{"id":124564,"date":"2025-01-07T09:06:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/01\/07\/robbie-williams-responds-to-his-song-being-dropped-from-2025-oscars-shortlist-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T09:06:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:06:38","slug":"robbie-williams-responds-to-his-song-being-dropped-from-2025-oscars-shortlist-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/01\/07\/robbie-williams-responds-to-his-song-being-dropped-from-2025-oscars-shortlist-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Williams Responds to His Song Being Dropped From 2025 Oscars\u00a0Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tIn December, Robbie Williams<\/a>\u2018 film biopic Better Man<\/em> (Paramount Pictures) was released in cinemas globally, telling the story of the British pop icon, albeit with Williams replaced by a CGI monkey.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe film covers Williams\u2019 rise to fame as a teenager in pop band Take That, his decision to go solo in 1995, his various controversies and struggles with addiction, his recovery and time in the limelight. The film was directed and co-written by The Greatest Showman<\/em> director Michael Gracey and divided critics and fans for its use of the CGI character instead of a traditional actor.<\/p>\n

\n\tBetter Man<\/em> includes a number of Williams\u2019 greatest hits including \u201cAngels,\u201d \u201cRock DJ,\u201d and \u201cShe\u2019s The One.\u201d A new composition, \u201cForbidden Road,\u201d is also featured in the movie, and last year was nominated for the Golden Globes as well as being shortlisted for best original song at the 2025 Oscars (March 2).<\/p>\n

\n\tThat song, however, was eventually removed<\/a> from the shortlist last month on the grounds that it incorporated material from an existing song that was not written for the film in which it appears. Williams co-wrote the song with Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek<\/a>, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences deemed that it shared similarities to \u201cI Got a Name,\u201d a 1973 ballad written by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox for the Jeff Bridges film The Last American Hero<\/em>. (The late Jim Croce had a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with the song.) In a statement to its members about the removal of the track, The Academy said: \u201cThis is a decision that both honors our rules and protects the special nature of the Original Song and Score categories.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe song remained a nominee for best original song at Sunday night\u2019s (Jan. 5) 82nd Golden Globes, where Williams walked the red carpet. Speaking to Deadline<\/a><\/em>, he responded to the disqualification of the song from the Oscars shortlist. Watch the full interview below.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cListen, the rules is the rules and you have to go by them. It would have been nice, but also as an introvert, it\u2019s another party I don\u2019t have to go to,\u201d he said. \u201cI went through it, I\u2019m on the other side. It\u2019s all good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWilliams\u2019 song lost the award at the Golden Globes to \u201cEl Mal,\u201d co-written by Cl\u00e9ment Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard for the film Emilia P\u00e9rez<\/em>, which also scooped best motion picture, musical or comedy.<\/p>\n

\n\tLater this year, Williams will embark on a massive European tour<\/a> and recently told NME<\/a><\/em> that he was working on a new album which featured contributions from Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi.<\/p>\n

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Robbie Williams on being a #GoldenGlobes<\/a> nominee for \u2018Better Man,\u2019 plus his thoughts on the Oscar disqualification for song \u201cForbidden Road\u201d pic.twitter.com\/skwiIF8wdu<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Deadline (@DEADLINE) January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n