Made in Hollywood

The battle between Justin Bieber and Orlando Bloom has attracted the attention of many people in Hollywood. In this busy awards season, it can be regarded as grabbing a lot of limelight, especially Justin, who was beaten up by Orlando Bloom ?Bieber then posted a number of intimate photos with Miranda Kerr on his Twitter and instant sharing, as if he wanted to stimulate the elf prince again.

As for whether the elf prince and the hobbit will fight for a second round, that is not Duke's concern.

"Gravity" is about to start its fourth weekend journey in North America. After several weeks of maintaining a dominant position in the North American market, it finally ushered in a heavyweight masterpiece.

"Tron Legacy", co-produced by Walt Disney and Sky Film Studios, officially landed in North American theaters.

This is also one of the four films that David Ellison took over at the beginning.

The production cost of "Chuang Legacy" alone was as high as 170 million US dollars, but Walt Disney chose a relatively cold schedule. From this aspect, it can also be seen that they are not very confident in the film itself.

Maybe it’s because the North American market hasn’t released any heavyweight commercial films for too long, or maybe it’s because the film really appeals to some audiences. Although the outside world’s expectations for the film “Tron Legacy” are extremely low, the actual performance of the film is not bad.

After all, "Gravity" has been released for four weeks, and it is an indisputable fact that the market has a certain degree of enthusiasm for commercial films.

In the three days of the first weekend, "Tron Legacy" won 44.02 million US dollars from North America with 3566 theaters, ending the three consecutive box office championships of "Gravity" and becoming the new North American box office champion.

At the same time, "Gravity" took in another $22.35 million, ranking second at the box office that weekend, counting the previous four working days. The North American box office has steadily crossed the $300 million mark, accumulating $311.24 million.

Although "Tron Legacy" grabbed the North American box office champion from "Gravity", the situation is not optimistic.

"CinemaScore's audience rating is only 71%, and the average audience score is 'B'. MetaCritic's 55 media reporters only gave an average score of 66 points."

On the car heading to the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Tina Fey finished talking about the data to Duke. Then I came to the conclusion, "The audience's word-of-mouth for this film can only be considered average, and the later trend cannot be as strong as "Gravity"."

"It's enough for David Ellison to breathe a sigh of relief." Scarlett Johansson shrugged, "I'm still waiting for this movie to fail like "Robin Hood". Withdrawal."

"You're too anxious." Duke looked away from the car window and said to Scarlett, "Honey. We have enough time to wait patiently."

In today's Hollywood, Walt Disney has the closest cooperation with David Ellison, but Walt Disney has been in a relatively chaotic internal power struggle. Michael Eisner and Robert Iger have been fighting hard for several years. The real winner will be once Larry Ellison divests. David Ellison's career in Hollywood was bound to collapse immediately.

This is exactly what Duke wants to see. A strong Disney is not in the interests of him or Time Warner. The current situation that Disney encounters cannot be created by him alone. Media companies like Comcast, Viacom, Time Warner, and News Corp., who are not behind the scenes?

Business competition never misses any opportunity to strike down rivals. Between these big companies, it can be said that they are both cooperating and competing.

The car stopped in front of the Hilton Hotel. Duke and Scarlett got out of the car and waved to the surrounding reporters and audience. Bian walked onto the red carpet, and as usual, the two quickly walked to the interview area.

This is the award ceremony of the 68th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards, and it is also the biggest media event in the entertainment industry before the Oscars. The Golden Globes will not affect the choice of Oscar judges, but it is a good opportunity to increase exposure. Someone who is going to make a difference during awards season is extremely important.

And Duke also received a series of nominations.

"Gravity" missed out on the Golden Globes due to its late release date, but Duke's other film, "Inception," released last year, was nominated for multiple Golden Globes.

The film received both box office and word-of-mouth success, and was shortlisted for five Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Drama Series and Best Original Music.

In the interview area, Duke and Scarlett were interviewed by reporters, but they never mentioned "Inception", which was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, and the topic almost revolved around "Gravity".

Duke is very clear that promoting Scarlett is the main goal, and the interview is more like a foil for Scarlett Johansson.

"Every one of our scenes is very choreographed, which is why I need so much training, I want to make sure my body can adapt to the space environment. It's like a dance rehearsal, but I It also needs to be improvised, so that the sense of floating in a zero-gravity environment can be perfectly interpreted.”

