Barbra Streisand Oscars Performance: 'The Way We Were' At The Academy Awards

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Barbra Streisand Oscars Performance" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1001138/thumbs/s-BARBRA-STREISAND-OSCARS-PERFORMANCE-large.jpg?6" /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000659/?ref_=sr_5" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #b10000; cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_hplink">Barbra Streisand</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> returned to the Oscar stage on Sunday evening for the </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/oscars-2013" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #b10000; cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">85th annual Academy Awards.</a><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">The Grammy and Oscar-winning singer and actress gave an impressive performance of "The Way We Were," which won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1974. The song was originally written for the movie of the same name in which she starred with Robert Redford.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Streisand won her first Academy Award in 1969 for Best Actress for her performance in "Funny Girl." She was later nominated for Best Actress for 1973's "The Way We Were," won Best Original Song for "Evergreen" from 1976's "A Star Is Born," was nominated for Best Picture for 1991's "The Prince of Tides," and nominated again for Best Original Song for "I Finally Found Someone" from 1996's "The Mirror Has Two Faces."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Streisand first performed at the Academy Awards in 1977, singing "Evergreen."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">The awards show also included performances from Adele and Norah Jones. It was also announced this week that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/kristen-chenoweth-seth-macfarlane-oscars_n_2732443.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment" style="border: none; color: #b10000; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Kristen Chenoweth and Seth MacFarlance would close the show with a musical performance.</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">The 85th annual Academy Awards were hosted by Seth MacFarlane at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">More information about winners and performances can be found in the live blog below.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script src="http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&width=560&height=345&playList=517658113" type="text/javascript"></script></div></div>

2013 Oscar Barbra Streisand hot news Barbra Streisand Oscars Performance: 'The Way We Were' At The Academy Awards

Barbra Streisand  returned to the Oscar stage on Sunday evening for the  85th annual Academy Awards. The Grammy and Oscar-winning singer and...

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Oscars 2013: Christoph Waltz wins best supporting actor

