THE OSCARS FILM SPECIAL How two awards frontrunners nearly lost the plot: the inside stories of Lord of the Rings and Gosford Park. Features NOVEL APPROACH Making advances The top five literary agents at Curtis Brown, one of the UK's best-known firms, have just bought out their older colleagues. Can the business continue to thrive on books alone? TV-ADLAND JOB SWAP Hot desking Peter Bazalgette dreamt it up. But the creative teams from Endemol and HHCL were changing rooms for real FASHION STATEMENT Designs on London As car designers branch out into other merchandise, London is taking over as the global centre of excellence INFORMATION OVERHAUL Ads and politics The COI no longer does 'government-speak' advertising, says chief exec Carol Fisher. But it's still under constant scrutiny