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And the nominees are... It's the Monday after the Oscar telecast, and

Saving Private Ryan receives a glorious 11 nominations at the Oscars this year. However, it did not receive the most. Shakespeare in Love one-ups that Spielberg war film with 13 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. It's an amazing feat, since hardly anyone would have expected the comedy to get so many. Those 13 nominations are just one less than last year's record-setting 14 nominations picked up by Titanic. My personal enjoyment of that film is well below that of others, but to each their own.

Who won?! Click here!

For a complete run-down on the list, as well as my comments and "shoulda-been" list, please click here.

For my opinion of who will win and who should win, click here.

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Best Picture Elizabeth Life is Beautiful Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love The Thin Red Line	Best Director Roberto Benigni, Life is Beautiful Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan John Madden, Shakespeare in Love Terrence Malick, The Thin Red Line Peter Weir, The Truman Show	Best Actor Robert Benigni, Life is Beautiful Tom Hanks, Saving Private Ryan Ian McKellen, Gods and Monsters Nick Nolte, Affliction Edward Norton, American History X
Best Actress Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love Meryl Streep, One True Thing Emily Watson, Hilary and Jackie	Best Supporting Actor James Coburn, Affliction Robert Duvall, A Civil Action Ed Harris, The Truman Show Geoffrey Rush, Shakespeare in Love Billy Bob Thornton, A Simple Plan	Best Supporting Actress Kathy Bates, Primary Colors Brenda Blethyn, Little Voice Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love Rachel Griffiths, Hilary and Jackie Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters
Best Original Screenplay Bulworth, Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser Life is Beautiful, Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni Saving Private Ryan, Robert Rodat Shakespeare in Love, Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard The Truman Show, Andrew Niccol	Best Adapted Screenplay Gods and Monsters, Bill Condon Out of Sight, Scott Frank Primary Colors, Elaine May A Simple Plan, Scott B. Smith The Thin Red Line, Terrence Malick	Best Foreign Film Central Station, Brazil Children of Heaven, Iran The Grandfather, Spain Life is Beautiful, Italy Tango, Argentina
Best Cinematography A Civil Action Elizabeth Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love The Thin Red Line	Best Film Editing Life is Beautiful Out of Sight Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love The Thin Red Line	Best Art Direction Elizabeth Pleasantville Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love What Dreams May Come
Best Makeup Elizabeth Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love	Best Costume Design Beloved Elizabeth Pleasantville Shakespeare in Love Velvet Goldmine	Best Sound Armageddon The Mask of Zorro Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love The Thin Red Line
Best Sound Effects Editing Armageddon The Mask of Zorro Saving Private Ryan	Best Visual Effects Armageddon Mighty Joe Young What Dreams May Come	Best Original Score (Dramatic) Elizabeth, David Hirschfelder Life is Beautiful, Nicola Piovani Pleasantville, Randy Newman Saving Private Ryan, John Williams The Thin Red Line, Hans Zimmer
Best Original Score (Musical or Comedy) A Bug's Life, Randy Newman Mulan, Matthew Wilder, David Zippel, and Jerry Goldsmith Patch Adams, Marc Shaiman The Prince of Egypt, Stephen Schwartz and Hans Zimmer Shakespeare in Love, Stephen Warbeck	Best Original Song "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" from Armageddon "The Prayer" from Quest for Camelot "A Soft Place to Fall" from The Horse Whisperer "That'll Do" from Babe: Pig in the City "When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt	Best Animated Short Film Bunny The Canterbury Tales Jolly Roger More When Life Departs
Best Live-Action Short Film Culture Election Night (Valgaften) Holiday Romance La Carte Postale (The Postcard) Victor	Best Feature Documentary Dancemaker The Farm: Angola, U.S.A. The Last Days Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth Regret to Inform	Best Short-Subject Documentary The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years A Place in the Land Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square