Oscars snub Miley Cyrus again, plus Adam Lambert
On the Oscars' red carpet in 2008, Miley Cyrus shared a secret dream with Ryan Seacrest while they chatted on E!: "One day I'll be here with my own movie!"
Ridiculous, you say? Bite your tongue. Last year, Miley actually came close to nabbing an Oscar nomination in the race for best song as co-writer of "I Thought I Lost You," the tune from "Bolt." It was nominated at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, but, alas, got snubbed by the academy.
Now, more bad Oscar news for Miley fans. Even though she may appear to be in the running for "Don't Walk Away" — a song that she co-wrote, which appears in the film version of "Hannah Montana" — it's not eligible because it wasn't written specifically for the movie. One song from "Hannah Montana" is being submitted for the Oscars' best-song race, "Butterfly Fly Away," but she doesn't share composition credit with Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri. Pity. Both were nominated for penning "Believe," sung by Josh Groban in "Polar Express" (2004). The song lost to "Al otro lado del rio" from "The Motorcycle Diaries."
Groban didn't share the nomination for "Believe" because singers don't count at the Oscars, just the writers. Thus Miley can't be nominated for "Butterfly Fly Away," which she croons with her poppa, Billy Ray Cyrus.
That means Adam Lambert can't be nominated for crooning "Time for Miracles," which he sings in "2012." He doesn't share co-writing credit. But that doesn't matter anyway because "Time for Miracles" isn't eligible for Oscar consideration — it wasn't written specifically for the film.
Photo of Miley Cyrus by WireImage; photo of Adam Lambert by Fox TV
NOTE: An earlier version of this blog item incorrectly stated that Miley Cyrus was co-writer of "The Climb," which also is featured in "Hannah Montana." While "The Climb" is not eligible at the Oscars, it is being submitted for nomination consideration at the Golden Globes.
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Time For Miracles is a beautiful song and should have been nominated
with Adam Lambert performing it. I'm another Adam Lambert fan that won't
be watching the oscars! The same winners win at every award show so
I find it boring too.
Posted by: Jeanne Dove | March 05, 2010 at 11:24 PM
It's just so not fair at all.Miley had should won all those.I'll blame the jealouser . And Adam is a great performer.His voice rock my ass.Wth wrong with people nowadays? Nomination such nonsence artist than the talented ones? WTF get a life
Posted by: Cawan Cullivan | December 09, 2009 at 09:48 PM
Oh no Adam Lambert are not eligible for won the Oscars, so I will dont look either Academie Award...I would like him to performe Time For Miracles but....I will look another thinks on TV but not Academie Award====== im really not intersted.
Posted by: WindyJocelyne | December 06, 2009 at 09:33 PM
Ok you people are RIDICULOUS! Adam just got out of hand...he preformed on Ellen not to much longer and he was fine. He was just playing with other styles of preformance! wow I'm a musician like Adam so I'm open to all of this. Yes I had about puked when he grabbe the gir's crouch HOWEVER...you can't judge him after 1 bad freaking preformance. It was ok when Janet Jackson did it!...Why not Adam?...cuz he is gay? GET OVER IT! It's not like you've never seen it before!
Posted by: Lynaia | December 05, 2009 at 11:18 AM
NO ADAM LAMBERT at the Oscars? NO ME either -- won't be watching.
Posted by: Bunnies | December 05, 2009 at 05:51 AM
Well, you win some and you lose some! I won't be watching ANY more awards shows where Adam Lambert is singing! So I WILL be watching THIS one!
Posted by: Shelton | December 03, 2009 at 05:42 AM
Give Adam the award for Best Make-Up and shut up already...sheesh!!
Posted by: Cisco | December 02, 2009 at 05:22 PM
I love Lambert but that is not the song I would want for him to sing at the Oscars or anywhere outside the showing of the actual movie.
Posted by: momshell | December 02, 2009 at 05:07 PM
After his antics at the AMA's, Adam Lambert is poison right now. No way will he be let anywhere near the Globes or Oscars song category; he can't be trusted.
Posted by: Paul | December 02, 2009 at 12:48 PM
WOW! What a disappointment and what a DISSERVICE to BOTH the song"TIME FOR MIRACLES" and ADAM LAMBERT! And what a HUGE mistake on the part of the Academy Awards! Well ... one less viewer this year!!
