America Online With AOL Moviefone Announce the Winners of The Seventh Annual American Moviegoer Awards Presented by Royal Philips Electronics.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Claims the Top Spot in Three Categories Users of 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. and Time Warner Online Brands Cast More Than Two Million Votes and Make Their Voices Heard in One of the Largest Online Movie Polls Ever America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive service, along with AOL Moviefone, the nation's largest movie listing guide and ticketing service, today announced the winners of the 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 Royal Philips Electronics. The American Moviegoer Awards
reflect what more than a million actual moviegoers chose as their
favorite films and performances of 2001.
From February 12 through March 12, AOL Moviefone collected more than two million votes from moviegoers, making this one of the largest online movie awards polls ever. AOL Moviefone solicited votes from America Online's flagship AOL service, AOL Web properties such as Moviefone.com, Netscape and CompuServe, as well as AOL Time Warner properties through the online sites of InStyle, Entertainment Weekly, People, Time, Turner Classic Movies and CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. . And the winners are... -- For OUTSTANDING FILM: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- For OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR: Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- For OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR: Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind -- For OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR: Eddie Murphy, Shrek -- For OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR: Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge! -- For OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR: Liv Tyler, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- For OUTSTANDING LINE IN A MOVIE: "Oh, no, no, no, no. Dead broad OFF the table!" - Shrek (Mike Myers) in Shrek "The American Moviegoer Awards create an opportunity for avid moviegoers across the country to have their say about their favorite films and performances of the year," said Russ Leatherman, founder and famous voice of AOL Moviefone. "It is hardly a surprise that moviegoers really connected with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring considering what a huge online following this film had for years leading up to its release." "As a result of its enormous exposure across America Online and AOL Time Warner's online entertainment brands, this year's American Moviegoer Awards received two million-plus votes. This is an increase of more than eight times the votes received last year, making it one of the largest movie polls of online users ever," said Jay Rappaport, Senior Vice President and Group General Manager, AOL Entertainment." With the Oscars(R) fast approaching, AOL Time Warner's online package of Academy Awards coverage, "Live the Academy Awards," has received unprecedented interest. The package marks the first time AOL Time Warner's online brands teamed up to combine their unique entertainment content to create a single comprehensive offering. Millions of movie fans visited AOL Keyword: Live the Academy Awards to access extensive photo galleries, news and interactive community features as well as premier editorial content from the Web sites of Entertainment Weekly, People and InStyle. One of the most popular features is "TattleTeller," an interactive instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or gossip bot (1) (roBOT) A program used on the Internet that performs a repetitive function such as posting a message to multiple newsgroups or searching for information or news. Bots are used to provide comparison shopping. Bots also keep a channel open on the Internet Relay Chat (IRC). , which is a feature that allows users to send and receive instant messages about the latest Oscar news and gossip. TattleTeller has already received more than one million messages and more than 100,000 unique users. 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. Note: All trademarks referenced in this release are the exclusive property of their respective owners. |
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