who won the oscar for best actor when titanic was nominated
Jack Nicholson
title: 70th Academy Awards text: 1998. With eleven awards, "Titanic" tied with "Ben-Hur" for the most Academy Awards in Oscar history. It also became the first film to win Best Picture without a screenwriting nomination since 1965's "The Sound of Music". Best Actress winner Helen Hunt became the first performer to win an Oscar while concurrently starring in a television series; Jack Nicholson became the fourth performer to win at least three acting Oscars. Both won for their roles in "As Good as It Gets", making it the seventh film to win both lead acting awards. Nominated for their performances as Rose DeWitt Bukater in title: 70th Academy Awards text: held in 1990, and he had hosted the previous year's gala. Nearly a month earlier in an event held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on February 28, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Ashley Judd. "Titanic" won a record-tying eleven awards including Best Director for James Cameron and Best Picture. Other winners included "As Good as It Gets", "Good Will Hunting" and "L.A. Confidential" with two awards, and "The Full Monty", "Geri's Game", "Karakter", "The Long Way Home", "Visas and Virtue", "Men in Black" and "A Story of Healing" with one. title: Titanic (1997 film) text: this was the planet's favourite film. Ever." In 2017, on the 20th anniversary of its release, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". "Titanic" began its awards sweep starting with the Golden Globes, winning four, namely Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song. Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart were also nominees. It won the ACE "Eddie" Award, ASC Award, Art Directors Guild Award, Cinema Audio Society Awards, Screen Actors Guild Award (Best Supporting Actress for title: The Full Monty text: Musical or Comedy. In light of 1997's big winner, "Titanic", the film won only the Oscar for Best Original Music Score (Musical or Comedy) by Anne Dudley, with the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars going to "Titanic" and its director James Cameron and the Best Original Screenplay Oscar going to Ben Affleck and Matt Damon for "Good Will Hunting." The film was also nominated for the prestigious Grand Prix of the Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics. In 1999, it was ranked #25 on the BFI Top 100 British films list. In 2000, readers of "Total Film" magazine voted "The title: 70th Academy Awards text: "Titanic", Best Actress nominee Kate Winslet and Best Supporting Actress nominee Gloria Stuart became the first pair of actresses nominated for portraying the same character in the same film. At age 87, Stuart also became the oldest performer nominated for a competitive Oscar. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). The following 16 films received multiple nominations: The following four films received multiple awards: The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers. In December 1997, the Academy hired veteran Oscar telecast producer Gil Cates to oversee the 1998 ceremony. "Gil has become