Golden touch... Kate Winslet with her best actress Oscar for The Reader at this year's Academy Awards ceremony.

点金术……凯特·温斯莱特在今年的奥斯卡颁奖礼上凭籍《朗读者》(The Reader)一片赢得最佳女主角。

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They had left shortly after the Academy Awards ceremony on February 23, a rather nice consolation prize after Benedict lost the Best Actor Oscar to The Theory Of Everything's Eddie Redmayne.

《万物理论》的埃迪•雷德梅尼夺得奥斯卡最佳男主角，卷福与最佳男主角失之交臂。 2月23日的奥斯卡颁奖典礼之后，卷福夫妇得以立即离开，也算是对卷福的安慰。

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Fred: : David, have you watched the 82nd Oscar Awards Ceremony? Avatar got the Award of Visual Effect. The movie sounds great!

佛瑞德：大卫，你看第82届奥斯卡颁奖盛典了吗？《阿凡达》获得了最佳视觉效果奖。这部电影听起来很不错的！

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The 2011 Oscar nominations will be announced on 25 January, with the awards ceremony due to follow on 27 February.

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