The Biggest Night of the Hollywood Year 好莱坞最隆重之夜

This year’s event, the 78th Academy Awards, was as fashionable as ever, with designer frocks and tuxedos parading up the red carpet. The awards this year were dominated by intimate, thought-provoking films, and there was a good spread of awards – no one film swept the board.

‘Crash’ was the surprise winner of the coveted best film award, as well as two other awards. The film is about racial tension in Los Angeles, and features an ensemble cast – lots of different characters with no one lead role.

Despite being tipped as ‘the hottest favourite ever to win best picture’, ‘Brokeback Mountain’ only won three of its eight nominations, including a best director award for Ang Lee.

George Clooney won the best supporting actor award for ‘Syriana’, but was also nominated as a director for ‘Good Night and Good Luck’. He joked about why he likes directing, “You can get old and grey and they still let you do the job!”

British films had limited success, but a seven-months pregnant Rachel Weisz collected the best supporting actress award, and British-made ‘Six Shooter’ won in the best short film category.

British animators Nick Park and Steve Box were surprised and jubilant that their film ‘Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit’ won the animated film award.

They collected their award wearing matching oversized stripy bow-ties. Steve Box commented, “We really didn't think we would win because a lot of the films were worthy and meaningful and deep and our film is just ridiculous.”

GLOSSARY 词汇表
star-studded
群星汇集
statuettes
金像奖
tuxedos
燕尾服
intimate
探索内心世界的
swept the board
包揽众奖
racial tension
种族关系紧张的
hottest favourite
最热门的获奖者
category
项目；类别
jubilant
兴高采烈的
worthy
值得称颂的
 talkies
有声电影
designer frocks
名牌晚礼服
red carpet
红地毯
thought-provoking
发人深思的
coveted
贪求的
tipped as
预测
nominations
提名
animators
动画片
bow-ties
领结
deep
深刻的