Hollywood Domination Chapter 246: Another year of Oscars
"Do you know the result?" In the mansion in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Goldie Han made a gesture to his daughter Kate Hudson, signaling her to put the teacup aside, while he himself Continue to concentrate on inquiring with the old friend on the other end of the phone about the topic that the whole of Los Angeles is concerned about recently, "Has the new contract been passed? God knows, if this continues, the entire awards season will be ruined."
What she is discussing is not a new contract related to herself or her relatives, but a more important contract-the draft contract of the Hollywood Screenwriters Guild and the Producers Guild. This draft was tentatively approved by the Screenwriters Union a few days ago, but it is still completely unknown whether the screenwriters will approve the contract and end the strike with a show of hands. After all, the distribution of cakes in this contract cannot be said to be completely consistent. The Producers Association has made some concessions in terms of interests for the goals proposed at the beginning of the strike, but it can only be said that they have achieved something, and the screenwriters still have a great possibility to want more.
Goldie is right. The general strike that has lasted for 14 weeks has actually ruined this year's awards season. It should be measured in billions. Countless outpost awards either announced the cancellation of the awards, or just announced the list of winners, all because of the full support of the Screen Writers Union, which made the awards ceremony less star-studded than nothing. Now that the Oscars are only two weeks away, if the screenwriters union is still not satisfied with the new contract and decides to go on strike, then in the remaining two weeks, SAG will face very difficult choices—supporting the screenwriters union is a motion within SAG , in order to pave the way for sag's new contract negotiations. It is not as simple as someone ordering to overturn this decision. A consensus must be reached within the union. Once this conclusion cannot be reached within a week, sag can only implement The original decision called for members to refuse to attend the Oscars.
Once the Oscar awards ceremony is also forced to be cancelled, it means that Hollywood's infighting has reached a point where it is difficult to end--Oscar is the last facade of Hollywood, and its political significance is much stronger than that of all other awards , it is even more related to the profits of many Olympic films and the fame of the actors who are competing for the Olympics. Whether as an Oscar judge or as a member of sag, Goldie is not happy to see things go to this point. Once there is a precedent, every year in the future If the awards season starts to go on strike, there will be so many unions in the film and television industry in Hollywood, will there be an end to this kind of thing?
"Yes, I understand your concern," Michael Douglas said with a relaxed smile on the other end of the phone, "Don't worry, Goldie, you just love to worry—sag has already put pressure on the screenwriters union, If the trouble continues like this, it will be of no benefit to anyone. If the screenwriters don't want to be thrown aside, they can only accept this pretty good contract. Work has been suspended for 14 weeks, and many screenwriters are paid on a weekly basis. If it continues to drag on, the remaining half of the season will be lost, and it will also affect their own income."
The writers union's strike is getting bigger and bigger. In addition to the suspension of American dramas, a large part of the reason is SAG's side drum, which directly affects various award ceremonies. If SAG withdraws from the strike, Oscar can get rid of the screenwriters. , directly held a bustling awards ceremony, and the screenwriters union could only be left out in the cold in embarrassment. Furthermore, the reason why we chose to go on strike in December is also because most American dramas are on winter break at this time, and the strike has continued until now. According to common sense, most American dramas should return. If it is delayed for another two months, the summer break will come soon. It's just started. Will the TV station resume work or not? If you decide not to resume work, the screenwriter will directly lose half a year's income, which is also a considerable loss for many screenwriters. Therefore, the public is still quite optimistic about today's voting results.
"Mom," Kate suddenly pulled Ragotie's elbow and turned up the volume of the TV. Under the CNN logo, a reporter was standing in front of the office building of the Screenwriters Union, saying with a happy face , "The voting results have come out, and the screenwriters union has officially decided to stop the strike..."
"Huh——" Goldie let out a long breath of relief, she didn't listen to those clichés anymore, but turned down the volume of the TV again, and started chatting with Michael again. "It's only been two weeks. Most of the ballots should have been mailed out. How about it, Michael, who do you think will be the actress this year?"
"What do you think?" Michael didn't answer, but instead asked Goldie, "Who did you choose? Who called you?"
