Hollywood Domination Chapter 294: What——the——
"The world has broken 6?" Goldie Hahn repeated his friend's words in surprise, "Did I hear you right? Robert, are we really talking about a biopic?"
"I understand how you feel." Robert De Niro showed a self-deprecating smile, "No matter what people talk about inflation, the current box office is getting more and more exaggerated. Of course, the domestic market has just broken 3 , it still does not threaten the status of "The Dark Knight", it is strong in the first week, and the subsequent decline is still not as healthy as "The Dark Knight."
Goldie breathed a sigh of relief, she could see that Robert and she had the same mentality - not that they were particularly close to "The Dark Knight", but this was still in line with the basic cognition all along, after all, Over the years, the North American annual crown has always been a large-scale production with high investment. Not many Olympic movies can break into the top ten box office. Even for Miracle Girl Jennifer, her Olympic movies in North America are in the tens of millions to broken. There has never been such a dazzling achievement as "Monroe" this time. If she actually won the 2008 North American annual championship this time, Goldie felt that her worldview would be shaken.
"This achievement is already very dazzling." Although "Monroe" did not win the annual championship, Goldie still said sincerely, "The remaining few films nominated for best picture can be compared with her. This is because they nominated "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" after all, otherwise it is very likely that the rest of the box office will be worth a fraction of "Monroe."
"This is the general trend. I met with Woody Allen last month, and he was shaking his head. Now that the market is becoming more and more segmented, he even thinks that in the future, MTV and the People's Choice Awards will be people's best choices. The most important award, as for the Oscar, sooner or later, like the Film Critics Association Award, it will be reduced to a small playground for insiders to entertain themselves." Robert swung a shot, covered his forehead with his hand, looked at the trajectory of the little white ball, and continued Said, "There will be fewer and fewer movies like "Monroe" that can take care of both. He is a bit pessimistic about the future."
Goldie has not acted in too many in-depth movies, but she can still feel the arrival of this trend. In her era, many superstars were very domineering. Their films not only won awards, And it also performed very well at the box office, often able to combine the box office and awards. In front of an actor like Goldie who mainly became popular through relatively vulgar commercial movies, he felt very superior, as if the two were not in the same world at all. . But in the past few years, even if they won the Oscars, they are still tepid, and there are many actors who have no jobs. They don't have much confidence in front of those stars who can drive the box office but have not been favored by the Oscars. ——Meryl's acting skills are guaranteed, right? But if Jennifer Jefferson didn't take her to play, her box office would not be able to exceed 300 million, and it would be difficult even to break through 100 million. That's it, after "The Devil Wears Prada", her price still can't go up Now, the market is becoming more and more indifferent to Olympic films. Except for some talented directors and actors who can take care of both awards and box office, ordinary Olympic films cannot get sufficient investment at all, and there is not much room for actors to increase their remuneration. big.
"If even Woody is pessimistic, it's pretty bad." Goldie echoed Robert absent-mindedly. She walked to the batting position, compared her posture, glanced not far away and smiled. The young man who got out of the car glanced at him. This handsome young man came with James Spisen, an entertainment lawyer in New York. He also noticed Goldie, smiled dazzlingly at her, and raised his hands silently. He said hello, and then he and his caddy followed Spison to their hole. "Look, the PR of Monroe."
Robert also glanced in that direction, and his tone made it difficult to figure out what he was thinking, "Ah, it seems that the girl is indeed as greedy as the rumors say, she doesn't seem to know what is enough."
Goldi understands what Robert means: Last year, "Michael Clayton" won the best picture, and she has already been on the podium once. According to the usual practice, this year's Oscar may not favor her again, after all, she I have already won three Oscars in just three years, no matter from which point of view, I should give up the opportunity to others. But Jennifer Jefferson really doesn't seem to know what satisfaction is. This year, this year's top three box office accounts for two, and the actress who has overshadowed Christopher Nolan and Robert Downey Jr. has adopted more than last year's Greater public relations efforts, together with Weinstein, lobbied the academy judges with all their strength, and aimed at the two awards of best film and best actress, which made Goldie completely at a loss as to what to do. Inviting Robert to play golf together today means asking for his opinion. She has always had a good relationship with Robert, and she is convinced of his judgment. Without any other interests involved, Goldie feels that she might as well approach the Jewish community. , so that there may be some surprises in the future.
