Phil Collins ever up to that point. Collins also sang German, Italian, Spanish and French versions of the "Tarzan" soundtrack for the respective film versions. The song won Collins an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award both for Best Original Song. Collins performed a song from the Tarzan soundtrack at that year's ceremony and a Disney-themed Super Bowl halftime show. Collins was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on 16 June 1999. In 2000, Collins became partially deaf in one ear due to a viral infection. In June 2002, he accepted an invitation to drum for the house
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Academy's "one-country-one-film" rule, which has been criticized by filmmakers. "The Guardian" said that the idea of a Best Foreign Language Film category itself is a "fundamentally flawed premise" and this is the "most critically sneered-at of all Oscar categories." It also stated, "In a perfect world — or, at least, as perfect a world as would still allow for gaudy film-award pageantry — there’d be no need for a separate best foreign language film Oscar. The fact that, after 87 years, the Academy has yet to honour a film not predominantly in English as the year's best says everything about