"The Others" wins three Saturn Awards 2002

The Others, the haunted house movie with Nicole Kidman, won three Saturn Awards out of six nominations, at the annual ceremony held June 10, 2002. I really enjoyed this movie, and consider it to be much better than The Sixth Sense. It's one of my favorite haunted house movies.

The Others won Best Horror Film, and Nicole Kidman won Best Actress for her performance as Grace Stewart.  Fionnula Flanagan won Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mrs. Mills.

Alejandro Amenabar was nominated for Best Director and for Best Writing, and Alakina Mann was nominated for Best Performance by a Younger Actor.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring also won three awards.  It won Best Fantasy Film.  Ian McKellen won Best Supporting Actor for his work as Gandalf the Grey.  Peter Jackson won Best Director.

Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence won five Saturn Awards, but I did have not seen it, so I can't comment on it. 

Maggie Smith and Helena Bonham Carter were nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

Helen Mirren wins Screen Actors Guild Award 2002

Helen Mirren won a Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her performance as Mrs. Wilson in Gosford Park at the 8th ceremony held March 10, 2002.  The movie won Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, which included Mirren, Charles Dance, Michael Gambon, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Clive Owen, and Maggie Smith.  

Sir Ian McKellan won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his work as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.  

Judi Dench was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Shipping News.

"The Hobbit" published 1937

J. R. R. Tolkein's classic, children's fantasy novel The Hobbit was published September 21, 1937, to critical and financial acclaim.  His publishers were so impressed by its success they requested a sequel.  Tolkein complied and wrote the Lord of the Rings trilogy, a classic tale that is enjoyed today.  The Hobbit has never been out of print and has been adapted for stage, television, movies, radio and even video games.  It is estimated that The Hobbit might have sold up to 100 million copies since 1937.

J. R. R. Tolkien, high fantasy author, born 1892

John Ronald Reuel (J.R.R.) Tolkien, born January 3, 1892, has been dubbed the “father” of modern fantasy literature, been ranked 6^th on a list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945, and 5^th top-earning “dead celebrity” in 2009.  His works of “high fantasy” such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

The Hobbit was published in 1937, written years before for his children, became popular with adults as well as youngsters.  So popular the publishers asked for a sequel.  That sequel become The Lord of the Rings, published in 3 volumes from 1954-1955.  It became popular in the 60’s and has remained just as successful today. 

He published other novels but the LOTR is his most beloved to date.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkein born 1892

John Ronald Reuel Tolkein, born December 3, 1892, is the author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.  The Hobbit, which he wrote for his children, was published in 1937 and became popular with adults as well as children. His publishers asked for a sequel, so he spent 10 years writing the Lord of the Rings trilogy, originally published in 1954-1955.