Hollywood Domination Chapter 63: Premiere of “Chicago”

"Where's the dress?" Judy turned her wrist and looked at her watch, walking around the dressing room anxiously, "I want to see my dress in five minutes!"

"It's still on the way." Mary rushed over to open the makeup box nervously, "I found it, the highlighter is here."

"No, the makeup was not like this last time, don't use MUF (MakeupForever) highlighter," Judy immediately forgot about the dress, and hurried over to interfere with the makeup, "Julian, I just spent 30 $10,000 on this - can you imagine? MUF's highlighter is just horrible under the flash, it doesn't cover the traces, and Drew went nuts when he saw the photo."

"Whaaat——" the makeup artist covered her mouth dramatically, her fingernails gleaming under the light, "Judy, you didn't mention it at all before."

Judy shook her shoulders angrily, "You still have 20 minutes, Julian, Move, move, move!"

Julian had no choice but to buckle the highlighter compact in his hand and knock it a few times, "Come on, honey, lift your face——"

It may be a bit unfair to say that in the Hollywood showbiz, patriarchy is already a default social atmosphere. Even in the stylist industry, most of the top market players are men. This industry has a chain of contempt It's Gay-female-straight man, this style can also be said to be inherited from the fashion circle, because today's fashion circle is almost the world of Gay designers.

The make-up artists that Jenny worked with on the set were all women, but the top stylist Judy brought her was a comrade with a rather feminine behavior. When it comes to gossip, his reaction is completely female mode. Carefully highlighting Jenny, while inquiring about Drew Barrymore's gossip with Judy. "You're talking about the Armani dinner last month, right? Judy dear, I remember that it was Williams who put on Drew's makeup that night? Don't tell me that Drew's makeup was wrong on his hands?"

"No, it's not." Judy tapped on the keyboard distractedly, "Shit, I'm afraid we are really too late, Catherine has already left the hotel."

"Judy," Jenny felt the need to calm down Judy's emotions, "the premiere will start an hour later—"

"Shh!" Judy and Julian attacked her together.

"Honey, it's not that you're not welcome to join the conversation, but you'd better not talk now," said Julian, who was a 'sweet girl', and quickly bent over to comfort Jenny. "It's very difficult to deal with the highlighter being crooked. Now, close your eyes and let me see how our effect is."

Jenny had to close her eyes and try to stay as still as possible, so that the hair assistant behind her could blow the style for her and Julian's drawing on her face. She rarely feels as deeply as she does now that she is just a product of the star-making assembly line-although Jennifer Jefferson enjoys the fame, she is really just a producer behind the brand, and now contracted It was Judy and her team who did all the production work, and Jenny only needed to receive professional services, and her right to speak was close to zero.

"Very well, now I'll add another layer, and your face will be completely symmetrical." Julian's hand has been stroking her face quickly, but his tone has been steady, "Before the dress arrives, you can go back Put on a layer of mascara, you can never have too much mascara.”

He continued to gossip with Judy while working, "So, on to Williams, how did he mess up Drew's makeup? Tell me, dear Judy."

"Okay, okay." Judy frantically pressed the button on her BlackBerry, "Do you know the new highlighter powder from MUF? The star item of this season?"

"Huh?" Julian raised Jenny's face, "Open your eyes and look up."

"Facts have proved that this highlighter is a disaster under the flash. The photojournalist of "People" switched to a new camera from CANON, and took pictures of Drew's powder traces clearly under the flash. Drew I just cried when I saw it, poor girl, you know, she's been very emotional since she was Clean - thank God, it's "People", not some freelance photographer desperate for money, we used Three hundred thousand and an exclusive interview, finally solved the problem. But poor Williams has lost another client, and Drew will not be able to work with him again."

"Geez." Julian sighed with schadenfreude.

"Julian?" Judy paused and pointed at the makeup artist, "You know this is valuable news, right?"

