King of Hollywood

"White Oleander" was released on March 12. Because it is a literary film, the schedule is not very good, and the number of theaters is very small, so it does not have much box office. However, it is similar to the original version and has a very good reputation. Whether it is the daughter played by Amanda or the adoptive mother played by Kate who finally committed suicide, the film critics have more praise than derogation. They not only praised Amanda for her potential, but also praised Kate for showing a completely different attitude from action actresses. own acting style.

As for Julia, this is her first time playing such a hateful, crazy and pathetic female character, so the reviews are somewhat polarized. Some people think that she has accurately grasped the character traits of the character. The previous image of an independent sweetheart has begun to be fixed. Boldly trying new roles is very good for her to expand her play path; but some people think that her transformation is a failure. The interpretation was too blunt, which not only failed to achieve the desired effect, but also affected the reputation accumulated over the past few years.

The number of people on both sides was equal, and no one could convince the other, which indirectly allowed Julia to return to the public with a brand new attitude. This is why Adrian asked people to arrange the schedule of "White Oleander" at this time. Julia has had no news from the media for almost two months, and the popularity accumulated before this continues is very large. It may start to lose on a large scale, if she still plans to act in movies in the future.

So Julia, who is working hard to recover after giving birth, needs such a movie to evoke people's memory of her through arguments.

In fact, this is not a big deal. "White Oleander" was originally positioned as a literary work. So there is no need for a high box office, as long as the cost can be recovered, the key is word of mouth. Although the views on Julia are divided into two parts, people who are not so extreme think that the scene where Kate, who plays the adoptive mother, goes to prison to visit Julia, who plays the biological mother, is in place.

It's hard to describe that feeling with words, and the emotion is not very intense, but both Kate and Julia are integrated into it and convey that emotion to the audience.

"The most exciting shot in the whole movie." "Hollywood Reporter" commented like this.

Of course, no one knows except Adrian. Why can there be such a spark between the two women, and then convey their feelings very well.

"It seems that even if such a scene is arranged in the future, it's best not to go to the scene during filming." Adrian said in a low voice.

"Huh?" Amanda, who was nestled in his arms, raised her head.

"It's nothing." Adrian laughed immediately, flipping through the newspaper in his hand, "You didn't disappoint me, Amanda. I like the phrase 'very potential'."

"It's great to have your approval, Ed." Amanda smiled and looked very happy, which was from the bottom of her heart.

Although Adrian didn't say it clearly, Kirsten told her that she wanted to keep her position in Adrian's heart for a long time. If you want to make yourself more dazzling in front of the public, besides giving everything for him, strength is also a very important factor, no matter on the bed or off the bed.

"Should I say congratulations?" Kirsten, who was cutting the apple next to him, asked with a smile.

"Of course, Amanda said you helped her a lot." Adrian smiled maliciously.

But the goblin didn't care at all. Although the two of them have similar personalities, Kirsten has been with Adrian for several years after all, and he is not worried that Amanda will steal his limelight, so he quickly reached an agreement with her and formed an offensive and defensive alliance . Amanda is also a smart person, knowing that her time is short, so the two hit it off. I often exchange various ideas, and Adrian did a good test last night.

"Okay, congratulations, Ed, and congratulations, Amanda." Kirsten said, putting the cut flesh into his mouth, and then leaned in front of Adrian, and kissed his mouth with The tongue pushed the pulp in.

Adrian raised his eyebrows. Just about to praise her a few words, Amanda's lips moved closer, and after blocking it, she used her tongue to hook out the flesh in his mouth and ate it herself.

"Hey, Kiki gave it to me." Adrian pretended to be dissatisfied.

"But she congratulated us at the same time." Amanda said with a teasing smile, bending her eyes, "If you are not satisfied..."

Kirsten over there immediately cut another piece and put it in his mouth, then it crossed into Amanda's mouth, and Amanda sent it into Adrian's mouth with his mouth.

"You guys really like to play this kind of trick." Although Adrian was sighing, "satisfaction" was clearly written between his brows, and then, the apple was eaten like this.

"Speaking of which, it will be the Oscars ceremony again soon, when will Ed ask Amanda to try on the red carpet too," Kirsten asked after chatting and talking about the upcoming awards ceremony .

Amanda immediately lowered her head and coughed softly. There is no doubt that this is Kirsten helping her to win a chance, but is it too early to say this now? Although the two hit it off, they didn't open up to each other completely. Naturally, she didn't know Kirsten's support. Besides, Kirsten didn't just want to help her.

"There are a lot of fun things at the awards ceremony." Kirsten looked at Adrian, with a meaningful light in his eyes, "I've been thinking about it all the time, it really feels like doing it again."