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="christoph" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-512ac423/turbine/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-best-supporting-actor-osc-001/600" /><br /><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;">Actor Christoph Waltz, left, and wife Judith Holste arrive at the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre. </span><span class="credit" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;">(<span class="photographer">John Shearer</span> / <span class="dateMonth">February </span><span class="dateDay">24</span><span class="dateYear">, 2013</span>)</span><br /><span class="credit" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br /><div class="articlerail" style="background-color: white; clear: both; float: left; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 234px; z-index: 4;"><div class="articleRelates module" style="border: 1px solid rgb(231, 231, 231); margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 10px 10px 0px;"><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="newRelatedItem" style="clear: both; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-top-nominees,0,661185.photogallery" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target=""><img alt="Oscars 2013: Top nominees and winners" height="105" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-512aee8d/turbine/la-et-en-oscars-2013-top-nominees/187/187x105" style="border: 0px; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-right: 5px; padding-right: 8px;" title="Oscars 2013: Top nominees and winners" width="187" /></a><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-top-nominees,0,661185.photogallery" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target="">Photos: Oscars 2013: Top nominees and winners</a></li><li class="newRelatedItem" style="clear: both; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-red-carpet-arrivals-pictures,0,3777644.photogallery" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target=""><img alt="Oscars 2013: Red carpet arrivals" height="105" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-512adc50/turbine/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-red-carpet-arrivals-pictures/187/187x105" style="border: 0px; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-right: 5px; padding-right: 8px;" title="Oscars 2013: Red carpet arrivals" width="187" /></a><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-red-carpet-arrivals-pictures,0,3777644.photogallery" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target="">Photos: Oscars 2013: Red carpet arrivals</a></li><li class="newRelatedItem" style="clear: both; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-the-winners,0,6780280.photogallery" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target=""><img alt="Oscars 2013: From the winners' room" height="105" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-512af6a8/turbine/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-the-winners/187/187x105" style="border: 0px; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-right: 5px; padding-right: 8px;" title="Oscars 2013: From the winners' room" width="187" /></a><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-the-winners,0,6780280.photogallery" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target="">Photos: Oscars 2013: From the winners' room</a></li><li class="newRelatedItem" style="clear: both; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list,0,1532667.story" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target=""><img alt="Oscars 2013: Complete list of nominees and winners" height="105" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-512ace16/turbine/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list/186/186x105" style="border: 0px; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-right: 5px; padding-right: 8px;" title="Oscars 2013: Complete list of nominees and winners" width="186" /><span style="color: #292727; font-size: 13px;"><br />By Nicole Sperling</span></a></li></ul></div></div><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-right: -50px; margin-top: 6px; width: 335px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #292727; float: left; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;"><div class="date" style="color: #930000; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; padding: 0px;"><span class="dateString" style="display: inline;">February 24, 2013</span><span class="dateTimeSeparator" style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; color: white; display: inline; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-left: 6px;">, </span><span class="timeString" style="display: inline; text-transform: lowercase;">6:00 p.m.</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"></span><div id="story-body-text" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.43; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/robert-de-niro-PECLB001330.topic" id="PECLB001330" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Robert De Niro">Christoph Waltz</a> won the supporting actor Oscar for <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/django-unchained-%28movie%29-ENMV0002279.topic" id="ENMV0002279" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Django Unchained (movie)">"Django Unchained"</a> in one of the tightest acting races at this year's<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/academy-awards-EVHST000005.topic" id="EVHST000005" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> on Sunday.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The man who already had one <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/academy-awards-EVHST000005.topic" id="EVHST000005" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Academy Awards">Oscar</a> on his mantel beat out four other veteran performers: <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/alan-arkin-PECLB000215.topic" id="PECLB000215" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Alan Arkin">Alan Arkin</a> (<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/argo-%28movie%29-ENMV0002409.topic" id="ENMV0002409" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Argo (movie)">"Argo"</a>), <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/philip-seymour-hoffman-PECLB0017764399.topic" id="PECLB0017764399" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Philip Seymour Hoffman">Philip Seymour Hoffman</a> (<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/the-master-%28movie%29-ENMV0002275.topic" id="ENMV0002275" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="The Master (movie)">"The Master"</a>), <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/tommy-lee-jones-PECLB002653.topic" id="PECLB002653" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Tommy Lee Jones">Tommy Lee Jones</a>(<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/lincoln-%28movie-2012%29-ENMV0002731.topic" id="ENMV0002731" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Lincoln (movie, 2012)">"Lincoln"</a>) and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/robert-de-niro-PECLB001330.topic" id="PECLB001330" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Robert De Niro">Robert De Niro</a> (<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/silver-linings-playbook-%28movie%29-ENMV0002653.topic" id="ENMV0002653" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Silver Linings Playbook (movie)">"Silver Linings Playbook"</a>) in the first contest of the evening.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Waltz won for playing Dr. King Schultz, a dentist-turned-bounty hunter who frees slave Django, played by <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/jamie-foxx-PECLB001774.topic" id="PECLB001774" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Jamie Foxx">Jamie Foxx</a>.</div>He dedicated his win to the film’s writer and director,<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/quentin-tarantino-PECLB003817.topic" id="PECLB003817" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a>. “We participated in a hero’s journey — the hero being Quentin.”<br /><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/oscars/2013/" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="blank"><strong>Oscars 2013:</strong></a> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list,0,1532667.story" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Nominee list</strong></a> | <a href="http://ballots.latimes.com/oscar-ballot-2013/" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Ballot</strong></a><strong> |</strong><strong> </strong><a href="http://timelines.latimes.com/academy-awards/" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Timeline</strong></a></div><div class="runtimeTopic" data-topic-id="ENMV0011550" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Waltz's previous win was for his supporting role in<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/inglourious-basterds-%28movie%29-ENMV000004270.topic" id="ENMV000004270" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Inglourious Basterds (movie)">"Inglourious Basterds"</a> (2009).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The 85th Academy Awards are being held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday night, in a televised ceremony hosted by Seth MacFarlane.</div></div></div>

2013 Oscar Christoph Waltz hot news Oscars 2013: Christoph Waltz wins best supporting actor

Actor Christoph Waltz, left, and wife Judith Holste arrive at the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre.  ( John Shearer  /  February  24...

