At the "Independent Spirit Award" star luncheon held on the 22nd of the previous day, many celebrities spoke to condemn George Bush and the allied forces for launching the war against Iraq, and Michael Moore, winner of the Best Documentary Award, was even more excited to say that Bush was a "false president" and that it was Bush who carried out the terrorist attack; Mike White, winner of the Best Screenplay Award, said, "We should put more energy into preventing Bush from being re-elected this year." ”…… And big-name nominees including Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and other big-name nominees have said that they have prepared Oscar speeches, and if they finally win the opportunity to be on stage, they will make an anti-war declaration, although the organizers of this year's Oscars stipulate that each person's speech time is only 45 seconds, and at the same time, they must not talk about politics, Wang Yang and other hardliners with previous convictions are the focus of conversation.

The "Winning Without a Fight" Alliance, composed of more than 130 celebrities, designed and manufactured a peace brooch for the stars attending the Oscars, which was made of gold and diamonds in the shape of Picasso's dove of peace. Meryl Streep, Martin Scorsese, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Wang Yang and others agreed, as did guests such as Jim Carrey, Dustin Hoffman, Kirsten Dunst, Ben Everleck, and more.

Since the morning of the 22nd, two street corners near the Kodak Theater where the awards ceremony was held have been cordoned off, and in the afternoon, a large anti-war march broke out in a nearby neighborhood, and the police were forced to block off several more streets, three helicopters have been patrolling over Hollywood Boulevard, and there are twice as many security guards as in previous years, all on guard to prevent any accidents.

For the first time in their history, the organizers canceled the traditional red carpet, and Hollywood Boulevard was deserted, with only a few press crews with different color passes around their necks entering. There is still a small red carpet at the entrance of the Kodak Theater, a huge Oscar statue tens of meters high stands in front of the door, shining with golden light, surrounded by police, security guards, and hostesses to greet the arriving celebrities, and more than 3,300 people will attend this movie event tonight.

At the same time, a large number of anti-war people gathered on street corners outside the blockade line, holding various anti-war signs and chanting anti-war slogans "Honor belongs to peace!" and "Stop the Oscars!...... There was also an anti-war march in another neighborhood in Hollywood, which was one of the voices demanding that the awards be cancelled and the stars joining the march, while the other popular voice advocated that the two should not be confused, and the Oscars were just to dilute the gloom of the war.

There has never been a time in the history of the Oscars that the awards were postponed because of the outbreak of war, but there were three reschedules, in 1937 because of torrential rains, in 1968 in the assassination of black leader Martin Luther King Jr., and in 1981 in the assassination of President Reagan.

More than 100 countries around the world will broadcast tonight's ceremony, because "Hero" is in the selection for the best foreign language film, and China's CCTV6 will also record it at 9:30 pm on the 24th. For this year's Oscars, Chinese fans and fans are naturally most concerned about Magic Yang and Zhang Yimou. In addition to the host Zeng Zihang, the guest chat room of Sina Entertainment also invited film critics Cheng Qingsong, Wang Lei, and young director Wu Shixian.

"War is war, film is film, it shouldn't be mixed up, and I support the presentation of the award as usual, which also represents a symbol of peace. Talking about whether it is appropriate for the Oscars to continue to do the same, Cheng Qingsong said this; before his words fell, Wu Shixian also said: "Yes, I also think that we should separate, don't boycott this and that all day long, then you just boycott watching movies, forget it, it's completely different things." ”…… After talking about the impact of the war on the Oscars for a while, and talking about some things about the "Hero" rushing to the Olympics, the four of them turned the topic to the magical Yang that fans were most concerned about, and the chat comment area had already been filled with pages of "Wang Yang!

Zeng Zihang said: "The person that netizens care about very much, Magic Yang, he is competing for two individual awards today: Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film, everyone knows "District 9". Cheng Qingsong said: ""District 9" is known as a great science fiction film, and I feel deeply shocked after watching it, but I personally think it has little chance of winning awards. Wu Shixian said: "It doesn't matter if you win the award or not, just get nominated for Best Director at the age of 23, Wang Yang won tonight." ”

"Shixian, some netizens asked if you know Wang Yang, what kind of person is he in life, can he make Chinese films?" Zeng Zihang saw the message on the computer screen, so he turned his head and asked Wu Shixian, who was wearing a ball hat.

Wu Shixian was born in Taiwan in 1975, is an American Chinese-American mixed-race child, lived with his parents in China, the United States, Australia and Canada since childhood, once studied in the Department of Film Arts at the University of Washington, transferred to the directing department of Beijing Film Academy in his junior year, and began directing TV commercials and MVs in Chinese mainland after graduating in 97, and also made two short films "East 22" and "Car 44".

