Every year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences® clears their collective throat to the eager ears of the global film world, and hacks up a loogey of nominations for what they want us to believe are the brightest celluloid achievements for the past 365. And every year, commoners like you and me gripe about their selections. We feel we have as much right to complain as anybody since we pay the outlandish ticket prices to sit in a theater with our feet stuck to the floor and watch those flickering images truck by our greedy pupils. Well, as inaugurated last year, I'm once again rectifying the situation with Dr. Daniel's LoscarsTM. With the Loscars, we create recognition where it has been dubiously ignored. We give notice to the unnoticed. We make Oscar losers into Loscar winners. Below, at left, you will see a list of who and what the Academy deems superior -- and the Doc's choice to win said category. At right, you will see my choice for the Loscar, a.k.a. the "Best of the Rest" -- or those who got left out, but still deserve attention.

The OSCARS Best Actor: Matt Damon for Good Will Hunting Robert Duvall for The Apostle Peter Fonda for Ulee's Gold Dustin Hoffman for Wag the Dog Jack Nicholson for As Good As It Gets Dr. Daniel's Pick: Peter Fonda Best Supporting Actor: Robert Forster for Jackie Brown Anthony Hopkins for Amistad Greg Kinnear for As Good As It Gets Burt Reynolds for Boogie Nights Robin Williams for Good Will Hunting Dr. Daniel's Pick: Burt Reynolds Best Actress: Helena Bonham Carter for Wings of a Dove Julie Christie for Afterglow Judi Dench for Mrs. Brown Helen Hunt for As Good As It Gets Kate Winslet for Titanic Dr. Daniel's Pick: Helen Hunt Best Supporting Actress: Kim Basinger for L.A. Confidential Joan Cusack for In & Out Minnie Driver for Good Will Hunting Julianne Moore for Boogie Nights Gloria Stuart for Titanic Dr. Daniel's Pick: Gloria Stuart Best Director: Peter Cattaneo for The Full Monty Gus Van Sant for Good Will Hunting Curtis Hanson for L.A. Confidential Atom Egoyan for The Sweet Hereafter James Cameron for Titanic Dr. Daniel's Pick: James Cameron Best Original Screenplay As Good As It Gets by Andrus & Brooks Boogie Nights by Paul Thomas Anderson Deconstructing Harry by Woody Allen The Full Monty by Simon Beaufoy Good Will Hunting by Affleck & Damon Dr. Daniel's Pick: Good Will Hunting Best Adapted Screenplay Donnie Brasco - Paul Attanasio L.A. Confidential - B. Helgeland & C. Hanson The Sweet Hereafter - Atom Egoyan Wag the Dog - H. Henkin & D. Mamet The Wings of the Dove - Hossein Amini Dr. Daniel's Pick: L.A. Confidential Best Picture As Good As It Gets The Full Monty Good Will Hunting L.A. Confidential Titanic Dr. Daniel's Pick: Titanic

The LOSCARS Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio for Titanic Aaron Eckhart, In the Company of Men Samuel L. Jackson, Eve's Bayou Mike Myers for Austin Powers John Travolta/Nicholas Cage for Face/Off And the Loscar goes to: Leonardo DiCaprio Best Supporting Actor: Ben Affleck for Good Will Hunting Rupert Everett for My Best Friend's Wedding Mike Myers (as Dr. Evil) for Austin Powers Kevin Spacey for L.A. Confidential Patrick Stewart for Conspiracy Theory And the Loscar goes to: Rupert Everett Best Actress: Joey Lauren Adams for Chasing Amy Jodie Foster for Contact Pam Grier for Jackie Brown Julia Roberts for My Best Friend's Wedding Sigorney Weaver for Alien Resurrection And the Loscar goes to: Julia Roberts Best Supporting Actress: Cameron Diaz for My Best Friend's Wedding Stacy Edwards for In the Company of Men Anne Heche for Wag the Dog Christina Ricci for The Ice Storm Miranda Richardson for The Apostle And the Loscar goes to: Cameron Diaz Best Director: James L. Brooks for As Good As It Gets Martin Scorsese for Kundun Kevin Smith for Chasing Amy Quentin Tarantino for Jackie Brown John Woo for Face/Off And the Loscar goes to: James L. Brooks Best Original Screenplay Austin Powers by Mike Myers Chasing Amy by Kevin Smith Face/Off by M. Werb & M. Colleary In the Company of Men by Neil LaBute Waiting For Guffman by C. Guest & E. Levy The Loscar goes to: In the Company of Men Best Adapted Screenplay Amistad - David Franzoni Contact - Sagan, Druyan, et al Jackie Brown - Quentin Tarantino Men In Black - Ed Solomon The Rainmaker - Francis Coppola And the Loscar goes to: The Rainmaker Best Picture Austin Powers: Intern'l Man of Mystery Boogie Nights Face/Off In the Company of Men The Rainmaker And the Loscar goes to: Face/Off

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