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Daniel Day-Lewis wins record third Best Actor Oscar

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="British actor Daniel Day-Lewis, best actor nominee for his role in ''Lincoln'', arrives at the 85th Academy Awards with his wife Rebecca Miller, in Hollywood, California February 24, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" src="http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20130225&t=2&i=707214890&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE91O0DIV00" /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px;">British actor Daniel Day-Lewis, best actor nominee for his role in ''Lincoln'', arrives at the 85th Academy Awards with his wife Rebecca Miller, in Hollywood, California February 24, 2013.</div><div class="credit" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px;">Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson</div><div class="credit" style="background-color: white; color: #a1a1a1; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px;"></div><div id="articleInfo" style="color: black; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 10px;"><div style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px;"><span class="location" style="font-weight: bold;">LOS ANGELES</span> | <span class="timestamp" style="font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;">Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:21am EST</span></div></div><span class="focusParagraph" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><div style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">(Reuters) - Daniel Day-Lewis won a record third Best Actor Oscar on Sunday for playing U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in "Lincoln."</div></span><span id="midArticle_0" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Day-Lewis, 55, was the outright favorite to win the Academy Award for his quiet, intense performance as one of America's most revered presidents as he battled to end slavery and the U.S. Civil War.</div><span id="midArticle_1" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">The British-born actor with dual Anglo-Irish citizenship won virtually every award in the run-up to Sunday's Oscar ceremony, including a Golden Globe, British BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild statuettes.</div><span id="midArticle_2" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Known for months of meticulous preparation, Day-Lewis is already the holder of Best Actor Oscars for his roles as a paraplegic Irish writer in "My Left Foot" (1989) and a greedy early 20th century oil baron in "There Will Be Blood" (2007).</div><span id="midArticle_3" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">His win for "Lincoln" made him the first man to win three Best Actor Oscars in the 85-year history of the Academy Awards.</div><span id="midArticle_4" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">The tall, intellectual actor also became the first person to win an Oscar for playing a U.S. President.</div><span id="midArticle_5" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Accepting the award, Day-Lewis thanked the film's director, Steven Spielberg, and then paid tribute to the "mysteriously beautiful mind, body and spirit of Abraham Lincoln."</div><span id="midArticle_6" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">It took director Steven Spielberg three attempts to persuade Day-Lewis to take on the role of Lincoln.</div><span id="midArticle_7" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Once he made the commitment, he threw himself into the part with the same devotion that saw him spending weeks living in a wheelchair for "My Left Foot" and sharpening knives between takes to capture the menace of Bill "The Butcher" Cutting in "Gangs of New York."</div><span id="midArticle_8" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">This time, Day-Lewis spent months researching Lincoln's political and personal life, and 19th century language and customs. Months before shooting began, he was texting his screen wife, actress Sally Field, in 19th century vernacular.</div><span id="midArticle_9" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Day-Lewis chose to adopt a high-pitched speaking voice for Lincoln, in contrast to the dramatic, booming tones associated with the Civil War president in previous movies and TV portraits.</div><span id="midArticle_10" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">But it was the humanity he brought to Lincoln that earned most critical praise and his success in bringing to life an American icon in a different, subtle way for a new generation.</div><span id="midArticle_11" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">(Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Sandra Maler)</div><br /></div>

2013 Oscar Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day-Lewis wins record third Best Actor Oscar

British actor Daniel Day-Lewis, best actor nominee for his role in ''Lincoln'', arrives at the 85th Academy Awards with his ...

