[arr] Re: MIA offered bed to perform from at Oscars 2009

[ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni .]

LOL! so much for MIA, I feel 'O...Saya' has already won the best song!

--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Bivin Chandra <bivinchan...@...> 
wrote:
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> Organisers are so desperate to have new mother MIA perform at the 
awards they have offered her the chance to sing while lying in bed 
â€" or make an appearance by hologram
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> Rosie Swash
> guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 17 February 2009 12.04 GMT
> Article history
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> Despite giving birth less than a week ago, MIA is wanted by the 
Oscars. Following her barnstorming performance at the Grammys last 
week, organisers are desperate for her to perform at this Sunday's 
ceremony. So desperate, in fact, that she could perform lying down if 
she wants to.
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> According to reports today the rapper is keen to fulfill her 
commitment to perform her Oscar-nominated song from Slumdog 
Millionaire, Jai Ho, at the awards ceremony. She is said to be trying 
to find a way to overcome the physical issues of performing so soon 
after giving birth, including, it's alleged, an appearance by 
hologram or, failing that, one delivered from a bed live on stage.
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> MIA, real name Maya Arulpragasam, went into labour just hours after 
performing at the Grammys with Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and T.I, 
where she marked the occasion by wearing an eye-popping transparent 
dress over her blooming belly. She blogged earlier this week that her 
baby boy was "the most amazing thing on the planet", and confirmed he 
was born on Wednesday 11 February after she went into the early 
stages of labour on the night of her performance (8 February).
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> Now Oscars producer Laurence Mark is said to have offered her 
a "large bed" to perform from at the 81st annual Academy Awards later 
this week, hoping that if being nine months pregnant won't stop her 
performing then neither will being a new mother.
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> "She's eager to perform ... we've said things like 'we're willing 
to have her enter on a large bed,'" Mark is reported to have told the 
WENN network. "We'll make it as easy for her as we can."
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> MIA is nominated for an award in the best original song category 
for her collaboration with AR Rahman on Jai Ho, which features on the 
soundtrack to the Danny Boyle film Slumdog Millionaire. According to 
a BBC interview with Rahman, the Indian composer said that the issue 
of an MIA performance at the Oscars is the "million-dollar question".
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> "She wants to. In fact, she said she'll do it with a hologram. She 
has all these ideas," said Rahman. He added: "I don't know how it's 
going to be possible, though. Having a baby is such an important 
thing in your life â€" more important than winning an Oscar."
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> Something tells us MIA will find a way to balance both.
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/feb/17/mia-oscars-performance-
2009
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