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The Cider House Rules and The Insider were right be hind with seven each. The three received nominations for best pic ture along with the super natural death-row saga The Green Mile and the ghost story The Sixth Sense. A notable omission among the acting con tenders: Jim Carrey, who gave a dead-on im personation of the late comic Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon. Carrey received back- to-back Golden Globes for that role and 1998’s The Truman Show but was not nomi nated for an Academy Award for either role. American Beauty also was nominated for best actor and actress for Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening, director Sam Mendes, screenwriter Alan Ball for best original screen play, as well as for cinematography, film edit ing and original score. Bening said the nominations were espe cially gratifying for a movie that deals with difficult personal issues, blending wild humor with horrific action. “The movie has so many contradictions,” Bening said. “Its heart is really in some very difficult truths. To see it recognized this way really is a surprise.” Besides best picture. The Cider House Rules, a story of coming of age in a New Eng land orphanage, got nominations for support ing actor Michael Caine, director Lasse I lall- strom, adapted screenplay by John Irving, who wrote the novel, as well as score, editing and art direction. The Insider, a portrait of a tobacco-indus try whistleblower, also received nominations for lead actor Russell Crowe, director Michael Mann, adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing and best sound. The ghost story The Sixth Sense, last year’s biggest box-office surprise with $278 million, received six nominations including one for 11 - year-old Haley Joel Osment for supporting ac tor, and two for M. Night Shyamalan for di recting and original screenplay. Besides Crowe and Spacey, the best ac tor nominees were Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story, Sean Penn in Sweet and Lowdown and Denzel Washington in The Hurricane. At 79, Farnsworth was the oldest lead ac tor nominee ever. Farnsworth previously was nominated for Comes a Horseman in 1977. “It feels a lot better because I’m getting up there in age and might not have a chance again,” Farnsworth said. To celebrate, Farnsworth said he plans to go out for a taco and a martini with an onion tonight. The other lead actress nominees were Janet McTeer in Tumbleweeds, Julianne Moore in The End of the Affair, Meryl Streep in Music of the Heart and Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry. And the nominees Here is a look at the nominees for the 72nd Annual Academy Awards. !scars_ Con American Beauty The Cider House Rules The Green Mile The Insider The Sixth Sense Russell Crowe, The Insider Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story Sean Penn, Sweet and Lowdown Kevin Spacey, American Beauty Denzel Washington, The Hurricane Annette Bening, American Beauty Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds Julianne Moore, The End of the Affair Meryl Streep, Music of the Heart Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry tzmrmtm Sam Mendes, American Beauty Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich Lasse Hallstrom, The Cider House Rules Michael Mann, The Insider M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense See Oscars on Page 5. Source: A M.P.A.S Ml n SCHOLARSHIP* ORRORTUIMITIES Ror Sophomores, Juniors, end Seniors < . 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