The New York theater keeps Blanchett away from the Kodak Theater Back when the Academy Awards took place on Monday night, actors working on the New York stage were for the most part able to attend, since Monday is traditionally a dark night on Broadway. That's not the case with a Sunday night Oscar show, and the timing has cost this year's ceremony the services of Cate Blanchett, last year's winner for best supporting actress for "The Aviator." Blanchett will be appearing in the title role of the Sydney Theater Company's production of Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music from February 28 to March 26, including a 3:00 p.m. matinee the day of the Oscar show and two performances the previous day. Blanchett's publicist today confirmed what readers of this column and posters in the Envelope forums have suggested: because of her stage commitments, the actress will not be able to appear on the Oscars. In recent years, when a previous year's winner has been unable to attend, other Oscar winners have been booked to hand out the appropriate awards. Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Mira Sorvino have subbed for the absent Jim Broadbent, Michael Caine and Juliette Binoche, respectively. While unavoidable, Blanchett's absence is also appropriate. In her Oscar-winning role in "The Aviator," Blanchett played Katharine Hepburn, who was herself a four-time best actress winner. After those four wins, not once did Hepburn return the following year as a presenter. 很可惜，不過也無可奈何 報導還說，反正凱特演的凱薩琳赫本每次得獎後也不會回去當頒獎人...^^; -- 【奧斯卡得主】凱特布蘭琪【新一代演技女神】 ～ＣＡＴＥ ＢＬＡＮＣＨＥＴＴ～ --

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