Applause, applause.

Meryl Streep's coronation was met with applause from the entire Kodak Theatre, and she paid her respects with great vigor and vigor, whether Meryl could win Venice in the future, or whether she could equal Katharine-Hepbum's record of four Best Actress statuettes in the future, there is no doubt that Meryl has written her own legend.

It is precisely because Meryl's record at the Oscars is so good that people jokingly call her "Oscar cancer", which is a joke, but also a recognition. Meryl is the most important obstacle to every actress's Oscar climb, and judging from the current situation, this title should accompany her for a while.

Meryl and Colin left the stage together, and the guests at the Kodak Theater finally came to their senses: What had just happened?

Viola Davis, the number one favorite to win the award, suffered an upset, and "Help" still only has one Best Supporting Actress in the account tonight, and in the absence of Best Actor and Best Director nominations, "Help" can be basically determined, and it will not be the best picture.

In other words, the battle for "Hugo", "The Artist", "The Descent" and "Midnight Paris" has entered the stage of the last bayonet. For "Midnight in Paris" and "Hugo", the best director is the last resort, and for the "artist" and "descendant", the race for best actor will be an important hurdle in the direction of tonight's awards ceremony, before best director.

Best Actor, the much-anticipated Best Actor.

People always say that perhaps, the best actress occasionally has a small year, and the actress may be lucky to make it to the top, Sandra Bullock in 2010, Marion Cotillard in 2008, Reese Witherspoon in 2006, Halle Berry in 2002, etc., but this is not the case for Best Actor.

In the past ten years, the showdown and competition for each Oscar for Best Actor have been a suffocating duel of real materials and real guns, and only the real strong and overlords can stand out and have the last laugh.

Why is Sean Penn so detached in Hollywood? Why is Philip Seymour Hoffman so solid in the industry? Why is Daniel Day Lewis not to buy the college's public relations account?

The answer is the same: the absolute strength above the Oscars, especially after the concept of the 1998 awards season was released, the college public relations gradually began to rise, these actors can still fight their way out of the encirclement and win the Oscars, and those from the industry must be the magic weapon to win!

After the glory of Hollywood's peak in the 60s, and the turmoil of the business model in the 80s, Hollywood's requirements and expectations for actors gradually took shape, both for actresses and for actors.

The first is age, the golden age of an actor is thirty-five years old, or even after forty years old.

As of this year, in history, a total of 412 actors have been nominated for Best Actor, and less than 10% of the actors nominated for Best Actor for the first time are younger than 30 years old, and the average age is 43 years old. This is in stark contrast to actresses, who were under the age of thirty when at least half of them first won the nomination.

Of the 22 winners from the 90s onwards, nine were in the 40s, 4 in the 50s, 8 in the 30s, and the only one below the age of 30 was Adrien Brody, the "pianist", who reached the summit at the age of 29 and 343.

The second is appearance, the handsome appearance of youth is no longer popular, Marlon Brando, Clark Gable (Clark-Gable), James Stewart (James-Steat) and other handsome guys who won the little golden man in their early thirties have become history. Unless they grow old.

The most typical representatives are Paul Newman, Peter Otto and Leonardo DiCaprio. Paul, who has been handsome all his life, received the Lifetime Achievement Award and won the first actor in the second year, while Peter won eight nominations but did nothing, and Leonardo, who has become a grudge after the new century.

In recent years, Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jude Law, Ethan Hawke, and many others have also been the same.

This year's battle for Best Actor is no less intense, but the unspoken rules have broken the conventions of previous years, and the small year chaos of the awards season has continued.

George Clooney for "The Poster", Brad Pitt for "Moneyball", Gary Oldman for "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", Jean Dujardin for "The Artist", Lanli Hall for "Love Crazy".

The five nominees all have strength, and at the same time, the five nominees also have popularity, whether it is pure paper strength or variable college public relations, the gap between the five nominees is not as big as imagined, which is also known as the most fierce and closest competition for the best actor in five years.

Five years ago, in 2007, Forest Whitaker successfully won the only golden man of his career with his "Last Dictator" performance, defeating Peter Otto of "The Last Eros", Leonardo DiCaprio of "Blood Diamond", Will Smith of "When Happiness Knocks" and Ryan Gosling of "Half Nielsen".

