After losing in the Best Original Song category to Emilia Pérez‘s “El Mal” during Hollywood’s biggest night, Diane Warren was denied an Oscar for the 16th time Sunday,
Nominated for The Six Triple Eight‘s “The Journey,” one if the world’s greatest songwriters was not deterred by the loss, telling Variety. “I’m consistent as fuck.” “You know, it is what it is. I’m happy to be here.” “I’m the Terminator of the Oscars, I’ll be back,” added Warren. “That’s in my Arnold Schwarzenegger voice. I’m coming back. You can’t get rid of me.”
In her interview, Diane said she believed she had a fair chance at the 97th Oscars win with H.E.R., a former Oscar-winning artist herself in the same category, having performed “The Journey,” and the Netflix-distributed historical drama receiving more than 52.4 million views within its first four weeks. Plus, the swarm of controversy surrounding the Spanish-language musical drama Emilia Pérez also gave Warren a fighting chance.
Performed by Starship and featured in the 1987 film Mannequin, Diane Warren received her very first Oscar nomination for “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” and subsequently earned eight consecutive Best Original Song nominations since the 2017 film Marshall, starring Chadwick Boseman as a young Thurgood Marshall. The songwriter’s other most notable Oscar-nominated original songs include Celine Dion’s “Because You Loved Me” from Up Close and Personal and Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing” from Armageddon.
Other Best Original Song nominees from this year’s Academy Awards included Emilia Pérez’s “Mi Camino” performed by Selena Gomez, Sing Sing’s “Like a Bird” performed by Abraham Alexander & Adrian Quesada, and Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s “Never Too Late” from the documentary of the same name.
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Author: Saul Goode
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