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'This Is Me' Takes An Oscar Bow

“The song is so much more than a piece of music. It has become an anthem for all of us...

'This Is Me' Takes An Oscar Bow

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“The song is so much more than a piece of music. It has become an anthem for all of us who have ever had trouble marching to the beat that others drum for us, for all of us who have ever had to find strength and beauty in what makes us different, and then to unapologetically sing it out to the world.” —Zendaya, presenting Keala Settle's performance of Best Original Song nominee "This Is Me," from the movie The Greatest Showman

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Brent Fitz
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Brent Fitz

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Music News Digest: Winnipeg Street Named for Prolific Rocker Brent Fitz, Calgary's YYC Awards 2026 Nominees

Also this week: Bill Durst receives the Mel Brown Award, more summer festival lineups and an anniversary show for Music for Mavericks in Edmonton.

On August 7, Winnipeg hard rock multi-instrumentalist Brent Fitz was honoured by his hometown in a street-naming ceremony. Bellavista Crescent in his old neighbourhood has been given the honorary name Brent Fitz Way to celebrate the prolific Winnipeg musician.

After a stint in popular prairie rockers Streetheart in the mid-'90s (he still plays with them), the drummer, bassist and keyboardist has toured and recorded with such major hard rock stars as Alice Cooper, Vince Neil, Slash, Theory Of A Deadman, Econoline Crush, Sass Jordan, Harlequin, Gilby Clarke, Triumph, and Bruce Kulick of Kiss and he is currently a member of Toque.

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