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Songwriter Diane Warren loses original song Oscar for the 16th time


Warren, 68, lost out to the song El Mal from Emilia Pérez

The songwriter Diane Warren has continued her record-breaking streak of losses at the 97th Academy Awards with a defeat in the best song category. Warren, 68, had been in contention for the song The Journey, from Tyler Perry’s Netflix film The Six Triple Eight, about the all-Black, all-female 6,888th battalion during the second world war. The dubious honour of most nominations without a win is still held by Greg P Russell, the sound mixer who has worked on the likes of Skyfall, Armageddon and the three first Transformers films.

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