America Online And AOL Moviefone Announce the Nominees for The Seventh Annual American Moviegoer Awards Presented by Philips Consumer Electronics

Business Wire, Feb 11, 2002

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2002

Moviegoers Can Have a Voice by Voting for Their Favorites on

Moviefone.com

America Online, Inc., the world's leading interactive service, and AOL Moviefone, the nation's largest movie listing guide and ticketing service, today announced the nominees for its seventh annual nationwide poll of avid moviegoers - The American Moviegoer Awards(R) presented by Philips Consumer Electronics. The American Moviegoer Awards reflect what millions of actual moviegoers choose as their favorite films and performances of 2001.

Starting tomorrow, February 12, moviegoers across the country can cast their votes on Moviefone.com for The American Moviegoer Awards. They will also have easy access to the voting through AOL and several other AOL Time Warner online properties including Netscape, CompuServe, Entertainment Weekly, People, and InStyle. Voting ends on March 12 and the winners will be announced on March 18. In addition, moviegoers may enter "The American Moviegoer Awards Sweepstakes" on Moviefone.com where one lucky grand-prize winner will win a trip for two to attend a Hollywood movie premiere. Other prizes include Philips DVD players, collections of twenty Oscar-winning movies on DVD, and CD collections of 2002 Oscar-nominated soundtracks.

The following are the list of nominees that were selected by actual moviegoers:

- The Nominees for OUTSTANDING FILM are: A Beautiful Mind, Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin
Rouge!, Shrek

- The Nominees for OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR are: Michael Bay, (Pearl Harbor),
Christopher Columbus (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), Ron Howard (A
Beautiful Mind), Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
Ring), Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!)

- The Nominees for OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR are: Russell Crowe
(A Beautiful Mind), Mike Myers (Shrek), Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone), Will Smith (Ali), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring)

- The Nominees for OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR are: Cameron Diaz
(Shrek), Anne Hathaway (The Princess Diaries), Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!),
Julia Stiles (Save the Last Dance), Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde)

- The Nominees for OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR are:
Richard Harris (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), Ian McKellen (The Lord
of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), Viggo Mortenson (The Lord of the
Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), Eddie Murphy (Shrek), Brad Pitt (Ocean's
Eleven)

- The Nominees for OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR are:
Julie Andrews (The Princess Diaries), Julia Roberts (Ocean's Eleven), Maggie
Smith (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), Liv Tyler (The Lord of the
Rings: Fellowship of the Ring), Emma Watson (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone)

- The Nominees for OUTSTANDING LINE IN A MOVIE are:

- "Is this coincidence, or are you back on the case? If so, goody goody." -
Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) in Hannibal

- "Whoever said orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed." - Elle Woods
(Reese Witherspoon) in Legally Blonde

- "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in
return." - Christian (Ewan McGregor) in Moulin Rouge!

- "This is my land. Here, I am Michael Jackson and you are Toto." - Inspector
Lee (Jackie Chan) in Rush Hour 2

- "Oh, no. Dead broad OFF the table!" - Shrek (Mike Myers) in Shrek

"This past year, American moviegoers sent box office totals to an all-time high. We feel it's important that those people who spent their hard-earned money to see a movie are given a voice," said Russ Leatherman, founder and famous voice of the AOL Moviefone service. "Unlike other awards, the American Moviegoer Awards enable our enormous audience of millions of moviegoers to talk back to the movie industry and recognize the films and performances that they view as the very best."

"For this year's American Moviegoer Awards, we've really expanded the program by targeting not just the Moviefone audience but the enormous combined audience of AOL members and users of the AOL and Time Inc. family of brands, " said Jay Rappaport, Senior Vice President and Group General Manager, AOL Entertainment. "This expansion makes this one of the biggest online movie polls ever and an accurate reflection of the opinions of the nation's moviegoers."

Last year, Gladiator emerged as the big winner with awards for Outstanding Film, Outstanding Director (Ridley Scott), and Outstanding Actor (Russell Crowe). Julia Roberts topped the Outstanding Female Actor category for her role in Erin Brockovich.

The American Moviegoer Awards are especially timely as we approach the most exciting annual event in Hollywood, the Academy Awards. For the first time, AOL Time Warner's online brands are combining their unique entertainment content to create a single comprehensive online package of Academy Awards coverage called "Live the Academy Awards." People can go to AOL Keyword: Live the Academy Awards, Netscape, CompuServe or Moviefone to access extensive photo galleries, news and interactive community features as well as premiere editorial content from the Web sites of Entertainment Weekly, People and InStyle. The interactive features include a message board hosted by Entertainment Weekly's Ty Burr posing a different Oscar related question each week and an interactive gossip BOT, named TattleTeller, that enables users to send and receive instant messages about the latest Oscar buzz.