EXCLUSIVE: Producers of the 98th annual Academy Awards have decided to feature only two of the five Original Song Oscar nominees this year on the telecast. In a letter to representatives and/or Best Original Song nominees Thursday, those affected…

Songwriter Diane Warren will do anything to get a great singer to record one of her tunes – up to and including latching onto their leg and refusing to let go until they agree. Such was the case with Cher, who initially hated the Warren song "If I Could Turn Back Time." That skirmish is one of…

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners was the big winner at the 16th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards on Wednesday night, picking up three statuettes including Best Score and Song for a feature film and Best On-Screen Performance. The latter two wins were for “I Lied to You,” which was written by Raphael…

When it came time to recruit a singer for "Dear Me," which Diane Warren wrote to her "younger f*cked up self," the record-breaking Oscar nominee called on Kesha not just for her vocals but also because she felt the singer could relate to the song. At Deadline's Sound & Screen: Film event, Warren…

Deadline on Friday revealed the films, panelists and performers for Sound & Screen: Film, its annual celebration of the year’s best in big-screen music that this year is set for November 5 in Los Angeles. A total of 12 films will take part in the live, in-person showcase, which will feature…

A letter from entertainment industry group Creative Community for Peace calling for the rejection of extremist anti-Israel rhetoric and the spread of misinformation has been signed by more than 400 in the Hollywood community. Mayim Bialik, Haim Saban, Billy Ray, Uzo Aduba, Julianna Margulies…

It’s time to pull out those leather pants and jeweled tank tops for a good cause as Coyote Ugly prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Deadline has learned that the cast of the 2000 David McNally-helmed film is hosting a reunion screening and Q&A on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at the Aero Theatre in…

The Society of Composers & Lyricists, whose members include many of the industry’s top songwriters and film composers, has asked the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to reconsider its decision, announced the day before nominations were…

Diane Warren this morning broke her own record for Oscar nominations in the Original Song category, raising her tally to 16. Her latest nomination is for the end credits song "The Journey" from Tyler Perry's Netflix movie The Six Triple Eight performed by H.E.R. This also marks Warren’s eighth…

While last year’s Oscar original song short list was dominated by pop stars such as Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo, this year’s lineup is filled with several ditties from musically themed movies such as Emila Perez, Moana 2, The Lion King, Piece by Piece to name a few with Oscar vets such…

EXCLUSIVE: Grammy winner and 15-time Oscar nominee Diane Warren is set to compose an original song for Maserati: The Brothers, starring Anthony Hopkins, Michele Morrone, Andy Garcia and Jessica Alba. The attachment marks a reunion between Warren and Italian producer Andrea Iervolino (Ferrari)…

H.E.R. sings the song "The Journey" for The Six Triple Eight, Netflix’s Tyler Perry film about the real women who delivered mail in Europe during World War II. Diane Warren wrote the song and says she is still blown away by H.E.R.'s vocals. "It's Whitney level," Warren said during a panel…