本届颁奖仪式上 最后揭晓的一项奖正 是最佳男主角奖。当司仪兼发奖人、大明星蓓蒂·台 维丝宣布奖主是保罗·纽曼(Paul Newman)时, 五千名来宾全体起立,掌声雷动。但,上台领奖的不 是纽曼本人,而是他的好友、美国电影艺术与科学学 院院长罗伯特·怀斯。这怎么回事?深知内情的台维丝 一言道出了大家的心声:“早该发给纽曼奥斯卡奖了。” 原来,这位超级明星过去曾六次被提名最佳男主 角奖,六次都偕同爱妻乔安娜·伍德沃德参加颁奖仪 式,但次次落选,败兴而归。纽曼已被弄得有点迷信 了,在本届颁奖仪式之前发表声明说:“我很迷信。 The awards announced at the ceremony are the best actor awards. When emcee and hair-winner, celebrity Betty Davis announced that the winner was Paul Newman, five thousand guests rose and applauded. However, it was not Newman himself who came to power but his friend, Robert Wise, Dean of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. What’s going on? Davis, who knew the inside story, said something like “The Newman Oscar was a long time ago.” It turned out that the superstar had been nominated for best actor six times in the past, Six times along with his wife Joanna Woodward attended the award ceremony, but the second unsuccessful defeat. Newman has been a little superstitious, in a statement before the ceremony said: "I am superstitious.