Bret McKenzie on ‘Muppet’-less Oscars: ‘It’s a Shame’

Bret McKenzie is up for a best original song Oscar later this month, not that “Man or Muppet” (from “The Muppets”) will be performed live or anything. The Flight of the Conchords singer-actor confirmed to Billboard new reports that the powers that be have decided to chop the two nominated tracks (the other being “Real in Rio” via “Rio”) from the telecast, calling it “a shame.”