The biggest favorites in the Best Supporting Actress category before the Oscars were Lynne Radgreif for "Gods and Beasts," and Casey Bates for "The Storm," with the former winning the Golden Globe and the latter winning the Screen Actors Guild Award. Both actors were born in the 40s, have been in Hollywood for more than 30 years, and both have won several Oscar nominations.

Of the five candidates, Rachel Griffiths, who is "Loulier Than Fireworks," is only thirty years old, and Nicole Kidman of "Truman's World" is about the same age — she is thirty-one years old Chinese New Year's Eve. However, Rachel's voice was noticeably weaker, and she was not even nominated for the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards, while Nicole received all the nominations throughout the awards season, but always accompanied her.

Although in previous years, Best Supporting Actress always liked to reward new actresses, but this year's situation is different. Not only are Lynn and Casey both over 50 years old, but there is also a replacement, Judi Dench, who is 63 years old, so it is widely believed that the award will be made among the three veterans.

Judy's legend is undeniable, she was made an OBE in 1970 and a Dame of the British Empire in 1988 – for her great contribution to the theatre and to the film industry. That's why people always affectionately call her "Sir Dench".

Judy played only eight minutes in "Shakespeare's Love History", but her performance was truly spectacular. At the beginning of the awards season, though, few thought that Best Supporting Actress should be awarded to Judy — not that she didn't do well, but that Lynn and Casey were just as good as Casey, and more commendable, with the same quality as "Shakespeare in Love." So, Lynn won the Golden Globe Award, and Casey dominated the Screen Actors Guild Award.

Almost everyone thinks that the Oscars will be produced between Lynn and Casey.

But Robin Williams announced another answer, "Judi Dench, 'Shakespeare's love history'." ”

In an instant, everyone was stunned, but only for a moment, and the first applause appeared - no one noticed that Harvey Weinstein was the first to stand up, and then everyone in the audience gave a standing ovation, expressing their reverence and admiration for Sir Dench with practical actions!

Isn't Judy worthy of this little golden man? No, obviously not, the scale of the collective standing of all the audience proves that she is definitely not a dark horse, which she deserves. However, this result is still a huge surprise, and it is really incredible that almost everyone is optimistic about Lynn or Casey, but Judy has achieved a counterattack.

Hugo stood, and so did the Tom Cruises. Nicole struggled to keep an elegant smile on her face, after all, she had not received a grain of money all the time - the nomination had proved her strength, but it was really frustrating that she had never been able to win the award, and there was still a faint sense of loss hidden between her eyebrows.

Tom and Hugo exchanged glances, and then Hugo turned his head and saw a similar look in Steven's eyes, and they both had the same meaning in their eyes: "Shakespeare's love history".

Compared with Judy's award, the behind-the-scenes success of "Shakespeare's Love History" is the most eye-catching. It's no wonder that the Weinstein brothers felt that they had won the game, and they overturned the two old drama bones of Lynn and Casey in one of the almost impossible projects, allowing Judy to succeed in the position. This makes the direction of the next award ceremony full of countless suspense.

If the Best Supporting Actress department was just an "accident", and Judy's outstanding strength made her final victory convincing enough, then the Best Supporting Actor department broke out a shocking upset, indicating that tonight will definitely not be peaceful.

The five actors shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor are James Cobain for "Suffering", Robert Duvall for "The Forbidden Truth", Ed Harris for "Truman's World", Jeffrey Rush for "Shakespeare in Love", and Billy Bob Thornton for "Windfall".

Among the five candidates, Robert, Eddard and Jeffrey are three actors with outstanding strength, strong quality of their productions, and overall momentum stands out.

Relatively speaking, Billy was also a companion throughout the awards season, winning a lot of nominations but never winning an award; And James Cobain's nomination is considered a big upset, because the actor Nick Knott is more outstanding in the work "Misery", James was not nominated for the Golden Globe Awards, the Screen Actors Guild and other important towns, and when his name appeared in the nomination list, everyone was in an uproar - this is also the first acting nomination in James' forty-year career.

So, almost everyone focused on Robert, Ed, and Jeffrey.

Objectively speaking, Jeffrey's performance in "Shakespeare's Love History" is decent, there are not many highlights, and it is more dependent on the strong momentum of the whole movie to be shortlisted, not to mention that he just won the Oscar only two years ago, and now it is far from the time for him to win the award again. As a result, the competition was mainly between Robert and Ed.

