Songwriter Diane Warren is chasing an 18th Oscar nomination with "By Any Means", the title track for the upcoming Mark Wahlberg crime film of the same name, continuing a run in which she holds the record for most Academy Award nominations without a win. Separately, Warren has adopted a piglet that became a viral sensation after escaping and running loose through West Hollywood, marking the second time she has taken in an animal that made headlines for fleeing captivity in the Los Angeles area.

Warren's new song appears on the soundtrack of "By Any Means", a Paramount Pictures crime drama starring Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, out next month; it was recorded by David Kushner with the Isley Brothers and released today. If nominated, it would be her ninth consecutive Oscar nomination and 18th overall, extending her record 17-nomination, zero-win streak, though she is expected to face stiff competition from Taylor Swift's "Toy Story 5" song. Meanwhile, an 11-week-old piglet dubbed Wilbur, filmed running loose in West Hollywood last weekend, was taken to a shelter where Warren won a silent auction to adopt him; he will live at a seven-acre sanctuary in Malibu, and Warren is considering renaming him "Hollywood". In 2021 she similarly adopted a cow, named Free, that had escaped a slaughterhouse.