"According to that young man," she murmured, and started the topic anyway, "it is because the world has been going downhill that we should support that girl. For movies, geniuses have always created an era. , just like Spielberg created the theme of animal horror films, and Cameron created action films, we should give more preferential treatment to this genius who created the genre of biopics.”
The creation she mentioned, of course, does not mean creation, but a major breakthrough in this field, and has created a wide range of social influence, just like "Jaws" created an entire ocean horror film Just as Cameron used "True Lies" and "Terminator" to tell people how to make action movies, "Monroe" also used its high box office, extraordinary attention, topicality and wide influence to create Before the topic of celebrity biopics, or biopics of famous women, the market has been lacking in interest in biopics of actresses in the golden age of Hollywood—or in biopics of legendary women, because Films with this theme have always been very difficult to sell, but after "Monroe", Hollywood capital has aggressively entered this field. As far as Goldie knows, her daughter Kate Hudson has received several audition invitations. Vivien Leigh, Greta The lives of legendary actresses such as Garbo and Grace Kelly have suddenly become popular topics, and similar projects are being promoted in the six major cities, let alone those small film companies.
As far as Goldie is concerned, although she is not a genius, she still vaguely recognizes the saying that "genius creates the era". Open the way for everyone in the front, everyone stays in the safe field, then the market will become smaller and smaller, and once a successful blockbuster movie is released, everyone will follow suit. In this business, In many cases, internal competition is not a zero-sum game. Of course, geniuses need to be cared for and encouraged by awards. This is not just because of the genius itself—Jennifer can definitely live well without any awards. Well, it also has the effect of sending a signal to the market, so the academy likes innovation, not only because the judges like novelty, but also because of the meaning of using Oscar's influence to foster new themes. For example, "Monroe", the Oscar may allow it to get more box office and DVD sales, and it will also drive more companies to have confidence in this theme. Knowing that the judges are very satisfied with this innovation, their film won the Oscar. They have greater hope and more courage to invest.
Of course, this is not the only reason to vote for "Monroe". Sidney Pollack is also Jewish. His close relationship with Jennifer made Goldie feel closer to Jennifer. Besides, she and Sidney are quite familiar, Goldie is not without sadness for the death of this old friend, and after weighing it last year, she did not vote for Jennifer, which also made her a little bit heartbroken—if it was just this Feeling apologetic, I can't decide anything yet, but coupled with the above two reasons, Goldie is indeed shaken now. Her only regret is: Although she thought last year, "All you need is time, you will get yours." At the time of the third Oscar, she had already decided that she would vote for Jennifer the next time she had the ability to hit the Oscars, but Goldie really did not expect that this "next time" would come so quickly, only one year later, she It brought another work with such a huge momentum. It can be said that the momentum is so huge that no one can ignore it. It is already a bit unfair if you don't give her an award.
However, Meryl Streep and Jennifer Jefferson were nominated together this time, and she has only won one supporting role and one leading role. Meryl's excellence is needless to say, Jenny Although Fer's acting skills are very good, according to Goldie's own opinion, they may not be better than Meryl. Before she won her third Oscar for acting, is it really fair to give Jennifer another Oscar for acting?
Also, letting her win the best picture in such a short period of time may also damage the credibility of the Oscars. If "Michael" is released, "Michael" will definitely not win the best picture this year, but because last year was a small year, the quality of "Michael" was also very good, so the Academy gave this award, which made the current quality Undoubtedly better and more influential, "Monroe" is very embarrassing. Giving the award seems to show that they are too partial to Jennifer, and it will make the black and white rumors go up. To be fair, among several candidate films, "Monroe" has obvious advantages in both commercial and artistic aspects. If it is not awarded, it will attract a lot of criticism and criticism.
Although she is only an ordinary member of the academy, Goldie still cares about Oscar very much. After all, for an actress like her who has passed away for a long time, if she wants to stay in the core of the circle, the only thing she can rely on is this awards ceremony Yes, every year the benefits behind the Oscars can bring some benefits to Kate Hudson, so she has a strong sense of ownership, and she is indeed considering Oscar in her own shoes (under the premise of satisfying her own interests). That's why she was in such a dilemma, otherwise Goldie would have chosen Jennifer every time and become her basic board - her daughter Kate could enter the crew of "Nine", and she might have a certain relationship with Jennifer As for the relationship, she has a very good friendship with Rob Marshall. According to Kate, she also has a great say in the crew. Rob respects her opinions very much. It is conceivable that during the audition, her random words are very important. How powerful it can be.
