Compton gets another big TV close-up, as Beyoncé opens Oscars with soaring 'Be Alive'
LOS ANGELES — Can an opening act steal a show? That's the question Beyoncé posed with a lavish and swagger-ific performance of her song "Be Alive" that opened Sunday's Academy Awards, where the throbbing power ballad from "King Richard" is nominated for original song. Performing on a public tennis court in Compton — where "King Richard's" subjects, tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams, ...
by Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times
Mar 27, 2022
1 minute
LOS ANGELES — Can an opening act steal a show?
That's the question Beyoncé posed with a lavish and swagger-ific performance of her song "Be Alive" that opened Sunday's Academy Awards, where the throbbing power ballad
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