Lady Gaga and Liza Minnelli presented the cast of "Coda" with the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Lady Gaga and Liza Minnelli took the stage together at the 2022 Oscars to present the Best Picture award at the end of the night.
"You know how much I love working with legends," said Lady Gaga, referring to the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award-winning actress and singer, as well as indirectly Tony Bennett, with whom she is nominated for five awards. in the upcoming Grammy 2022.
Liza Minnelli, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Sally Bowles in "Cabaret" (1972), took to the stage in a wheelchair and responded sweetly to Lady Gaga: "Oh, my baby." .
After greeting Liza Minnelli as a "true legend of the show", Lady Gaga said that the 76-year-old actress was present at the 2022 Academy Awards to celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Cabaret".
"And I am honored to present the final prize of the night along with a true legend of the show," said Lady Gaga.
In fact, according to former Minnelli public relations manager Scott Gorenstein, the pop star was the one who asked Liza Minnelli to present the Best Picture award together.
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The 1972 film depicts a brief period of LGBTI cultural liberation in Berlin before the Nazi occupation of Germany, which is responsible for the deaths of six million Jews, as well as an unspecified number of LGBTQI deaths in concentration camps.
The 2022 Oscars included a series of anniversary tributes to films such as "Pulp Fiction" and "The Godfather."
"During the night we saw snapshots of the ten nominations for the Best Picture award, now we will tell you who it is," said Liza Minnelli.
After a video for the Best Picture nomination was shown, Lady Gaga - wearing an elegant costume that was no different from what Joel Gray wore in his Oscar-winning performance in "Cabaret" - sang a piece from the song "Willkommen" with which "Cabaret" opens.
"Hello everyone, I'm so happy to be here, especially with you, I'm your biggest fan," said Liza Minnelli, holding Lady Gaga's hand.
"Are you excited to announce the best movie?" Lady Gaga then asked. "Yes," Minnelli replied. "And the Oscar goes…", Gaga started before Minnelli interrupted her and revealed: "Okay, in" Coda ".
