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This year, the Academy Awards are all about magic, math, and monsters. Leading the pack with 13 nominations in all is "The Lord of the Rings," but it's a horse race for best picture.

Those in the running are

"A Beautiful Mind,"

"In the Bedroom,"

"Gosford Park,"

and "Moulin Rouge."

今年的学院奖都颁给了有关魔术,数学和怪兽的影片了.在13项提名中领先的影片是《指环王》,但是它只是角逐最佳影片奖中的一部影片,其他的影片有”美丽心灵”,"《不伦之恋》”,”戈斯福德庄园”和“红磨房”。

In the best actor category, it's first timers versus the veterans.”.

Russell Crowe hopes it all adds up again as he goes for a second shot at Oscar gold in "A Beautiful Mind."

在最佳男演员的角逐中，第一次出现了两位荧屏老将进行角逐的情况。

罗素.克罗来希望能够凭借在“美丽心灵”中的表演再次荣获奥斯卡奖并且能够为本片获得最佳影片奖增加砝码。

His competition, Sean Penn for "I Am Sam,"

Denzel Washington in "Training Day,"

Tom Wilkinson for "In the Bedroom,"

and Will Smith in "Ali."

他的竞争对手有主演“我是山姆”的西恩.潘，主演“训练的日子”的丹泽尔.华盛顿， 主演“《不伦之恋》”的汤姆威尔金森以及主演“阿里”的威尔.史密斯.

You'll laugh, you'll cry with the best actress nominees.

女主角的提名会让你发笑并且叫嚷起来的

Nicole Kidman in "Moulin Rouge" goes head to head with Renee Zellweger for "Bridget Jones's Diary,"

“红磨房”的女主角尼克儿.基德曼和主演“布里吉特-琼斯日记 ”的芮妮-齐薇格并列排在前面。

Judi Dench in "Iris,"

Sissy Spacek for "In the Bedroom,"

and Halle Berry in "Monster's Ball."

还有主演“艾丽斯”的朱迪丹希主演《不伦之恋》的西席-斯贝西克以及主演“怪物舞会”的哈里.贝瑞。

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HALLE BERRY, BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE: I can't take this.

我不相信这是真的。

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Neither can we. Luckily, the Oscar race is in the home stretch.

我们也感到出乎意外，但让人感到幸运的是奥斯卡的角逐都是在美国本土的演员中进行的。

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