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Published April 25, 2021 11:13am Los Angeles — Filipina-American songwriter-singer H.E.R. will perform her Oscar-nominated composition “Fight For You” for the movie “Judas and the Black Messiah” at the “Oscars: Into the Spotlight” lead-in special to the 93rd Oscars on Sunday, April 25. The 23-year-old from Vallejo, California, whose Filipina mom, Agnes, hails from Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija and her musician dad, Kenny Wilson, is African American, revealed that along with co-songwriters D'Mile and Tiara Thomas, she wrote the song over FaceTime.  “I didn't imagine that my fea...

'Judas and the Black Messiah' If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. The Oscars are coming up this weekend, and just a year after Elton John and Bernie Taupin took home the award for best original song, music fans are gearing up to see who will be earning themselves a gold-plated statuette in 2021. Songs from  One Night in Miami..., Judas and the Black Messiah and more are all up for the honor this year, featuring performances from high-profile artists including H.E.R., Leslie Odom Jr., Celeste and L...

The writers behind the Oscar-nominated song ‘Husavik (My Hometown)’ knew that they wanted it to be an emotional core to the otherwise silly Will Ferrell movie ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.’ But they had no idea just how significant the ballad would become to the people of the small Icelandic town it’s named after - especially considering the fact they’ve yet to visit. And yet in the past year, the people of Husavik, a town of only 2,300, have staged a grassroots Oscar campaign on behalf of the song and adopted it as a de facto local anthem.