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Congratulations to Peter J Devlin for his OscarÌýnomination. The Belfast bornÌýsound man is up for his third academy award nomination, this latest one for hisÌýsound mixing onÌý"Star Trek".

I met him last year in ´óÏó´«Ã½ Belfast. The only thing is I thought he was in on work experience.

Yes I know he's one of Hollywood's leading sound men.ÌýHe's the man who was Oscar nominated forÌý"Pearl Harbour"Ìý"and "Transformers" Ìýbut how was I to know what he looked like?

In my defence, alot of people come through our officeÌýto shadow the programme for a day, week or a month.ÌýÌý

So when I came back after lunch and I saw a fella checking his emails on the computer opposite me,ÌýI just assumedÌýhe was in to see how the show worked.

ThenÌýwe wereÌýintroduced, he wasÌýback in seeing old friends and work colleagues from his former life as a ´óÏó´«Ã½ÌýNorthern Ireland sound man.

He had just finished working onÌý"Frost/Nixon" and was heading back to LA to start work on "Star Trek".

He wasÌýjust glad to be back home to see family.

So I asked him, ok, begged himÌý to come on the show. Maybe the begging went on a little too long, especially in an open plan office, but by then I was in full flow.

He said no.Ìý

At least now, on the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre on the 7th March, in between the Morgan Freemans and theÌýSandra BullocksÌýI'll recognise a master craftsman, who didn't talk to me.....this time!

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