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...female actor nominations, "Casino" and "Bridges of Madison County" were ignored). All five director and all ten supporting-actor/female actor candidates are first-time nominees. In recent years, the Academy Awards have been dominated by a single film, but not this year. No "Schindler's List," no "Forrest Gump," no front-runners. This year, it's a free-for-all, and it's anyone's guess who will win. So, the following is an attempt to sort out the favorites and sum up what could help and what could hurt in the race for the Oscars...
...actors means less work for human ones. But this is a weak category and "Babe," the surprise hit of the year, might just carry away the top prize. "Braveheart" leads the pack with ten nominations, but don't expect a sweep comparable to that of "Schindler's List" or "Gump." "Brave-heart" may be deemed too gory--lots of big, violent battles--by many of the Academy members. But Mel Gibson will probably win Best Director...
Although most of the evening was comprised of song and dance, SAA also performed a skit spoof of the movie "Forrest Gump...
...surprisingly, such spoofs of pop culture are a staple of Mad TV's lineup, and some of its filmed movie parodies have been especially clever. Gump Fiction set America's most beloved dumbbell in the world of Quentin Tarantino, and unlike so many famously unfunny SNL skits, it actually gained momentum as it went along: See Forrest dance awkwardly with an Uma Thurman look-alike; see him assassinate President John F. Kennedy...
...about in the press. Jackson's megadeal might, like her stage show, be partly smoke and mirrors. Record contracts, like movie deals, are often larded with clauses and subclauses that make interpreting the value of a deal a brain-wilting affair, as mystifying as the recent reports that Forrest Gump hasn't turned a profit. "When you read the fine print, you find lots of changes," says record-industry attorney Don Engel. "Some of these contracts are 80 to 100 pages. There are various ways a record company makes a $60 million deal worth $20 million or $30 million...