.Catch "The Tango Lesson" as it continues its run at the Michigan Theater. Showing twice today, there's no reason to pass up the chance to see Sally Potter's semi-autobiographical romance about a director swept away by her tango instructor. 7 and 9:15 p.m. Admission is $5. a1*dti~~n &rit ... :77 The Full Oscar! 'Titanic' cruises into history as 70th Academy Award nominations are announced Courtesy of TriStar Pictures Top: Robert Carlysle goes all the way in "The Full Monty." Bottom: First-time nominees Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear received Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor nods for "As Good As It Gets." AP PHOTO Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Robert Rehme and 1988's Best Supporting Actress Geena Davis ("The Accidental Tourist") announce the Best Picture nominations for the 70th Annual Academy Awards yesterday in Los Angeles. The winner will be revealed when the Oscars air on ABC on Monday, March 23. *Academy stage for BY Joshua Rich Daily Arts NVriter Award Nominations set the Hollywood's big night Records, it seems, were made to be broken -- or tied - as the nominations for the 70th annual Academy Awards were announced yesterday in Beverly Hills, Calif. "Titanic," the immensely popular disaster flick and love story, received a record-tying 14 nominations, including nods for Best Picture, Best Director and in all of the technical cat- egories, while Best Actor hopeful Jack Nicholson picked up the 11 th nomination of his career for his role as an obsessive- compulsive writer in "As Good as it Gets." The honor makes Nicholson the most recognized performer in Oscar history. Heavy favorite "Titanic," which is currently the fourth most successful film ever at the domestic box office, having grossed more than $350 million, matched the nomina- tions record set by 1950's "All About Eve." Of a possible 17 categories in which it could have been honored, "Titanic" was recognized in 14, only missing out in the Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay races. Surprisingly, young "Titanic" star Leonardo DiCaprio was left out of Best Actor con- tention. Relative newcomer Matt Damon fared bet- ter joining past Oscar winners Robert Duvall ("The Apostle"), Dustin Hoffman ("Wag the Dog") and Nicholson, and Golden Globe vic- tor Peter Fonda ("Ulee's Gold") as a Best Actor nominee for his role as the title charac- "Jackie Brown ter in "Good Will Hunting." Damon was also Forster. ;nominated for the screenplay he and best friend and fellow actor Ben Affleck wrote for that movie. A year after independent films dominated the Academy Awards, only "Good Will Hunting" and the surprising interna- tional phenomenon "The Full Monty" gained Best Picture nods. Hollywood was responsible for the others: "L.A, Confidential" 'Titanic" and "As Good as it Gets" the romantic comedy which picked up seven nominations. That film's female lead, Helen Hunt, an actress best known Courtesy of Paramount Pictures "Titanic"steamed ahead of the Oscar pack with 14 nominations, tying the record set by 1950's "Ail About Eve. for her acclaimed work on NBC-TV's "Mad About You!' was the only American selected in the Best Actress category. 1er all-British competition includes Helena Bonham Carter of' "The Wings of the Dove!' "Afterglow"'s Julie Christie, who won her last Oscar more than three decades ago, "Titanic"'s Kate Winslet, and Dame Judi Dench for her role as Queen Victoria in "Mrs. Brown." An American president was similarly golden for fellow Briton and past Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins, who received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his part as John Quincy Adams in Steven Spielberg's "Amistad." Despite its socially profound themes -- usually a strong indi- cation of Oscar success-the slavery epic was nominated in just four areas. The omission of "Amistad" star Djimon Hlounsou. an expected nominee in the Best Actor contest, meant that African jrtesy of Miramax Films American performers once again were not s Robert recognized in any major categories. Filmmaker Spike Lee's feature-length doc- umentary "4 Little Girls," however, was nominated. Instead, Academy Award newcomers dominated the Best Supporting Actor group, including rediscovered '70s star Robert Forster, who was the lone nominee from Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown." Hollywood veteran Burt Reynolds of the underrated "Boogie Nights," and former talk show host Greg Kinnear for his portrayal of a homosexual neighbor in "As Good as it Gets." Another Supporting Actor hopeful, comedian Robin Williams, was again nominated for a strictly dramatic role - his portrayal of a tough therapist in "Good Will Hunting." A mixture of young and old were nominated for Best Supporting Actress, including 87-year-old Gloria Stuart ("Titanic"), comedic journeywoman Joan Cusack ("In & Out"), and ex-models Kim Basinger ("L.A. Confidential"), Julianne Moore ("Boogie Nights") and Minnie Driver ("Good Will Hunting"). Drivers director, Hollywood outsider Gus Van Sant was a surprise nominee in the Best Director category. He joined James Cameron of "Titanic," Peter Cattaneo of "The Full Monty," Atom Egoyan of "The Sweet Hereafter" and Curtis Hanson of "L.A. Confidential." Hanson's crime thriller picked up nine nominations, tying it for second place with "Good Will Hunting." Other notable films receiving multiple nominations include Martin Scorsese's Dalai Lama epic, "Kundun," which received nods in four technical categories, "Men in Black," 1997's second-highest-grossing movie, which was honored in three areas, and summer action flicks "Air Force One" and "Con Air," which got two nominations each. Surprise omissions included the French Best Foreign Film favorite and Golden Globe winner "Ma Vie en Rose (My Life in Pink)," director Barry Levinson for his work on "Wag the Dog" -- a film made for a fraction of the cost and time that it took to create "Titanic" -- perennial Academy darling Jodie Foster for her lead role in the summer hit "Contact" documentaries "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control" and "Sick' and Ang Lee's critically-acclaimed "The Ice Storm," which picked up no nominations. The 70th annual Academy Awards will be presented on March 23, and the show will air at 9 p.m. on ABC. Coi w"w f SI~LS! Check out the Michigan Daily Online at http://www.pub.umich.edu/dailyl Loft Style 1, 2& 3 Bedroom Apartment Homes s Deluxe Loft Style ' 24 Hour Fitness Center Designs ' Full Size Washer/Dryer Optional Volleyball Pool . r... i .ka . .2,f i t i all SPRM WWW b. I I