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"Pharrell Williams will perform his Oscar-nominated song &amp;#039;Happy&amp;#039; at this year&amp;#039;s Academy Awards. The music star&amp;#039;s track, taken from the soundtrack for animated hit Despicable Me 2, is up against U2&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Ordinary Love&amp;#039; (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom), &amp;#039;The Moon Song&amp;#039; (Her) and Frozen&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Let It Go&amp;#039; for the Best Original Song Oscar.   Pharrell recently won the Producer of the Year prize at the 2014 Grammys and also landed awards for his work on &amp;#039;Get Lucky&amp;#039;. He has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. American Hustle and Gravity are leading the race at this year&amp;#039;s Oscars with ten nominations apiece, while 12 Years a Slave is close behind with nine. Watch the music video for Pharrell&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Happy&amp;#039;&amp;quot;      This year&amp;#039;s Oscars will hold a special 75th anniversary celebration for The Wizard of Oz, which received six nominations in 1939. The 2014 awards ceremony will be held on March 2, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Oscars 2014 nominees - photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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