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Music documentaries are well-represented on the list of 201 features that are eligible in the documentary feature film<\/a> category for the 98th Academy Awards. Docs about BTS<\/a>\u2019s avid fan army, Tejano star Selena<\/a>, rock gods Led Zeppelin<\/a>, John Lennon<\/a> & Yoko Ono<\/a> and songwriter Diane Warren<\/a> are in the running for nominations.<\/p>\n The Warren doc includes a new song that she wrote for the film, \u201cDear Me,\u201d which may bring the veteran songwriter a 17th Oscar nomination for best original song.<\/p>\n More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n The longlist<\/a> includes two films about very different live experiences that became cultural touchstones \u2013 Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror <\/em>and Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery \u2013 the Untold Story.<\/em><\/p>\n There\u2019s the cheekily titled Billy Idol Should Be Dead<\/em>, as well as docs about some music and entertainment personalities who are, in fact, dead, including songwriter Jeff Buckley, Selena and Lennon (both shot to death, tragically), comedians Andy Kaufman and Stiller & Meara, 1960s sex symbol Jayne Mansfield and ventriloquist and puppeteer Shari Lewis.<\/p>\n There are two films about Oscar-winners for best actress \u2014 Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story <\/em>(Liza Minnelli) and Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore.<\/em><\/p>\n Members of the Documentary Branch will vote to determine the shortlist of 15 films and then the five nominees.<\/p>\n The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also released the list of feature films eligible in the animated feature film<\/a> and international feature film<\/a> categories. Thirty-five features are eligible in the animated feature film category. Eighty-six countries or regions have submitted films that are eligible in the international feature film category.<\/p>\n Shortlists in 10 categories will be announced on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Nominations for the 98th Academy Awards will be announced on Thursday, Jan. 22. The 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC.<\/p>\n Here are music and entertainment documentaries that are eligible in the documentary feature film category.<\/p>\n BTS ARMY: Forever We Are Young<\/em><\/p>\n Becoming Led Zeppelin<\/em><\/p>\n Billy Idol Should Be Dead<\/em><\/p>\n Diane Warren: Relentless<\/em><\/p>\n 14 Short Films about Opera<\/em><\/p>\n It\u2019s Never Over, Jeff Buckley<\/em><\/p>\n Janis Ian: Breaking Silence<\/em><\/p>\n Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery\u2013 The Untold Story<\/em><\/p>\n Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story <\/em>(Liza Minnelli)<\/p>\n One to One: John and Yoko <\/em>(John Lennon and Yoko Ono)<\/p>\n Selena y Los Dinos <\/em>(Tejano star Selena Quintanilla)<\/p>\n Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror<\/em><\/p>\n Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted<\/em><\/p>\n Viva Verdi! <\/em>(about a retirement home for elderly opera stars)<\/p>\n Who in the Hell Is Regina Jones? <\/em>(publisher of Soul<\/em> newspaper)<\/p>\n Being Eddie <\/em>(Eddie Murphy)<\/p>\n Cheech & Chong\u2019s Last Movie<\/em><\/p>\n Chronicles of Disney<\/em><\/p>\n Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore<\/em><\/p>\n My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay <\/em>(Jayne Mansfield)<\/p>\n The New Yorker at 100<\/em><\/p>\n Shari & Lamb Chop <\/em>(puppeteer Shari Lewis)<\/p>\n Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost <\/em>(Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara)<\/p>\n Thank You Very Much <\/em>(Andy Kaufman)<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Music documentaries are well-represented on the list of 201 features that are eligible in the documentary feature film category for the 98th Academy Awards. Docs about BTS\u2019s avid fan army, Tejano star Selena, rock gods Led Zeppelin, John Lennon & Yoko Ono and songwriter Diane Warren are in the running for nominations. 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