A: Were there any highlights at the Oscars this year?
B: With 13 nods, French director Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez” broke the record for most Oscar nominations earned by a non-English film.
A: Wow, it broke the record of 10 Oscar nominations set by Taiwanese director Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”
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B: On the eve of the Oscars, Lee was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards.
A: It seems that Hollywood has finally become more diverse.
A: 今年的奧斯卡獎有什麼亮點嗎？
B: 法國導演賈克歐迪亞的《璀璨女人夢》榮獲13項提名，打破了非英語片紀錄！
A: 哇打破了台灣導演李安的《臥虎藏龍》10項提名紀錄。
B: 李安則在奧斯卡前夕，獲頒美國導演工會「終身成就獎」。
A: 看來好萊塢終於比較多元化啦。
(By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪)
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