When faced with the reporter's question about how to play such a wonderful role of a female astronaut, Scarlett said the answer that she had planned long ago, "It's not easy, you need imagination, and you are inspired by the role." All the preparations I have made may come in handy. You can’t see hope in that environment, including the scene where I am alone and helpless, and think about what I can see, such as what the director wants to present, in order to to help me tell the story, and I also had the sound editor play certain music to get me into character as quickly as possible.”

Just as Duke and Scarlett left the interview area and walked into the hotel, Natalie Portman walked over with her stomach full. Her eyes naturally followed Scarlett Johansson's back, and the complicated , and only you can understand.

"Gravity" has a North American box office of over 300 million U.S. dollars and a global box office of over 600 million U.S. dollars. It has undoubtedly made Scarlett Johansson a Hollywood superstar, and has temporarily become the number one actress born after 1980. First person!

And this position was her dream.

Even if he can win the Oscar for Best Actress, can he still grab this position?

Natalie Portman has no confidence. She knows very well that a superstar needs more than just an Oscar statuette. How long has she not proved her appeal in the market?

The Golden Globes is not so much an awards ceremony as a big happy party. The awards ceremony was held as a dinner party. Duke walked into the banquet hall with Scarlett on his arm and soon found the crew of "Inception" At the table where he was, Leonardo DiCaprio was already sitting there, chatting with John Schwartzman without saying a word.

"What are you talking about?"

After sitting down, Scarlett asked curiously, "It seems that there are differences of opinion?"

Duke looked first at Leonardo and then at John Schwartzman. The two were obviously arguing about something.

John Schwartzman spoke first, "I just made a bet with Leo."

Leonardo continued his words, "I think "Inception" may win the best picture in the drama category, but John doesn't think so. He is more optimistic about David Fincher's "The Social Network."

"To be honest, Leo." Duke sided with John Schwartzman, "I also prefer David Fincher's movies."

Compared with the Oscars, the Golden Globe Awards are more affected by public relations. Many Golden Globe judges even blatantly asked the film studio for some gifts or other conveniences.

"The Social Network?" Leonardo shook his head, "Then let's wait for the result."

Perhaps because of the relationship of instant sharing, the website created by Mark Zuckerberg is far from being as popular as it used to be, but it has also become one of the most famous social networking sites in the United States. This adapted film about him also appeared on the David Fincher's resume.

As we all know, David Fincher is a relatively different director. Many of his works can be said to be contrary to the mainstream values ​​of society. Similar to Duke, he is not the kind of director that the academy likes. "The Social Network" is his work One of the few works aimed at Oscars.

"The Social Network" and "The King's Speech" are considered to be the two hottest gates of this year's Oscars, and David Fincher and Duke are also considered to be the most powerful contenders for the best director.

However, Duke is very clear that David? Fincher will only pass by Oscar.

On the one hand, it comes from the deep-rooted prejudice of the college. The college’s prejudice against David Fincher is definitely deeper than that of him; second, David Fincher is not enthusiastic about participating in various public relations activities. It is not enough to rely solely on the film’s public relations for personal awards. Today's Oscar, if it is not as special as Heath Ledger, not active public relations means missing the award.

This is a land that advocates free competition. The academy restricts the scope of public relations, but does not return it. Instead, it believes that public relations are the embodiment of the will to free competition.

The awards ceremony kicked off quickly. "Inception", which did not carry out any public relations at the Golden Globe Awards, became the accompanying runner of the whole process without any surprise, the best film, best director, and best screenwriter , Best Actor in a Drama Series and Best Original Music, all five nominations fell through, and none won.

Despite stellar performances in "Inception" and "Shutter Island," which earned him a double nomination, Leonardo DiCaprio once again missed the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series.

Fortunately, Leonardo has run with him many times over the years, and he is used to it, and he is very optimistic.

He said to Duke, "I have enough patience, and how can a Golden Globe satisfy me?"

Indeed, how could a Golden Globe satisfy Leonardo DiCaprio?

However, Duke is very clear that, like the results of the Golden Globes, Leonardo DiCaprio has little hope at this year's Oscars. (to be continued ~^~)

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