Diane Warren rocks a green suit and vies for first win at Oscars 2022

Oscars 2022: Diane Warren stands out from the crowd wearing a glowing green suit as the 13-time nominee vies for her first Oscar win at the 94th annual Academy Awards

Diane Warren put her power color on and stood out from the crowded room wearing an iridescent green suit at the 94th annual Academy Awards on Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. 

The 65-year-old legendary songwriter rocked a bright green blazer with matching tailored slacks as she took to the red carpet ahead of Hollywood’s biggest night where she’s nominated for Best Original Song which is featured in the drama, Four Good Days.

Warren has been nominated 13 times for an Academy Award since 1988, and has yet to win an Oscar, but could break the streak tonight with her song, Somehow You Do, which is performed by Reba McEntire.  

Shining moment: Diane Warren put her power color on and stood out from the crowded room wearing an iridescent green suit at the 94th annual Academy Awards on Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif.

Warren — who is known for an incredible catalog of hits, including Cher’s ‘If I Could Turn Back Time’, Celine Dion’s ‘Because You Loved Me’, and ‘I Don’t Want To Miss a Thing’ for Aerosmith — sported a black turtleneck top underneath her emerald blazer, which also featured black lapels. 

She wore a thick silver chain necklace and rocked a heart emblem above a bright blue ribbon as part of the Oscars show of support for Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees amid the devastating Russian invasion.

The ribbons, which have #withrefugees written on the side, are distributed by the UN Refugee Agency. 

Rockstar status: The 65-year-old legendary songwriter rocked a bright green blazer with matching tailored slacks as she took to the red carpet ahead of Hollywood’s biggest night where she’s nominated for Best Original Song which is featured in the drama, Four Good Days

Legend: Warren — who is known for an incredible catalog of hits, including Cher’s ‘If I Could Turn Back Time’, Celine Dion’s ‘Because You Loved Me’, and ‘I Don’t Want To Miss a Thing’ for Aerosmith — sported a black turtleneck top underneath her emerald blazer, which also featured black lapels

She carried a sparkling boombox purse in her hands and wore a silver watch with a pink face plate to match. 

Warren told PEOPLE that getting nominated this year was ‘exciting’ albeit difficult as she’s been in the nominees box many times before and hasn’t brought home the coveted statue. 

‘Getting nominated this year was hard. You know, no one even saw it coming,’ she said. ‘I was like, “Well, I’m not sure about this one,’ but people love the song.”

She added: ‘It feels great because it’s like The Little Engine That Could, so I love that. And a little engine can go far, so we’ll see on Sunday.’

Dressed up: She wore a thick silver chain necklace and rocked a heart emblem above a bright blue ribbon as part of the Oscars show of support for Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees amid the devastating Russian invasion 

Bling, bling: She carried a sparkling boombox purse in her hands and wore a silver watch with a pink face plate to match

The ceremony taking place Sunday in Hollywood requires nominees, guests and press to be vaccinated, although performers and presenters are reportedly able to attend without proof of vaccine if they undergo rigorous testing.

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Dos Oruguitas from the Disney animated movie Encanto will be performed by Sebastian Yatra.

Best known for creating Broadway sensation Hamilton, Miranda will attain the coveted and rare EGOT status for winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award if he wins on Sunday. 

‘If I had to choose winning years ago and then never getting nominated again, I would choose this. Because this is longevity, this is respect by my peers, which is the best. That’s a win,’ Warren explained

‘It’s a legacy. It’s like, I’m still in the game. My first nomination was 1988 and I’m still here. How cool is that?’

Beyonce is nominated for her song, Be Alive, from King Richard, the true story about tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams. 

Also performing at the Oscars will be an all-star band including Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, and DJ D-Nice.

‘If I had to choose winning years ago and then never getting nominated again, I would choose this. Because this is longevity, this is respect by my peers, which is the best. That’s a win,’ Warren explained. 

‘It’s a legacy. It’s like, I’m still in the game. My first nomination was 1988 and I’m still here. How cool is that?’ 

