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"Norah Jones will perform at the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Arts and Pictures Sciences has confirmed. &amp;#039;Little Broken Hearts&amp;#039; singer Jones is slated to sing the Oscar-nominated track from Ted at next month&amp;#039;s ceremony.  Jones will hit the stage at the 85th Academy Awards show to perform the song &amp;#039;Everybody Needs a Best Friend&amp;#039;. The track is taken from Seth MacFarlane&amp;#039;s comedy movie Ted, starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis. MacFarlane is also the host of this year&amp;#039;s event.  [Still from &amp;#039;Ted&amp;#039;] &amp;quot;I had such a great time recording this song with Seth, and was thrilled to find out that it was nominated for an Oscar,&amp;quot; said Jones in a statement.  &amp;quot;Getting to perform it at such a prestigious event, which my friend is hosting, is a once in a lifetime opportunity.&amp;quot; This will be the first time that Jones has performed at the Oscars. The 85th Academy Awards show will air live on ABC on Sunday, February 24. Watch the video for &amp;#039;Happy Pills&amp;#039; by Norah Jones below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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