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    Diane Warren to receive Career Achievement honor at Hollywood Music in Media Awards

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    The Hollywood Music in Media Awards will present acclaimed songwriter Diane Warren with the HMMA Career Achievement award on Thursday, November 16th at Avalon – Hollywood.  The HMMA honors, composers, songwriters and music supervisors in all forms of visual media including film, TV, and videogames.  
     
    “Diane Warren is one of the greatest and most prolific songwriters of all time and we are thrilled to honor her,” explained HMMA executive producer Brent Harvey. “Her music has captured the hearts of several generations and continues to do so.”
     
    Warren has written for iconic artists including Aerosmith, Adele, Beyoncé, Cher, Elton John, Whitney Houston, Faith Hill, Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Mary J. Blige, Barbra Streisand, Jennifer Hudson, Eric Clapton, Celine Dion, LeAnn Rimes, and Mariah Carey. Warren’s collaborations continue with many of today’s top artists, including Snoop Dogg, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Justin Bieber, Jason Derulo and Demi Lovato.   

    Warren broke onto the scene with 1983’s “Solitaire.” Her timeless ballads such as “Unbreak My Heart” (Toni Braxton), “Because You Loved Me” (Celine Dion), “How Do I Live” (Trisha Yearwood, LeAnn Rimes), and “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (Aerosmith) have earned her Grammy, Golden Globe awards and countless other award nominations. Warren’s work has been featured in more than a hundred motion pictures resulting in eight Academy Award nominations.  Warren has six ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Awards, three consecutive Billboard Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year and she was inducted into the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001.
     
    Warren’s haunting and evocative “Til It Happens To You” (performed by Lady Gaga) is the first song in history to be nominated for an Academy Award, Grammy and Emmy, winning the Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. It was also nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Song and won the 2015 Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Song – Documentary. This year, Cher performed Warren’s “Prayers for this World” for the documentary, Cries From Syria. Warren also co-wrote with Common the song, “Stand Up for Something” performed by Andra Day for the feature film Marshall.

    Warren has written inspiring anthems whose sales benefit charities that support young women’s education globally, including former First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let Girls Learn” initiative.  Michelle Obama and Missy Elliott performed Warren’s “This Is For My Girls” on the popular “Carpool Karaoke” segment on The Late Late Show with James Corden, which garnered over 52 million views.
     
    The Hollywood Music in Media Awards’ Career Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant impact in music or the music community.  Past honorees include Smokey Robinson, Glen Campbell, Dave Mason, Christopher Young and John Debney.  




    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

    It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More

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