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War of the Worlds: Cma Awards
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The Hollywood Film Festival has announced that GEORGE LUCAS' "STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH" is the winner of this year's "Hollywood Movie of the Year Awards®." The winner is chosen by the public voting online for their favorite movies at the Yahoo Movies (movies.yahoo.com) and "Entertainment Tonight" (ETonline.com) websites. George Lucas will be presented with the award at the Hollywood Awards® Gala Ceremony on October 24 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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USA - Peter Jackson's epic remake of King Kong has won the Oscar for Achievement In Sound Mixing at the 78th annual Academy Awards, held in Hollywood on Sunday March 5th. Already an Oscar winner for his work on Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, sound mixer Hammond Peek relied solely upon the HHB Portadrive to record the dramatic location sound on King Kong, on an often arduous shoot that lasted some nine months. "Solid build, eight track flexibility and reliable hard disk recording made Portadrive the recorder of choice for King Kong," reports Stephen Buckland of HHB's New Zealand distributor Sound Techniques, himself an experienced sound mixer. "The Portadrive ... excelled in trials to check compatibility with post-production workflow, a very important consideration for the production." [More]
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Low‑budget or not, War of the Worlds still cost nearly $2,600,000 to produce, and approximately $1,300,000 was spent on the special effects. Gordon Jennings, who died shortly after the film's release in 1953, received an Academy Award posthumously for his work on War.
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Following up on the success of "Polar Express," Zemeckis was executive producer on his second performance capture film, the Academy Award-nominated Best Animated Film "Monster House," with Rapke and Starkey producing. Additionally, Zemeckis is directing and producing the performance capture film, "Beowulf," with Rapke and Starkey ... producing. The film is due out in theaters in 2007.
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Joel Gallen of Tenth Planet Productions will serve as Executive Producer for the 2005 MTV MOVIE AWARDS with Salli Frattini serving as Executive Producer for MTV. Rick Austin and Josh Greenberg will serve as producers on the show and Kathy Flynn will serve as Event Producer.
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Audio Publishers Association (APA) to Host The Audies® Celebration (McLean, VA)—On June 3, members of the Audio Publishers Association (APA) will gather to celebrate award winners at The Audies® gala event at Tavern on the Green in New York City. Full Story
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