MTV.com News — Irish rockers' 'Ordinary Love' is up for Best Original Song at the Oscars. By Gil Kaufman more info

People.com — Cumberbatch may not be up for an award, but he won the night more info

Stereogum — This year’s Academy Awards ceremony is unusually relevant to us Stereogum types: Not only is the Arcade Fire up for Best Score (for the Her score, composed by Will Butler and Owen Pallett), but Pharrell, Karen O, and U2 are in contention for Best S... more info

Stereogum — Tonight’s Academy Awards will feature performances by Pharrell Williams, U2, and Karen O with Ezra Koenig, but you might also hear some familiar voices before the show starts, during E!’s Live From The Red Carpet. As Fuse points out, the network ... more info

ContactMusic — Bono takes his own bed on tour with him.The U2 rocker has played hundreds of shows worldwide with his band, but as he suffers from back problems he... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — U2 is a band that is used to big statements, political activism and rallying behind a cause. This past weekend, however, the band's larger-than-life frontman Bono was talking about the band's late-career efforts to simplify. Well, that and also his d... more info

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ContactMusic — U2 star Bono helped Liam Neeson's children cope with the death of their mother Natasha Richardson by sharing his own experiences with tragedy.The... more info

ContactMusic — U2 star Bono has written a new essay about his father to help raise funds for the hospice where the rocker's dad spent the last weeks of his life in... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Pop star-turned-actor Pink will be making an appearance at March 2's Academy Awards. Described by Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron in a statement as "one of the greatest voices in pop music and one of the best performers of her generation,... more info