The Oscars are over for this year, and with that, the awards season comes to an end with One Battle After Another winning the top awards- Best Picture and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson. Fans will know that PTA has long been due an Oscar, given that he won his first this evening after scoring nominations for his previous films. But truth be told, he does not hold a candle to the woman with 17 nominations and no wins- a record she continues to break with ever new nom. That woman is American songwriter Diane Warren.
Diane Warren vows to be back!
Diane scored her first Oscar nomination in 1987 for the song Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now from Mannequin. This year, she was nominated for Dear Me, performed by Kesha, which features in the documentary Diane Warren: Relentless. She lost to Ejae, 24, Ido and Teddy Park for their song Golden from KPop Demon Hunters. This was Diane Warren’s ninth consecutive nomination in the Best Original Song category and 17th in total.
Meanwhile, Diane has not lost heart yet, as she took to her Facebook account and wrote, “Well at least I’m consistent! And I set a new record tonite!! But U know me, I will be back if you’ll have me!!!” Diane has not won a competitive Oscar yet, but in 2022, she was awarded with the honorary Academy Award at the Governors Awards.
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Earlier, she had told the Times, “It’s not validation. It would just be fun. And now I just keep beating my own record, I guess. Right now, I’m tied with my friend Greg Russell; we both have lost 16 times. But I’ve never taken awards as validation. The work is validation. When people love the songs, that’s validation. Who doesn’t want to win, right? But you can’t live and die by that because it’s out of your control. What’s in my control is to do the best work I can.”
Notably, Glenn Close has 8 Oscar noms and no wins. Actor Amy Adams also found no luck at the Oscars so far, scoring 6 nominations without any wins. Bradley Cooper has scored 12 nominations across multiple categories and no wins.
Over the course of her career, Diane Warren has written nine number-one songs and 33 top-10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, giving artists like Cher, Celine Dion, and Aerosmith some of their biggest hits.
