<P> 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 . The telecast garnered more than 57 million viewers in the United States, making it the most watched Oscars broadcast in history . </P> <P> The nominees for the 70th Academy Awards were announced on February 10, 1998, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Robert Rehme, president of the Academy, and actress Geena Davis . Titanic received the most nominations with a record - tying fourteen (1950's All About Eve, and later 2016's La La Land, also achieved this distinction); Good Will Hunting and L.A. Confidential came in second with nine apiece . </P> <P> The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 23, 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 screenplay nomination since 1965's The Sound of Music . Best Actress winner Helen Hunt was 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 Titanic, Best Actress nominee Kate Winslet and Best Supporting Actress nominee Gloria Stuart became the first pair of actress nominated for portraying the same character in the same film . At age 87, Stuart also became the oldest performer nominated for a competitive Oscar . </P> <P> Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). </P>

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