King of Hollywood

Chapter 183 "Vanity Fair" Party (1)

"Then, the winner of the best director is," Oliver Stone opened the envelope in his hand, paused and then read out the name, "Clint Eastwood! "Unforgiven"!"

"Y!" The old cowboy immediately raised his fists and yelled. The "Unforgiven" crew was also bursting with joy. One person grabbed Eastwood's shoulder from behind and shook it violently a few times, full of excitement. Can be seen in general.

Although Adrian's heart sank suddenly after hearing the name, and a strong sense of loss came to his heart, he adjusted in just a few seconds. After experiencing so many setbacks in his previous life, he was already a calm man. After his rebirth, his calmness was carved into his bones, so he can still smile and applaud his opponent at this moment.

Besides, the main target of tonight is the best actor and heroine, and the award for best director has set the tone from the very beginning of "If you can get it, you will get it, and if you can't get it, it doesn't matter": if you can get it, it means that you will get it in advance. Bring a circle of halo for yourself in advance, and expand the influence of tonight to a large extent; it doesn't matter if you can't get it, first, you can control the scope of the limelight, don't be too prominent, and second, this award will sooner or later He, that trump card has not been played yet. So after Laverne and Roger gave him an apologetic look together, Adrian waved his hand reassuringly.

"It's okay, anyway, I already have a statuette tonight, I can't expect to win all the important awards at the Oscars for the second time, can I?" He said to the people who comforted him, with a smile, indifferent, looking very generosity.

At this time, Eastwood on the stage had already finished his speech. Like many awardees, he held up the statuette and shouted "thank you", and then walked down with thunderous applause, but he shouted more imposingly than others. Thinking about it, I have been nominated for Best Actor several times, but have never won it once, but the first time I was nominated for Best Director, I won it. How could I not be excited? Besides, Eastwood has a fiery temper.

CV is indeed a good thing. Adrian hummed softly in his heart. Otherwise, with his two nominations for best director, he should win no matter what. But it doesn't matter, qualifications can be accumulated, and although qualifications are important, they are not omnipotent. Some things are more than it, such as capital!

Just wait and see. Adrian calmed down completely. According to the situation of the best director, the best movie is probably also "Unforgiven". It is rare that the best director and the best movie are awarded to different movies, and "Scent of a Woman" and "Howards End", one is A remake of an Italian film, a film showing a Victorian style, how can it compare to "Unforgiven", which reflects a local story and broke the myth of the western hero for the first time?

Adrian's guess was correct at all. With the announcement of the award presenters who came to the stage later, the crew of "Unforgivable" boiled again, and the filmmaker came to the stage happily to accept the trophy for the best movie. The crew of "Scent of a Woman" and "Howards End" fell into complete silence. Laverne's disappointed expression was clearly written on his face. He wholeheartedly wanted to make the company's film get the best movie, but he didn't expect it. later failed.

In any case, with the awarding of the latter award, this year's Oscars have come to an end, and "Unforgivable" has undoubtedly become the big winner. But tonight's carnival is not over yet, because at the Melita Hotel not far from the music center, "Vanity Fair" magazine held a grand party named "Oscar Night" and invited all those who attended the awards ceremony Stars are in attendance.

"Frankly speaking, the awards ceremony tonight is very bad. Whether it's "Scent of a Woman" or "Howard End" or "Pulp Fiction", they are all very good movies, but they only give you one award. It's really unfair." On the sofa in the middle of the hall, Tina Brown, sitting at the head, said to Adrian.

"It's okay, it's normal, they have their own considerations, and their opinions don't necessarily make everyone think it's appropriate. If the situation is reversed tonight, there won't be a few articles complaining about "Unforgivable" tomorrow. In the past It’s over, and it’s impossible for the judges to overturn your decision, so you don’t need to worry too much.” Adrian, who was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, shrugged, shaking the glass with one hand Looking very chic.

"You are really open-minded, Ed." The middle-aged man sitting opposite him laughed. His face was a little fat, but he didn't have the simplicity of a fat person. Instead, he gave people a shrewd feeling, especially his eyes. , somewhat small but very sharp,.

"Sometimes I have to think about a lot of things, and I don't have time to worry too much about it. Although making a movie requires a lot of consideration, it doesn't mean that the more you think, the better. You must start from the whole. What should be discarded must be discarded." Adrian continued.

"I agree, when it's time to throw it away, you must throw it away. If you run a company, you will do a good job, Ed." Said the old man sitting near Tina Brown.

