Annie
Lennox Wins An Oscar
 February
29, 2004 - It was a huge evening for Peter Jackson and "Lord
of The Rings - Return of the King" at the Academy Awards tonight,
the blockbuster picked up 11 Oscars. Winning in every one of its categories
and of course that included a "Best Song" trophy for Annie
Lennox for "Into the West." Canadian Howard Shore also
shared in that award and won another Oscar for "Original Score."
Lennox dedicated the award to her mother, who died last year, and
the late composer Michael Kamen. The 49 year old Scottish singer said
she was "Stunned" when her name was called. On stage she
thanked the man who made it all happen, "I would like to thank
Peter Jackson so much for inviting me to be part of this extraordinary
project. Thank you so much Peter, it's amazing."
Here
is a Complete List of all the Winners.
Best Picture - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Director -- ``The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,''
Peter Jackson.
Best Actor - Sean Penn, ``Mystic River.''
Best Actress - Charlize Theron, ``Monster.''
Supporting Actor - Tim Robbins, ``Mystic River.''
Supporting Actress - Renee Zellweger, ``Cold Mountain.''
Best Song - ``The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' for
``Into the West,'' Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, Annie
Lennox.
Original score - ``The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,''
Howard Shore (Toronto-born composer).
Best Foreign Language Film - ``The Barbarian Invasions,'' Denys
Arcand.
Best Cinematography - ``Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World.''
Best Adapted Screenplay - ``The Lord of the Rings: The Return of
the King,'' Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson.
Best Original Screenplay -- ``Lost in Translation,'' Sofia Coppola.
Art Direction - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."
Art Direction: Grant Major.
Set
Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
Animated Feature - "Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista) (beat
the Montreal-made ``The Triplets of Belleville.'')
Costume - ``The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,'' Ngila
Dickson and Richard Taylor.
Live Action Short - "Two Soldiers," Aaron Schneider and
Andrew J. Sacks.
Animated Short - "Harvie Krumpet," Adam Elliot. (beat
``Nibbles'' by Montreal animator Chris Hinton.)
Visual Effects - ``The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.''
Honorary Oscar - Blake Edwards.
Makeup - ``The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,'' Richard
Taylor and Peter King.
Sound Mixing - ``The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,''
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond
Peek.
Sound Editing - ``Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,''
Richard King.
Documentary Short Subject - ``Chernobyl Hearts,'' Maryann DeLeo.
Documentary Feature - ``The Fog of War,'' Errol Morris.
Film Editing - ``The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.''
Sting, Annie
Lennox Nominated For Oscars
 January
29, 2004 - After winning a Golden Globe award on Sunday night Annie
Lennox could win
the ultimate trophy next month with her nomination for an Oscar. Lennox
is nominated for the song that got her the Golden Globe "Into
the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the
King." Also nominated for "Original song are Sting,
Elvis
Costello and Michael
McKean of Spinal Tap fame. Sting's
nomination was for "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from "Cold
Mountain." Costello's was nomination was for "Scarlet Tide"
also from "Cold Mountain." Peter Jackson's "Lord of
the King : Return of the King" lead nominations with eleven.
The Oscars will be given out February 29th in Los Angeles.
Here's a complete
list of both music Categories.
Music (original score)
"Big Fish" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Danny Elfman
"Cold Mountain" (Miramax) Gabriel Yared
"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista) Thomas Newman
"House of Sand and Fog" (DreamWorks in association with
Cobalt Media Group) James Horner
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
Howard Shore
Music (original song)
"Into the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King" (New Line)
Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie
Lennox
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from "A Mighty
Wind" (Warner Bros.)
Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole
"Scarlet Tide" from "Cold Mountain" (Miramax)
Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis
Costello
"The Triplets of Belleville" from "The Triplets of
Belleville" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Music by Benoit Charest
Lyric by Sylvain Chomet
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" from "Cold Mountain"
(Miramax)
Music and Lyric by Sting
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