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Kim and Ashley Campbell arriving for the 87th annual awards

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Photo by Beth Harris

Feb. 22nd Faith Hill and Tim McGraw arriving at Dolby Theatre just prior to start of the ceremonies.
Feb. 21st rehearsal photos tweeted by Tim McGraw (shared this afternoon).

Tim McGraw and his wife, Faith Hill, were just interviewed on the red carpet at Dolby Theatre.
McGraw was asked by an interviewer: (paraphrased by me)
What is it about Glen Campbell that makes him such a legend?
McGraw replied: it's his talent, he's a great instrumentalist, a great guitar player, it's the quality of songs he has sung (and McGraw named many of Glen's hits, mostly Jimmy Webb songs), and his iconic songs and records.
He said, too, that "it is a special honor for me" to be here tonight.

GOOD LUCK GLEN CAMPBELL!

Jane Seymour will be watching the Academy Awards broadcast at Elton John's party tonight. In this interview, she discusses the making of "I'll Be Me", "I'm Not Gonna Miss You", and the dire need for funding to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease and to help caretakers of family members and friends with this disease.

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As Randy posted yesterday, Tim McGraw has been rehearsing his performance of "I'm Not Gonna Miss You", and McGraw's recent tweet / pic on Twitter gives us a few tantalizing hints of what we can expect tonight:

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"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" will be the third nominated Best Original Song performed during the Academy Awards tonight.
Ghost lighting will be used onstage.
It appears that film clips will be shown onstage as well.
Also, this is sweet: the Academy's live orchestra will be playing in the Capitol Records Tower, and their music will be "piped over" to the Dolby Theatre where the Academy Awards program / broadcast will take place. (Glen had signed with Capitol Records in 1962!)

This video uploaded to YouTube by BigMachine1 promotes the upcoming Academy Awards and Tim McGraw's special tribute to Glen Campbell:

Thank you, Randy and Cowpoke, for your posts! Hooray! It's Oscar Sunday!
One billion people to hear Glen Campbell's Oscar-winning song tonight...one billion!
I can't help but think about Glen leaving Billstown, Arkansas as a young man...off to find his destiny, his life purpose.
What he has accomplished is nothing short of a miracle.

Recap: Here is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' announcement of the Best Original Song nomination for "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond (starting at about 32 seconds into this video):

Glen Campbell could make Oscar history

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Why Glen Campbell's Oscar nomination is so important

"It's just so wonderful to have Glen acknowledged like this. He's such a great entertainer, a great singer, and this song is him pouring his soul out about what he's going through," his wife, Kim, told ABC News. "It's a song that speaks to me. In my mind, it's like him saying, 'Don't worry about me.' It's sad, but it's also comforting."

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