Your Oscar Picks
You were invited to express your Oscar opinions in an informal survey at CBSNews.com and those who voted came up with an interesting slate of winners.
Here are the top vote-getters in five major Oscar categories. The Academy might honor others, but we wanted to know who your winners are.
Here are the winners, according to those who voted online at CBSNews.com:
BEST PICTURE WINNER: American Beauty (32 percent)
How the other nominees did:
The Green Mile: 28 percent
The Sixth Sense: 28 percent
The Cider House Rules: 9 percent
The Insider: 3 percent
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE WINNER:
IT'S A TIE!:
Kevin Spacey, American Beauty: 43 percent
Denzel Washington, The Hurricane: 43 percent
How the other nominees did:
Russell Crowe, The Insider: 7 percent
Sean Penn, Sweet and Lowdown: 5 percent
Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story: 3 percent
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE WINNER:
Annette Bening, American Beauty: 47 percent
How the other nominees did:
Hilary Swank, Boys Don't Cry: 22 percent
Meryl Streep, Music of the Heart: 20 percent
Julianne Moore, The End of the Affair: 9 percent
Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds: 2 percent
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE WINNER:
Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense: 35 percent
How the other nominees did:
Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile: 28 percent
Tom Cruise, Magnolia: 19 percent
Michael Caine, The Cider House Rules: 19 percent
Jude Law, The Talented Mr. Ripley: 5 percent
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE WINNER:
Angelina Jolie, Girl, Interrupted: 42 percent
How the other nominees did:
Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense: 32 percent
Chloe Sevigny, Boys Don't Cry: 15 percent
Catherine Keener, Being John Malkovich: 8 percent
Samantha Morton, Sweet and Lowdown: 3 percent
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