The nominations for the 2010 Academy Awards were announced this morning, and in the Best Original Song category, Jack White, Karen O, Paul McCartney, Lykke Li and Linkin Park were… all snubbed. Even though those five artists all appeared on the Best Original Song Oscar shortlist, the Academy voters went in another direction, nominating a pair of Randy Newman songs from the animated The Princess and the Frog, “Take It All” from the musical Nine, “Loin de Paname” from the foreign film Paris 36 and, deservedly, T Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham’s “The Weary Kind,” the theme song from Crazy Heart. However, news of the Best Original Song snubs will likely be overshadowed by the public outcry following The Blind Side’s nomination in the Best Picture category.
Personally, I think the best original song of 2009 was “Stu’s Song” from The Hangover but hey, comedies are always “snubbed” at the Academy Awards.