Tonight, the competition was more intense, but more unpredictable.

In terms of age, George and Gary in the 50-year-old range, Brad in the 40-year-old range, Jean in the 30-year-old range, and Lan Li in the 20-year-old range, it can be said that they are all over the three generations of the old, middle and young, and the coverage is wide, which is really rare;

If analyzed from these two aspects alone, Jean-Dujardin and Ranley Hall should be the first to go out: the nomination is encouragement, while George and Brad are the absolute favorites to win the award, and the two actors have the advantage in fame, connections, prestige and works.

But in fact, the course of the awards season has changed slightly – or rather, dramatically.

After the official kick-off of this year's awards season, in the battle for the best actor, the two young actors who took the lead, Lan Li Hall and Ryan Gosling, especially when "Love is Crazy" and "I Fight Cancer" are being screened, Lan Li deservedly became the number one favorite.

Later, Ryan gradually fell behind, but Lan Li's strong momentum continued.

As a private, personal, and intimate sketch, "Love Crazy" has no advantages over other works, and the character played by Lan Li is not a real person, not terminally ill, not physically disabled, just an ordinary college student, even more ordinary than last year's "Blue Valentine's Day".

This doesn't seem to have any appeal to the Oscars.

However, Jacob played by Lan Li awakens people's good memories of "Annie Hall": the Jewish youth played by Woody Allen is ordinary, ordinary, nagging, stingy, self-conscious, picky, and troublesome, but his body embodies the color of the whole society, showing the real and beautiful appearance of love.

In terms of strength alone, Lanli has received countless affirmations, and Michelle Williams has become the representative of this year's Generation Y, and everyone has unanimously given affirmation. Among the five actors on the Oscar nomination list, there is no doubt about it.

As the awards season progresses and the competition gradually opens up, George Clooney and Brad Pitt, two stalwart actors, have entered the academy competition with their brilliant performances, and they are fierce.

With the two works of "Posterity" and "Killing of the President", George, who once again created the pinnacle of his career, has once again become the focus of attention with his delicate and solid performances, especially Alexander Payne's "Posterity", which gives George enough room to play and deep excavation, and the excellent script has undoubtedly helped a lot.

The title of "Hollywood President" is definitely not a joke, which also makes George's popularity and reputation rise rapidly.

At the same time, Brad did not show weakness, "Penalty Money" appeared first, many people called it this year's "weakness", stealing the topic and eyeballs, once again showing his ambition and determination to polish his acting skills;

Objectively speaking, both works are a bit noisy, with the script of "Moneyball" and the cinematography and directing of "The Tree of Life", which is not a good thing for Brad. But overall, Brad's rise has been very fast.

Halfway through the awards season, the "George VS Brad" showdown has become the biggest attraction in the awards season, and countless media and countless audiences are looking forward to the showdown between the two actors to see who can top the Oscars.

After that, Jean-Dujardin made a comeback.

"Artist" has been screened at film festivals around the world, until the end of November and early December until the North American market, held screenings, expansion and public screenings, by the major film festivals gathered word-of-mouth, gradually for the promotion of the work, seize the spotlight, in the course of time, all aspects of the "artist" gradually catch up, become one of the blockbuster in the awards season.

As the leading actor, Jean-Dujardine's charisma and outstanding performance are indispensable.

An "artist" has successfully made Jean-Dujardin a sexy/sensual man loved by women all over the world, handsome and handsome appearance, elegant and classical temperament, and romantic French accent, all of which made him recreate the glory of the top superstar of the golden age, and even the depression and predicament in real life coincide with the era and image in the story of the "artist", and it is almost impossible to distinguish between reality and fantasy.

Finally, it was Gary Oldman's Jedi reversal.

Gary was absent from nominations for almost all of the major outposts, but thanks to Focus Pictures' concentrated PR in the sprint stage, he received the first Oscar nomination of his career as a spy. In history, there have only been two attempts to rely on spy roles to enter the final battle circle of actors.

As a result, the top five Oscar nominees were released.