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“Once” Again, a Legit Nominee

At the 11th hour on the night before ballots shipped, members of the executive committee of the music branch of the Academy met and decided that in spite of some questions that had been raised about the validity of “Falling Slowly” a nominee for best song from the movie “Once”, the song was in fact eligible and would be on ballots that shipped tomorrow morning. Charles Bernstein, chairman of the music branch executive committee, shared part of a statement they settled on:

“The Academy’s music branch executive committee has met and endorsed the validity of “Falling Slowly” as a nominated achievement. The committee relied on written assurances and detailed chronologies provided by songwriter of “Falling Slowly,” the writer-director of “Once” and Fox Searchlight.”

“The genesis of the picture was unusually protracted, but director John Carney and songwriter Glen Hansard were working closely together in 2002 when the project that became ‘Once’ was discussed....

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http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/once-again-a-legit-nominee/#more-1555