"Of course, honey, I understand, there's no reason for you to just spend this wrong money, is there?" Julian immediately promised, and he moved away from Jenny's face, "Give me the ironer, get the watering can ready , no, I want that can of L'Oreal setting water, for God's sake! That's on the penultimate floor."

With Cesare coming forward, it is not too difficult to change the filming schedule, but he did not change Jenny's filming schedule on a large scale. He just borrowed Johnny Depp's private jet for her. Jenny was still there five hours ago The filming base landed in LAX three hours ago, and the scene of Depp getting off the plane was caught by the paparazzi who heard the news at some point. However, for Judy, more than two hours of makeup time is obviously not long enough, especially since she changed the brand of the commercially borrowed dress this morning, and now the new dress is still on the way, which makes her feel even more nervous. Although she is a top HR in the industry, at the premiere of the "Chicago" series, she was still a little neurotic and cute. In order to cater to her nervousness, Julian always scolded the assistant when he spoke, but Jenny could feel that his makeup was still very slow and careful, and he was not at all careless and sloppy because of Judy's impatience.

"The dress is here!" Judy suddenly stood up from the sofa and shouted sharply, "Julian?"

"She's yours." Julian stepped back and pointed the light at Jenny's face, "Ta-dah, honey, you are my perfect creation."

Jenny looked at herself in the glasses a few times, but she didn't feel too amazing. In fact, in order to make the photos and videos have a sense of makeup, the makeup of the real person must be super thick, which is not natural to the naked eye. The phenomenon of makeup falling from 3D to 2D is also known as "camera eating makeup", as described in various novels, "when she appears, the whole audience shines, the photos are published, and all living beings are turned upside down"-this kind of thing is actually true. It is unlikely to appear. When you come to the major award ceremonies in person and observe these stars with the naked eye, you may still see distorted fake faces, plus overly slender arms and legs and unconventional Sometimes people may feel that they have left the human world and arrived in an alien world. This is because 'naturalness in the lens' = 'unnaturalness in the lens'.

"The dress is here, the dress is here." Judy's assistant Nisha rushed into the hotel room holding a small dress, "Everyone get out of the way!"

The whole team tacitly opened a passage to let Nisha send the dress into the bedroom. Judy quickly followed in. Soon there was the sound of pulling the curtains in the back room. A few pairs of shoes, his assistant picked up a bunch of accessories. "Come on, honey, it's time to get dressed."

Jenny didn't expect that the first time she faced someone naked (or she faced naked alone) after her rebirth was on such an occasion. With Julian's help, she took off the bunt she was wearing before In a bathrobe, his thin and slender body suddenly appeared in front of the team members without any hindrance.

Without the slightest hesitation, Julian pinched one of her **** with one hand, and when the angle was right, the **** greeted her—generally speaking, you cannot wear a Bra in a dress, even an invisible Nu-Bra It was banned because it would break the line of the dress. Of course, the **** must also be replaced with thongs. If it is a more close-fitting dress, you can only choose not to wear it.

Jenny's dress is not too tight design, with the help of several people, she raised her head high to complete the dressing work, the assistant bent down to put on high heels for her, and Julian began to apply body foundation on her upper torso And body highlights: If foundation is applied before a gown, it tends to stain the material, and if the dry cleaning doesn't remove it, Jenny will probably have to shell out for the expensive gown.

"Hold your hair well." Jenny was constantly ordered by various people, "Lift your feet, dear."

Five minutes later, when Julian brought in a hair dryer and gave her the final haircut, Judy read the text message and started counting down. "Julian, you only have two minutes left to get the limousine out - Catherine is at the venue - Renee has been in the car for ten minutes - where is Richard? Great, Richard is still at the hotel, OK, Li The car is here, 3, 2, 1, Jennifer, go into the elevator."

Jenny yelled, "Wait, wait, there's one more shoe that's missing!"

