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 sheB次元官网网址檇 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. SheB次元官网网址檚 the first songwriter to ever get the award.

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Mostly, Warren just loves the Oscars and getting to be part of that world. And she found it rather poignant that she got the call about the award as she was working on B次元官网网址淎pplause,B次元官网网址� which is included in the movie is made up of seven short films directed by and about women.

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B次元官网网址擫indsey Bahr, The Associated Press