Current:Home > ContactRyan Gosling performing Oscar-nominated song "I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie" at 2024 Academy Awards -GrowthSphere Strategies
Ryan Gosling performing Oscar-nominated song "I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie" at 2024 Academy Awards
View
Date:2025-04-17 15:19:40
Ryan Gosling will be performing "I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie" at the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced. Gosling, who will perform with song co-writer Mark Ronson, joins several other performers announced Wednesday for the 2024 Academy Awards.
Gosling, who earned a best supporting actor nomination for his portrayal of Barbie's long-term boyfriend, performed "I'm Just Ken" in the box office hit. Written by Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, it's one of two tracks from "Barbie" up for best original song at the award show, which will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 10, at 7 p.m. EDT.
"What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell is the other song from "Barbie" up for the Oscar. It's already won a Golden Globe and a Grammy. At the Critics Choice Awards, "I'm Just Ken" took the best song award. Eilish is also set to perform at the Oscars.
This is Gosling's third time nominated for an Academy Award (he was previously up for "La La Land" and "Half Nelson").
Before the Oscar nominations came out in January, Gosling was asked if he was going to perform his character's song at the Academy Awards.
"I wasn't thinking about it until now, and now it's all I'm going to think about," he told W Magazine with a smile. "… Do you get paid for that? What do you get paid to sing at the Oscars? … They pick you up at least, right? Do you have to self-drive?"
When the nominations were revealed without nods for Gosling's co-star Margot Robbie in the best actress category or for Greta Gerwig for best director, Gosling spoke out against the academy's decision.
"There is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally celebrated film," he said in a statement. "… To say that I'm disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement."
The movie received a total of eight Oscar nominations, including a best supporting actress nod for America Ferrera. Gerwig was nominated for best adapted screenplay with her partner, Noah Baumbach, and Robbie is also a producer for the movie, which is up for best picture.
- In:
- Ryan Gosling
- Barbie
- Music
- Academy Awards
Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery jackpots to the July Fourth hot dog eating contest.
TwitterveryGood! (7)
Related
- In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
- Anne Hathaway says she missed out on roles due to 'toxic' Hathahate backlash
- March Madness expert predictions: Our picks for men's Sweet 16 games
- Academics challenge Florida law restricting research exchanges from prohibited countries like China
- Grammy nominee Teddy Swims on love, growth and embracing change
- We're So Excited to Reveal These Shocking Secrets About Saved By the Bell
- The NCAA Tournament wants to expand without losing its soul. It will be a delicate needle to thread
- Mega Millions jackpot over $1 billion for 6th time ever: When is the next lottery drawing?
- Paige Bueckers vs. Hannah Hidalgo highlights women's basketball games to watch
- ESPN's Rece Davis walks back 'risk-free investment' comment on sports gambling segment
Ranking
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- UFC fighter disqualified for biting opponent, winner celebrates by getting tattoo
- Rescue effort turns to recovery in search for 6-year-old who fell into Pennsylvania creek
- U.S. Border Patrol chief calls southern border a national security threat, citing 140,000 migrants who evaded capture
- Warm inflation data keep S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq under wraps before Fed meeting next week
- Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Kia, Chrysler among 612K vehicles recalled: Check car recalls here
- Guns and sneakers were seized from a man accused of killing a pregnant Amish woman, police say
- Kevin Hart accepts Mark Twain Prize for humor, says committing to comedy was a 'gamble'
Recommendation
DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
Boys, ages 12, 7, accused of stabbing 59-year-old woman in Harris County, Texas: Police
Jim Harbaugh: J.J. McCarthy's killer instinct, kind heart make him best QB in 2024 NFL draft
Laurent de Brunhoff, Babar heir who created global media empire, dies at 98
Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order
ACC's run to the Sweet 16 and Baylor's exit headline March Madness winners and losers
YouTube mom Ruby Franke case documents and videos released, detailing horrific child abuse: Big day for evil
Maine fishermen caught more fish in 2023, thanks to a hunger relief program and COVID funds