America Online And AOL Moviefone Announce the Nominees for The Seventh Annual American Moviegoer Awards Presented by Philips Consumer Electronics.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2002 Moviegoers Can Have a Voice by Voting for Their Favorites on Moviefone.com America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive service, and AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Moviefone, the nation's largest movie listing guide and ticketing service, today announced the nominees for its seventh annual nationwide poll of avid AVID Cardiology A clinical trial–Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators that compared the effect of implantable defibrillators vs the best medical therapy–antiarrhythmics for survivors of MI or those with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia moviegoers - The American Moviegoer mov·ie·go·er n. One who goes to see movies. mov  ie·go ing adj. Awards(R)
presented by Philips Consumer Electronics Philips Consumer Electronics is a part of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (usually known as Philips); and is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. In 2005, its sales were € 30.4 billion (US$38. . The American Moviegoer Awards
reflect what millions of actual moviegoers choose as their favorite
films and performances of 2001.Starting tomorrow, February 12, moviegoers across the country can cast their votes on Moviefone.com for The American Moviegoer Awards. They will also have easy access to the voting through AOL and several other AOL Time Warner online properties including Netscape, CompuServe, Entertainment Weekly, People, and InStyle. Voting ends on March 12 and the winners will be announced on March 18. In addition, moviegoers may enter "The American Moviegoer Awards Sweepstakes" on Moviefone.com where one lucky grand-prize winner will win a trip for two to attend a Hollywood movie premiere. Other prizes include Philips DVD players A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. , collections of twenty Oscar-winning movies on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , and CD collections of 2002 Oscar-nominated soundtracks. The following are the list of nominees that were selected by actual moviegoers: - The Nominees for OUTSTANDING FILM are: A Beautiful Mind, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin Rouge!, Shrek - The Nominees for OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR are: Michael Bay, (Pearl Harbor), Christopher Columbus (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind), Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!) - The Nominees for OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR are: Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind), Mike Myers (Shrek), Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), Will Smith (Ali), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) - The Nominees for OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR are: Cameron Diaz (Shrek), Anne Hathaway (The Princess Diaries), Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!), Julia Stiles (Save the Last Dance), Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde) - The Nominees for OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR are: Richard Harris (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), Viggo Mortenson (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), Eddie Murphy (Shrek), Brad Pitt (Ocean's Eleven) - The Nominees for OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR are: Julie Andrews (The Princess Diaries), Julia Roberts (Ocean's Eleven), Maggie Smith (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), Liv Tyler (The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring), Emma Watson (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) - The Nominees for OUTSTANDING LINE IN A MOVIE are: - "Is this coincidence, or are you back on the case? If so, goody goody." - Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) in Hannibal - "Whoever said orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed." - Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) in Legally Blonde - "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." - Christian (Ewan McGregor) in Moulin Rouge! - "This is my land. Here, I am Michael Jackson and you are Toto." - Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) in Rush Hour 2 - "Oh, no. Dead broad OFF the table!" - Shrek (Mike Myers) in Shrek "This past year, American moviegoers sent box office totals to an all-time high. We feel it's important that those people who spent their hard-earned money to see a movie are given a voice," said Russ Leatherman, founder and famous voice of the AOL Moviefone service. "Unlike other awards, the American Moviegoer Awards enable our enormous audience of millions of moviegoers to talk back to the movie industry and recognize the films and performances that they view as the very best." "For this year's American Moviegoer Awards, we've really expanded the program by targeting not just the Moviefone audience but the enormous combined audience of AOL members and users of the AOL and Time Inc. family of brands, " said Jay Rappaport, Senior Vice President and Group General Manager, AOL Entertainment. "This expansion makes this one of the biggest online movie polls ever and an accurate reflection of the opinions of the nation's moviegoers." Last year, Gladiator gladiator (Latin; swordsman) Professional combatant in ancient Rome who engaged in fights to the death as sport. Gladiators originally performed at Etruscan funerals, the intent being to give the dead man armed attendants in the next world. emerged as the big winner with awards for Outstanding Film, Outstanding Director (Ridley ridley: see sea turtle. Scott), and Outstanding Actor (Russell Crowe). Julia Roberts topped the Outstanding Female Actor category for her role in Erin Brockovich. The American Moviegoer Awards are especially timely as we approach the most exciting annual event in Hollywood, the Academy Awards. For the first time, AOL Time Warner's online brands are combining their unique entertainment content to create a single comprehensive online package of Academy Awards coverage called "Live the Academy Awards." People can go to AOL Keyword: Live the Academy Awards, Netscape, CompuServe or Moviefone to access extensive photo galleries, news and interactive community features as well as premiere editorial content from the Web sites of Entertainment Weekly, People and InStyle. The interactive features include a message board hosted by Entertainment Weekly's Ty Burr burr (bur) bur. burr n. Variant of bur. burr 1. a plant seed capsule carrying many hooked structures which catch in animal coats thus promoting dissemination of the plant. posing a different Oscar related question each week and an interactive gossip BOT, named TattleTeller, that enables users to send and receive instant messages about the latest Oscar buzz. About AOL Moviefone AOL Moviefone, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL Inc., is the leader in providing online, telephone and wireless movie listings, information, and ticketing to consumers anytime, anywhere. Through its online service Moviefone.com, its 777-FILM telephone service, and numerous wireless devices, including Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. phones, AT&T PocketNet, and Palm handheld computers A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. , the company serves three in every ten U.S. moviegoers each week with a complete, free directory of movies, showtimes, theater locations, the ability to purchase tickets, and other content of interest to moviegoers. AOL Moviefone is a part of the AOL Web Properties Group, an online network of leading web brands that also includes Netscape, CompuServe, AOL (R) Instant Messenger AOL's instant messaging service. See AIM and instant messaging. (SM) service, ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. and MapQuest. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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