42 songs compete for Oscar

Carly Simon, Barenaked Ladies, 50 Cent tunes being considered

Movie video

'Princess and the Frog' an old-fashioned charmer
Dec. 11: Entertainment Weekly's Lisa Schwarzbaum says young viewers may not give a croak that this marvelous new Disney animated adventure has been created using hand-drawn 2-D techniques, but adults should.

Record year for movie ticket sales

Precious pups star in holiday flick

Young actress takes Hollywood by storm

Baldwin on nude scenes, spray tan

Slideshow

December movies
James Cameron’s spectacle “Avatar” hits theaters, along with George Clooney, who is “Up in the Air,” and Robert Downey Jr. as “Sherlock Holmes.”

more photos

updated 7:46 p.m. ET Dec. 19, 2005

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Carly Simon, Barenaked Ladies and 50 Cent are competing for an Oscar, and they don’t even know it yet.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released its list of the 42 songs being considered for the best original song Oscar. The list will be whittled down to five final choices, which will be announced January 31st.

Simon’s song “Shoulder to Shoulder” from “Pooh’s Heffalump Movie,” is under consideration. So are Barenaked Ladies for “One Little Slip” from “Chicken Little” and 50 Cent’s song “I’ll Whip Ya Head Boy” from “Get Rich or Die Trying.”

Story continues below ↓

advertisement | your ad here

Other artists with movie songs under consideration are Fountains of Wayne, Leigh Nash of Sixpence None The Richer, Bryan Adams, Polyphonic Spree, Sting, and members of Radiohead.