Amid Judy's countdown, Julian fastened the straps for Jenny and brought her cosmetic bag. A group of people embraced Jenny and walked out of the room. Mary was already waiting by the elevator. Surrounded by everyone, she got into the stretched Lincoln limousine all the way. Mary, Julian, and Judy jumped into the car on the other side.

"Listen, honey, you really need a manager." Judy whined as she quickly blinked the sweat off her eyelashes, "Half of what I do today should be your manager." People are doing - let's not talk about that, I saw your "CSI" and Cesare also told me how successful your "Chicago" was, and I need you to show your performance on the show tonight, Got it? Of course, you're usually likeable, quiet, sane, classy, ​​and I could go on and on for over half an hour, but now I'm going to see a rock star, Jennifer, Yougetit? We spent a lot of energy That's why you can accurately follow Renee on stage, do you know why?"

"Because of 'OurRoxyisbetter'." Jenny began to recite mechanically.

"Yeah, You're better, You can do it better than her," Judy clenched her fists and made a powerful gesture, "Tonight, we arranged for the most famous drama critics on the East Coast to attend the premiere, and their column will be tomorrow Well, I want to see them admit that our Roxie is better, Jenny, get it? From the red carpet, I want you to let everyone know that you are better for Roxie, and I hope you make Rob regret that he didn't Find you to play Roxy. Tell me, you can do it."

Jenny thinks that if Judy doesn't work in HR, she should be able to be a very successful Amway lecturer. Even if she is not that kind of passionate personality at all, she is almost excited by Judy. "Trust me, I can do it."

Maybe her tone was too calm, Judy, Julian and Mary all looked at her with mistrust, Jenny was a little speechless by them, "Why, don't you believe me?"

Judy said, "Oh, of course we... well, of course we believe you, don't we, Julian?"

Her tone was too hypocritical. Seeing her sluggish expression, Jenny couldn't help laughing. Even Judy was amused by herself, and Julian and Mary were even more amused by the absurd joy. He laughed lowly, but Julian was the first to control himself. He took out a small comb from his pocket and picked out a lock of hair for Jenny.

"We're here." Judy quickly regained her composure. She looked out the window, and the anxiety in her voice returned, "Honey, remember, don't relax in front of the flash. You can't afford it now The money for breaking the photo."

"OK, OK, I understand." The signboard of the theater was getting closer and closer, and Jenny also heard the voice of the crowd. She took a deep breath, sneaked into the performing arts space, and skillfully opened the golden finger.

In almost an instant, the lifetime insights of that peerless superstar flowed through her heart. Reporters, there seems to be no difference at all around decades...

The car stopped, and Jennifer Jefferson smiled lazily. She looked confidently at her Vanity Fair, and winked at her anxious subordinates.

"Show time," she said.

The car door opened, and the screams that shook the sky immediately reached the eardrums. Jennifer smiled at the staff, held his hand, and got out of the limousine with a well-trained and perfect posture.

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"She's so beautiful beyond imagination!" Jon stood on tiptoe and yelled at Harry behind him in a raised voice. Of course she didn't turn her head, because then she couldn't stare at Jenny. "Ohmygod! She's gorgeous! Oh my God, my God!"

You can often go to musical performances, and it’s a good location. Jon and Harry’s families are not bad. Jon got the tickets for the New York premiere of "Chicago", but after hearing that the Los Angeles premiere is 11 After October 3, both she and Harry wanted to watch the premiere in Los Angeles, because October 31 was Halloween, and the whole weekend was filled with joyful atmosphere, and Harry also had relatives in Los Angeles, as Joan En got a ticket for the New York premiere in return, Harry was willing to pay for her board and lodging while she was in Los Angeles, and Jon tormented his mother for a while, and finally got her to agree to go out for a weekend-these two little groupies for Seeing idols is also quite hard work. After the premiere at around 9:00 p.m., they will take a red-eye flight and go back to New York to continue their classes.

But it's all worth it. Jon often waits for Jennifer to come out to sign at the back door of the Shubert Theater. Always very quiet, and a little thin, not so radiant and conspicuous, which made Jon always feel at a loss after waiting.

