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RIP to the Tay-vs.-Bey Stan Wars Oscars.
We can debate until the cats come home about why Beautiful Ghosts was snubbed.
(Is it a good song?
Whats clear is that it leaves the Best Original Song category with a distinct lack of star power.
So what are our best chances for a halfway interesting Best Original Song category for 2019?
Allow for some quick handicapping:
The Star:Spirit fromThe Lion King.
The Credibility:Daily Battles fromMotherless Brooklyn.
Sure, nobody seemed to like Edward NortonsMotherless Brooklyn.
It probably wont come for this instrumental jazz noodling with Flea and Wynton Marsalis, though.
The Personal Narrative:(Im Gonna) Love Me Again fromRocketman.
The Wild Card:A Glass of Soju fromParasite.
All the talk on Monday was about how apparentlyParasitehas an Original Song contender.
The Sentimental Favorite:Glasgow fromWild Rose.
This is the song that has inspired the most genuine enthusiasm over the last few weeks of precursor awards.
