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Mithril Awards
The results for the Mithril Awards (2005) for fanfiction have recently been announced. You can find out more about the awards and read the winning entries here.
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Seven Dora awards for LotR
The stage version of the Lord of the Rings has won seven Dora Mavor Moore Awards. The awards included; outstanding new musical, costume design and choreography. You can read further details at The Globe and Mail.
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LotR musical nominated for 15 Dora Awards
The nominations for the 2006 Dora Mavor Moore Awards have been announced and the musical version of The Lord of the Rings has received 15 nominations, surpassing all others. You can read more about the awards here.
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Mythopoeic Society awards
The winners of the 2005 Mythopoeic Society awards have been announced. Janet Brennan Croft received the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies for her book, War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien. There’s a list of all the winners at the society’s website here.
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Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
The finalists for the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies have been announced. The nominations include; Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings by Matthew Dickerson and Tolkien in the Land of Heroes by Anne C. Petty. There are further details at mythsoc.org. The winner will be announced at…
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Shore’s score voted best ever
In a poll by listeners of the UK radio station Classic FM, Howard Shore’s score for the ‘Lord of the Rings’ films has been voted the best movie soundtrack ever. Second on the list of 50 soundtracks was ‘Gladiator’, which was followed by ‘Star Wars’.
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Nebula Award for Jackson, Walsh and Boyens
Nearly a year and a half after its release, ‘Return of the King’ is still winning awards: the latest gong is the Best Script Award at last night’s Nebula Awards, organised by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
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Still more honours for Lord of the Rings
The Universal/Alliance Atlantis release of the special extended edition DVD of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King swept five categories at the second annual Canadian Entertainment Network Awards. The wins included best major studio and best boxed-set release, best special edition DVD, best sound/audio and the reader’s choice award. To read…
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Return of the King wins two Grammy Awards
At the recent 47th Grammy Awards, Howard Shore’s score for Return of the King won the award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media. Into the West (by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh) won the award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or…
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RotK EE wins 3 DVDX Awards
The ‘Return of the King’ Extended Edition DVD won three awards at the 5th Annual DVD Exclusive Awards on Wednesday; the awards were won in the categories for Best Overall DVD: New Movie, Best Audio Commentary (Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens), and Best New Movie Scenes.
