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M.I.A. Loses Oscar

New mother M.I.A. missed out on the Oscar telecast, and then missed out on the Oscar itself, as her fellow Slumdog Millionaire nominee A.R. Rahman took home the trophies for both Original Score and Original Song-- the latter for his Bollywood closing-credit number "Jai Ho". M.I.A. and Rahman's "O Saya" was considerd a longshot for the song award-- also in competition was Peter Gabriel's "Down to Earth", from WALL-E-- and was even relegated to a near afterthought in a mercilessly short song medle...

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15:10 on February 23 2009

M.I.A. Loses Oscar

Pitchfork — New mother M.I.A. missed out on the Oscar telecast, and then missed out on the Oscar itself, as her fellow Slumdog Millionaire nominee A.R. Rahman took home the trophies ... more info
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15:10 on February 23 2009

M.I.A. Loses Oscar Bid

Pitchfork — New mother M.I.A. missed out on the Oscar telecast, and then missed out on the Oscar itself, as her fellow Slumdog Millionaire nominee A.R. Rahman took home the trophies ... more info
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