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The 97th Oscars kicked off with a video tribute to Los Angeles and a " Wicked " medley from Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo - here ’s a look !
We bed head into tonight’sConan O’Brien - hosted 97th Oscars ( airing on ABC and cyclosis on Hulu ) that the long - running award ceremony would be honoring the metropolis of Los Angeles and doing its part to raise funds for the city ’s recovery efforts from devastating twist storms and wildfires that ravage Southern California sooner this year . That ’s incisively what we got to kick off the show , with " The Oscars Love L.A. " featuring a digest of famous films set in and lionise Los Angeles . From there , the opening segued toAriana Grandesinging " Somewhere Over the Rainbow . " Personally , we ’re not certain if that was meant to be a continuation of the protection to Los Angeles or not , but it certainly feel like it was and hit on a unassailable aroused grade . After that , we were treated to Grande andCynthia Erivoperforming a medley of Song from their Best Picture - nominated filmWicked .
you may check out the tribute TV to Losa Angeles above , while theWickedmedley from Grande and Erivo is waiting for you below :
Executive producer and showrunnerRaj Kapoorand executive producerKaty Mullanhave a squad that includesRob Paine , who return as co - executive producer , andTaryn HurdandSarah Levine Hall , who return as producers . In addition , supervising choreographerMandy Mooreand kindling designersBob DickinsonandNoah Mitzhave rejoin the squad . ProducersJeff RossandMike Sweeneyjoin the team for the first prison term . In addition , the show ’s output team includes directorHamish Hamilton , output designersMisty BuckleyandAlana Billingsley , and music directorMichael Bearden . The penning team for this year ’s ceremony includesAmberia Allen , José Arroyo , Josh Comers , Dan Cronin , Jessie Gaskell , Skyler Higley , Berkley Johnson , Ian Karmel , Brian Kiley , Laurie Kilmartin , Carol Leifer , Jon Macks , Conan O’Brien , Matt O’Brien , Agathe Panaretos , andMike Sweeney .
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