Production awards
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The British Academy of Film and Television arts has nominated Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Woods for the award Best Special Visual Arts for their work on The Golden Compass. In addition, the Costume Designers Guild has nominated costumer Ruth Myers for her work for dressing Best Fantasy Film. The BAFTA award ceremony will take place 10 February and the Costume Designers Guild Awards winners will be announced 19 February.



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Golden Compass grosses $315 million
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ComingSoon.net reports: Despite its lackluster performance in the North American box office, The Golden Compass has been doing quite well in the international market, reaching 315m USD since its premiere. “The fantasy epic has performed strongly in various foreign territories — including the United Kingdom, Spain, South Korea and Australia — where this genre continues to be popular.” The last remaining major box office territory awaiting the film’s release is Japan, where it screens beginning 1st March. Read more.



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Christmas Give-Aways
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It’s not long until the big day and here at BridgetotheStars we’ve got a couple of contests for you. For those of you in the USA and Canada we have the opportunity to win a special personally signed copy of the much sought after Tim Kirk Lyra print (which we are still giving away here). To enter send an email to us at contest@bridgetothestars.net with the subject ‘North America Lyra Print’, your full name and full postal address.

For the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, there’s the opportunity to win the set of three limited edition film-tie-in books which have only been available with Shreddies, once again by simply sending us an email at contest@bridgetothestars.net with the subject ‘Rest of world book give away’, your full name and full postal address.

Entries close for both give-aways at midnight GMT on December 25th.



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Pullman visit to Guardian Book Club
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Philip Pullman last night spoke to John Mullan and members of the Guardian Book Club at the Brunei Gallery in London. Pullman spoke about Milton, morality and heading for the Arctic, and also took questions from the audience.You can listen to a podcast of the full discussion here.



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We’re back!
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The Republic of Heaven, BridgetotheStars.net’s official forum is now back and up and running, complete with a shiny upgrade. Click here to return to your discussions or to sign up. And, as always, you’re still welcome to join us in the chat room.



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