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MOVIES The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , the crowning glory in Peter Jackson’s mighty fantasy trilogy, dominated the Academy Awards in 2004, winning nine of its 11 nominations including Best Picture. On the flip side, the J.Lo/Ben Affleck turkey Gigli cleaned up at the Razzies. Biopics were all the rage in Hollywood that year, from The Aviator and Finding Neverland , to Ray and Alexander ; Shrek 2 was the number one film at the global box office, setting a new record MUSIC In 2004, international bops we loved included Kelis’s Milkshake , Outkast’s Hey Ya! , Maroon 5’s She Will Be Loved and Evanesence’s My Immortal – but we were feeling the Aussie pride too: Spiderbait, Kasey Chambers, and Eskimo Joe all released massive singles – not to mention Missy Higgins’ gargantuan debut track Scar – and the success of two homegrown

GAMES Ah, memories! The PlayStation 2 was our console weapon of choice, with many a classic also hitting both the OG Xbox and GameCube. Nintendo had us back in the virtual garden with Pikmin 2 , and we also got in plenty of Metroid Prime 2 . Our Xbox got a lot of loving, too, especially with Fable and, of course, Halo 2 . But the PS2 was where

it was mostly at for us, with Sly 2 , Jak 3 , GT4 , Killzone , Katamari Damacy and the third Ratchet & Clank all debuting as exclusives, plus one that we still dig out today, the classic SingStar ! Add GTA: San Andreas , Burnout 3: Takedown and Red Dead Revolver and 2004 really was a top year.

for the highest grossing animated film at the time; Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ became an unexpected blockbuster; and we said farewell to the great Marlon Brando, who passed away aged 80.

TECH 17 years ago, Hi-Def plasma and LCD TVs were sounding the death knell for CRT technology – but no one could afford them. The nascent HDMI technology was offering an exciting look into the future for visual and audio enthusiasts, while the latest developments in mobile phone technology included a one-megapixel camera. SD cards were boasting 1GB of flash memory and iPods were at the crescendo of their phenomenal popularity, with the latest models introducing photos and video alongside MP3s. Despite being created in the

albums from the previous year – Delta Goodrem’s Innocent Eyes and Jet’s Get Born – saw both flying high near the top of the charts all year. Ultimately, it was our obsession with the first-ever season of Australian Idol which was reflected in the final numbers; the comp’s winner Guy Sebastian got himself a #1 album, sure, but it was runner- up Shannon Noll who scored the biggest song of the year: his cover of Moving Pictures’ 1982 track What About Me sat at #1 for four weeks, while his album debuted at #1 and rested comfortably within the top three for the year’s duration.

late ‘90s, Google finally went public in 2004, changing the way we searched the net; and at Harvard University, a young entrepreneur launched a website designed to connect fellow Harvard students, called The Facebook.

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