"Believe it or not," Goldie said, "I haven't had anyone call me this year—I guess it's going to be a very unpredictable year, honestly, for the better part of a few months, My mind is not on the Oscars at all."
"Who said it wasn't?" Michael snorted, "I guess most of the judges are also catching their eyes. Those old men, without other people's guidance, they can't vote well at all."
Generally speaking, the public relations campaign about the Oscars is always multi-pronged. Candidates who are interested in winning the awards generally have to do the following things. First, attend various commercial public relations banquets and possible Oscars. The judges are soliciting friendship and votes. Second, the public relations outpost awards are used to build momentum. The more outpost awards they win, the greater the momentum, and the higher the possibility of the judges being affected. Third, fight for the headlines on the page. It would be even better if the news broke the news. At this time, the marketing must be all positive marketing, and there must be no anti-hype gossip. Fourth, send PR to personally publicize the judges, persuade them to watch the film and vote for themselves. Of course, since most of the Sentinel Awards are voted by film critics, in fact, public relations activities have already begun since the filming started. Various public relations will start, which has formed a complete industrial chain. Even if the status is as high as Daniel Day-Lewis, it is absolutely impossible to jump out of these four channels. Maybe because of his status, he does not need to attend business banquets by himself, and he does not need to make headlines, but the film crew must do a good job in public relations for outpost awards , and looking for companies to spend money to convince the judges—however, this year, very rarely, almost all of the 5,000 Oscar judges were left out in the cold. Lun, he is so indifferent to public relations activities. Even the fourth channel, which is usually in full swing, seems extremely deserted this year. Gotie received some DVDs in his mailbox, but that's all. The phenomenon simply disappeared this year, as if people had suddenly forgotten about the Oscars.
Actually, it’s not wrong to say that. After all, almost all of the four public relations channels this year have been blocked—not to mention the public relations banquet. No one will hold a banquet during the strike wave. It was hard to find people to participate. As for the Sentinel Awards, when there was no awards ceremony and the news was dominated by strikes, how could the judges have to look seriously at who would win the award from an inconspicuous page? The same is true for the third pipeline. Toutiao has almost exclusively been on strike in the past two months. Only a few of the most important outpost awards get the headline treatment, but even so, they must tell everyone in the headline: Because of the strike, they canceled the awards ceremony.
As for the fourth channel, no one is using it. The film studios pay, and the Oscars may be cancelled, and most of the energy was attracted by the strike last month, how many film studios are willing to allocate budget for public relations? At most, it is to send some DVDs, like in some years, it is impossible to reproduce the situation of burning money and public relations for prizes. And now, although the strike is over, the deadline for voting is imminent. Most of the judges, it should be very rare, rely on their own independent judgment to vote. Who has the best hope of winning the award, except for a few very certain awards. Other than that, it's really hard to say.
"Daniel should be the best actor." Goldie said affirmatively, "This award should not be a surprise. It is a precedent for an actor to occupy two nominations in the same year, I think he should have received two nominations."
"The final statistical result is only a little bit short." Michael also said, "It was a little bit close to making history, but I think he will definitely win an Oscar if he can't make an own goal under the new rules."
After the surprise and embarrassing Oscars in 2006, the academy changed the award rules internally, and now only the best film is left in the awards that still apply the multiple vote counting rules, and the rest of the awards have returned to simple'one vote One person', the official reason is that it is easier to operate this way, but of course Goldie knows that this is to prevent everyone from playing off again like the one in 2006...
She smiled silently, "What about the Best Actress? Jennifer Jefferson probably won't have a chance this year, right?"
"I really don't know." Michael said honestly, "Since you also understand the situation this year, you should know that without the data sheet of PR company, just a few phone calls can't explain anything at all. We are the only ones who are still concerned about these things. Those guys who are a little younger—those guys who are still acting, who are not following up on the progress of the negotiations wholeheartedly? This is different from previous years. What is going on outside now is related to their vital interests.”
Goldi also understands this truth. Even she, because of her daughter, is very concerned about the details of the new contract, "What is the difference between that new contract, Michael, can you explain it to me again? I really I'm a little confused..."
