How Entertainment Weekly Predicted
The 1998 Oscar Nominees

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Best Picture
Saving Private Ryan
Shakespeare in Love
Life is Beautiful
Waking Ned Devine
The Truman Show
For Your Consideration: A Simple Plan


Best Director
Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan
John Madden, Shakespeare in Love
Roberto Benigni, Life is Beautiful
Terence Malick, The Thin Red Line
Peter Weir, The Truman Show
For Your Consideration: Todd Solondz, Happiness


Best Actor
Nick Nolte, Affliction
Ian McKellan, Gods and Monsters
Warren Beatty, Bulworth
Roberto Benigni, Life is Beautiful
Tom Hanks, Saving Private Ryan
For Your Consideration: Edward Norton, American History X


Best Actress
Meryl Streep, One True Thing
Susan Sarandon, Stepmom
Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station
Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love
Cate Blanchet, Elizabeth
For Your Consideration: Christina Ricci, The Opposite of Sex


Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, A Civil Action
Bill Murray, Rushmore
Billy Bob Thornton, A Simple Plan
Geoffrey Rush, Shakespeare in Love
Ed Harris, The Truman Show
For Your Consideration: Jeremy Davies, Saving Private Ryan


Best Supporting Actress
Lisa Kudrow, The Opposite of Sex
Joan Allen, Pleasantville
Kathie Bates, Primary Colours
Judy Dench, Shakespeare in Love
Lynn Redgrave, Gods and Monsters
For Your Consideration: Patricia Clarkson, High Art