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Song from Once Might Be Ineligible for Oscars
Submitted by Dustin on January 28, 2008 - 2:11pm
'Falling Slowly' back in the race!
“Falling Slowly” from “Once” is back in the race! Just in from Hollywood Elsewhere:
Guarantee from Eddie Vedder
The song ‘Guarantee’ from the ‘Into the Wild’ soundtrack should of received a nomination instead of three songs from ‘Enchanted.’ I have not seen the movie yet, but I am a big fan of Pearl Jam, and I enjoyed all the songs of this soundtrack.
Why not?
Was the “Into the Wild” soundtrack not eligible?
What's Particularly Stupid
What’s particularly stupid and galling about this development is that it’s already nominated! They cleared it last March. Meaning some geriatric Academy voters put up a stink because they want “Enchanted” to win or something.
Precedence?
Do you know of any precedence of a song being nominated and then disqualified?
I think Roberto Benini had
I think Roberto Benini had to return his Oscar after they discovered he was on performance enhancing drugs.
:-(
That would really, really be a shame. From the article: