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Cher expresses disappointment over Oscar snub of Diane Warren’s song from “Burlesque”
In recent weeks Cher celebrated the fact that the gorgeous anthem she sings in her film Burlesque reached number one on the Billboard Dance Chart giving the icon a number one hit in each of the last six decades.
Days later, You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me won songwriter Diane Warren the Golden Globe Award for best original song from a movie and an Oscar nomination seemed assured.
But when the nominations were announced Tuesday morning, the song – which made for the most dramatic moments in the movie, shockingly did not make the cut.
Cher, an Oscar winner in 1988 for Moonstruck, did not hide her disappointment.
“We didn’t get a nomination 4 best song ! That sucks !” Cher said via Twitter. “Diane’s song Is so beautiful! It’s hard to understand how u win.”
She added: “The Golden Globe 4 BEST SONG & not even get nominated by the OSCARS? Oh well it is..what it is ,,,,the sun is still shining !”
Songwriter Warren is a six-time Oscar nominee but this song was extra special to her. She told me in an interview earlier this month: “I wanted the song to not only be for what the character was going through and they are trying to take away her club but I wanted to write her defining song. I wanted to write the song that she comes out at the end of her concert, her encore, and everyone gets on their feet – the You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Tour! I think this is the best thing she’s ever done, the best vocal.”
When Warren won the Globe last week, she thanked the late Ronni Chasen, the publicist who was murdered in November after attending the Burlesque premiere in Hollywood. Chasen had been pushing for the song to get an Oscar nod.
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Laramie says:
Wow, really? Hollywood snubs Cher, Christina and RONNI CHASEN! (3 strikes, you’re OUT Hollywood!!!)
Laramie Beckay
Laramie says:
And of course DIANE WARREN!