In the history of the Academy awards, only three times (before this past year) has a film won best picture without the director being nominated for best director. Ben Affleck is the fourth person in history to do that. I will admit that i found it shocking that he didn't even receive a nomination and I'm sure he took an ego hit with that, but he took that and shoved it in the face of so many by winning best picture on Sunday.
Odds where not in his favor, but i guess this proves that sometimes the "unlikely" can become happen.
Apparently, it was after seeing the reflection of his beard on the golden surface of the "Oscar" statuette that Affleck decided to shave it off!
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