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Nominee Glen Hansard (with Marketa Irglova) of "Once" brought his weathered guitar and olive-green guitar case. If you don't have a familiar face, it helps get the media attention, as the makers of "March of the Penguins" showed when they brought stuffed penguins down the carpet two years ago.
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Nominee Glen Hansard (with Marketa Irglova) of "Once" brought his weathered guitar and olive-green guitar case. If you don't have a familiar face, it helps get the media attention, as the makers of "March of the Penguins" showed when they brought stuffed penguins down the carpet two years ago.

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