Lady Gaga and Rihanna will face each other at the Oscars 2023: why are they nominated?

Today they met nominees for the 95th edition of the Oscars. With many surprises in different categories and other long-awaited nominations, Lady Gaga and Rihanna They made their way and achieved two mentions in an important category.

For her part, the singer of “Poker Face” and “Rain on Me” received a nomination in the category of Best Original Song for “Hold My Hand”belonging to the film Top Gun: Maverick, a film that has also been nominated for Best Film. This song had already been recently nominated for the Golden Globes although it was not a winner.

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This song was also worth two award nominations grammy. When she received this recognition, Gaga expressed on her Instagram account: “I cried like crazy, this never gets old and I feel very honored.”

For his part, Rihanna is also among the nominees in the same category for the song “Lift Me Up”, a track that is part of the Marvel film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Both songs will also compete with “Naatu Naatu” by RRR, “This Is a Life” by Everything Everywhere All at Once and “Applause” from the film Tell It like a Woman.

The award ceremony in which the winners will be announced is scheduled for March 12 and another pop star who was estimated to be nominated in Taylor Swift with her song “Carolina” of the movie the wild girlalthough it failed to form part of those chosen for the 2023 Oscars.

Rihanna prepares for the Super Bowl

Secondly, Rihanna is about to face a great challenge in her career because she will be in charge of giving the halftime show super bowl 2023 which will take place on February 12. This was announced on their social networks with a short video sponsored by Apple Music.

The singer from Barbados also took the opportunity to introduce a new line of sportswear called Savage X that presents clothing such as hoodies, football shirts, hats and more.

Being that Rihanna has been away from the stage for the last time, her presentation at the famous sporting event has created great expectations among the public. Thus, she joins the group of pop stars who have gone through the Super Bowl Half Time as Madonna, Katy Perry, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, ShakiraJennifer Lopez and more.