"Genius creates the era," Robert De Niro laughed, but to Goldie's surprise, he did not refute this sentence, and there was not much disapproval in his tone: as this One of the actors with the best acting skills in the era, it undoubtedly takes courage to call himself a genius in front of him. If he lacks confidence, his laughter alone can make people feel ashamed... However, Robert seems to agree with this point of view, "The current Young people are getting more and more outspoken, Goldie, I don't know if you feel it, but sometimes they even scare me - If I were young in Hollywood, I wouldn't know myself Can you stand out again."
"It's a matter of luck after all," Goldie said. She did not compliment Robert hypocritically, but approved of Robert's statement with some emotion, "But it is true that the world is becoming more and more different. Those newcomers Technology - those new rankings, Internet marketing, it, nanotechnology, magnitude...these words make my head spin, Rob, we have always been the coolest people in our time, we have been firmly in place for decades We are in control of all this—iteration after iteration, changing themes again and again, but all the new developments are still in the hands of our post-war generation. We are the best generation. After taking over the legacy of our predecessors, we will not Passing it down, we think that the masters of the times will always be us, as if time will stand still, even if we lose our youth and box office, as long as we still have Oscars, we will be the masters after all... "
Her emotion seemed a little out of nowhere, but Robert's eyes softened because of this. At this moment, he and Goldie shared the same emotion - just like Woody Allen, they were both thinking about the passing away Maybe Robert and Woody still maintain their influence on the industry and their own prestige, and they are also influenced by American culture that does not accept the old, and they always maintain a young and energetic image that is at the forefront of trends, but This does not prevent them from having the same feeling as Goldie—the time that belongs to them has indeed passed. For them, this feeling of powerlessness has penetrated into their bones. The box office of "Monroe" is like the impact of the emerging Internet on movies and TV series, and even the use of new things is far behind the younger generation to get started faster, and it is represented by the genius girl Jennifer Jefferson The younger generation of China is impacting their rule with their own miracles. They control the box office, they control the topics, and they control the influence. Just like Woody said, if the Oscars with judges around 60 If we don't adjust our mentality to the impact of the younger generation, or even cater to it, then the one who gets eliminated may not be the younger generation, but Oscar itself.
"If Jennifer doesn't win the Oscar, will she be affected?" Robert said, "I don't think she will be affected, but what I know is that if she announces her absence from the Oscar, if the Oscar stops giving If she is nominated, this year's viewership is likely to hit a new low..."
He lowered his voice, and as a member of this session of the presidium, he gently broke the news to Goldie, "During the nomination voting stage, the presidium hopes that Angelina Jolie will be nominated. Doubtful, and Jennifer Jefferson -- if we lose Angelina, Brad, and Jennifer, advertisers may even lower their bids for awards shows."
From Robert's tone, Goldie can easily hear that her old friend has also received the same lobbying offensive, and the strategy adopted by the PR company is indeed quite convincing. It seems that Robert has fully accepted it. The pr company's point of view even believes that giving bold encouragement to young people and making Oscar's choice younger and more commercial is the only way to save Oscar...
"In fact, it is true. If it was five years ago, just the Oscar nomination for best picture would have greatly improved the box office of these films, but now, a month has passed, "Milk" and Even "Life and Death Reading" failed to rebound, you know, their basic box office figures are not high at all..." Goldie didn't say this idea, but thought secretly in his heart, because saying it seemed to be about to Faced with the fact that the influence of the Oscars is rapidly declining, this thing happened so fast, like all the changes in this era, always sudden and complete, youtube, r, k, One after another, unfamiliar words have quickly become the mainstream of life, and msn and msn are rapidly fading out. If you cannot accept these changes, then you will only be abandoned.
