Diane Warren Says She’ll Put Her Oscar on Her Piano So She Can Look at It Every Day
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDiane Warren is finally getting her man… Oscar.Warren, who’s had 13 Academy Award nominations in the best original song category so far — but, legendarily, no wins yet — will be receiving an honorary Oscar.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday that Warren, Euzhan Palcy and Peter Weir will receive honorary Oscars at this year’s Governors Awards ceremony on Nov.
19 in Los Angeles.The songwriter behind some of music’s biggest hits first received a nomination in 1988 for “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” from “Mannequin,” and that was only the beginning, although the flow of noms would not become steady until years later.
Her next nomination came close to a decade after that, in 1997 for the soaring ballad “Because You Loved Me,” from “Up Close and Personal.” In subsequent years, with artists like Celine Dion and Lady Gaga singing her tunes, Warren has always been a favorite contender, an artist who works every awards season with passion.
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