Her first nomination was for ‘Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,’ in 1988 and then nearly a decade later in 1997 for ‘Because You Loved Me.’ She earned nods in 1998 for ‘How Do I Live,’ 1999 for ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,’ 2000 for ‘Music of My Heart,’ 2002 for ‘There You’ll Be,’ 2015 for ‘Grateful,’ 2016 for ‘Til It Happens to You,’ 2018 for ‘Stand Up for Something,’ 2019 for ‘I’ll Fight,’ 2020 for ‘I’m Standing with You’.

Her last Academy Award nomination was for the 2021 song with Laura Pausini, ‘lo Sì (Seen),’ which was featured in the Italian film La Vita Davanti a Se.

OSCARS 2022: NOMINATIONS

 BEST PICTURE 

Belfast (Focus Features)

Coda (Apple)

Don’t Look Up (Netflix)

Drive My Car (Janus Films/Sideshow)

Dune (Warner Bros)

King Richard (Warner Bros)

Licorice Pizza (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)

The Power Of The Dog (Netflix)

West Side Story  (20th Century Studios)

On the saddle: Power Of The Dog received several nominations including Best Picture

 

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 

Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter 

Ariana DeBose – West Side Story 

Judi Dench – Belfast 

Kirsten Dunst- The Power Of The Dog

Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard 

  

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 

Ciaran Hinds – Belfast 

Troy Kotsur – Coda 

Jesse Plemons – The Power Of The Dog

J.K Simonns – Being The Ricardos 

Kodi Smitt-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog

COSTUME DESIGN 

Cruella 

Cyrano 

Dune 

Nightmare Alley 

West Side Story   

Jumping for joy: West Side Story was nominated for Best Costume Design

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND 

Belfast 

Dune 

No Time To Die 

The Power Of The Dog 

West Side Story 

 

ORIGINAL SCORE

Don’t Look Up 

Dune 

Encanto 

Parallel Mothers 

The Power Of The Dog 

 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Coda 

Drive My Car 

Dune 

The Lost Daughter 

The Power Of The Dog 

Loud and clear: Coda was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay

 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Belfast 

Don’t Look Up 

King Richard 

Licorice Pizza 

The Worst Person In The World   

 

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Affairs Of The Heart 

Bestia 

Box Ballet 

Robin Robin 

The Windshield Wiper 

 

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM 

Ala Kachuu — Take and Run

The Dress

The Long Goodbye

On My Mind

Please Hold

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM 

Drive My Car

Flee

The Hand of God

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

The Worst Person in the World

 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Dune

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story 

 

 ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE 

Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog

Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!

Will Smith – King Richard

Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Ace? Will Smith is nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for King Richard

 

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter

Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers

Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart – Spencer

 

DIRECTING 

Kenneth Branagh – Belfast

Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car

Steven Spielberg – West Side Story  

At the helm: Jane Campion is nominated in the Best Director category for Power Of The Dog

 

FILM EDITING 

Don’t Look Up 

Dune 

King Richard 

The Power Of The Dog 

tick, tick…BOOM!

 

MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING

Coming 2 America 

Cruella 

Dune 

The Eyes Of Tammy Faye 

House Of Gucci

 

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 

Encanto 

Flee 

Luca 

The Mitchells VS The Machine 

Raya And The Lost Dragon 

 

ORIGINAL SONG

Be Alive — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Darius Scott (King Richard)

Dos Oruguitas — Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto)

Down to Joy — Van Morrison (Belfast)

No Time to Die — Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell (No Time to Die)

Somehow You Do— Diane Warren (Four Good Days)

  

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Audible

Lead Me Home

The Queen of Basketball

Three Songs for Benazir

When We Were Bullies

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Ascension

Attica

Flee

Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Writing with Fire

 

VISUAL EFFECTS 

Dune 

Free Guy 

No Time To Die 

 Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings

Spider-Man: No Way Home 

Stunning: Dune earned nods in both the Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography categories 

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY 

Dune 

Nightmare Alley 

The Power Of The Dog 

Tragedy Of Macbeth 

West Side Story 

 

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