Will Oscar be abandoned by the times so suddenly? Goldie does not want to believe that this award has been with her for more than 60 years, and its authority has almost never been questioned. Vocabulary, but only a year and a half later, Goldie found that no one around her was talking about Nokia anymore, young people were all talking about 3g, and next month's 3gs, and no one remembered Nokia's operating system (Goldie also forgot What's her name), as if no one would care about Goldie, who barely remembered the word just now, and was still a little confused about 3g and 3gs—the pace of the times is so hasty, even the former king can't pay attention if he doesn't pay attention. will be easily discarded.
"So, voting for her is still saving us." She swung vigorously and hit the little white ball into the sky. Looking at the high and far arc, Gotie's mood improved Not much—at least her physical strength hasn't weakened much, but seeing the ball falling towards the sand, she couldn't help laughing at herself, "Maybe we have to thank her for her willingness to sign up for the Oscar, no? Is it?"
Robert pushed his sun hat and walked towards the electric car with Goldie, "There's no shame in being closer to the younger generation, my dear—even Woody wants to invite her to join his new film, you I know, this is indeed news to him."
Woody Allen has always been full of drive, he is also extremely confident, convinced that 'Woody Allen's movies only need Woody Allen', it can be said that his personality has reached the extreme, and now even he is overwhelmed by Jenny It can be seen that Goldie is by no means the only one who feels the crisis of middle-aged and elderly people-you know, Woody used to dismiss Oscars and almost never appeared to accept awards. The worries he expresses now must be It's not that I'm worried about the future of this award, but just like Robert and Goldie, I feel the feeling of "the wave behind the Yangtze River pushes the wave ahead" shared by the generation who holds the award...
Goldie's mood suddenly brightened a lot, and she smiled gloatingly, "Then Woody may not be able to get what he wants, although his business card can pass unimpeded among those young actors, but for Jennifer Jay I'm afraid it won't work for Ferson. This girl never needs a famous director. A famous director can't make her. On the contrary, she is a famous director maker. Because Salvi Tucci became famous overnight, maybe her next One more movie with him - did you see the movie? It's clear they're in a relationship and the relationship should last another two or three movies, Salvi's career may not be at its peak yet .”
"I hear she's getting married to her former agent—" said Robert.
Goldie snorted, "Yes, the paparazzi of the whole city are talking about this matter now, but a few months have passed, this news has not made any progress, it should be a rumor, an unmarried girl like her , there will never be a shortage of suitors around—"
No matter what age, gossip can make a woman happy, Goldie suddenly remembered something, she snapped her fingers, and laughed, "Tonight is the Golden Globe Awards, she must be on stage, no Best Actress is Best Picture - I guess the acceptance speech should be pretty telling, shouldn't it? Salvi Tucci has been absent for the entire awards season, but tonight he'll be there, the Oscars should be mad with jealousy , this time being on the same stage will definitely bring a lot of ratings to the Golden Globes..."
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Given Goldie's current state of life, she doesn't pay much attention to awards ceremonies anymore. She will turn on the TV as the background sound unless her daughter and good friends appear, but she will definitely want to attend the Golden Globe Awards tonight. Look, even without Jennifer Jefferson, she still has to look at her daughter's performance: "Nine", which she participated in last year, is a blockbuster film scheduled to hit the Oscars this year, and the film studio will definitely try to get some exposure for the actors, What Kate Hudson got was the chance to present the Golden Globe Awards, but what she presented was the Best Actor Award in the Musical Comedy category, which did not coincide with the biggest focus of this year, which also made Goldi quite regretful. She believes that the ratings peak of this awards ceremony will definitely appear in the presentation of Best Actress in a Musical Comedy - Jennifer Jefferson will certainly not have any accidents, and will lift the Golden Globe Award for the third time, after winning last year's Drama After the best actress in the category, she won another golden ball, but even so, her fans definitely want to witness this scene with their own eyes, so there will definitely be an instant peak in the ratings.
"This year's nominees for Best Actress in a Musical Comedy are Emma Thompson, "Big Love Late Blooming"..."
After a series of less important awards, the Best Actress Award in a Musical Comedy has become the Golden Globe's first heavyweight award, and the audience's emotions are therefore extraordinarily excited. With the two award presenters They also applauded and cheered for the introduction of Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto.
"Rebecca Hall, "Midnight in Barcelona"...Jennifer Jefferson, "A Week with Monroe"..."