It's just that, although the words of praise were spoken in his mouth, there was no expression on his face, so the middle-aged man on the other side couldn't help but tease him a little: "However, you don't seem to be exaggerating, sir Mr. Yi."

The person sitting on the sofa suddenly laughed. Although the old man called Shi Yi snorted, he was not angry, and still had a cold face, as if he was born this way.

At last year's "The Silence of the Lambs" celebration reception, Adrian suggested that Tina Brown hold a grand party in the name of "Vanity Fair" to gather all the Oscar celebrities. This year they really took action, and Adrian also therefore Became a lifetime honorary member of the party.

The party of "Vanity Fair" was gorgeous and extravagant. The spacious hall was divided into several areas for the celebrities who attended the party to choose, whether to sit down and taste delicious food while chatting, or take a stroll in different circles with a glass of wine, or sit down. Chat with people you know on the sofa near the bar.

The dazzling one in the whole party, or the one that attracted the most attention, was not Clint Eastwood who just won the best director, although "Unforgiven" won several important awards at this awards ceremony; Al Pacino for best actor, although he finally realized his dream after 8 nominations. What caught the eye was Adrian, who had lost Oscar in a mess!

Not to mention that after he came to the hotel, he was surrounded by many actors, directors, and producers to strike up a conversation and exchange pleasantries, but now he is sitting with all of them, no matter who they are, they are all top-notch people. For example, the fat middle-aged man, Don Simpson, one of the top producers in Hollywood, made Tom Cruise's smash hit "Top Ambition" by him. And the old man with a cold face all the time is Shi Yi Newhouse, the head of the Newhouse media family that owns Vanity Fair. It was Time Warner executive Gerald Levine who opened his mouth to tease Shi Yi—it is said that he may ascend to the throne of the "chairman" of the board of directors in a short time.

In addition, there are many people to accompany, such as Oliver Stone, who was the guest of the best director award before, or Robert Redford, who is an excellent director and actor, and Tom Cruzoff. "Women" and other big-name stars.

If before tonight, the title of Director of Miracle was suspected of hype, then after tonight, Adrian has completely confirmed the title. There are some directors who send both leading actors and actresses to win the best actor and actress, such as last year's Jonathan Demme, but there are almost no directors who use two films at the same time to send the leading actor and actress to the throne of actor and actress!

Added to this are a Leading Actor nod for John Tallavolta, a Supporting Actor nod for Samuel L. Jackson, two Best Motion Picture nominations, two Best Director nominations, nominations for both Adapted Screenplay and Original Screenplay, and There are still two nominations for adapted screenplays, and there are a lot of nominations for technical awards.

The important thing is that these are three different types of movies, the UT-style "Pulp Fiction", the American-style "Scent of a Woman" and the British-style "Howards End". This is equivalent to saying that no matter what style of movie he can direct, it is possible to send the actor to the throne of actor and actress, and it is possible to make the movie the best movie-everyone knows that Adrian's current situation The failure is definitely not because of the quality of the movie.

How attractive should such a director and producer be to actors, media and film companies? In the entertainment industry, fame always comes first, whether it is an individual actor or a film company, so the competition for the Oscars is very fierce every year, and various methods emerge in endlessly.

But now, no matter what type of film a director makes, he can reach the quality of competing for an Oscar, and he is still so young, has his own company, and has dazzling achievements. Heck, so it's not surprising that this happened. And Adrian has worked hard and worked so hard for so long, isn't it because of the current situation.

"Actually, I'm not good at management. I know that some principles are the same, but it's another matter to do it." Adrian shrugged, "So I asked my friend to take care of it for me. "

As he said that, he turned his head and looked around, but he didn't find Claude. He also received an invitation from "Vanity Fair". Adrian persuaded him to agree, but he disappeared within a few minutes after arriving at the party. .

"Crow is an excellent manager. The young man is full of energy and more adventurous than us." Shi Yi Newhouse said, the Newhouse family, the Kewell family and the Ron Rees family all have some The connection, just not how deep.

Adrian, who listened to the words, smiled, and had no excuses, but brought the topic back to the movie.

"It's surprising, I heard that you rarely have a work plan after taking a break for several months like now, Ed." Adrian said that when he was still resting, Cruise suddenly "interrupted" came in.

Compared with the casualness at the Cannes Film Festival, although tonight he had his iconic sunny smile from beginning to end, Adrian always felt that Cruise was a little weird and seemed a little hostile to him.

"I've been busy for so long, it's not too much to take a break." Putting those inexplicable things aside for a while, Adrian shrugged with a smile, and then deliberately watched Cruise "show" Serious expression: "But..."

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