Artists won't sing Oscar-nominated songs

LONDON The nominated songs will be showcased with clips from the films that featured them, said Leslie Unger, a spokeswoman for the /*Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences*/.

The nominees this year are:

-- "Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog," Randy Newman

-- "Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog," Randy Newman

-- "+" from "Paris 36," Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas

-- "Take it All" from "Nine," Maury Yeston

-- "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart," Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

The Oscars will be broadcast on March 7 on ABC7.