Billie Eilish, Beyonce and Lin-Manuel Miranda all vie for the Best Original Song Oscar

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March 16, 2022

Oscars statuettes are on display backstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Feb. 9, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Richard Harbaugh - Handout/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)

We take our annual look at the nominees for the Best Original Song Oscar with Jon Burlingame, who writes for Variety and teaches screen scoring at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.

This segment aired on March 16, 2022.

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Billie Eilish, Beyonce and Lin-Manuel Miranda all vie for the Best Original Song Oscar

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