When Chris Pine pronounced the name Jennifer Jefferson, the cheers were significantly louder, and there were enthusiastic whistles from the audience. Jennifer Jefferson who was sitting at the round table Jefferson also showed a natural smile to the camera and waved in greeting. However, neither she nor the rest of the actresses, or even the overall atmosphere in the arena, was too tense—her advantage this year is too great. It's big, none of the candidates can compare with her in topicality, acting ratings, and outpost awards. The only one who is a bit threatening, Kate Winslet, was assigned to the drama group, and almost no one doubted the final result It would be anyone but her.
"And the Golden Globe will go to--" Chris Pine handed the winner's envelope to his partner Zachary-they will play Captain Kirk and Spock's mate, Paramount also got them the opportunity to present the Golden Globe Awards-the good partners back and forth a bit, creating suspense and laughter, and then Chris broke down. He opened the envelope, glanced at it, and announced with a bright smile, "Jennifer Jefferson, "A Week with Monroe"!"
Competitors all showed well-prepared smiles, and congratulated Jennifer amid applause and cheers from the audience. Tonight, she was wearing a blue and white tulle dress, with blonde hair combed back, looking energetic Jennifer, with a decent smile, got up confidently and shook hands with her companions, then walked onto the podium and took the trophy from Zachary.
"Thank you very much, thank you very much," it can be seen that the Golden Globe Award was already expected for her, so Jennifer did not appear very excited-this is also in line with her past performance, Jennifer She has never been the kind of emotional award recipient. Except for the last Oscar for Best Picture, even in the one that won two Oscars, she never lost her composure in a real sense. "Thank you very much Hollywood Foreign Press Association."
She pursed her lips, and greeted the audience with a decent smile, "Thank you to my colleagues and friends, the very handsome Salvi Tucci——"
Salvi Tucci, who will surely pick the most fashionable dress tonight, is indeed extremely handsome, raised his glass to her, and slapped her gently. The camera circles again, then cuts back to Jennifer's face after Salvi doesn't follow up.
"Ah..." Goldie in front of the TV couldn't help but let out a sigh: Jennifer was very decent when she mentioned Salvi, and she didn't see any emotional fluctuations at all. Goldie, who is in love, is very disappointed. It seems that they have made up their minds to let this relationship go underground. Of course, it is more likely that this relationship is temporary, and it is indeed in a period of suspension-this is for Hollywood. It is commonplace for celebrities, many actors and lovers are having fun during filming, and return to normal life once the crew wraps up. However, this still disappoints Gotti, who is a little curious about the scandal and wants to prove that she is still so sharp and wise.
"There is also my colleague and friend, Simon Roemer, who is also very charming and fascinated me..."
Simon grinned, and gave Jennifer on the stage a heart-warming expression, indicating that he was greatly touched. The audience laughed, and Jennifer also showed a decent smile. And the professional fast tone thanked the colleagues of the crew and the family of the original author Colin.
"...and finally, I would like to thank my partner Cesare Vijari." When the speech was about to end, she also mentioned a name that was quite well-known in a small circle recently—and when she read When she said this name, Jennifer's expression changed. Her smile—a polite smile that had always been on the corner of her mouth, suddenly turned into a toothy smile. Her elegant expression seemed to be infused into the soul, and suddenly became vivid. Standing up, let people realize how polite and formulaic her expression was before, and even her tone of voice contained a deep smile. Jennifer seemed to have used a lot of effort to maintain her decency The tone of voice, but even so, people can still easily tell how hard and how reluctant her disguise is——
"You are my partner all the time, you have been by my side since I was a girl who had nothing but dreams..." Jennifer paused, her eyes were full of emotion and looked at the audience A certain direction—but the camera did not cut to the person mentioned as usual, but kept anxiously on Jennifer's face, "Thank you for your company r, and I hope this company can go on forever."
She nodded lightly to the audience again, then walked off the podium leisurely amidst some sparse applause, and returned to the crew members, while Goldie in front of the TV watched her step off the stage The figure of the audience murmured the aspirations of the audience at the moment. "what—the——"
She didn't say the word *, but replaced the word with raised eyebrows - no wonder Cesare Vijri left caa, no wonder he got CEO as soon as he entered the dream Location...
"*!" Thinking of this, Goldie finally cursed out, "It seems that they are really married, this gold digger boy——no wonder he doesn't like Jennifer Bell, it turns out he was waiting for her This is the type!"