The James Bond musical tribute at this Sunday’s Oscars certainly felt like a bit of an oddity. Included, ostensibly, to celebrate the fact that the Academy’s board of governors honoured 007 producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli with The Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award in recognition of their contribution to cinema late last year (nope, us neither), it featured a dance segment from Margaret Qualley followed by performances from Lisa, Doja Cat and Raye.
Though by no means a disaster, the substantial segment has led to a certain amount of bemusement on social media. Did it end with a big reveal of the next James Bond? It did not. Did we get an inkling of when a new Bond movie might arrive or what it will be called? No.
