With the post being closed the last two weeks and with voting due to
close in the next couple of days , the h2g2 Academy are pleased to announce an extension for the

Petas nomination deadline.

Nominations now close at 12 noon on Monday 9^th February, to give me time

to get this into that week's post. Voting arrangements for the short listed candidates will then be

posted so pay attention film fans.

Cold Mountain is heavily fancied for the BAFTAs which were announced on 19^th

January. However, the shock was that despite 13 nominations there was a major exclusion from their

list. Last years BAFTA and Oscar winning actress was not included in the shortlist. Will this dent

her appeal to the Oscar voters?

However the Golden Globes announced last Sunday almost shunned Cold
Mountain as well. Out of 8 nominations only Renée Zellweger winning a Globe for Best Supporting

actress. The big winners with the International Journalists, who vote for the Golden Globes, was

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, including Best Film and Director.

On Tuesday the Academy Awards were announced. This years films to watch will be Lord of

the Rings: The Return of the King with eleven. nominations and Master and Commander: The

Far Side of the World with ten. However neither of these two feature in the acting categories

meaning that Russell Crowe will not be sitting anxious to add to his one golden statuette this

year.

For direction Peter Jackson is hot favourite having completed the Lord of the Rings Epic

this year in an international field. But is up against Sofia Coppola hoping to emulate her father with

her debut Lost in Translation for which she is also nominated for original screen play.
Other directors to get the nod were Australian Peter Weir for Master and
Commander, Clint Eastwood for Mystic River and Brazilian Fernando Meirelles leading

the unsung nations 2004 challenge for City of God.

Unsung Oscar nations also crop up in the supporting categories actors Puerto Rican Benicio Del

Toro for 21 Grams, Djimon Hounsou of Beninfor In America and Ken Watanabe only

the second ever Japanese nominee for The Last Samurai are joined by Iranian actress

ShohrehAghdashloo for House of Sand and Fog.

As well as Crowe, Nicole Kidman, ex-husband Tom Criuse and Jack Nicholson have been

overlooked in the lead acting categories. However the lists are still impressive.

• Johnny Depp swash buckles his way unto the list for his role in Pirates of the Caribbean:
  
  The Curse of the Black Pearl.
• Former winner Sir Ben Kingsley has another outstanding chance with House of Sand and
  
  Fog.
• Jude Law is hoping to overcome the cold shoulder of ex-wife Sadie Frost with a win for Cold
  
  Mountain.
• Comic genius Bill Murray is hoping it will be his year if Oscar doesn't get to Lost in
  
  Translation.
• Also a former 'Mr Madonna' Sean Penn is hoping all the mysticism she evokes might help him in
  Mystic River.

The actresses are a mix of experience and youth.

• Thirteen year old Keisha Castle-Hughes breaks the record for this category by sever years
  
  for Whale Rider but is up against.
• Veteran Diane Keaton for Something's Gotta Give.
• Charlize Theron for Monster.
• Naomi Watts for 21 Grams.
• And by British hopeful Samantha Morton for In America.

All will be revealed for Bafta on 15^th February and Oscar on the
29^th. However stay tuned here for the Peta's coming to you exclusive in The Post on
4^th March.

In 1999 the following awards were presented

• Lifetime Achievement - Stanley Kubrick
• Best Picture - American Beauty
• Best Actor in a leading role - Kevin Spacey
• Best Actress in a leading role - Anette Benning
• Best Actress in a supporting role - Toni Collette
• Best Actor in a supporting role - Haley Joel Osmet

For 2001, following a year out for Rupert, the awards were.

• Lifetime Achievement - David Lynch and Christopher Lee
• Best Picture - Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
• Best Actor in a leading role - Will Smith
• Best Actress in a leading role - Nicole Kidman
• Best Actress in a supporting role - Helen Mirren
• Best Actor in a supporting role - Jim Broadbent
• Best Director - Peter Jackson
• Best Song - May it Be, Enya
• Technical Award Visual - Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the
  Ring
• Technical Award Audio - Moulin Rouge

For 2002, the awards went to:

• Lifetime Achievement - Dame Maggie Smith¹
• Best Picture - Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• Best Actor in a leading role - Jack Nicholson
• Best Actress in a leading role - Nia Vardalos
• Best Actress in a supporting role - Catherine Zeta-Jones
• Best Actor in a supporting role - Andy Sirkis
• Best Director - Peter Jackson
• Best Song - Lose Yourself Eminem
• Technical Award Visual - Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• Technical Award Audio - Morvern Caller and Lord of the Rings: The
  Two Towers

Simple click on the link for the nomination
page, where this years major nominees are listed and you can nominate in the relevant forum

for the Peta's. This year the voting is slightly different. So pay attention!!!! There will be two

stages to
voting.

January you will be given the chance to nominate your three
favourite contenders for each of the categories, before 12 noon Monday 9^th

February . From this I will draw a list of the top five for each category on the 9th February

or as close thereafter that I have internet access.

February the Nominations will be posted and you get a final
Single vote in each category so that we can announce the winners in
the Post following the Oscars announced on 29^th February,
therefore the 4th March is Peta day.

Any questions, shout.

The h2g2 Film Society
The 1st Annual H2G2 Academy Awards Ceremony
The 2nd Annual H2G2 Academy Awards Ceremony
Voting in the 3rd Annual H2G2 Academy
Awards

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