Steve Pond The show will celebrate Los Angeles and “move away from live performances” of the songs, Academy leadership says Zoe Saldana in "Emilia Perez" (Netflix) The songs nominated in the Best Original Song category at this year’s Academy Awards will not be performed live on the Oscar show, according to an email sent to Academy members Wednesday afternoon. In a letter to the membership, Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang said that the presentation would “move away  from live