Earlier today the nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards (Oscars) were announced. Though Marion Cotillard herself was not nominated the song she performs in ‘Nine‘ was among the 5 nominated songs in the category Music (Original Song). Though this is mainly honoring songwriter Maury Yeston I like to think that Marion’s performance helped it to get nominated and just shows that she herself would have been nominated had she been campaigned as Supporting Actress instead of Leading Actress by The Weinstein Company.

Music (Original Song)
• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
• “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
• “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Here’s Maury’s reaction to his nomination:

“I’m so grateful to Marion Cotillard for doing such a beautiful job with that song. It’s a very special honor to be singled out by the Academy and the world of film and my first foray into that world.”
• source: KFSM.com

‘Nine‘ was also nominated in the categories Actress in a Supporting Role (Penélope Cruz), Art Direction and Costume Design. Congratulations! See all Oscar Nominations here.

• Cotillard has right number in ‘Nine’, posted on December 4, 2009
• Beds Are Burning, posted on October 1, 2009
• Marion to record song, posted on May 19, 2009
• Golden Globe Nomination, posted on December 15, 2009
• ‘Nine’ Trailer released!!, posted on May 14, 2009

Another variation of Yeston’s statement.

http://www.kfsm.com/entertainment/sns-ap-us-oscar-nominations-quotes,0,546693.story

i’d love to see marion performs ‘take it all’ on the Academy. She sure will charm the show.

Mia, do you have any more info on Marion covering the next issue of Another Magazine? Was it via their newsletter? I haven’t been able to find any information about it at all.

Kelly, I received an email from them. They will send me more information later.

Thanks Mia! I was starting to thing I mis-read your comment
Just super excited to see her on the cover of such a high-fashion mag.
Can’t wait to hear more.

I had hoped that she would be nominated for best actress, I thought she deserved it.
But omg yes! i would love to see her perform the song at the oscar.

hey… just think, she gets to perform it on stage at least!!! can’t wait for THAT

martin scorcese and leonardo dicaprio were guest on “le grand grand journal” yesterday
it’s really really funny , guillaume canet asked a question to dicaprio
here > http://www.canalplus.fr/pid3349.html
part 2 around 4.40 mark

@katie, Is she really going to perform at the oscar? I know she’s most likely going to, but is it confirmed? If she is, I am going to be soooo excited!! Audience are gonna be blown away.

@ Melfan

Yeah, the clip was hilarious. Guillaume knows both Martin Scorcese and Leo, so it was all in jest Apparently Guillaume’s quote is taken from Scorcese’s film – Ragin Bull