"I didn't have any contact with Wang Yang, he rarely attends those film festivals and is a recognized workaholic. Wu Shixian said: "I don't know more than everyone else, so it's hard to make an evaluation, and as for Chinese films, I don't know." Cheng Qingsong, who knew a little, added: "A reporter asked before, and Wang Yang said that he would shoot when he had the opportunity, and he wanted to try everything." ”…… On the sofa in the living room, Evelyn, who was holding a pillow, turned on the TV on time, although the war in Iraq was very heavy, how could it be possible to take away all their happiness by a war? There are already many people who have suffered from war. At this time, in the midst of the rousing music, the TV screen showed the stage of the Kodak Theater, a large screen with the image of the "75th Oscar", and the war instant message was still scrolling below.

"Mom—are you really not watching?" Evelyn shouted, and heard a voice from upstairs, "No, I don't want to see those bombardment images that pop up, baby, you tell me the results!

Although the ratings of this year's Oscars are bound to drop sharply because of the war, even the lowest in history, according to Nielsen's real-time statistics, more than 30 million people in the United States still watch the live broadcast. Fans of celebrity idols, as well as relatives and friends, and supporters of Wonder Young watched the opening animation of the ceremony, with diamonds sparkling with clips from classic movies: Lawrence of Arabia, The Godfather...... "Hello, my name is Forrestal, Forrest Gan......" ...... "I'm flying!" Jack. ”…… In the midst of thunderous applause, the big TV screen on the stage slowly rose, and the male voice of the narrator sounded: "Kodak Theater live, welcome everyone to enjoy the 75th Academy Awards!" In the rumble, the venue suddenly sounded a cheerful saxophone, and Steve Martin, who was wearing a black suit and white hair, walked out with a smile: "Hello, hello!"

The audience of more than 3,300 guests sitting on the upper and lower floors suddenly burst into more enthusiastic applause, and many guests stood up with smiles, including Nicole Kidman in the black evening dress in the front row, Jack Nicholson in sunglasses, and Nicolas Cage...... Wang Yang, who was in a black suit and black tie, sat in the second row of the right area, also smiling and clapping his palms, and Jessica sat on his right, also in a black evening dress, black was the mainstream tonight. On the left are Robert Downey Jr. and others, all of whom also welcomed the host with applause.

"Thank you!" Steve Martin on the stage leaned sideways, pointed behind him with his palm, looked around, and said with a blank expression: "I'm so glad to see this year unpretentious!" In a burst of chuckles, he continued: "Maybe everyone has found that even the traditional red carpet is gone." He said emphatically, "That's a clear message!"

The audience burst into laughter and cheers, parodying George W. Bush's remarks with Saddam's administration.

"I didn't host last year because ...... Nobody wants me! But everybody's in favor of me as host this year, except, of course, France and Germany. The audience laughed again, France and Germany were the countries that strongly opposed the Allied war. After making a joke about the war, Steve added: "This year's Oscars are doing high-resolution TV broadcasts for the first time, so I will say hello to the audience in the TV store first, hey!"

"Screenwriter, director, actor. If they get trapped tonight and run out of food, we'll eat them in that order!"

In the midst of the laughter, the TV screen camera was focused on Martin Scorsese in the audience, he turned his head and made a gesture to win the award, and the people around him laughed, and the guest Daniel Day Louis, who sat in front of Scorsese, also smiled, cannibalism is a joke about the plot background of "Gangs of New York".

Steve Martin continued to laugh at the guests in the audience, and amid bursts of applause and laughter, he looked in the direction of the front row and smiled: "Nicole Kidman is there." The camera immediately swept over Nicole, and she smiled and raised her head to mean "don't make fun of me", Martin continued: "There's a secret about Nicole Kidman that no one knows, it turns out that she has acted in all the movies with a fake nose! ”

The audience burst into laughter, Nicole smiled and looked down at the camera, Steve Martin suddenly noticed something surprised, and said, "Halle Berry is also there! Please pay attention!" He said calmly: "I was standing about 22 feet (6.7 meters) away from Halle Berry, and I was in full compliance with the court's orders." Many of the guests and Halle Berry also laughed, which was a joke about her being stalked and harassed by crazy male fans.

"Someone told me that Hollywood has an e.t., do you still need to say it? I starred in that e.t. back then. After a few words, Steve Martin said with a serious expression on his face, and there was a chuckle in the audience, and he continued: "No, it's a new alien, it's just the same ugly." In the midst of the laughter, he suddenly looked at the next seat in the stage and said with a smile: "Hey, Wang Yang is there! I thought he went on vacation again, and he avoided me last time." ”

Everyone laughed again, and the camera swept towards Wang Yang very cooperatively, the big screen of the stage and the TV screens of thousands of audiences, Wang Yang's smile suddenly appeared, as well as Jessica and Donnie who were also smiling next to them.

