Music
OSCARS MUSIC LOS ANGELES (AP) Lady Gaga provided the emotional drama
for the night. But it was Sam Smith who ended up with gold, winning the
Oscar for best original song. Gaga's performance was introduced by Vice
President Joe Biden, who said the nation needs to change the way it
thinks about sexual assault cases. Gaga's performance of "Til It
Happens To You" was punctuated by an on-stage appearance of dozens of
people male and female who were victims of sexual assault. On their
forearms were messages such as "I'm a survivor" and "I've been
assaulted. But Smith's song for the James Bond movie "Spectre" "The
Writing's on the Wall" ended up with the surprise win. He dedicated his
triumph to the LGBT community. Sound: 010-w-38-(Oscar Wells Gabriel, AP
entertainment editor, with music and Vice President Joe Biden, during
Academy Awards ceremony)--On a night about words and jokes about
diversity, music provided one of the touchstones of Oscar night 2016.
Here with that story is AP Entertainment Editor Oscar Wells Gabriel
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