Hollywood Domination Chapter 251: Hero’s Hymn
Jennifer Jefferson's third statuette!
Oscar awards ended, "No Country for Old Men" and "Michael Clayton" were evenly divided, and Jennifer Jefferson became the youngest winner
Jennifer Jefferson ridicules media rumors, 'Maybe I should really check my head'
Jennifer Jefferson was so excited to receive the award, her eyes were red, and she embraced her mentor Sidney Pollack
Two generations of inheritance, Sidney Pollack gave the glory to Jennifer Jefferson
Inventory of the most Oscars in history, Jennifer Jefferson may become the youngest winner of the third award
"No Country for Old Men" was recognized, and the Coen brothers and Jennifer Jefferson tied
Daniel Day-Lewis won the second Oscar, won the Best Actor after 18 years, he and Jennifer Jefferson will cooperate again
Jennifer Jefferson won the award, and Sidney Pollack affirmed his production ability. "A Week with Monroe" is very exciting
Hollywood's most powerful actress? Jennifer Jefferson's award acceptance speech was affirmed by women's rights organizations, "She is the most exciting new generation Hollywood actress since the new millennium"
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On February 25, 2008, the entertainment headlines of major newspapers and magazines were naturally occupied by the Oscars. A topic of relish. This year's Oscars are indeed very topical, and there are just a few hot spots: Jennifer Jefferson won the Oscar, almost the youngest producer to win the Oscar, Daniel Day-Lewis won the best actor again, This year's two works were shortlisted for the best film, the dominance is clear at a glance, and the Coen Brothers won the Oscar affirmation, which shows the change of Oscar's taste. Only five years ago, no one could have imagined that "No Country for Old Men" could win the best director...
At the same time, the ratings data of the Oscars has also become the focus of attention of industry insiders and media people-the ratings are the most powerful interpretation of the influence of the Oscars, and even the instantaneous ratings will become the basis for judging the status of the awards themselves With strong evidence, why is it said that the six Oscars are the most concerned? Because at the time of the awarding of these six awards, the number of viewers is often the highest in the audience. Many popular stars will be arranged to present technical awards, just to balance the ratings. The ratings data should not be too different from the data of awards such as 'Best Actor and Actor'.
Generally speaking, this year's Oscar ratings are not optimistic. Because of the strike incident, all major TV stations are rebroadcasting old works, and the major TV series of ABC TV, which has obtained the broadcasting rights, have not broadcast new episodes. Oscar promotion The number of ratings for the Emmys and Grammys held before the Oscars was quite poor, and the Oscars should be no exception. However, the real data still surprised everyone—the ratings of the Oscars in 2008 were the lowest in history, that is, since the statistics of viewers began in 1974, the average audience of this year’s Oscars was 29 million. , Compared with last year, it has dropped by about 20%, which is even worse than the 2003 session when everything was kept simple in the context of war.
From the point of view of the instantaneous peak ratings, the audience peaked between 8:30 and 9:30 East Coast time, and the 32 million viewers were still acceptable, but after that the ratings dropped all the way until Before the end of the ceremony, the four awards such as the best actor and actress were picked up. After "Michael Clayton" won the best picture, the number of viewers rose back to 31 million in an instant, making the six awards maintain their own face , not even the previous miscellaneous awards - although the ratings of the miscellaneous awards are good, it should be entirely because they are awarded during the prime time.
There are many reasons for the low ratings. Judging from the arrangement of the party itself, the whole party was unremarkable, lacking in laughs and exciting performances, which is considered to be a large part of the reason for the low ratings. After all, 32 million The population still watched the Oscars during the prime time, which showed that they were still interested and did not insist on watching, which should be the reason why the show itself was too boring and made people sleepy. This is the second time for Jon Stewart to host the Oscars. His hosting was criticized as 'unremarkable'. However, the media did not fully blame him, because the host's script belongs to the scope of the screenwriter's work, and after the strike stopped The preparation time is considered to be the culprit for the party being too boring.
In addition, the overall aesthetics of the Oscars and the public are getting more and more biased, which has attracted the attention of many media this year. Looking at the ratings of the Oscars over the years, every commercial masterpiece has won multiple nominations , the number of viewers can always be pushed to a height of 40 million or 50 million, and in recent years, except for "The Departed" in 2007, the Oscars have not seen a situation where the orientation of the judges and the interests of the public are consistent for many years. Among the few nominated films this year, except for "Juno" and "Michael Clayton", which did well at the box office, the box office of the other films was somewhat embarrassing, and most of the nominated actors were relatively unpopular among the public. A very convincing data curve is that after 11:30, the two viewing peaks both appeared in the awards related to Jennifer Jefferson. In the best actress awarding session, the number of viewers increased from 2700 to 2,700. 10,000 rose to 30.5 million, and then the number of viewers dropped back to 29 million for the Best Actor and Best Director sessions. It was obvious that some people switched channels to watch other things. It was not until the best movie was announced that the number of viewers rose back to 31 million. , and has been maintained until the end.