"Next time you go to Las Vegas with Robert Downey Jr., remember to take me with you. I love the nights there too. Steve Martin clasped his palms together, and in the midst of loud laughter, he spread his hands and said solemnly: "I haven't been there for a while, for this host." ”

After making fun of a few movies and Tom Cruise, Roman Polanski, who was not there, and others, Steve added: "There are many familiar faces tonight, and the conference praises your talents, and you are very popular with people from all over the world, and I can't help but think of the question, what is a movie star?" ”

"Hahaha!" The laughter of many guests in the audience suddenly destroyed the serious atmosphere created before, but Steve Martin kept a calm face, and said: "Some are Democrats......" He said with his mouth wide open, and he looked like he was suddenly speechless, causing another burst of laughter, there are very few movie stars who are Republicans, let alone non-white people of color ethnicity, and the demented Steve suddenly said: "Or a piece of firewood." ”

The sound of uncontrollable laughter resounded in the room, and Steve, clasping his fingers in his hands, continued: "There are young people. The big stage screen behind him showed a black-and-white photograph of a young boy who was none other than this year's Lifetime Achievement Award winner, 70-year-old Peter Otto. "A close-up photo of Natalie Portman was shown on the big screen, which was a still from "Juno".

"Aha-" The Kodak Theater, which had been quiet for a while, suddenly burst into laughter, Wang Yang also smiled silently, looked at Jessica next to him, and said with a smile: "It's really old, when she was in Maltida, she was a young man." Jessica smiled and nodded, "Well, she is." ”

"There are elderly ......"

After another round of jokes, the long opening speech came to an end, followed by the presentation of the first award, which was presented by Cameron Diaz for Best Animated Feature Film.

Amid thunderous applause, Cameron Diaz dragged his black skirt in front of the microphone in the center of the stage, smiled charmingly, and said: "This is the first time I have presented an Oscar, and I am deeply honored. Once upon a time, it was parents who took their children to see animation, but now animation is so technical that children take their parents to see animation, and here is a shortlist of the best animated feature films that are loved by both men and women, young and old. ”

"Ice Age, Chris Wedge. With her words, the figure of the mammoth appeared on the screen, and it said to the otter: "Hey, your tail is on fire!" There was not much applause from the audience, Wang Yang clapped his hands vigorously, and Jessica, Donnie and other good friends in the field next to him naturally applauded, Wang Yang turned his head to look at Chris Weiqi who was sitting in the distance behind him, and shouted with a silent laugh, and Weiqi also raised his fist with a smile.

They all knew that it was basically hopeless to win the award this time, and they didn't expect anything, because the award-winning connotation of this movie was insufficient. However, the report card of "Ice Age" is already full of A, whether there is an Oscar or not, it is an important stroke in the history of animation films.

"Star Baby, Chris Saunders. My Little Pony Elf, Kelly Asbury. Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki. The applause from the audience suddenly became loud, and "Spirited Away" can be said to be a big hit without suspense this year. Cameron Diaz read out the last nomination: "Treasure Island, Ron Clemonz." She opened the envelope and said with a smile, "The winning work is, "Spirited Away", Hayao Miyazaki. ”

"Whew!" The venue immediately applauded, Diaz pulled his hair, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Hayao Miyazaki and accept the trophy on his behalf, thank you!"

This was followed by awards for Best Animated Short Film (Thechubbchubbs!), Best Visual Effects (The Lord of the Rings 2), Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper, "Adapted Screenplay"), and Best Art Direction (Chicago...... The order of awards is not fixed every year, but is arranged according to the attention, ratings, etc., but generally the second high-profile actor award comes first, and then interspersed with technical awards, and finally the four most important awards.

The award for Best Costume Design went to Chicago, the award for Best Makeup went to Frida, and then for Best Supporting Actress went to Catherine Zeta-Jones of Chicago, who has already won three statuettes out of 13 nominations.

"There will be a full revival of the revue!" "If anyone said that five years ago, they would have been ridiculed, but now, who would laugh at it? And one person said that five years ago. Thinking of that voice at that time, Rachel, who was sitting on the sofa, couldn't help but smile, watching Catherine with a big belly on the TV screen say something excitedly, but those memories came flooding back.

At the same time, many young movie fans in front of the TV and young people who experienced that song and dance craze, many of them vaguely remembered that one person shouted "It's time to jump!" that year, and more people jumped in the cinema for a moment to feel and miss that beautiful time of youth...... Evelyn muttered softly, "What team? ”

Looking at Catherine walking off the stage on the screen, she took a deep breath and shouted: "Mom! Best Supporting Actress went to Catherine Zeta-Jones, yes, it's "Chicago" again!" ”

"Why was there only one nomination for Best Song in "Youth Musical" that year!" Evelyn shouted at the top of her voice rather unconvinced, and the female voice upstairs laughed: "Isn't there six awards for "District 9" tonight?" Evelyn shouted: "But I lost two! There are four more! I hope that the magic will win the best director!"

"That's impossible, will Oscar be that young?"

(To be continued)