Actor Ryan Reynolds says that if a song from his holiday Apple TV+ offering “Spirited” were to earn an Academy Award nomination, he would feel obligated to “show up on that stage and embarrass myself.”

The song in question is titled “Good Afternoon” and is already reportedly on a “shortlist” shared by entertainment site Variety:

“Lift Me Up” by Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna and Ryan Coogler (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) “Naatu Naatu” by Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj (“RRR”) “Ciao Papa” by Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz and Guillermo del Toro (“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”) “Applause” by Diane Warren (“Tell it Like a Woman”) “Til You’re Home” by Rita Wilson (“A Man Called Otto”) “Hold My Hand” by Lady Gaga and Bloodpop (“Top Gun: Maverick”) “This is a Life” by David Byrne, Ryan Lott and Mitski (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) “Carolina” by Taylor Swift (“Where the Crawdads Sing”) “Good Afternoon” by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (“Spirited”) “Stand Up” by Jazmine Sullivan and D’Mile (“Till”)

“Good Afternoon” writer Justin Paul told Variety that he’d love to see the song nominated, in part because he’d love to see actors Reynolds and Will Ferrell perform the number live at the Academy Awards.

“I need them on stage,” he said.

And Reynolds appears to be amenable to that, though he’s not expecting it. “I’m not thinking about that,” he said. “Look, if this song is nominated for an Academy Award, I would say that the least I can do is show up on that stage and embarrass myself.”

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The one person likely to be disappointed — should “Spirited” get the nod and land Reynolds alongside Ferrell on the Oscars’ stage — is “X-Men” actor Hugh Jackman. Jackman, who often trades barbs with Reynolds — and is set to appear with him in the next “Deadpool” movie — shared his concerns about the prospect.

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But don’t get me wrong … pic.twitter.com/8ymOYUOq9m

— Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) January 4, 2023

In a video posted just after the new year, Jackman begged the Academy not to nominate Reynolds, claiming it would “make the next year of my life insufferable.”

Reynolds responded with a video of his own, first calling on the Academy to nominate Jackman for his role in “The Son” and then, after apparently pretending to shut the feed off, mumbled under his breath about him.

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For Hugh-r consideration. pic.twitter.com/0qDASD4xDm

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) January 11, 2023

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did not shed much light on the still-unfolding situation regarding the classified documents found in President Joe Biden’s possession — and while she stone-walled reporters on the subject during Friday’s briefing, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy later revealed what he would have asked.

Doocy spoke with “America Reports” anchor John Roberts during Friday’s broadcast, and Roberts casually brought up the fact that Jean-Pierre had “passed [him] over” and hadn’t given any straight answers regarding the classified documents.

“She passed you over today,” Roberts remarked.

“Ah — I don’t know why,” Doocy shrugged, smiling, but then he went on to reveal to Roberts the question he had been planning to ask — especially in light of the news that Biden planned to leave Washington, D.C., and spend the weekend at his home in Wilmington, Delaware.

“If I would’ve had an opportunity to ask a question, the first one I have on my sheet was: Why is President Biden going to Wilmington today, isn’t that a potential crime scene?” Doocy asked.

Doocy went on to say that the White House was not offering much in the way of new information, adding that the only clear statements coming from the administration on the classified documents issue — which he said had reached the level of “scandal” — were that they “take it seriously” and they “are going to cooperate.”

The Fox News correspondent did get a direct response from Biden on Thursday, just after news broke that classified documents had been discovered in his garage.

“Classified material next to your Corvette? What were you thinking?” Doocy asked.

“Let me, I’m going to get a chance to speak on all this, God willing soon, but as I said earlier this week, people and, by the way my Corvette’s in a locked garage, OK? So it’s not like they’re sitting out in the street,” Biden replied.

Fox News Radio’s Guy Benson noted later that Biden appeared to have been reading his responses from a cue card but went off-book when Doocy mentioned the Corvette. Noting that a “locked garage” was hardly the standard for classified material, Benson argued that Doocy’s question may have forced Biden into an admission he had not planned to make.

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Our colleague @pdoocy cleverly planted a seed & induced a newsworthy answer — and an error — by the president today: pic.twitter.com/E7UTJI71fr

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 13, 2023