‘The Lord of the Rings’ voted best film of decade
December 7th, 2009 - 1:19 am ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )
London, Dec 6 (IANS) The “Lord of the Rings” trilogy has been voted as the best movie of the past decade in a magazine poll.
Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic beat “Brokeback Mountain”, “Gladiator” and “The Dark Knight” to top Entertainment Weekly’s end-of-the-decade film hit list, reports express.co.uk.
Rapper Kanye West’s 2004 debut “The college dropout” landed at the number one best album ahead of Jay-Zs “The Blueprint” and Radiohead’s “Kid A”.
On TV, “The Sopranos” beat “Lost” and comedy news show “The Daily Show” to claim the best TV show honour.
However, stealing the pie was boy wizard Harry Potter who topped all in the publication’s overall poll. The literary character landed at number one on the Best of the Decade list, which counts down the 100 greatest songs, albums, films, TV shows and episodes, characters, trends, books and stars in the past 10 years.
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- Radiohead's Kid A named Rolling Stone mag's 'Album Of The Decade' - Dec 10, 2009
- MJ named 'Top-Earning Dead Celeb' - Oct 26, 2010
- Homer Simpson named greatest TV character - Jun 02, 2010
- Harry Potter named Decade's Greatest "Entertainer" - Dec 27, 2009
- Elijah Wood to star in 'The Hobbit' - Jan 10, 2011
- Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Emimem among winners of 2011 Grammy Awards - Feb 14, 2011
- Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson knighted - Jan 02, 2010
- Kanye West in "The Cleveland Show" - Apr 12, 2010
- Radiohead voted 'Greatest Glastonbury Headliner Of All Time' - Jun 25, 2010
- The Killers' 'Sam's Town' voted 'Most Underrated Album of the Decade' - Dec 15, 2009
- Michael Jackson named top earning dead celebrity - Oct 27, 2010
- Matthew Morrison Wants Harrison Ford And Justin Timberlake In "Glee" - Oct 14, 2010
- Lord of The Rings loses No.1 spot in 'Top 100 books' list - Sep 08, 2010
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