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Monday, February 28, 2011

Double Oscar loss for Rahman

Misses Best Original Score and Best Song awards


Music maestro A R Rahman lost the Oscar for best original score to composer duo Trent Rezmor and Atticus Ross who took home the award for 'The Social Network' at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

He also lost the Oscar for best original song to Randy Newman, who won it for 'We Belong Together' in 'Toy Story 3'.

Rahman was nominated with Dido and Rollo Armstrong, who wrote the lyrics for the song 'If I Rise' from '127 Hours'.

Earlier this year, the 45-year-old had also lost the Golden Globe award as well as British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for best original music in '127 Hours'.
Other Oscar winners announced so far include Christian Bale for Best Supporting Actor in 'The Fighter', Melissa Leo for Best Supporting Actress in the same movie, 'In A Better World' (Denmark) for Best Foreign Language Film, and 'Toy Story 3' for Best Animated Feature Film.
'The Social Network' won for Best Adapted Screenplay, while 'The King's Speech' won Best Screenplay.

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