Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A. just had a baby boy over the weekend, mazel tov! But wait, does that mean she won’t be performing her “Slumdog Millionaire” song, “O…Saya” with composer A.R. Rahman? Would seem so, no?
Not so fast. With Peter Gabriel just having dropped out of his “Wall-E” Oscar performance, the Academy Award show producers are just a little bit desperate. Oscar producer Laurence Mark will haul out a bed for her if he has to.
“She’s eager to perform … we’ve said things like ‘we’re willing to have her enter on a large bed,'” Mark is reported to have told the WENN network. “We’ll make it as easy for her as we can.”
M.I.A. singing ‘Slumdog’ songs while convalescing in bed? Eat your heart out, Peter Gabriel. Man, the Oscars are totally wet, wild and unpredictable this year. [Guardian/Idolator]
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