`Coco` an early Oscar favorite in animation and song races, where Cher and the Beast could also rise
(LA Times Clippers)

Last Oscars, we had `La La Land` and Lin-Manuel Miranda. How do you top that musically? One possibility: Bring back Cher! (Bob Mackie outfit optional.) Cher could very well perform at this year´s show should music branch voters give songwriter Diane Warren her ninth nomination for the Cher-sung...