Once's Oscar Nod

I mentioned Once, this great film, in an earlier post.

I didn't realize that one of the songs is up for original song at the Oscar. Also the stars of the movie will be singing it on the show. There was a story about them in the Sunday Post.

From the story:

The couple are camped out in Hollywood, having just hit the Grammys (two nominations, zero wins), with another, more significant awards-season date looming: Next Sunday, they'll perform their nominated song, "Falling Slowly," on the Oscars.

Which is strangely hilarious, Hansard says, because "when we finished shooting that scene" -- the one at the music store, where his nameless character ("a Guy") teaches Irglov¿'s nameless character ("a Girl") the song on the piano -- the director, Carney, said: " 'And Oscar for Best Song goes to "Falling Slowly." ' Which we all laughed about. How absurd!"

Says Irglov¿: "He was just trying to express how great it was. But it's pretty funny now."

Guess there's a reason to watch the awards this year. It would be really great if they won.