Robert is the choice of the Screen Actors Guild Award, and Ed is the Golden Globe winner for Best Supporting Actor, both of whom can be regarded as actors with rave reviews in the industry, with equal strength and a very close reputation. Robert is the winner of the 56th Oscar, but fifteen years have passed, so the choice between Ed and Robert is still a difficult one.

However, when Charlize Theron opened the envelope as the guest of honor, he could not hide his pause when he saw the answer, although his expression did not change much, Hugo could feel that it was not the result he imagined. Sure enough, Charlize announced the eventual winner, "James Cobain, 'Suffering.'" ”

It is no exaggeration to say that the audience was in an uproar. Even though everyone knows that being shortlisted means that there is a possibility of winning the award, it is still difficult to control the turmoil in their hearts when they hear this result.

Cranes and mussels compete, and fishermen profit. This is the only thought in everyone's hearts, and who would have predicted that the thin ice duel between Ed and Robert would eventually result in James being nominated for the first time and winning the award for the first time. An Oscar-winning golden man has unexpectedly become the most important coordinate in James' forty-year career as an actor, and the funny thing is that the movie "Suffering" has been inconspicuous throughout the awards season, and has been ignored by countless people.

Although Hugo knew that it was wrong to think this way, he still couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that the Weinstein brothers were behind it? Since Jeffrey has no hope of winning the award, did they take advantage of the fact that people are hesitant and unable to choose, and push James forward?

Hugo knew that such an idea was ridiculous and nonsense, but in the later awards season, there was a saying that if the difference between the first and second place leaders of the five candidates was too small, the judges would often be unable to make a decision when voting, and simply choose the third place. As a result, it is not uncommon for both the top seed and the second favorite to lose, while the third candidate wins.

Therefore, Hugo has no way to control himself from such speculation, even if he knows that he is living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, even if he knows that James, who is seventy years old this year, is honored to receive this award......

Regardless of whether Hugo's idea is correct or not, it is undeniable that "Truman's World" missed the opening of the night and missed the first award. "Shakespeare's Love History" and "Misery" each won a small golden man, kicking off the grand overture of the 71st Oscars.

However, the next trend of the award ceremony is sounding the alarm, and every detail indicates that the confidence of the Weinstein brothers is definitely not groundless, and the trajectory of history seems to be moving rapidly in the direction that Hugo is familiar with, and it is impossible to contain it.

In the competition for the Best Art Direction Award, strong opponents such as "Elizabeth" and "Saving Private Ryan" were unable to prevent "Shakespeare in Love" from winning the second statuette of the night.

Although in the competition for the best makeup award, "Elizabeth" relied on the weight and excitement of history to defeat "Shakespeare's Love History" and "Saving Private Ryan" and won the little golden man; But immediately after the award for best costume design, the most popular "Elizabeth" and "Velvet Gold Mine" (Velvet. Goldmine)" did not win, but once again witnessed the strength of "Shakespeare's Love History", witnessing Sandy Powell (Sandy) with his own eyes. Powell) took the stage to accept the award.

Only a third of the way through the awards ceremony, "Shakespeare's Love History" continued the strong nomination stage, winning three gold statuettes in the five nomination departments in one fell swoop, and the performance was good enough to rival last year's "Titanic". What's even more terrifying is that among these many departments, "Saving Private Ryan" can be said to be completely defeated, with almost no power to fight back. This situation was probably unpredictable to anyone, not even the Weinstein brothers themselves could have imagined that the effect would be so good.

The Oscar judges sitting in the Dorothy Chandler Hall couldn't help but start asking countless question marks: "Where did "Saving Private Ryan" go? Where did "Truman's world" go? Where did the "thin red line" and "beautiful life" go? Why did "Shakespeare's Love History" complete the sweep? What the hell is going on? Wait a minute...... What did you choose on your voting card?

This hazy sense of déjà vu but incomprehensible gave many judges a sense of foreboding.

Could it be that tonight's Oscars really want to witness the ascent of "Shakespeare's Love History", just like last year's "Titanic"? Why is it that when this picture comes to mind, it is not a sense of proud participation, but an inexplicable sense of emptiness, and I don't even dare to look at the eyes of other colleagues around me, this feeling is not good, it is really not good.

Looking at the stage, Bob patted the back of Gwyneth's hand, smiled calmly, and whispered, "Look, I told you." ”