OSCARS
Best Picture
“The English Patient”
“Fargo”
“Jerry Maguire”
“Secrets & Lies”
“Shine”
Best Actor
Tom Cruise, “Jerry Maguire”
Ralph Fiennes, “The English Patient”
Woody Harrelson, “The People vs. Larry Flynt”
Geoffrey Rush, “Shine”
Billy Bob Thornton, “Sling Blade”
Best Actress
Brenda Blethyn, “Secrets & Lies”
Diane Keaton, “Marvin’s Room”
Frances McDormand, “Fargo”
Kristin Scott Thomas, “The English Patient”
Emily Watson, “Breaking the Waves”
Best Director
Anthony Minghella, “The English Patient”
Joel Coen, “Fargo”
Milos Forman, “The People vs. Larry Flynt”
Mike Leigh, “Secrets & Lies”
Scott Hicks, “Shine”
Best Supporting Actress
Joan Allen, “The Crucible”
Lauren Bacall, “The Mirror Has Two Faces”
Juliette Binoche, “The English Patient”
Barbara Hershey, “The Portrait of a Lady”
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Secrets & Lies”
Best Supporting Actor
Cuba Gooding Jr., “Jerry Maguire”
William H. Macy, “Fargo”
Armin Mueller-Stahl, “Shine”
Edward Norton, “Primal Fear”
James Woods, “Ghosts of Mississippi”
Best Original Screenplay
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, “Fargo”
Cameron Crowe, “Jerry Maguire”
John Sayles, “Lone Star”
Mike Leigh, “Secrets & Lies”
Jan Sardi, screenplay; Scott Hicks, story, “Shine”
Best Adapted Screenplay
Arthur Miller, “The Crucible”
Anthony Minghella, “The English Patient”
Kenneth Branagh, “Hamlet”
Billy Bob Thornton, “Sling Blade”
John Hedge, “Trainspotting”
Most Nominations
“The English Patient”: 12
“Fargo”: 7
“Shine”: 7
“Evita”: 5
“Jerry Maguire”: 5
“Secrets & Lies”: 5
“Hamlet”: 4
“The Crucible”: 2
“Emma”: 2
“Ghosts of Mississippi”: 2
“Independence Day”: 2
“Michael Collins”: 2
“The Mirror Has Two Faces”: 2
“The People vs. Larry Flynt”: 2
“The Portrait of a Lady”: 2
“Sling Blade”: 2
“Twister”: 2
Complete list of nominees, F8
THE HOST
The Academy Awards ceremony unfolds in all its splendor on March 24 at the Shrine Auditorium, with the telecast starting at 6 p.m. on ABC. After taking three years off and giving pal Whoopi Goldberg and David Letterman the chance to fill in, Billy Crystal returns as emcee.
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