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Academy Awards Fever Spreads at Movies.com as Movie Fans Weigh in on Their Academy Award Predictions.


Entertainment Editors

NORTH HOLLYWOOD Hollywood.

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, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2004

Nearly 1,600 Parties Nationwide Are Competing for

the "Party Challenge" Prize of $5,000

The most star-studded star-studded
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featuring many well-known performers: a star-studded premiere

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 evening of the year is fast approaching, and the growing anticipation The performance of an act or obligation before it is legally due. In patent law, the publication of the existence of an invention that has already been patented or has a patent pending,  is evident at Movies.com. Movies.com is hosting "Oscar(R) Party Challenge 2004," through which Academy Award(R) party organizers : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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  • Jane Addams
  • Saul Alinsky
  • Susan B. Anthony
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  • Ella Baker
  • Alexander Berkman
  • Paul Boden
  • Harry Bridges
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 and attendees can go to www.movies.com to file their predictions using an electronic ballot ballot, means of voting for candidates for office. The choice may be indicated on or by the ballot forms themselves—e.g., colored balls (hence the term ballot, which is derived from the Italian ballotta,  until the day of the awards. After the Academy Awards(R) ceremony on February February: see month.  29, the grand-prize winning team will receive $5000 to throw the Ultimate Academy Awards(R) Party in 2005.

To date with nearly 1,600 party teams registered, "Lord of the Rings" is the clear favorite for Best Picture, and, if predictions are correct, this might be the year for Sean Penn. Following are leading contenders on Movies.com's Oscar(R) Party Challenge:

What do you think will win Best Picture?

"The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King"                    80%
"Mystic River"                                                  9%
"Seabiscuit"                                                    5%
"Lost in Translation"                                           4%
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"               2%

Who do you think will win Best Actor?

Sean Penn, "Mystic River"                                      38%
Bill Murray, "Lost in Translation"                             27%
Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean"                        22%
Ben Kingsley, "House of Sand and Fog"                           7%
Jude Law, "Cold Mountain"                                       6%

Who do you think will win Best Actress?

Charlize Theron, "Monster"                                     66%
Diane Keaton, "Something's Gotta Give"                         20%
Keisha Castle-Hughes, "Whale Rider"                             7%
Naomi Watts, "21 Grams"                                         4%
Samantha Morton, "In America"                                   3%

Who do you think will win Best Director?

Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" 67%
Sofia Coppola, "Lost in Translation"                           14%
Peter Weir, "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"  14%
Clint Eastwood, "Mystic River"                                  3%
Fernando Meirelles, "City of God"                               2%


About Movies.com

Launched in March 2000, Movies.com provides a broad array of news, original content and services, including show times and ticket sales, to help movie fans make the right choice on movie night. Operated by the Walt Disney Internet Group The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) oversees several websites owned by The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries. [1] The division's Disney Online unit operates disney. , its content encompasses films from throughout the film industry and follows films from production through video/DVD releases. It was recently named "Best Movie Site" in the 2003 WebAwards The international WebAwards competition sets the standard of excellence in 96 industry categories by evaluating websites and defining benchmarks based on the seven essential criteria of successful website development.  from the Web Marketing Association (WMA (Windows Media Audio) An audio compression method from Microsoft. Known originally as MSAudio, this proprietary format competes with the MP3 and AAC methods. WMA encodes rapidly and is known to be especially effective at low bit rates. ).
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