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"This year's best actor should be Daniel." Just as Goldi and his old friends were gossiping about this year's Olympic awards, Brad Pitt just threw the remote control in his hand on the table, His girlfriend, who was pregnant with Liujia, said, "There will be no accidents...he took advantage too much."
Like Goldie, once it was confirmed that the strike was officially over, he immediately turned his attention to the Oscars, which had been a secondary conflict until then.
"Don't be so sure." Angelina Jolie frowned. "Maybe there are still variables. You will never know what choice Oscar made until the moment of the lottery draw."
"This year's Oscar PR is almost zero, I bet the judges are still thinking about when he won the Venice Best Actor," Pete said in a quite calm tone, "plus he has two excellent works this year, "Scarlet" It's Coming" and "Michael Clayton" both nominated for Best Director and Best Picture..."
Although she tried her best to conceal it, Jolie could still hear the anger in Brad's words: When George Clooney quit, Brad Pitt was the first thing the film crew thought of, and Pitt was really interested in this role. He was very interested. He had wanted to work with Jennifer Jefferson for a while. If it wasn't for his brother's face, why would Pete have auditioned? Maybe the role would have fallen to him? Maybe he could have sparks with Jennifer? If this is the case, this year he will have a stable share in Otiko, and once he is shortlisted, he will not waste resources like this. He will not go to public relations at all. It has not been a year or two for him to go to the Olympics. Just because of a choice, he missed a great opportunity like this. If Brad has no resentment in his heart, it is too **** him.
"It's meaningless to talk about what has already happened." She calmly turned over a page of the magazine and told her boyfriend, "I advise you not to show displeasure when you see George. In next year's "" In The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, you still need to borrow his power and take a long-term view, Brad, maybe this movie will bring you your first Oscar..."
Brad smiled reluctantly, but was not appeased by his girlfriend's words. He opened his mouth and wanted to speak—he was not so optimistic about next year's Oscars. David Fincher has never been liked by the Oscar judges. Well, his "Fifth Sally" became the best actor and actress, but he didn't even get Otti. From this point of view, the best actor and actress should rely on the power behind Jennifer Jefferson. After all, he didn't believe that Jennifer and Christopher had **** later, and the two must have had a hot fight during filming, so they could shoot such a bed scene. Without Jennifer, it is hard to say whether Fincher will still be favored. Besides, next year Jennifer will have a blockbuster drama "A Week with Marilyn Monroe", which is still the subject of a biopic that the judges like very much. This made Brad feel uncontrollably ominous. Although he was aiming for the best actor, it was supposed that there would be no conflict with Jennifer, but... who can say for sure? In such a complicated game and public relations process, maybe he was crushed by Jennifer's team out of other considerations? After all, they are not without grievances. George Clooney has a cold relationship with Jennifer. He is George's good friend and has rejected the audition invitation for "Michael"...
However, after glancing at his girlfriend, he swallowed the words again before saying: Because of the close relationship between Jennifer Jefferson and his ex-wife Aniston, Aniston has collaborated with Big Dream in two films Movies, "Marley and Me" is still in hot production, and Aniston even won an Otie with "Old Friends with Money". It is not sure whether there is Jefferson's power behind him. He and Julie are destined to It is impossible to get close to Jefferson and try to shake hands and make peace. In this case, there is no more point in saying this than to make them unhappy, isn't it?
"Forget it, we'll think about it next year." He shrugged, gloating to bring the topic to another unlucky guy, "Anyway, I'm not the one who's most angry now, the Oscars are confirmed to be held , this news will definitely make George very uncomfortable..."
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In a luxurious manor in the south of France, George Clooney took his hand away from his girlfriend's waist and was calmly answering the phone. From the outside, he didn't show any sign of displeasure, "I know Yes, yes, thanks for calling...don't say that, Andy, keep in touch."
After hanging up the phone, he stared at the phone in his hand for a while, his handsome face was expressionless, only his breathing rate was a little faster than usual, and the crow's feet in the corners of his eyes seemed to be deeper than usual.
"George?" His female companion asked curiously in English with a strong French accent, "An important call?"