"Don't think about it, Kiki," Adrian smiled and put his hand on her nose, "It's your turn to wait in line—don't worry, Amanda, there will be opportunities, take your time .”

Although Amanda was slightly disappointed, she adjusted immediately. She was very patient. As for the fun things Kirsten said, oh, I can guess the general idea without thinking.

"Also," Adrian laughed again thinking of something at this moment, "Qiqi, I'm afraid everyone won't be able to walk the red carpet this year."

"Why?" Kirsten was puzzled.

"You will see the news soon." Adrian spread his hands.

This year's Oscars are different from previous years. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is not going to do a big publicity this year, and even canceled the red carpet routine, because the Bush administration is going to use force against Iraq in these days.

Hollywood has always been a gathering place for leftists, and there has never been a shortage of people who hate the government. After Clinton's zipper door incident, Crystal sneered mercilessly when hosting the Oscars. If there was a justifiable reason to fight Afghanistan before, it would be a bit ridiculous to fight Iraq again. The reason for weapons of mass destruction is too bad, so most of Hollywood stars, big and small, stand clearly against the war. .

Unfortunately. These are all useless efforts. The government and the interest groups behind it are determined to do things, and they will never make changes because of their and American opposition.

But for Adrian, it counts as a good thing, at least avoiding being pressed by reporters on the red carpet for his opinion on the war-this has happened a few times before, even though he is the director of Marvel on the red carpet , but the identity of the chairman of the media board cannot be erased. If what you say is misled by someone with a heart, you will inevitably have some bad reactions. Although Adrian is very good at saying seemingly gorgeous but useless nonsense, which is a must-have ability for every public figure, how to understand it is the audience's business.

Although until now, he has kept these two identities very separate. When facing the public, he is basically a director and producer, and only in the office is he the chairman of the board. But it's like two sides of a coin, maybe not at the same time, but always there. Of course, no reporter dares to make leading hints in the report, which is tantamount to declaring war on the media. But to do it on the Internet for a while, for example, if someone wants to teach him a lesson, or conduct a test, it is somewhat troublesome. You can't stop the reporters from asking questions, right? At that time, even if he turns around and leaves without saying a word, people can interpret a lot of things.

So not walking the red carpet is also a good thing for him.

only. Some people are happy about it, and some people are disappointed about it. For example, the side in charge of broadcasting the awards ceremony complained a lot. Although the Oscars have always been one of the few programs with very high ratings, there has been a downward trend recently. Now that the scale of the promotion has been reduced, and the red carpet has been canceled, and the Iraq war is about to break out, one can imagine how far the ratings will fall .

besides. There is also Lao Mouzi who came from afar. As the first director from mainland China to participate in the Oscars ceremony, he really dressed up and looked very energetic in a Chinese tunic suit, but the stage that can best show a person's demeanor was cancelled. , It is absolutely impossible to say that you are not depressed. However, his mentality is considered good. When he saw him in the Kodak Theater, he looked indifferent. Anyway, the honor of being the first Oscar director in mainland China belongs to him completely.

The host of this year's Oscars is Steve Martin, a veteran comedian who had hosted the 73rd Oscars before. Probably the Academy of Film thought he was a good host, so they invited him again.

Frankly speaking, Martin did a good job, being funny and humorous. Although the laughter in the hall was not loud, it never stopped. It's just that the atmosphere this year was a little more dignified. Basically, there were no brightly dressed guests, and even the female stars who had always competed in the awards ceremony all changed into black or white evening gowns. Under such circumstances, it would be strange if the atmosphere at the scene could be as enthusiastic as usual.

"Actually, this is not bad, at least it is very likely that I will sit in a chair for a few hours." After the award of the best art direction, there were orderly hums from the front, back, left, and right.

Because the seats of the various crews related to him are arranged together as always, especially "The Devil" and "The Lord of the Rings 2", both directed by him, plus "Chicago", so Gwyneth sat To his right, Blanchett to his left, Liv sitting behind him, and Zeta-Jones sitting in front of him. As for Naomi, she's a bit farther away, but she's close to Nicole in "Infidelity," both of which star George Clooney.

Among the four women, only Liv has not been to the awards ceremony with him, but she has lived with Blanchett and Gwyneth for so long, and she was picked up by Adrian early on, so how could she not have heard of it? Having experienced this kind of thing, so when I heard this sentence, I naturally hummed it together with the other three.

Regarding their reaction, Adrian could only shrug his shoulders with a smile, and then sighed in his heart. I don't know which guy arranged the seats like this, it must be on purpose, right?

