Oscar nominations 2021: Songwriter Diane Warren may FINALLY win her first Academy Award after landing 12th nomination for Sophia Loren’s The Life Ahead
Diane Warren landed yet another Oscar nomination on Monday.
The veteran hitmaker – who has worked with every major singer from Lady Gaga to Celine Dion – earned her 12th nomination for Io Sì (Seen) from The Life Ahead starring Sophia Loren.
She shared the nod with singer and co-lyricist Laura Pausini. Though she has gotten 12 nods, she has never won.
Good work: Diane Warren landed yet another Oscar nomination on Monday. The veteran hitmaker earned her 12th nomination for Io Sì (Seen) from The Life Ahead starring Sophia Loren. She shared the nod with singer and co-lyricist Laura Pausini
First GG then Oscars? Last month Diane won the Golden Globe for the song. Seen in 2020
They will go up against H.E.R. for the Judas and the Black Messiah song Fight for You, Daniel Pemberton and Celeste’s Hear My Voice for The Trial of the Chicago 7, Savan Kotecha, Rickard Goransson, and Gsus’ Húsaví” for Eurovision Song Contest); and Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth’s Speak Now for One Night in Miami.
Last month Diane won the Golden Globe for the song.
Her past nods were for 2020’s I’m Standing With You, 2019’s I’ll Fight, 2018’s Stand Up For Something, 2016’s Til It Happens To You, 2015’s Grateful, 2002’s There You’ll Be, 2000’s Music Of My Heart, 1999’s I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing, 1998’s How Do I Love, 1997’s Because You Loved Me and 1988’s Best Original Song.
The big film: The Netflix movie The Life Ahead stars Ibrahima Gueye, left, and Sophia
This comes after Warren said it is time for her to finally release a solo album.
The prolific songwriter has penned nine number ones and 32 top 10s during her career but says she now feels ready to drop her own record, rather than offering her songs to other artists.
She told The Hollywood Reporter: ‘It’s me being DJ Diane.
‘I’ve seen people like Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris [do it], so I thought, ‘Why can’t I do one of those?
‘I have this great John Legend song [I wrote] on the album, and that basically gave me the idea to do it.
‘I kept giving it to other artists, who would never do it, and it’s one of the best songs I’ve ever written and best performances on any song I’ve ever written.
‘I was like, This song has got to get heard, so it was like, OK, it’s going to get heard on my record, then. I have Ty Dolla Sign and Celine Dion on the same album, so that’s fun.’
And Diane, 64, says the COVID-19 pandemic has not affected how she works as she has been social distancing for years.
She explained: ‘It hasn’t really been a change because I sit around by myself anyway — I’ve been social distancing my whole life. I’ve been super creative through it, super productive. No one’s been in my office since last March, so I’m by myself.
‘I can just do whatever I want and no one’s here to annoy me — except myself, I just annoy myself. Workwise and productivity-wise, it’s been fantastic.
‘And artists aren’t really on the road, so I can reach people easier, too.’
They worked together: Chrissy Metz and Warren at the ACLU SoCal’s 2019 Bill Of Rights Dinner held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in 2019 in Beverly Hills
93rd Academy Awards: Who are the 2021 Oscar nominees?
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
David Fincher – Mank
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Olivia Colman is up for her role in The Father
Best Music (Original Score)
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul
Best Animated Short Film
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People
Best Live Action Short Film
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye
Best International Feature Film
Another Round
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Best Sound: Greyhound – a war film starring Tom Hanks – is up for the gong
Best Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal
Best Production Design
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
News of the World
Tenet
Best Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
Best Music (Original Song)
Fight for You – Judas and the Black Messiah
Hear My Voice – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Husavik – Eurovision Song Contest
Io Si (Seen) – The Life Ahead
Speak Now – One Night in Miami…
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is vying for the award
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Picture: The Trial of the Chicago 7 is one of the eight films nominated
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami…
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Animated Feature Film
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Best Animated Feature Film: A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon is nominated
Best Costume Design
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinnochio
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami…
The White Tiger
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Documentary Feature
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time
Best Writing (Original Screenplay): Judas and the Black Messiah is up for the gong
Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
Best Film Editing
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet
