Chapter 828 - Becoming Great

"Instead of having a sensible child who never causes parents any worries, I would rather she could rely on me more." On stage, Janet continued her acceptance speech.

Audiences love these moments of genuine emotion. They can tell she is sincere, much better than those who mechanically thank this and that, thanking a bunch, all the speeches sounding the same.

Janet glanced at Laila standing behind her, smiling at her, "This award is very important to me because it lets me know that I can indeed help her within my capabilities and have also handed in a fairly good answer."

Laila couldn't continue standing there, taking two steps to her mother's side, embracing her, "Yes, Mom, you did great, even better than I imagined."

The sight of the two embracing each other made the guests below and the audience in front of the TV applaud.

Many mothers were more touched by Janet's words. They couldn't imagine what they would be like if their children had to be confined to a hospital room from a young age, or even almost taken away by death.

Motherhood is great, mothers are great, and this year's Oscars, at this moment, became great.

Laila, with Janet, walked down from the stage amid applause, returning the stage to the host. However, after the moving moment just now, it wasn't so easy for the host to hype up the atmosphere.

Fortunately, even if the ad-libbed lines couldn't make everyone laugh, there were still various awards to keep the awards ceremony going, so the poor host wouldn't be left speechless on stage.

The following awards were gradually presented, including various technical awards. Of course, the competition for each award was fierce. Take the Best Makeup award, for example, "The Lord of the Rings" faced strong competition from "The Chronicles of Narnia," "Iron Man," and "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith."

If it weren't for "The Lord of the Rings," the award would have gone to "The Chronicles of Narnia." But because of the relationship with Laila's delayed filming, "The Lord of the Rings" eventually took to the stage with their makeup artist.

This was also another honor for him. Although people weren't very clear about his background, only knowing that Laila had dug him out from somewhere, one thing was certain, that he was of Oriental descent. This also made him quite famous in the East, although not as much as someone like Ang Lee, he was still quite impressive and gave a face to the Oriental people.

In addition, Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score all unsurprisingly went to "The Lord of the Rings."

Among the remaining nominees, Best Art Direction went to "Memoirs of a Geisha," Best Adapted Screenplay went to "Brokeback Mountain," and Best Sound Editing went to "King Kong." In short, by the second half of the awards ceremony, they had already won five.

Laila felt that these were probably the only ones they could win. Whether it was Best Director or Best Picture, or several acting awards, she felt they had nothing to do with her anymore.

"The Lord of the Rings" is an ensemble piece, with 114 characters with lines. The main characters didn't have much chance to shine, and the supporting roles didn't have much opportunity to showcase their acting due to their numbers. So in this year's acting awards, only Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf, entered the competition for Best Supporting Actor, and everyone else was wiped out.

This was unavoidable. Laila was confident that in her films, the acting of any individual could win awards. The performances of all the cast members were outstanding, absolutely worthy of the award for Best Picture. Unfortunately, no matter how outstanding they were, they were still bound by the rules of the Oscars. Don't even think about any heavyweight awards until the third part of the trilogy comes out.

Gandalf was a quite popular character, and the actor himself was a seasoned actor, having played many familiar roles, with the most familiar to Easterners probably being Magneto in the "X-Men" series.

With the roles he played in the "X-Men" series and Gandalf, he was already considered quite a successful actor. It was a bit regrettable that although he had won two Best Supporting Actor awards, at least before Laila's rebirth, he had not yet won a trophy.

Although Laila delayed the film for several years, which prevented him from encountering Jim Broadbent from "Iris," he encountered another formidable opponent—George Clooney. So it wasn't unfair that he lost.

The awards ceremony was about to climax, with Philip Seymour Hoffman from "Capote" winning Best Actor and Reese Witherspoon from "Walk the Line" winning Best Actress.

"The Best Director award is about to be announced! Everyone, come and watch!" On the internet, fans spontaneously rallied for Laila. Those who had switched channels after Laila presented the award to her mother also tuned back in after receiving the news.

They were very much looking forward to the Best Director award, hoping that Laila could stand on stage as the winner. In their words, "Roy has already set a new record for the age of the Best Actor, can't Laila? After all, she has created one miracle after another as a legendary director!"

"The nominees for Best Director are Paul Haggis for 'Crash,' Steven Spielberg for 'Munich,' George Clooney for 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' Laila Moran for 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,' and Ang Lee for 'Brokeback Mountain!'"

The presenters announced the list of nominees one by one.

These directors are all famous figures in Hollywood, not to mention Steven and Laila, who have long been at the pinnacle of the directorial world.

George Clooney, who rose to fame with "ER," is also well-known to the public. His "Good Night, and Good Luck" brought high expectations for him to win Best Director.

As for Paul Haggis, the director of "Crash," he is even more famous. Before this film, he had won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "Million Dollar Baby."

This time, "Crash" received six Oscar nominations, which can be said to have created the brightest point in his career.

In the future, he still dedicated many excellent works to the audience, such as "Casino Royale," "Terminator Salvation," etc., all of which were written by him.

As for Ang Lee, who was one of the hot favorites to win, he had already become well-known after receiving seven nominations for the Oscars in 1995 for his first English-language film, "Sense and Sensibility," entering the eyes of many Hollywood film companies and producers.