New Oscars trailer has host Ellen DeGeneres dancing and lipsynching

If there was any doubt that this year’s Oscars will have a dance-y quality with Ellen DeGeneres on the stage, it was quelled Thursday afternoon.

The Motion Picture Academy has released a trailer for the March 2 ceremony on ABC, and it gets its “Singin’ In the Rain On.� The spot features the Oscar host walking down city streets/studio backlot lipsynching to the Fitz and the Tantrum song “The Walker,� particularly its maverick-ish lyrics “(I walk to the sound of my own drum�).

“The Heat� director Paul Feig helmed the ad, which is scheduled to run in theaters in the coming weeks and can also be viewed on the Oscars’ YouTube channel. About 250 tuxedo-clad move-busting, hands-in-the-airing dancers also join DeGeneres on her walkabout. There’s a modicum of break-dancing too.

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