Lady Gaga shocks the audience with deglammed look for her Oscar performance

Lady Gaga took everyone by surprise on the stage during the ongoing 95th edition of the Academy Awards. The singer appeared in a no-make-up look donning a casual avatar with ripped jeans and a black t-shirt.

She performed her song ‘Hold My Hand’ from the Tom Cruise-starrer cinematic extravaganza ‘Top Gun: Maverick’. The decision seemed to be a last-minute back-and-forth effort as Gaga was initially reported to be skipping the awards show due to demands on filming ‘Joker: Folie a Deux’.

Oscars executive producer and showrunner Glenn Weiss first stated that Gaga would not be performing during a creative team press conference on March 8. The 95th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are taking place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and are available to stream on Disney+ Hotstar.

On the work front for Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix starrer Joker has already been in our newsfeed ever since the project was announced. Now, making anticipations high, the makers dropped the first intense look taking it to Instagram. The Todd Philips directorial is the sequel to the 2019 film.

Todd Philips took to Instagram to share the first look of the film and captioned it, “Happy Valentine’s Day.” Lady Gaga also shared the same picture on her Instagram and captioned it: “Folie à Deux,” which also serves as the title of the highly anticipated film. The still shows Gaga’s Harley Quinn holding the face of Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker in her hands in an expression of shock, whereas the Joker gives his quirky smile.

In the sequel, Lady Gaga is reportedly playing a similar role to that of the DC Comics character Harley Quinn, who is a psychiatrist and finds herself smitten with the Joker before adapting to his shocking ways. Actor Margot Robbie had previously portrayed Harley Quinn in the Suicide Squad films and in Birds of Prey. Warner Bros. is all set to release Joker: Folie à Deux in theaters on Oct. 9, 2024,

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