Winning an Oscar is regarded as the ultimate prize in Hollywood. But being nominated for an award is often better than winning one—something to bear in mind when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces its 1999 nominees on February 15th. (The awards will follow on March 26th.) What, for example, became of past winners like F. Murray Abraham (for "Amadeus" in 1984)? Or of partially deaf Marlee Matlin in "Children of a Lesser God" (1986)? And when was Jack Pa-lance, best supporting actor in 1991 for "City Slickers", last seen on a big screen? Answer: in the now six-year-old flop "City Slickers Ⅱ".
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