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| Songwriter Diane Warren loses original song Oscar for the 16th time | Songwriter Diane Warren loses original song Oscar for the 16th time |
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| Warren, 68, lost out to the song El Mal from Emilia Pérez | Warren, 68, lost out to the song El Mal from Emilia Pérez |
| The songwriter Diane Warren has continued her record-breaking streak of losses at the 97th Academy Awards with a defeat in the best song category. The winners were the married composer Clément Ducol and singer-songwriter Camille for El Mal from Emilia Pérez. | The songwriter Diane Warren has continued her record-breaking streak of losses at the 97th Academy Awards with a defeat in the best song category. The winners were the married composer Clément Ducol and singer-songwriter Camille for El Mal from Emilia Pérez. |
| Warren, 68, had been in contention for the song The Journey, from Tyler Perry’s Netflix film The Six Triple Eight, about the all-Black, all-female 6,888th battalion during the second world war. | Warren, 68, had been in contention for the song The Journey, from Tyler Perry’s Netflix film The Six Triple Eight, about the all-Black, all-female 6,888th battalion during the second world war. |
| It was Warren’s eighth consecutive nomination in the category; she had also been nominated on eight previous occasions, the first of which was in 1987. | It was Warren’s eighth consecutive nomination in the category; she had also been nominated on eight previous occasions, the first of which was in 1987. |
| Warren holds the record for the most Oscar nominations by a female songwriter, surpassing the 15 earned by the late songwriter Marilyn Bergman. | Warren holds the record for the most Oscar nominations by a female songwriter, surpassing the 15 earned by the late songwriter Marilyn Bergman. |
| The dubious honour of most nominations without a win is still held by Greg P Russell, the sound mixer who has worked on the likes of Skyfall, Armageddon and the three first Transformers films. He is not nominated this year. | The dubious honour of most nominations without a win is still held by Greg P Russell, the sound mixer who has worked on the likes of Skyfall, Armageddon and the three first Transformers films. He is not nominated this year. |
| Warren was awarded an honorary Oscar at the Governors awards in 2022, to add to her Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globes, Ivor Novello and Billboard Music awards. | Warren was awarded an honorary Oscar at the Governors awards in 2022, to add to her Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globes, Ivor Novello and Billboard Music awards. |
| She has written nine US No 1 songs and 33 top-10 songs including Cher’s 1989 hit If I Could Turn Back Time; Céline Dion’s Because You Loved Me (1996); How Do I Live, which was made famous by LeAnn Rimes in 1997; and Aerosmith’s 1998 smash I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing. | She has written nine US No 1 songs and 33 top-10 songs including Cher’s 1989 hit If I Could Turn Back Time; Céline Dion’s Because You Loved Me (1996); How Do I Live, which was made famous by LeAnn Rimes in 1997; and Aerosmith’s 1998 smash I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing. |
| Read more about the 2025 Oscars: | Read more about the 2025 Oscars: |
| Anora takes home best picture Oscar | |
| Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison win best acting prizes | |
| Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña win supporting awards | |
| Anora’s Sean Baker wins for directing, editing and screenplay | |
| Anora takes home best picture Oscar | |
| Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison win best acting prizes | |
| Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña win supporting awards | |
| Anora’s Sean Baker wins for directing, editing and screenplay |
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