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Adele Electrifies Oscars With 'Skyfall' Performance

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><h2 class="sub-title article" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding-right: 30px;">Backed by a full orchestra, singer performed the James Bond theme during Sunday night's telecast.</h2><div class="byline" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 2px;">By Jocelyn Vena (@<a class="twitter-anywhere-user" href="http://twitter.com/jocelyn1212" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">jocelyn1212</a>) <a href="mailto:jocelyn.vena@viacommix.com" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img class="authorEmail" src="http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/images/spacer.gif" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.mtv.com/sitewide/images/charlie/sprites/site_wide_original.png); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px none; color: #999999; font-size: 9px; height: 11px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 13px;" /></a></div><div class="byline" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 2px;"><img alt="Adele performs at the 2013 Oscars" height="300" src="http://images3.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/movies/o/oscars_2013/stories/adele/alt/281x211.jpg?width=281&height=211" width="400" /></div><div class="byline" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 2px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Adele performs at the 2013 Oscars</span></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px;">Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images</div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.mtv.com/artists/adele/" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">Adele</a> let loose with her very own <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1702513/shirley-bassey-james-bond-oscars-tribute.jhtml" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">James Bond tribute</a> on Sunday night's (February 24) <a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/oscars/" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">Oscars</a>. Done up in sequined all-black everything, the diva gave a flawless performance of the <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1694976/adele-skyfall-theme-leak.jhtml" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">theme song for "Skyfall"</a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Best Actress nominee Jennifer Lawrence, who introduced the Brit singer, described the tune as "irresistible," adding that it "has joined the canon of great James Bond music."</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="background-color: black; width: 520px;"><div style="padding: 4px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="288" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:882862/cp~id%3D1702507%26vid%3D882862%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A882862" width="512"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 4px; padding: 4px; text-align: left;"><b>Overdrive Movies Feature</b> <br />Get More: <a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/trailer_park/" style="color: #439cd8;" target="_blank">Movie Trailers</a>, <a href="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/" style="color: #439cd8;" target="_blank">Movies Blog</a></div></div></div>Then the Grammy winner, along with an orchestra, hit the Dolby Theatre stage for a rendition of the Oscar-nominated song that filled the room. With her hair down and looking a bit wild, Adele was officially back on the scene and without missing a beat. Who rocked the James Bond song harder, Adele or Shirley Bassey? The new mother had been keeping a low profile since the birth of her son last fall. But her voice was as rich as it has ever been, even after an absence from the stage. As Adele hit the crescendo in "Skyfall," the stage lights became brighter and colored smoke filled the background; the retro feel of the track was highlighted by a choir joining her onstage.<br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">The Paul Epworth-produced "Skyfall" theme was up for <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1702386/oscar-2013-best-original-song-predictions.jhtml" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">Best Original Song</a>, facing off against "Before My Time" (from "Chasing Ice"); "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" (from "Ted," and which happens to be written by 2013 Oscars host Seth MacFarlane); "Pi's Lullaby" (from "Life of Pi"); and "Suddenly" (from "Les Miserables"). Adele <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1700097/golden-globes-2013-adele-best-original-song.jhtml" style="color: #840407; text-decoration: none;">won the Golden Globe</a> for the song last month before taking home the Oscar as well on Sunday.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Earlier in the night, singer Shirley Bassey paid homage to the James Bond franchise as the legendary spy series turns 50. The iconic OG took the stage for a jazzy rendition of one of her own Bond themes, "Goldfinger."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><b>Stick with us for everything about the 2013 <a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/oscars/" style="color: #840407; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Oscars</a> including our<a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/oscars/winners.jhtml" style="color: #840407; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Oscar winners list</a> and <a href="http://style.mtv.com/2013/02/24/2013-oscars-red-carpet-fashion/" style="color: #840407; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">full fashion coverage!</a></b></div></div>

2013 Oscar Best Original Song Skyfall Adele Electrifies Oscars With 'Skyfall' Performance

Backed by a full orchestra, singer performed the James Bond theme during Sunday night's telecast. By Jocelyn Vena (@ jocelyn1212 )  Adel...

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