Posted by: terie | December 02, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Adam Lambert won't be singing that mess of a song at the Oscars? Thank God. Now I know that the family can tune in and watch it without worrying whether that hack will screw up another award show.
Posted by: Courtney | December 02, 2009 at 11:08 AM
I'm no fan of either Miley or Adam (good singers but really awful music they put out...just uncool, icky stuff)...But the problem very much lies with the Academy and their rules. They need reform and how!! With last year's snubbing of Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" song is a prime example of how badly the rules are in need of change.
Posted by: Cisco | December 02, 2009 at 10:50 AM
I'm a fan of Adam and all, but I would NOT have wanted Adam to perform that dreck of a song on Oscar night even if it was eligible. Come on now.
Posted by: RyanT | December 02, 2009 at 08:37 AM
Please cite your source for the conclusion that TFM wasn't written for the film 2012. Has the Academy already made that determination? or are your assuming this?
Posted by: Stephanie | December 02, 2009 at 08:09 AM
I'll wait for that "eligible song" list to moan too much, but hopefully the songwriting branch isn't out to do something stupid again and continue this category's bumpy ride through the land of foolishness. This year, they've got more worthwhile songs to choose from than they have in awhile, and if they're going to start killing them off already, we may just have to look to the Golden Globes again to get this category right.
Back in the '80s, these two would have been duking it out for the award. Now, it'll probably go to some obscure thing no one would ever listen to.
Posted by: John | December 02, 2009 at 08:01 AM
Just because she said One day I'll be here with my own movie...
Doesn't mean she's a snub she's just confident its better than being all like i'll never win anything....
This is just news and its not a big deal!!!
Luv ya Miley x x x x from ur biggest fan
Posted by: OfficialMileyFan xx | December 02, 2009 at 07:18 AM
Also, "Time For Miracles" flopped. Big time. After massive promotion. Why would it deserve an Oscar?
Posted by: Sandy | December 02, 2009 at 05:39 AM
i hope to see adam lambert one day receiving an oscar for his performance. i like the song time for miracles and thought it was written for the movie.
Posted by: lourdes | December 02, 2009 at 03:15 AM
One of TFM's writers passed away long before the movie started production. It's hard to imagine that the song was written specifically for the film.
Posted by: eustacia | December 01, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Why are they only submitting that one song for Hannah Montana? What about the Taylor Swift songs we discussed before?
Posted by: A.J | December 01, 2009 at 10:13 PM
No Adam singing at the Oscars? I guess no watching the Academy Awards for me that night either. lol
Posted by: cherch | December 01, 2009 at 10:10 PM
I heard that Time for Miracles was written by the expired wife of someone who made the move. She was dying of cancer. The song was made FOR the movie. They just hired Adam Lambert to sing it. They are losing out by not having him on their singing a beautiful song like that. Too bad for them. He's a new rising star. Will not be watching the show. Boringggggggg!!
Posted by: One of Adam's Female Skanks | December 01, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Tom, I think you need to clarify your correction. AFAIK, the only problem with "The Climb" is that Miley didn't co-write it; just because it was also a pop hit for Miley doesn't mean it wasn't "written specifically for the film". And until the Academy publishes the official entry list for BOS (expected by mid-December), you can't say "The Climb" wasn't submitted; it's possible that the songwriter(s) submitted it directly to the Academy without studio involvement. (That's what happened with "When You Believe" from "The Prince of Egypt" just over a decade ago; DreamWorks wanted Stephen Schwartz to share credit with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds who rewrote the bridge for the Whitney-Mariah version, but instead Schwartz personally submitted the original Michelle Pfeiffer-Sally Dworsky version, so only he won that song's Oscar.)
Posted by: RBBrittain | December 01, 2009 at 08:50 PM
Adam Lamberts Time for Miracles was written specifically for the movie I thought.... It was the films feature song and wasn't at first going to even go on his regular album but then they added it as a bonus track. I'm so confused If it wasn't written for his album and it wasn't written for the movie then why was it written and recorded?
Posted by: Cindy | December 01, 2009 at 08:07 PM
Well ... No ADAM LAMBERT ... no Academy Awards for this viewer/fan. I'm sure a lot of his other fans won't be tuning in either.
Posted by: terie | December 01, 2009 at 08:01 PM