Your faves Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, and Amy Poehler sang 'Shallow' and Lady Gaga loved it

They're just as funny as you'd hope.
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Your faves Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, and Amy Poehler sang 'Shallow' and Lady Gaga loved it
Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, and Amy Poehler were an early highlight of the 2019 Oscars. Credit: Kevin Winter / Getty Images

The very first musical performance of Oscars night was from Queen, but the second came from Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, and Amy Poehler.

The SNL vets belted out a few lines from "Shallow" while gearing up to present the first award of the night, Best Supporting Actress (which Regina King won for If Beale Street Could Talk). And Lady Gaga herself seems to have been a fan, laughing along in the audience.

In their time on stage, the trio also skewered this year's tumultuous lead-up to the Oscars, the president's longed-for border wall, and the infamous Fyre Festival sandwiches – while cracking cheesy puns about the nominees. ("My Spanx are moving into my Spider-Verse," joked Poehler.)

In short, they were everything we'd want from a team of Oscars co-hosts. Please, pretty please, can they host next year?

If they don't listen to us, maybe Reese Witherspoon can influence them.

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Angie Han

Angie Han is the Deputy Entertainment Editor at Mashable. Previously, she was the managing editor of Slashfilm.com. She writes about all things pop culture, but mostly movies, which is too bad since she has terrible taste in movies.

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