Considering that a large part of the audience is likely to be on the TV and doing other things at the same time, the change in the number of millions of viewers does not simply tell everyone that Jennifer has millions of people who only care about her. Fans, on the contrary, the fluctuation of 2 million is enough to illustrate a terrible fact: Without Jennifer Jefferson, the four major awards are not even as attractive to the audience as the late-night shows that are broadcast in time slots. People would rather switch to watch a late-night episode Talk shows, or reruns of TV shows, don't care who wins the two awards for best actor and best director.
Of course, this is not because Jennifer has too many fans, but the public awareness of the rest of the nominated actors and movies is already too low. , the Oscar's influence will inevitably continue to decline, after all, when people don't even know who the Oscar nominees are and what movies they starred in, what incentive do they have to watch the awards ceremony to recognize the authority of the award What about sex?
"This means that with the development of the film industry today, there has been an unavoidable alienation between the tastes of professionals and the general public," the New Yorker column commented sharply. "This aesthetic difference is developing extremely rapidly in the new millennium. This should be attributed to the rapid development of computer special effects. There are fewer and fewer films that can unify artistic and commercial aspects. With the diversification of entertainment methods, the film industry will be hit unprecedentedly. With the development of dvd and television, People will rely less and less on the big screen in movie theaters, and it will become more and more difficult for them to enter the movie theater. Perhaps in the future, the Emmy Awards will be more concerned and more authoritative than the Oscars. After all, if Without Jennifer Jefferson, who can say that they have seen the best actress Oscar? Have you seen "La Vie en Rose"? Or "Beautiful Flowers"? Maybe we should thank Jennifer Jefferson and Ellen Peggy, they saved the popularity of the Oscars, and made the public care about what we were doing in the Kodak Theater..."
Yes, people suddenly discovered how farsighted Jennifer's decision to continue acting in commercial films after winning the Oscar was. Among the six candidates for the Grand Prix, she is not so much the most popular one. , it would be better to say that she is the only one with nationality. As the female star who can drive the box office the most since the new millennium, she continues to make progress in the field of commercial films, which does not actually prevent her from producing exciting classic films—just Instead, the strategy has helped her no-nonsense films do surprisingly well at the box office.
"If Karen is replaced, if we choose Meryl Streep, will "Michael Clayton" still get a global box office of 100 million? Although we have no doubt that May Lil's ability and even her age may be more suitable to play Karen, but one thing is certain: Jennifer Jefferson brought global attention to this movie, she brought more people into the theater, Watching movies they wouldn't otherwise watch, thinking about things they wouldn't otherwise think about, she got more people into the door of serious movies — and for that, we should thank her for those mindless action movies, shouldn't we? "The film critic Colm Andrew, who originally criticized "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", wrote in his blog, "It seems that she will carry out this strategy to the end, before "A Week with Monroe" and "Nine" , she plans to use "Iron Man" to reward her fans, and I have to say, because of this, I have a more tolerant attitude towards her possible paleness..."
Since Jennifer unexpectedly won two Oscars in 2006, the controversy surrounding her has never ceased, and when she was 27 years old, she won the third, which is the most important Oscar award. Surprisingly, the voice of the debate was much lower than before. After the Oscar ratings data was released, most of the commentary articles began to change their direction, praising them for their stinking in the past two years. The head of the Jennifer Jefferson, "New York Times" regardless of their gossip website has just published a series of 'Jennifer Jefferson obsessed with Salvi Tucci, mental breakdown needs recuperation' news, Began to publicly praise Jennifer. Jefferson's contribution to the film industry, as well as her outstanding business talent. "This best film is just the tip of the iceberg of her commercial ability. As an investor and company president, Jennifer Jefferson's talent far exceeds the imagination of ordinary people. Her production company is by no means the star studio we imagined. Serving only around Jennifer Jefferson herself, on the contrary, it is active enough to attract the attention of most of its peers. Jennifer Jefferson is like a tireless gold mining machine, creating an endless stream of resources for her company. The investment cost of "Unlucky Cupid", "Old Friends Are Rich", "Twilight", "Marley and Me" are the investment results of this small company in the past few years, "Twilight" ", "Marley and Me" are entirely produced by Dameng solely with an investment of tens of millions. This semi-independent film company already has the strength to produce two films worth tens of millions at the same time..."