"Okay, let's pay attention to the list of awards." He immediately changed the subject, "You know, I insisted on investing in and introducing the Chinese movie "Hero", so you might as well guess if you can get the best costume."

Because Universal bought the North American copyright of "Hero", it was not limited to the best foreign language film when declaring it. Therefore, in addition to this nomination, it was unexpectedly nominated for the best costume. This was indeed an accident, and Adrian did not intervene in all the declarations. It can only be said that their luck is better-at least better than the original version. Although it is almost impossible to win an award, it is more commendable to have two than only one.

Sure enough, "Chicago" won the best costume, and it also won the best art direction before. Weinstein is really good at public relations, but "Chicago" got 13 nominations, even more than "Lord of the Rings 2" many. Not only that. Even Depp, who had an eye-catching performance in "Pirates of the Caribbean", was nominated by him for the best actor! If it weren't for "Chicago" which is more likely to win, he might have promoted "Pirates of the Caribbean" to be nominated for best film.

When the guests on the stage read out their names, the shoulders of Zeta-Jones shrugged visibly. So far, "Chicago" has won three awards. Although they are all technical, it also makes the morale of the crew high, and the next one to be awarded is the Best Supporting Actress.

"I've gotta say, every one of the nominees is a very fine woman, Kathy Bates - oh. You're just going to be a foil, you've got so much credit already; so are you, Meryl? Ms. Streep, don't laugh; Polritt Lawrence, beautifully done, very well done; Catherine Zeta-Jones. Oh, it's only been such a short time, but your performance is amazing; Sophie? Marceau, one of the most beautiful French women, has a refreshing image in "The Hours"! I really don't know who to vote for." Steve Martin said loudly on stage Exclaimed, "That's why I can't run the poll."

Suddenly, there was laughter at the scene, and then. The last Best Supporting Actor winner, Jim Broadbent, who was the usual award presenter, came out from behind with an envelope.

"I agree with Steve," he said as soon as he came on stage, causing a lot of laughter, "but this way we have a good host."

Immediately the applause rang out, and Martin also yelled beside him: "I love you, Jim, just say a few more words."

"Although someone asked me to say a few more words, I really want to say a few more words, but for the sake of more people, I still do what I should do." After losing to Martin, he opened the envelope with laughter: "Okay, so the winner of this year's Oscar for Best Supporting Actress is Catherine Zeta-Jones!"

Immediately, the soundtrack of "Chicago" sounded, and even though Adrian had revealed something to her before, Zeta Jones stayed for a few seconds before standing up. She held her face with her hands for the first time, her body trembling slightly, as if she was so excited that only Adrian knew that she took this opportunity to glance at him, no matter how scheming she was, there was only gratitude in her eyes at this moment look.

"Thank you, thank you very much..." After accepting congratulations all the way onto the stage and taking over the statuette from Broadbent, Zeta-Jones, who controlled his emotions, began his speech.

There is nothing to say in the whole speech. It is basically to thank the past and thank you for coming, which is somewhat formulaic. This is also normal. In the awards ceremony in this atmosphere, several previous winners ended their speeches by calling for peace. How much can Zeta Jones be asked to do? And her speech was full of emotion. First, she reviewed the nominations she had received in recent years to express her excitement. Then she thanked the Film Academy, her family, and the entire crew of "Chicago" — Interestingly, Adrian's name is not on the thank you list.

In short, it's formulaic, but it's not too obtrusive. In addition, unlike her previous life, she is not pregnant now, but still has a graceful and beautiful body, and she is well maintained. Adrian also specially asked someone to design a set for her. Although the method of maintaining fingers is still not comparable to other women with slender fingers, it is much better than the previous life.

So after a speech, she won a lot of applause.

"Congratulations, Kate, your long-cherished wish has finally come true." After she came back and thanked the people around her and sat down, Adrian leaned forward slightly and whispered behind her head.

"You don't mind if I didn't add your name to the thank you list just now." When the camera on the screen moved to another place, Zeta Jones turned half of his head, although the white gooseneck was more or less on A little wrinkled, but still full of the charm of a mature woman, and wearing a strapless evening dress, as long as you poke a little forward, you can see the deep ditch below - although the color can't be too bright, but what style? is completely unlimited.

"No, of course not." Adrian smiled, and then sat back.

The excitement gradually calmed down after getting the statuette, and she immediately returned to her previous appearance. Even though she only gave Adrian a half-side view, a complex expression still flashed across her face.

Adrian is not in a hurry, he has a lot of patience. Now, what she wanted most has already been obtained, what he will think in his heart, how could he not guess.

So tell me, dear Catherine? Zeta-Jones, my little doll, what choice will you make? (to be continued..)