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What's the big surprise at the Oscars this year?

The surprise is that there is still no host this year.

In the past few decades, the Oscars ceremony has always been hosted by a host, and usually a talk show host or a humorous celebrity is invited to create a relaxed atmosphere.

But last year the Oscars made a new attempt, which was to not arrange a host for the awards ceremony, and hold an awards ceremony without a host.

Originally, this attempt was actually "forced" because the invited host had an accident and was unable to attend, and there was no time to replace him, so he just took a bold attempt.

But what was unexpected was that the ratings of last year's Oscars, which had no host, actually increased, and it was completed within the stipulated time.

So this year the Oscar organizing committee continued to play tricks and still did not invite a host to host the event.

Wu Yuan also knew that this attempt would be the last one this year. Next year's Oscars will be postponed, and when it is held again the year after, they will start inviting hosts to host the event as usual.

Therefore, for him, being able to participate in this year's Oscars is a special experience, and it may be difficult to encounter such an Oscar without a host in the future.

It's no wonder that Wu Yuan felt a little uncomfortable without Jimmy Fallon making jokes, teasing the guests and singing the "Mimi Song" at the award ceremony.

But the awards were still presented smoothly.

The opening award for this year's ceremony was Best Editing.

Unfortunately, "Bruce Lee" was not nominated for this award. In the end, this opening award was won by a movie called "Ford v Ferrari". Wu Yuan had no impression of this movie.

Immediately afterwards, the Best Sound Editing Award was also awarded to the crew of "Ford v Ferrari", and the Best Original Score Award was awarded to the crew of "Joker".

One technical award after another was presented first. This is also the common practice of the Oscars, that the least important technical awards are presented first.

The crews of "Rocketman", "Little Women", "Breaking News", "1917", "Ford v Ferrari" and other films have successively divided up all these technical awards.

Among them, the Best Photography Award nominated by the "Bruce Lee" crew was also won by the "1917" crew, thus losing one award.

This is actually a good thing for the "Bruce Lee" crew.

Didn’t you see that the crews of several award-winning films such as "Joker", "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and "Parasite" did not win these technical awards?

The crew of "Bruce Lee" also received such treatment, which shows that there are big prizes waiting for them in the future.

This also made Wu Yuan feel much more excited.

After all, no matter how good Disney's words are, he will never be able to let go unless he sees it with his own eyes.

Now seeing that things are indeed developing as expected, Wu Yuan is naturally satisfied and happy.

Even when he was presenting the creative awards for short films, animated films, etc., the smile on his face never faded, and was captured many times by the on-site cameras, sparking all kinds of speculation among fans outside the screen.

Unfortunately, Song Siqi, who also attended the award ceremony, still failed to win the Best Animated Short Film Award. She could only regretfully end her Oscar journey as a nominee.

When the award ceremony entered the middle stage, the first slightly important award was finally presented.

The Best International Film, formerly the Best Foreign Language Film award, was won by "Parasite" without any fuss.

This is definitely a well-deserved result. If "Parasite" won the Best Picture Award, it might still cause some controversy among North American movie fans, but winning the Best International Film Award was well-deserved.

Of all the non-English films made this year, "Parasite" is indeed the best one, including Spain's "Pain and Glory".

Bong Joon-ho, an Asian director, also stood on the Oscar podium.

His performance was not like that of a Korean. When accepting the award, he not only paid tribute to Martin Scorsese, saying that he "studied Martin's works when he was in school", but also thanked Quentin and boldly shouted to Quentin on the spot: "Quentin, I love you." Well, Quentin also likes the aesthetics of violence, and he is indeed a director that Bong Joon-ho would admire.

Wu Yuan felt a little jealous. They were all Asian directors, but Bong Joon-ho didn't even mention him. It seemed that he lacked some respect.

After the Best International Film award was presented, the heavyweight awards began to be presented.

Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, and Best Actress are waiting in the wings.

Wu Yuan also became serious.

Emma Stone was nominated for Best Supporting Actress and has a good chance of winning.

Chen Guokun was also nominated for Best Actor. Although there is a high probability that he will just be a supporting actor, there is still a slim hope.

Unfortunately, reality is still quite skeletal.

The Best Supporting Actress award was ultimately given to Laura Dern, an American veteran actress who is nearly 60 years old this year. Emma Stone, the Oscar-winning actress, did not have the last laugh.

The Best Supporting Actor award went to Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

This is Brad Pitt's fourth Oscar and his first acting Oscar. He had previously won three Oscars as a producer and had never won an Oscar as an actor.

So when he went on stage to receive the award, he not only hugged Leonardo, but also specifically cueed Leo: "I finally understand how he felt when he went through so much trouble to win the award."

It's really not easy to win an award.

Finally, the Best Actor award went to "Bruce Lee" but was presented to Joaquin Phoenix for his outstanding performance in "Joker", winning one of the biggest awards of the night.

All we can say is that this result was what everyone expected, and Wu Yuan also stood up generously and gave a round of applause.

Joaquin Phoenix also became the second actor to win an Oscar for playing the infamous DC Comics villain.

Interestingly, the first place winner, Heath Ledger, also won an Oscar for playing the Joker in The Dark Knight in 2008.

The character of the Joker does have an extraordinary charm. As long as you can play it well and show the essence of it, the trophy will be within your reach.

This is Joaquin Phoenix's first win after he was nominated four times for roles including "Gladiator" and "Walk the Line."

An emotional Joaquin Phoenix took to the stage, saying he didn't deserve the award given to his fellow nominees, before delivering a lengthy speech about the human condition.

"I've been thinking a lot about some of the painful issues we all face together," Joaquin Phoenix begins.

“I think whether we’re talking about gender inequality, racism, queer rights, indigenous rights or animal rights, we’re all talking about the fight against injustice.”

Joaquin Phoenix continued: "I think we've become so disconnected from the natural world, and a lot of us, the mistake we make is this self-centered worldview, believing that we are the center of the universe."

Wu Yuan was not very impressed with his remarks. He could only say that as an actor, one should just be an actor well and there was really no need to strive for higher levels.

However, Joaquin Phoenix's choked speech at the end still moved Wu Yuan quite a bit.

"I've been a scoundrel my whole life. I've been selfish, cruel at times, and difficult to work with, and I'm grateful to all of you here for giving me a second chance."

"I think that's when we're at our best. When we support each other, when we help each other grow, when we guide each other toward redemption, that's the best of humanity."

These were the last two words that Joaquin Phoenix said on the stage, and the audience burst into applause. (End of this chapter)