And the winners are…

The votes are in! \nWith the Oscars quickly approaching, I'm sure many of you have been anxious to see who the Academy will crown as the kings of Hollywood. Well, you'll have to hold on a few more days until Sunday evening's Oscar ceremony to find out who will get the "real" votes.\nBut today you can see who you, the readers, have chosen as the best of the best. Over the past several weeks, we have been allowing readers to vote in an online ballot for their favorite Hollywood stars. The votes have been counted, the results are in and I promise there will be no mud-slinging or court battles a la IUSA.\nThe big winner was "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," which won 10 of the 13 categories it was up for, including best picture, best supporting actor and best director. \n"Lord of the Rings" took the award for best picture with 40 percent of your votes. In a close second, "A Beautiful Mind" grabbed 34 percent of your votes but could not match the epic fantasy.\nYou showed your support of Russell Crowe by giving him the award for best actor with 36 percent of your votes. Apparently the recent controversy as to the historical accuracy of "A Beautiful Mind" was not enough to rob Crowe of this award. I guess we'll see if the Academy feels the same.\nIn another big win, Nicole Kidman grabbed the highly sought-after award for best actress with 38 percent of your votes. She easily beat out runner-up Renee Zellweger's 18 percent. Many said Kidman can't sing, but your votes show that Bloomington thinks she can can-can.\nShowing the acting muscle behind "A Beautiful Mind," Jennifer Connelly joined Crowe winning your choice for best supporting actress with an amazing 70 percent of your votes. Though it did not win many awards, you did show that you loved the acting in this film.\nHelping "Lord of the Rings" take one of its many awards, Ian McKellen won best supporting actor in a landslide vote, earning 66 percent of your votes for the category.\nAnother big win for "Lord of the Rings" was Peter Jackson taking best director with 47 percent of your votes. \nA few other films that won by large margins were "Amelie," which won best foreign language film with 80 percent of your votes, and "Shrek," which took the inaugural award for best feature-length animated feature with 69 percent of your votes.\nThe ever-crucial award for best musical score was another notch in the belt for "Lord of the Rings," with Howard Shore's epic compositions taking 40 percent of your votes. Coming in second in this category was John Williams' score for "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," which earned 26 percent of your votes in this category.\nSo there you have it. These are the stars and filmmakers that you have chosen as this year's masters of the silver screen. To see winners in other categories, log on to www.idsnews.com/arts and check out the "Oscars" link. \nWill the Academy make the same picks as Bloomington? You'll just have to join host Whoopi Goldberg for the Oscars Sunday night to find out.