But now, Jennifer has completely fulfilled the fantasy in her mind—it's not bad at all, that's what Jennifer is in her heart, and it should be like this!

From the moment she stepped out of the car door, Jennifer was submerged in the sea of ​​flashing lights, but in the face of the strong light that could blind people, her smile did not lose any color, nor was it artificial, although She simply walked across the red carpet with a handbag, but her indescribable calmness and arrogance made her manage to calm down the audience, as if—as if the entire audience belonged to her Like an admirer, her gestures are graceful, elegant and sexy. Even when she stops to sign for fans, and completes complicated movements such as bending down and handing a pen, her demeanor is flawless. It is even hard to describe where her beauty lies. Her beauty is really a very overall impression, whether it is the shining blond hair, picturesque eyebrows, generous and calm demeanor or very ethereal and very real temperament, they are all The organic composition of this charm, but the charm of all these components far exceeds the simple sum of these elements.

"Jennifer! Jennifer!" Although he had been determined to maintain basic politeness, Jon couldn't help shouting when Jenny passed her, "Do you remember me, Jennifer! "

In the strong light, Jennifer's face seemed to be shining, she was as beautiful as an angel far away from the world - in Jon's eyes, her beauty even surpassed that of an angel, and she didn't even know Jennifer Can you hear your own words? Although they are very close, Jennifer, who is walking in the spotlight, does not seem to be in the same space as her.

But, following her words, the 'angel' stopped. The delicate and beautiful face turned to her, and Jon felt his heartbeat was accelerating, accelerating, and constantly accelerating. In the great excitement and tension, she could hardly hear the words of the 'angel', "Sure, what is your name?" —Jon, right? Ah, Harry is next to you."

She smiled, it was a very kind, a little sly smile - it was a personal smile, "I remember you guys living in New York, kids."

"We came to see you!" Jon had completely forgotten that Jennifer was only four or five years older than her, and she was so excited that she just wanted to scream, "Jennifer, you are so beautiful tonight! "

"Thank you." Jennifer approached her, "do you have a camera - hey honey, can you take a picture of us?"

"Of course." The official photographer who had been following them signaled Jon, "Stand on tiptoe, dear, try to stand on tiptoe."

Jon didn't know what expressions she made. Until Jennifer's figure was far away, she still didn't believe that she had such good luck. "My God! My God! My God! Harry, my God!"

Harry didn't answer her right away, Jon turned his head and found that the friend who had been clamoring to quit Fandom had tears in his eyes and was covering his mouth to calm down.

Ignoring the envious and envious inquiries and jokes around her ('You are so lucky', 'Who is that girl, she is so beautiful'), she hugged Harry tightly. "God, Harry!"

"I know, I know." Harry said with a strong nasal voice, "It's a good thing we're in Los Angeles!"

The next moment, Jon immediately jumped out of his arms again. "Hey! We should leave the email address for the photographer, otherwise how can we get the photo?"

Excitedly pulling Harry to run around the venue, Jon felt that tonight was completely her night. It was not until entering the theater that her heartbeat slowly calmed down and was replaced by another nervous mood. ——It is already November, and there is another publicity about Jennifer on Broadway, and the slogan "Our Roxyis Better" has once again entered people's field of vision. As a new lifelong fan of Jennifer, on the one hand, Jon hopes that Jennifer's big screen debut will be an excellent movie, but on the other hand, he is also very anxious, for fear that Renee Zellweger's performance will be too much. Brilliant, the slogan ended up hitting Jenny in the foot and became the **** of her laughing stock.

Although others did not show the same fanaticism as her, Jon was not the only one who had the same worry on the field-Brantley and Patrik also left the New York base camp this time, crossing borders. Came to Los Angeles to attend the premiere of the film. Apart from wanting to see the performance of "Chicago" for the first time, it is undeniable that they are also curious. In this "Roxy Competition", Broadway darling Jennifer Jefferson Can it be worthy of her slogan?

