Geri and Rez wrote to tell us that the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) will be giving Howard Shore a lifetime achievement award. [More]

Cerys writes: Hi, just found out that one of the most popular film magazines in the UK, Total Film, has conducted a pole in its latest issue on Film Epics. I’m not sure if the magazine is out yet, but Lawrence of Arabia came in first place, Ben Hur came in at second place, The Star Wars films came in third. In forth place came The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Quite a nice result!

MTV has nominated ROTK for two movie awards: Best Movie, and Best Action Sequence for the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. The 2004 MTV Movie Awards will air June 10 at 9 p.m. ET. [More] You can vote for the winners [Here]