The Oscars will rue the day it deprived Diane Warren of her Oscar. The songwriter responsible for nine number-one hits, including “I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing” and the fourth single off Milli Vanilli’s Girl You Know It’s True, “Blame It On The Rain,” lost her 16th attempt at an Oscar for Best Original Song last night. However, Warren, who received an Honorary Oscar in 2022 and an honorary nomination nearly every year for the last decade, remained undeterred after the ceremony. “I’m consistent as fuck,” Warren told Variety last night. “It is what it is. I’m happy to be here.”
Warren’s knack for collecting Oscar nominations is almost despite her choice of projects. With the exception of 2018’s RBG, which was nominated for Best Documentary in addition to Original Song, Warren’s nominations tend to be the only ones given to her projects. It’s hard to tell if Oscar voters even watch the movies she works on, like Breakthrough, Flamin’ Hot, and The Life Ahead, or if they recognize her name and give her a vote. Nevertheless, she is consistent and persistent as fuck. Wearing the words “Make It Fucking Happen,” Warren warned, “I’m the Terminator of the Oscars—I’ll be back. That’s in my Arnold Schwarzenegger voice. I’m coming back. You can’t get rid of me […] This isn’t going to slow me down. I thought I had a chance this time. It didn’t go that way.
If there had ever been a year, this would have been it. In addition to being the focus of a new documentary, Diane Warren: Relentless, Warren stood out in a field that included two songs from Emilia Pérez, a new Elton John track, and “Like A Bird” from Sing Sing. H.E.R. performed her nominated song, “Journey,” in the Netflix movie The Six Triple Eight. And, yes, it was the only nomination for the film. Nevertheless, she’ll be back. That’s in our Arnold Schwarzenegger voice.