"She is very beautiful tonight." Brantley is already an adult, and it is impossible for him to be as fascinated as Jon, but he cannot but admit that when Jennifer When Jefferson walked towards him, his heart really stopped beating, "I won't deny that she is far more dazzling than Renee in appearance, but Renee is a rare talent that has been seen for many years Actress, can Jennifer outshine her? I don't think so."

"I think Renee is very confident in her performance." Patric's performance was more explicit than Brantley's, and he couldn't hide his worry, "You can see it from her expression , she is very satisfied with the film."

Brantley let out a muffled snort, "That's because she hasn't been to a show on Broadway."

Although he had to struggle to choose an objective position between the traditional Broadway culture and the paratroopers, but now that it is a contest between two forms of film and musical, Brantley has chosen his own position, with Sighing with a trace of resentment, "This is the weakness of musicals. Even if Jennifer wins, you will never be able to prove it to the public. Most audiences of the "Chicago" movie will never see Jennifer's performance."

Not far from them, fashion columnist Esther was muttering to her friend, "...the little Valentino dress...I can't help but say that tonight Renee completely failed to hold her position, she let me Disappointed, she was only wearing Carolina Herrera..."

——Although not in the musical theater industry, with the gossip talent of women in the fashion industry, Esther has heard about the Roxy dispute, and she has already conceived a wonderful article before coming to the premiere , but Renee's performance let her down. "This is a blatant unilateral humiliation. Renee should fire her PR."

They are all very pleased with Jeanne's Valentino rhinestone dress tonight.

In the front row, Jenny has already found her own seat, which actually took her a lot of effort—unless she wants to seek death, she absolutely should not sit next to Renee, and Dietrich is not in the scope of consideration , Jenny is wearing an expensive little dress tonight, and she has no intention of taking any chances.

In addition, Richard Gere has a strong sexual tendency. Although Jenny is not a patriotic fanatic, she doesn't have a good impression of him. Sitting next to him will become very tormented. With great difficulty, Jenny found an empty seat near Catherine Zeta-Jones - the center of the first row was for the director and leading actor, all with name tags, so she could avoid the minefield with their names.

"I hope my performance is worthy of Lucy," she thought, "and of course I am worthy of everything I spent today."

Although the dress is borrowed, and the private jet does not need to pay rent, Depp cannot pay for the gas, and the rewards of Julian's team and the rent of the hotel and limousine car are not a small amount. Jenny knows it without asking. The 300,000 remuneration is probably not much left. All of this is to gather as many eyeballs as possible on her. If her performance of "Kitty" fails, all the money will undoubtedly be wasted. There will be follow-up reports only if Kitty is good enough to make everyone interested in the Roxy dispute.

Of course, if Kitty behaves abnormally, she will also feel sorry for Lucy Liu who was originally scheduled to have this role. Jenny stared at the dark screen, also very curious, "What will Rob cut my performance into?"

Her acting material is hours and hours long, and even Jenny herself has no idea what Rob is going to cut into this version of "Chicago" and 'Kitty', she and Jon, Harry, Boo Like Lantray, they are the purest audiences, just waiting for the film premiere to develop their impression experience of the film version.

The audience took their seats one after another, and the crew also came to the first row. Director Rob gave a brief speech. Then, the screen lit up, and silhouettes of tall buildings appeared in the night sky—this is the opening animation of Miramax.

Among everyone's different expectations, the movie version of "Chicago" began.

The author has something to say: Note:

1 Valentino is a first-line luxury brand. I know that there are many Valentinos in mainland China, and many of them are sold at super cheap prices, but that is not the VALENTINO we are talking about. Well-known designer brands are only relatively cheap compared to Valentino, and the price is also cheaper. Renee actually wore the brand's little dress to the premiere in 2005.

2 Richard Gere* is real, this is the famous ZD* vanguard

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