d also ignored his sensational headline half a month ago, "Jennifer Jefferson and Christopher Hanks are rekindling their love, and Salvi Tucci is jealous? ’, touting her greatness in breaking Hollywood’s sexist glass ceiling and achieving legendary success in a patriarchal industry, “In Hollywood, no actress has climbed to the height of power that Jennifer Jefferson now has, Her ambition for the production industry is applauded. In Hollywood, we see many great actors who are also great producers and directors. However, few actresses can overcome this obstacle. Jennifer's appearance makes up It took her 7 years to walk from the slums to the Kodak Theater, just as Sidney Pollack said in the post-meeting interview, we also want to see how high she can go.”
Among the many influential media and websites, now only tmz has not joined the frenzy of touting her, but has tirelessly released videos related to Jennifer Jefferson as always——When Jennifer Jefferson When Ferson was blacked out, TMZ posted videos and candid photos about her. Now that Jennifer has become the perfect person in New America, TMZ is still posting videos and candid pictures about her. This kind of alternative Persistence, to some extent, can be regarded as a professional attitude...
"I'm very happy for her, words can't describe my happiness." Josh Blanche, who has another girlfriend and is performing a stage play on Broadway, said in the video, "Of course I called her, We'll have dinner together when I get back to Hollywood, if she's free."
"I'm so proud of j.j," said Christopher Hanks, "I'm even happier that she proved to everyone that the mental illness rumors were bullshit, she's been a very brave and tough girl, well done , goj.j."
"Oh, yes, I watched the live broadcast, and I am also happy for her." George Clooney, who was blocked in Las Vegas, smiled broadly, "Yes, I also regret that I couldn't Go to the scene to congratulate, I hope we have time to get together, I love you too, Jennifer, and look forward to our next cooperation."
"Will Jennifer and Daniel's Oscars give me more confidence in "9"? Of course." Rob Marshall even became the target of the paparazzi, he said helplessly, "She is I have seen the best and most professional actors and producers, and I am very much looking forward to working with her again."
"I'm happy for her..."
"She is a very nice person..."
It is not unreasonable to say that she is the new American perfect person. As long as the stars who can be related to Jennifer Jefferson are almost all asked by the paparazzi about her opinion of winning the award—— No one said anything bad about her, not even her ex-boyfriends. They all expressed their congratulations seriously and sincerely. It was obvious at a glance that Jennifer Jefferson and their relationship were very important. It was maintained quite well, not to mention colleagues such as Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Ryan, none of them did not speak well of her. After she won the best movie, when the media re-examined Jennifer Jefferson from a new perspective, they suddenly discovered that this girl has been in love twice in the 7 years since her debut, and she does not take drugs, alcohol, or Going to nightclubs, enthusiastic about charity, strong in career ability, amiable and well-known, even won 3 Oscars at the age of 27, and did not provoke ridicule. All colleagues sincerely wished, and the seniors even gave their best support... If such a person can't become a model and benchmark in the entertainment industry, who else can?
Although the tabloids are still using this to hype the issue of Jennifer's birth mother and virginity ring (some people have claimed that Jennifer's virginity ring is fake for several years, they dated her when she was a girl, as for her birth mother Candidates emerge in endlessly), but now, no one cares about these anymore, and even the groups that have always been demanding on Jennifer have quietly changed their attitudes amidst the media bombardment of praise. Attitude...
"Geez, j.j is so cool," several children were yelling around a notebook when Amanda walked into the restaurant with dinner, "she's cooler than Angelina Jolie !”
"Of course," Amanda's eldest daughter said contemptuously, "Angelina doesn't even have an Oscar, and J.J already has three!"
Amanda looked over the children's heads and glanced at the screen. The video of Jennifer's speech after winning the Oscar was being shown on YouTube. After the mother appeared, the children pressed pause, and she held up the image of the statuette in her hand It was also fixed——
Shaking her head slightly, but without commenting, Amanda put the large bowl of pasta in the center of the table, "It's time to eat, children."
Several children immediately gathered at the dining table, and her second son filled a plate full of pasta for himself, and stretched out his hands to his brothers and sisters—there were still people sharing the meal, and everyone was waiting for the meal During the busy silence of praying, he suddenly said, "I will also be an actor like j.j in the future."
The whole family paused for a moment, and Amanda and several older children looked at him in disbelief—but just a moment later, the eldest daughter burst out laughing, and within seconds, the dining table was full of people. Even Amanda couldn't help laughing.
"It's good to have dreams," she said, "you can add this to your prayers, right now—Lord, thank you for giving us food..."
During the pre-dinner prayers, she was distracted and kept thinking about household chores: the eldest's cello lesson, the third's soccer team training...
The picture of Jennifer holding up the statuette on the Oscar stage, her eyes flushed, suddenly emerged from memory, and Amanda seemed to hear her thank-you speech again in her ear - "Movies have changed everything about me!"
Slightly opening one eye, she glanced at her second son: I'd better call the teacher of the drama club tomorrow, and hope this time, for Jennifer's sake, he can hold on longer... If she It would be nice to have a child like Jennifer...
Unlike Amanda, a fan like Jon who has never wavered from the beginning to the end is naturally as happy as a holiday during this time. ——When Jennifer gave a speech that day, many girls in Jon’s skype group cried. As fans who have accompanied Jennifer along the way, no one knows Jennifer’s hard work and bitterness better than them, and no one understands Jennifer’s hard work and bitterness better than them , How rare are Jennifer's tears. After two consecutive years of questioning, since the release of "Michael Clayton", they have had the refreshing feeling of turning around, and after the Oscars, this feeling of "going from the bottom to the top" is even more obvious. See When the media changed their tone and began to praise Jennifer wildly, the fans were even happier than themselves being affirmed. What Jennifer's encounter brought to them was not envy, jealousy, helplessness or regret, but a sense of inspiration of "relying on hard work and talent to defeat doubts head-on". This kind of positive emotional feedback has made many fans gradually lose their fans Members returned to the community, enthusiastically discussing the upcoming "Iron Man" and "Monroe", which is expected to be released at the end of the year. Jon can feel from many subtle places that Jennifer's popularity has ushered in Just like two years ago, overnight, she became the topic of discussion for everyone in North America. If we say last time, people were more incredible, skeptical, and needed fans to be idols. Justify, tell everyone that Jennifer deserves these two awards, then this time, the momentum is unbelievably good, fans don't even need to persuade anything, this miracle has been accepted by the public very smoothly, and now, they are even better than the fans To look forward to the upcoming "Iron Man" and to see Jennifer perform a miracle again, on the contrary, fans are desperately calling for a "rational look" within the community, lest the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
"The thing that makes me most happy about this matter is that it turns out that I am right." Although two or three days have passed, when Jon thought of Oscar, he still felt a surge of heat from the bottom of his heart to his fingertips. Jian, "I said long ago that J.J's production of "Monroe" was definitely not impulsive. "Monroe" will definitely not be a bad movie. That's right—J.J's production ability is so strong, it is impossible not to choose a good director and actors, we can look forward to the release of "Monroe" with peace of mind."
"Yes." The skpye group has not been so lively for a long time, and the speeches rushed into the screen, "Do you know what makes me most happy about this matter? The media can shut up from now on, j.j can quietly make her new movie, can't she? Seriously, it breaks my heart when she's saying 'becoming a star has a lot of pain too', come to think of it, I don't know three How did she survive a month ago..."
"Yeah, yeah, that's very pleasing too."
"Did any of you get a ticket for the "Iron Man" preview?"
"Who lives in London? I hear j.j might be going to the London Film Festival..."
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When fans cheered for Jennifer's achievements and returned one after another, when the industry readjusted its evaluation of Jennifer Jefferson, and when Jennifer's potential competitors were secretly chewing the sour taste of loss (of course , even the most suffocating George Clooney would never show a single star in public), outsiders have just reached another career peak, the image of public opinion has also climbed to a new height, and his status in the film industry has reached a new level. Jennifer Jefferson, who has taken a step towards the "god level", should be extremely proud of the spring breeze, and walks with the wind, but is not planning one after another celebration party as most people expected—— Instead, she was sitting uncomfortably in a private clinic, adjusting her posture on a leather sofa, as if it would ease her discomfort. Although the middle-aged woman sitting across from her was kind and kind, Jenny found that it was really difficult for her to feel at ease in front of her.
——This is the second time she has come to this clinic for consultation. Maggie Johnson, a licensed physician in this clinic, is one of the most famous psychotherapists in Los Angeles. Few methods send actors out of roles. Just now, Jenny ran into Heath Ledger, who is also Maggie's patient, and with her help, he successfully got rid of his drug addiction: Speaking of this, Jenny I don't know if this is because of his butterfly effect that saved Heath from death, or if this is the result of a different world line. Anyway, Heath in this world doesn’t seem to be in any danger of dying—he switched to Cesare shortly after Jenny won two Oscars, and Cesare himself pays great attention to the artist’s medication and emotional problems. Jenny also mentioned it to him a few times, so not long after filming "Batman: The Dark Knight", Heath started psychotherapy with the intervention of Cesare. Now he has basically got rid of insomnia and is slowly recovering. It's getting better. In Jenny's impression, he seems to have died before the Oscars in 2008, but now that the Oscars have been held for several days, Heath is still filming in Los Angeles, so she guesses he should have escaped. If Heath chose Cesare as manager because of her Oscar, then this matter has something to do with her, if he chose him for other reasons, then it is another difference in the world line.
