What Baby? Oscar Producers Beg MIA to Perform

The ratings-challenged Academy Award broadcast needs a boost, and producers are desperate for rapper MIA to perform her Oscar-nominated song, even though she just gave birth, MSNBC reports. “We are happy to bring some sort of fabulous bed on stage if that means MIA can be there,” they said of the entertainer, who performed at the Grammys days before giving birth. Her collaborator and co-nominee told the BBC, “She wants to perform. In fact, she said she'll do it with a hologram.”
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