Hollywood on edge as Oscar voting nears deadline	奧斯卡投票接近尾聲　好萊塢角逐緊鑼密鼓
Hollywood -- from stars to behind-the-scenes personnel -- buzzed with tension as Oscar voters cast their ballots just hours ahead of the vote deadline. Hollywood -- from stars to behind-the-scenes personnel -- buzzed with tension as Oscar voters cast their ballots for the winners of cinema's top prizes just hours ahead of the vote deadline. The 5,798 members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have until 5:00 pm to hand in their completed ballots Tuesday before auditors begin tallying them to determine who will take home the big awards on Sunday. "Any ballots received after 5:00 pm will not be counted or taken into account for the Oscars," said Academy communications chief John Pavlik. But with the fate of this year's crop of golden statuettes almost sealed, Hollywood awards experts and movie fans wagering on the Oscars contest were betting that Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain," moving tale of a star-crossed homosexual love story between two cowboys will rope in the major prizes, including best picture. "Brokeback" gallops into the show armed with a leading eight Academy Awards, including best picture, best director, best actor for Australian Heath Ledger, best supporting actor for co-star Jake Gyllenhaal and best supporting actress for Michelle Williams. But only two people will know whether the daring and controversial romance has indeed lassoed the top Oscars ahead of the ceremony to be held at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on Sunday night: the auditors. Two partners of accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers will oversee the tabulation of the votes of Academy members and slip the winners' names into the famous foil-lined envelopes that will be opened onstage. (Agencies)	在奧斯卡金像獎投票工作結束前的幾個小時里，整個好萊塢--從影星到幕后工作人員--都被緊張的氛圍所籠罩。  截止到美國當地時間本周二下午5點鐘，美國電影藝術與科學學院的5798名評委們必須遞交他們的全部選票，接下來，審計員開始對這些選票進行統計，誰能捧走奧斯卡大獎將在本周日揭曉。 學院宣傳部主任約翰·帕烏里克說："截止到下午5點，還沒收到的奧斯卡選票將被忽略不計。" 在本年度"小金人"得主未揭曉之前，好萊塢獎項評定專家和影迷們，把這場爭奪戰的賭注押在了李安執導的《斷背山》身上，認為該影片將會收獲包括"最佳影片"在內的主要獎項。該片講述了兩個西部牛仔之間坎坷感人的同性戀愛情故事事。 八項奧斯卡提名讓《斷背山》拔得頭籌，成為最大熱門，獎項包括最佳影片、最佳導演、最佳男主角（澳大利亞小伙希斯·萊杰）、最佳男配角（杰克·吉倫希爾）和最佳女配角（米歇爾·威廉姆斯）。 頒獎典禮將于本周日晚在好萊塢柯達劇院舉行，在這之前，只有兩名審計員知道這部大膽且極具爭議的愛情故事，是否真能將奧斯卡主要獎項收入囊中。 普華永道會計事務所的兩位合伙人將對學院評委的選票列表進行監督，并把獲獎者的名字裝進鑲有金邊的信封里，這些著名的信封將在頒獎晚會現場打開。 (中國日報網站編譯)