Diane Warren was in the recording studio with Sofia Carson to work on her when she got an unexpected phone call earlier this year. It was David Rubin, the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and he had some good news: She was getting an Oscar.

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The prolific songwriter had been nominated for best original song at the Oscars 13 times. And 13 times she香蕉视频直播檇 gone home empty handed, most recently at the ceremony earlier this year. Warren, 66, was never distressed or deterred by that statistic, though. She loved being in the game. But she had started to wonder if she was supposed to ever get one.

Warren will be collecting her honorary statuette Saturday at the annual Governors Awards, , Peter Weir and Michael J. Fox, who is getting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. She香蕉视频直播檚 the first songwriter to ever get the award.

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