Oscars: 'Alone Yet Not Alone' Singer Dismisses Critics of Surprise Nomination

UPDATED: Joni Eareckson Tada tells THR allegations of backroom dealings by the song's well-connected writers are false and insists no one "pushed their influence." As a mini-controversy develops about an Oscar-nominated song from a micro-budget Christian film called Alone Yet Not Alone that few people saw, the singer, Joni Eareckson Tada, is confessing that she’s as surprised as anyone that the Academy has recognized such an obscure song. Eareckson Tada is a 64-year-old quadriplegic who runs a...