Saturday, July 4, 2026

Watch Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes In a Funky Deleted Musical Scene from Adam McKay’s Oscar Nominated “Vice”

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Adam McKay’s “Vice” scored Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress. It almost had one for Best Song or Score. There was a musical number McKay filmed with Alabama Shakes’ lead singer Brittany Howard. The number was deleted, not because Howard isn’t great, but because it was one more crazy thing in McKay’s already out of control movie. Some people loved “Vice.” There were many great moments. But it was also everything and the kitchen sink. The whole movie could be divided up into DVD extras, frankly.

Here it is, the “Vice” musical number:

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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