FILM #9
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DAY#23
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96TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2024 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“FLAMIN’ HOT”
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
HULU
…Review and Analysis Coming Soon
This is the inspiring true story of Richard Montañez who, as a Frito Lay janitor, disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican heritage to turn Flamin’ Hot Cheetos from a snack into an iconic global pop culture phenomenon.
Directed by Eva Longoria
Searchlight Pictures
June 9, 2023
99 minutes
Best Music (Original Song)
“The Fire Inside” from FLAMIN’ HOT
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Performed by Becky G
| 60th Academy Awards (1987) | Best Music (Original Song) | “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” from “Mannequin” | Nominated |
| 69th Academy Awards (1996) | Best Music (Original Song) | “Because You Loved Me” from “Up Close and Personal” | Nominated |
| 70th Academy Awards (1997) | Best Music (Original Song) | “How Do I Live” from “Con Air” | Nominated |
| 71st Academy Awards (1998) | Best Music (Original Song) | “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” from “Armageddon” | Nominated |
| 72nd Academy Awards (1999) | Best Music (Original Song) | “Music Of My Heart” from “Music of the Heart” | Nominated |
| 74th Academy Awards (2001) | Best Music (Original Song) | “There You’ll Be” from “Pearl Harbor” | Nominated |
| 87th Academy Awards (2014) | Best Music (Original Song) | “Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights” | Nominated |
| 88th Academy Awards (2015) | Best Music (Original Song) | “Til It Happens To You” from “The Hunting Ground” | Nominated |
| 90th Academy Awards (2017) | Best Music (Original Song) | “Stand Up For Something” from “Marshall” | Nominated |
| 91st Academy Awards (2018) | Best Music (Original Song) | “I’ll Fight” from “RBG” | Nominated |
| 92nd Academy Awards (2019) | Best Music (Original Song) | “I’m Standing With You” from “Breakthrough” | Nominated |
| 93rd Academy Awards (2020) | Best Music (Original Song) | “Io Sì (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead” | Nominated |
| 94th Academy Awards (2021) | Best Music (Original Song) | “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days” | Nominated |
| 95th Academy Awards (2022) | Best Music (Original Song) | “Applause” from “Tell It like a Woman” | Nominated |
| 95th Academy Awards (2022) | Honorary Award | — | WINNER |
EXPERTS
1. “What Was I Made For” from “Barbie”
2. “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”
3. “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”
4. “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot”
5. “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon”
PERSONAL
1. “What Was I Made For” from “Barbie”
2. “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”
3. “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”
4. “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot”
5. “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon”
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