most extravagant creation.

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