Common & John Legend's "Glory" gets standing ovation at Oscars (video)  February 23, 2015 - 16:13 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - John Legend and Common walked away with the Academy Award for best original song at the Oscars last night, bringing the entire Dolby Theatre to its feet - and delivered two the most powerful speeches of the night, Gigwise reports. It was widely expected that the pair would walk away with the award for 'Best Original Song' but it surprised many by the depth of feeling that was displayed in their acceptance speech. Common began by saying the bridge Martin Luther King and his protestors marched across represented a fight back against discrimination off all forms "This bridge was once a landmark of a divided nation," he said. "The spirit of this bridge transcends race, gender, religion, sexual orientation and social status. The spirit of this bridge is connects the kid from the South Side of Chicago dreaming of a better life to those in France standing up for their freedom of expression to the people in Hong Kong protesting for democracy. This bridge was built on hope, welded with campassion and elevated by love for all human beings." John Legend echoed his musical partner's opinion. "Nina Simone said it's an artist duty to reflect the times in which we live," Legend said. "We wrote this song for a film that reflects events that happened 50 years ago. But we say that Selma is now because the struggle for justice is right now. We know the voting rights act they fought for is being compromised in this country today. We know that right now the struggle for freedom and justice is real. We live in the most incarcerated country in the world. There are more black men under correctional control today than there were in slavery in 1850. When people are maching with our song, we want to tell you we're with you, we see you, we love you and march on." Glory beat Tegan and Sera and the Lonely Island's 'Everything is Awesome', Rita Ora's Grateful as well as Glen Campbell's 'I'm Not Gonna Miss you' and Adam Levine's 'Lost Stars'.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year.Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan.Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan.Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |
