HURT, JULIA SPLIT NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW’S BEST-ACTING HONORS

William Hurt and Raul Julia shared best-acting honors for their roles as a homosexual hairdresser and a South American revolutionary in “Kiss of the Spider Woman” when the National Board of Review made its annual film awards Monday night.

Orson Welles, director of “Citizen Kane” and other movies, received a Career Achievement Award. He died last year at age 70.

Anjelica Huston, who played a Mafia princess in “Prizzi’s Honor,” and Klaus Maria Brandauer, portraying Danish writer Isak Dinesen’s philandering husband in “Out of Africa,” got best supporting acting awards.

Whoopi Goldberg, playing a black woman who transcends a childhood of poverty and abuse in “The Color Purple,” was named best actress; the movie was named best picture.

The Japanese epic “Ran,” which tells a story based on Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” was named best foreign film and its director, Akira Kurosawa, 75, was named best director.

George Stevens Jr. accepted a special award for “George Stevens, a Film Maker’s Journey,” a film he made about his late father’s life as a director.

“The Jewel in the Crown,” about life in British-ruled India, was named best TV series. “Do You Remember Love?”, starring Joanne Woodward as a victim of Alzheimer’s disease, was named best TV film.