Falling Slowly

...not trained actors, the pair wrote and played their own music, which gave the film its Academy Award-winning clout. (Their co-written Falling Slowly won the best original song Oscar for 2007). Strict Joy, Hansard and Irglova's second album...

In this article: Angie Hart, Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, Once, Carlo Gesualdo, Van Morrison, and Academy Award

...the lines are," Irglova said. The soundtrack to "Once" sold 750,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and one of its tunes, "Falling Slowly," went on to win an Academy Award for original song. In the intervening years, however,...

In this article: Swell Season, Glen Hansard, Once, Marketa Irglova, Oscar, Epitaph Records, The Simpsons, Silver Lake, and Ireland

...members of the actors' branch. • Roger Friedman catches up with Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the 2007 best song Oscar winners for "Falling Slowly" from their semiautobiographical film "Once." As Roger recounts, "Well, they're back, only...

In this article: Oscar, Avatar, David Lloyd, Emmy Awards, Michael Caine, Star Trek, Inglourious Basterds, DVD, and Glen Hansard

...Entertainment" is scheduled for release. As one might expect after watching his soulful "Idol" renditions of Kanye West's "Heartless" and "Falling Slowly" from the indie musical "Once," Allen's album is filled with melodic ballads and...

In this article: American Idol, Arkansas, Heartless, Rolling Stone magazine, Simon Fuller, and Simon Cowell

Kris Allen knows he's not garnering as much attention as Adam Lambert - and that's OK with him. Since foiling Lambert at the "American Idol" finale last May, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter from Conway, Ark., has not appeared on the...

In this article: Kris Allen, American Idol, Arkansas, Heartless, Beet, Rolling Stone magazine, and Simon Fuller

I've got more videos from Kris Allen's intimate Live at the Vineyard concert that took place in Napa Valley California on Sunday (Nov 8). Check out "Let it Rain" HERE. And after the jump, some clever mashups from Kris, "Heartless and...

In this article: Kris Allen