If you tuned in at 8:00 PM EST for the Academy Awards, then odds are you missed some of the best moments of the evening. As expected, the Academy broadcast the Best Original Song performances during the pre-show, with standout performances by Celeste, H.E.R., Leslie Odom, Jr., Laura Pausini, Daniel Pemberton, Molly Sandén and Diane Warren mixed in with red carpet moments galore.

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It’s been over a week since the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards were unveiled. The Academy has revealed the ceremony will take place at both Union Station in Los Angeles and the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. The Academy even leaked that there will be no hosts this year (don’t get us started on that mistake). But with the ceremony less than five weeks away, how can Laura Pausini, one of the world’s biggest recording artists, not heard from this year’s Oscars producers about performing her nominated song on the telecast?

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“Here we go again,” Diane Warren says. The Grammy, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner has jumped on the phone to discuss “Io sì (Seen)” a beautiful ballad sung by Italian pop star Laura Pausini from Edoardo Ponti’s “The Life Ahead.” A song that also puts her right back in the middle of awards season. And you can get an exclusive first look at the music video for the song, also directed by Ponti, embedded in this post.

Continue reading Diane Warren Goes For Oscar Nod No. 12 With ‘Io Si (Seen)’ From ‘The Life Ahead’ [Exclusive] at The Playlist.