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...Glen Hansard, 37, lead singer of the Irish rock band The Frames, and Marketa Irglova, 19, a Czech singer and pianist, play struggling artists in director John Carney's romantic musical, which won the best song category for the ballad "Falling Slowly." The Oscar was the capstone of a long journey that started with a tiny movie that was made for $150,000 on the streets of Dublin and propelled by clever, slow-build marketing that relied on Hansard and Irglova's strengths as live performers...
...Whether Once won the Oscar or not, the record label was prepared to get a significant sales bump from the telecast. Hansard and Irglova's stripped-down, honest performance stood in stark contrast to the glitzier production numbers of the other nominees. When Irglova had the unprecedented experience of getting a second shot at an Oscar acceptance speech after the orchestra played her offstage, she expressed something rare in Hollywood - sincere gratitude. "This is such a big deal," said Irglova, the only woman in the Kodak Theater who appeared to have gotten ready without the help of a staff...
...have performed in relative obscurity under the name The Swell Season since 2006, now have an Oscar and a Grammy. Once is the best-selling album on iTunes and the #9 DVD on Amazon. Their label expects sales of the album to triple in the next week. The pair is gearing up for a U.S. tour: Instead of the 75-seat clubs and bars The Swell Season played last year, they'll be headlining venues like Radio City Music Hall and the Coachella Music Festival. There was one other blessing the film wrought - Hansard and Irglova fell in love while...
...that moment, mixing a laugh with a tear, Oscar might have felt young again. Why, the venerable gent could have passed...
...task of orchestrating an Academy Awards ceremony devoid of writers and of actors. Anyone who watched Jon Stewart struggle without his writers on “The Daily Show” knows the man does not have a knack for the extemporaneous. But thanks to the reached settlement the Oscars we all know and love were carried off Sunday night; Stewart was spared from addressing an empty Kodak Theater off-the-cuff. Instead, the same crowds of stars descended upon the L.A. landmark for the hours-long affair that has of late become synonymous with cringe-worthy musical numbers...