"Yeah." George woke up suddenly from his contemplation. He smiled at his female partner with a heavy heart, stood up from the deck chair, and walked to the other side of the pool. Turn on the phone and press a few buttons.
"Moore, it's me, George," he said hurriedly as soon as the other party picked up, "I need you to put a few more reports on her mental state, and I want the whole world to know that she is crazy Edge, yes, the more horrifying the story, the better, and more hype about her and Christopher, saying that the reason why Chris broke up with her was because she couldn't stand her madness...start from this tone."
He paused, then added, "Also, let's post some articles from another angle, just talk about her being a member of sag, but she escaped conflict by going abroad to work, once the strike is over, Just dress up and go back to China to win the award, yes, implying that she lacks a sense of responsibility, dig her charity fund, if there is a scandal, it would be the best..."
Hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, his expression was a bit dark, and he said almost impatiently, "I see, the money will definitely arrive in your account on time, after I read the report - remember, The higher the publication level, the richer the reward."
Hanging up the phone fiercely, George didn't know what to think about with a sullen face. After a while, he suddenly threw the phone to the ground viciously, and yelled at the empty swimming pool, "holy* !”
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"—avoiding all conflict, Jennifer Jefferson is home dressed for the Oscars," Jennifer Bell grimaced, raised her voice, and read over the dinner table, "During the strike, Jennifer Fern never took a stand, more or less a sign that the actress has the social acumen of her birth, knowing that if she stayed in Hollywood, her dual identities as producer and actress would put her in an embarrassing situation. In order to protect her interests, Jennifer did not hesitate to give up the image of a good girl with a sense of responsibility, and did not return to Hollywood for half a year, but stayed in New Zealand and the UK-oh, I like this report !”
She turned sideways to give space to her fiancé, Georgia, "The only regret is that the photo shows her in good spirits - of course, if the photo is not beautiful enough, I think her omnipotent pr They will not be published online."
"Jane," Georgia reproached mildly, and Bell rolled his eyes again. "Okay, okay, I understand: we have reconciled, and there is no need to target her—"
Indeed, after Jennifer Jefferson won two Oscars, her and Jennifer Bell's development path has completely gone in two directions. What Jennifer Jefferson wants now is to maintain her own world Status, after the end of "Pirates", develop a new blockbuster commercial film to prove her acting skills. She and her company have participated in big productions and big casts, and they have already moved towards the super a-list that can compete with the film studios. As for Bell, although she also has commercial films with stable profits in her hands, the box office volume is small, her popularity has passed its peak, and she has no Oscar nominations. Those who will share investment with Jennifer Jefferson, For Bell, the blockbuster movie that Li hired to join is a good opportunity for her to fight for it so that she can return to the a-list.
——Since the levels of the two people are completely different, there is no competition between them. No matter how much Bell is jealous of her, it will not help. Or instead, if this is the case, it is the most beneficial deployment to focus her limited energy on her current competitors. The more attention is paid to Jennifer, the more it will delay Bell from doing her own thing. If she doesn't understand the truth at all, and just immerses herself in jealousy and regret, then she will only go downhill and fail more and more. In fact, it's not that Bell doesn't understand this truth, but her jealousy towards Jennifer is also deep-rooted. Even though she is an insider, she fully understands how the media can scribble, but seeing that Jennifer didn't have a nervous breakdown, on the contrary, her complexion When it seemed to be quite good, she still couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.
"To be honest, I really thought she was half crazy." She said to her fiancé, "They said that "Michael Clayton" was a very evil movie, and several leading actors were crazy, you see , George had to quit because of mental problems, Daniel—everyone knows about his problems, and she, too, the recording came out shortly after the performance, don’t tell me, sometimes this kind of thing really has to be believed.”
Georgia gave his fiancée a gentle reproachful look, "Okay, compared to this, I advise you to pay more attention to your style that day, dear, you are not fancy Dior's haute couture Has it been a while?"
"Oh, you reminded me." Bell didn't want to talk any more: as her popularity gradually waned, she became more and more obedient to Georgia, "I have to call the PR and talk about this matter." Get it done sooner, but it shouldn't be a problem, after all, if the golden ball hadn't been cancelled, I would have worn it long ago..."
