India, March 16 -- The Oscars are over for this year, and with that, the awards season comes to an end with One Battle After Another winning the top awards- Best Picture and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson. Fans will know that PTA has long been due an Oscar, given that he won his first this evening after scoring nominations for his previous films. But truth be told, he does not hold a candle to the woman with 17 nominations and no wins- a record she continues to break with ever new nom. That woman is American songwriter Diane Warren.

Diane scored her first Oscar nomination in 1987 for the song Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now from Mannequin. This year, she was nominated for Dear Me, performed by Kesha, which features in the documentary...