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Markéta Irglová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmarkɛːta ˈɪrɡlovaː]) (born 28 February 1988) is a Czech-Icelandic singer-songwriter, musician and actress, who starred in the film Once, which earned her a number of major awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly", with co-writer and co-star Glen Hansard.
"Falling Slowly" is an indie folk/indie rock song written, composed and performed by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová.It was featured on the soundtrack of the 2007 Irish musical romance film Once, which starred Hansard and Irglová, and for which it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards. [2]
In 1999, after her sister told her about a talent contest from Edmonton contemporary hit radio radio station Power 92, Maren entered four songs she had written that night, and two of them—"Eternity" and "Falling Slowly"—were recorded on the station's compilation CD, Power Picks Volume II.
Valerie Bertinelli showed off an arm injury after taking an “embarrassing” fall. She and her boyfriend, Mike Goodnough, just reportedly split after 10 months.
Kelly Clarkson and Corey Ward, who was on her team on "The Voice," performed "Falling Slowly" during the "Kellyoke" portion of Clarkson's talk show.
The song "Falling Slowly" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, [1] [2] and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The album received two nominations at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards , for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media and Best Song Written for Motion Picture ...
I survived falling off a mountain. Gurbaz Singh, 18, student. When I was 13, I climbed my first mountain—a fairly gentle 3,900-foot peak near where I live in Surrey, British Columbia.
Hansard and Irglová's song "Falling Slowly" won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song (making Irglova the youngest person to win an Oscar in a non-acting category), and the soundtrack received a Grammy Award nomination. The film has also been adapted into a successful stage musical.