FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2006 Dollie Awards Nominations
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, HARRY POTTER TOP DOLLIE NODS
Capote, Deadwood, and The Office also recognized
February 26, 2007 (DAVIS) -- In the wake of the
Oscars, the members of the Davis Academy of Home
and Leisure released their nominations for the
Sixth Annual Dollie Awards, recognizing exceptional
events and activities from 2006, representing
twenty-plus different categories: movies, television,
music, food, games, and the "Dollie Pardon," an award
given to something that the voting members would like
to forgive and forget.
Looking at the mentions for all of the different
categories, the film "Little Miss Sunshine" seems to
be the strongest contender this year, with seven
nominations including a nod for the Dollie Llama, the
Best-in-show award based on the number of votes cast.
It earned nominations for two Best Feature awards, and
four technical awards: Best Performances, Best Direction,
Best Story, and Best Design.
Once again the Academy gave its acclaim to the Harry
Potter series, this year acknowledging the fourth
movie "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." For the
first time this year, another set of films has
overshadowed the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and in
fact this was the first year that none of Peter
Jackson's films were nominated.
Another film that the D.A.H.L. singled out was
"Capote," with Philip Seymour Hoffman in the lead
role. The academy gave him four nominations, including
the same two Best Feature categories (Best Enjoyable
and Best Artistic) as "Little Miss Sunshine." These
two nominees are very likely to cancel each other out
during the final voting process, so the competition
will be fierce.
The majority of Academy members also offered special
notice to the HBO series "Deadwood," with four
nominations in total. Both that show and the NBC
series "The Office" snagged slots in the running for
the final award, though the latter only received
notice for one category (Best Direcion).
This year of nominations featured a new category
called the "Dollie Double," reportedly for nominees
that received an official nomination but did not win
any awards the previous year, and that were nominated
but not seconded again this year. As Erik Dahl,
chairman of the Dollies, described it: "The Dollie
Double is a second chance for those nominees that the
members of the Academy only experienced in response to
the previous year's awards."
Nominees for the sixth annual Dollie awards, organized
by the Davis Academy of Home and Leisure, were
officially announced Monday, February 26, 2007. The
winners will be revealed on March 11, 2007, after the
ceremony the night of the 10th.
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DAVIS ACADEMY OF HOME AND LEISURE DOLLIE AWARDS
OFFICAL NOMINEES FOR 2006
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FEATURE AWARDS
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Best (Exciting) Feature
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- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and
the Wardrobe
- Memento
- Munich
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Syriana
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Best (Enjoyable) Feature
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- Capote
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- It's A Wonderful Life
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Muriel's Wedding
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Best (Artistic) Feature
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- Capote
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Pride & Prejudice (2005)
- Stranger Than Fiction
- Transamerica
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SERIAL AWARDS
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Best (Engaging) Series
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- Deadwood
- Heroes
- Nero Wolfe
- Six Feet Under
- Slings and Arrows
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Best (Entertaining) Series
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- Arrested Development
- Car Talk
- CSI: Miami
- Homestar Runner (http://www.homestarrunner.com/)
- Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
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Best (Informative) Series
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- The Colbert Report
- The Daily Show
- Mythbusters
- Nightline
- Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
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OTHER VENUES
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Best Outing
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- Ashland, Oregon
- Davis Farmer's Market
- Disneyland
- Erik and J's "It's not a Pirate Party" Party 2006
- The Monterey Bay Aquarium
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Best Music
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- Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, fourth movement
- Furious Moose of the Wilderness, Volvo Maroon
- Home, The Dixie Chicks
- Sweeney Todd (Broadway Revival soundtrack 2004)
- "White and Nerdy", Weird Al Yankovic
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Best Book
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- /The Brothers Karamazov/, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- /A Game of Thrones/, George R. R. Martin
- /Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince/, J. K.
Rowling
- /Pride & Prejudice/, Jane Austen
- /To Say Nothing of the Dog/, Connie Willis
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Best Periodical
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- /Entertainment Weekly/
- Mapquest (http://www.mapquest.com/)
- http://www.sacbee.com/
- http://www.sfgate.com/
- /Smithsonian/
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Best Food
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- chocolate chip cookies
- great wine
- Mountain Mike's Pizza
- Thai food
- tortilla chips and guacamole
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Best Game
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- Ars Magica
- Carcassonne
- Charlie's food dance
- Grow Cube (http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/cube/)
- Trivial Pursuit
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TECHNICAL AWARDS
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Best Performance(s)
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- Capote
- The Colbert Report
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Nero Wolfe
- Pride & Prejudice (2005)
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Best Direction
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- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Little Miss Sunshine
- The Office (NBC)
- Stranger Than Fiction
- X-Men III
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Best Story
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- Dead Like Me
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- /Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince/, J. K.
Rowling
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Stranger Than Fiction
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Best Design
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- Deadwood
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- King Kong (1933)
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Nero Wolfe
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Best Sound
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- Deadwood
- Rome
- Scrubs
- Taking the Long Way, The Dixie Chicks
- Wildflower, Sheryl Crow
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SPECIAL AWARDS
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The Salvador Dollie
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- Apple iPod
- books on tape
- a great night's sleep
- time with friends and family
- V----- "Junebug" S-----
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The Dollie Double
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- All Things Considered
- CSI
- dark chocolate
- DunDraCon
- Freeport Bakery
- Fresh Air
- The Muppet Show
- Pride and Prejudice (BBC)
- sushi
- Ticket to Ride
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The Dollie Pardon
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- ants
- dog poop in the house
- Erik and J's blue Volkswagon Beetle
- the hog dog vendor making terrible double entendres
like "I'm just waiting for your buns to finish
steaming" and "This woman wants a hot weiner!"
- National Orgasm Day
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The Dollie Llama
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- Capote
- Deadwood
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Little Miss Sunshine
- The Office (NBC)
(These are the five nominees who received the greatest
number of votes during the process.)
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