Melissa Etheridge turned out to be a lucky charm for Once star Marketa Irglova after a chance meeting in the days before the Oscars. Irglova and partner Glen Hansard's "Falling Slowly" was the surprise winner of the Best Song category at the Academy Awards on Sunday - the honor Etheridge won in 2007.

And the Once star knew she was in for a chance of winning the award after meeting Etheridge in a restaurant last week.

Irglova says, "I asked, 'Can I hold the hand that won last year?' It was a very amazing moment for us."

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