Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring‘s John Gilbert failed to win the Oscar for Best Editing, going instead to Black Hawk Down.
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On the red carpet, Sean Astin and Elijah Wood gave a brief interview before entering the Kodak Theatre. Both Hobbit actors flew in from Vancouver from the Oscars, and described right now as an ’emotional rolleroster’, and Sam joked that his daughter approved of his tux. When told that it could be ‘their night’, both of them just replied “we’ll see”.
After what seems like an endless weekend of hype the Academy Awards are only one hour away, and TheOneRing.net will be keeping you informed of what’s happening all of the way, from posts on the frontpage itself to online commentary in #awardsparty on the Barlimans server.
Red carpet coverage has just begun on E! TV and will continue for the next two hours building up to the Oscars ceremony itself. [More]
With a few hours to go until the Academy Awards ceremony begins, do you know what category Fellowship of the Ring is nominated in and who it’s up against? What about the actual people up for the award? No? Well for the next few hours you can refer back to TheOneRing.net’s Cheat Sheet with lots of information on the cast and crew who are up for awards, and TheOneRing.net’s Nomination Card for a list of all the categories, nominees and what awards they have already won this year.
‘The year of the fantasy film. The year of the musical. The year of the black actor. The year the Oscars came home to Hollywood. The year of badder blood than usual among competing studios. There was plenty of drama on screen and off in the weeks leading up to Sunday’s Academy Awards. Squaring off for best picture are “A Beautiful Mind,” “Gosford Park,” “In the Bedroom,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” and “Moulin Rouge.”‘ [More]