Oscars 2013: Snubs and Surprises

SNUB: “Safe and Sound” by Taylor Swift featuring the Civil Wars
This year’s Best Original Song category featured a show-stopping Shirley Bassey-like Bond theme from Adele, a brand new tune especially penned for the screen from “Les Miserables,” and a song about a guy and his sentient teddy bear from “Ted.” But the Academy didn’t give any love to Taylor Swift’s breathy ballad “Safe and Sound” even though the song garnered a Globe nom and it ... more 

SNUB: “Safe and Sound” by Taylor Swift featuring the Civil Wars
This year’s Best Original Song category featured a show-stopping Shirley Bassey-like Bond theme from Adele, a brand new tune especially penned for the screen from “Les Miserables,” and a song about a guy and his sentient teddy bear from “Ted.” But the Academy didn’t give any love to Taylor Swift’s breathy ballad “Safe and Sound” even though the song garnered a Globe nom and it charted high on the Billboard Hot 100. Will Swift now write a song about getting stiffed by the Academy? less