She glanced at the screen and sneered childishly at Jennifer Jefferson, who was calmly smiling in the photo: "Georgia, you're right, sometimes it's not a good thing to get an Oscar too early, see Look now, we all still have the goal and hope of competing in the Olympics, but she can only attend the accompanying run again and again. She is nominated, but has no hope of winning the award. She can only watch others win the Oscar... I think it's also helpful for her mental state, isn't it?"
"Okay, ok." Georgia rolled her eyes and said angrily, "We all know that you are determined to win the Oscar next year...Can you go and call, dear Jennifer?"
After seeing off his fiancée, he shook his head with a smile, just glanced at the news curiously, and then closed the web page: Bell is actually quite reasonable, after winning two Oscars at once, at least five In six years, Jennifer Jefferson's sense of presence will only be nominated. Compared with her, he pays more attention to the best film and best director prediction results - but Universal has a film nominated for this link , They are still losing money until now. Whether they can turn losses into profits depends on the movie itself. How much sense of presence can be gained at the Oscar ceremony...
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When the world readjusted its mood and began to pay attention to the Oscars and the stars associated with them—especially Jennifer Jefferson, who was nominated for an Oscar for the second time and had just broken up with her boyfriend, Jenny herself was I have no time to worry about the Oscars, which have already been settled: Since the two actors were unable to participate in the Oscar PR due to their own circumstances, the entire crew has been in a state of resignation to the awards, and everyone has successfully completed their goals by getting the Otis. , most of Daniel can win the best actor, and Jenny is also happy for him. She won’t win the award. Everyone agrees on this point. Most of Tony won’t win the best director. As for the best picture, What matters more is Warner. For her, it was hard to find time to go back to Los Angeles. In just a few days, she had too much to do.
"So, this is the distribution strategy we have chosen for "Marley and Me." In Dameng's office, the head of the distribution department, whom Jenny had only met a few times, ended his statement, "If we adopt this In terms of strategy, the overall release budget will be..."
"Marley and Me" is a pet movie with a special theme. Its distribution strategy is also somewhat different from ordinary movies. For example, it will focus on advertising investment for dog-raising families, and cooperate with dog food manufacturers for promotion , which also makes its distribution budget higher. While listening to the presentation, Jenny recalled the company's current cash situation in her mind-she couldn't help rubbing her temples: In order to match her jet lag, the meeting was moved to the evening, But even so, she still feels a strong headache now. The more she tried to recall that particular number, the more distracted she became, and she couldn't even hear other people's words clearly.
The company's current account should only be... oh my god, her headache is terrible... only a few million dollars. The share paid in advance should be enough to cope with the pre-release work of "Marley and Me"...
"...Jenny!"
Someone pushed her arm. Jenny jumped up.
"What!" she said, and suddenly found that the meeting room was almost empty, "——what's going on? Where is the person? I—"
Although she has already realized that she has lost her mind, Jenny definitely does not feel that she has been in a daze for such a long time, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated: What is this? Short-term memory loss? Could it be that she lost her memory just now, or made a big fuss in the meeting room——
"I let them go." Cesare said, still crossing his fingers, sitting on her lower head, staring at her with a pair of blue eyes, "You just fell asleep."
"Oh—" Jenny said, greatly relieved, then a little embarrassed, "I guess it might be jet lag—sorry, you know, the long flight is really tiring."
"Hmm." Cesare seemed unmoved, he nodded, and continued to look deeply at Jenny, "I think we should have a good chat, what do you think, Jefferson? "
Jenny moistened her lips, and felt a little nervous under Cesare's eyes—she knew that she couldn't hide her strange behavior from Cesare, if it wasn't for her not returning to the country during this time, and Cesare did indeed... □ Wushu, maybe this conversation will happen a long time ago. However, when she returned to China, she did take a chance and wanted to get away with it. Now, she is like a primary school student who failed the exam. She feels all over in front of the teacher. Uncomfortable, with little place to stay.
"...Okay." She said deathly, "It seems that we should have a good chat, shouldn't we?"