In fact, Heath’s own death can also be said to be the result of being devoured by the character. His drinking and improper medication are all because he was too involved in the play, and it was difficult to get out of the clown, so that he showed signs of depression. He started to be depressed and insomnia, and the long-term insomnia made him on the verge of collapse, so he could only increase the dosage of sleeping pills, or try to drink alcohol to help sleep. In this sense of despair of long-term sleep deprivation, people will do crazy things, So it's not unimaginable to overdose after drinking. The only way to solve this problem is psychological counseling and rebuilding the balance. Otherwise, after suffering from long-term insomnia and depression, even if there is no accidental death, there is a high possibility that he will decide to commit suicide, or directly have a mental breakdown, and he will be completely unable to continue working.
Based on the fate of Heath in the original world, Jenny understands intellectually that following Cesare's strong request to see a psychiatrist is a very wise and necessary decision, and Heath is looking for Dr. Maggie Afterwards, it seemed that she was recovering well, so Maggie should be a good doctor who can be trusted—in their first contact, she didn't dislike Maggie, but even so, in Maggie's clinic She still felt very uncomfortable. In the first meeting, she and Maggie were almost just talking about this, and all sensitive topics were not discussed. For Jenny, she was avoiding it. She knew it, but it was not enough. She had the strength to overcome it, and at least in the last meeting, Maggie didn't seem to be pushing her.
"We meet again, Jennifer." She said happily, putting down the pen in her hand, "Is there anything you want to talk about today?"
Jenny shrugged, "I don't have anything in particular to say - is there anything you want to ask me?"
"How about the Oscars that just happened?" Maggie asked, "You got your third Oscar and the world couldn't wait to praise you. How do you feel about it?"
"Of course it's a good thing," Jenny couldn't help showing a faint smile on her lips, "I haven't read much about what the newspapers are saying, but I'm really happy."
"Didn't you read the newspaper?" Maggie raised her eyebrows and asked curiously, "Can you tell me why? Are you too busy?"
Her gossip and homely tone put Jenny at ease, although this seems unlikely, but this is the second consultation and they have been chatting all the time, it seems unlikely that Maggie will ask too sensitive questions Well, even if she asked, it was only after a few consultations - and she was going to London soon, so it shouldn't happen too soon.
"I'm really busy," she said, and unconsciously said what was in her heart, "There is another reason... If I have to say it, it is that I have gradually developed the habit of not reading newspapers over the past few years. , I guess even if they start praising me this time, it won't change my opinion of the media, if you know what I mean—"
"I understand." Maggie nodded, "Because the newspapers have said too many lies and bad things about you, haven't they? So now even if they say good things, they can't make you happy."
"Well..." Jenny thought for a while, "It's almost like this."
"But they still stress you out when they talk badly about you?" Maggie asked.
"...Maybe yes," said Jenny, who was starting to feel uncomfortable, "probably not a lot, but still stressful, because it usually means more paparazzi following me—which Is that a problem, Maggie? Do you think I need to improve on this?"
Maggie did not answer her right away, but asked another question, "After you got the Oscar, did you continue to have nightmares? How did you sleep these days?"
"Uh, it's ok," Jenny said, "I woke up once last night because of a nightmare, but then I fell asleep again, so I guess it's not serious?"
Her tone became more and more uncertain, because Jenny had already seen the expression on Maggie's face——Maggie was still smiling, but Jenny had already seen something wrong in her eyes: it was a doctor's characteristic. Generally speaking, if a doctor talks to you with this expression, even if she says 'no big problem', you will instinctively realize that this matter is very serious, in fact, it may have been It was irreparably bad.
"No big deal," Maggie said, and Jenny's heart sank, "Can we talk about your childhood—"
"I want to hear your analysis," Jenny interrupted her, she unconsciously adopted Cesare's usual offensive posture, leaned forward and stared into Maggie's eyes, and said commandingly, "Maggie Ji, I'm not afraid to take a hit—I want you to tell me the truth."
Maggie paused, and for a moment, the cover of the 'kind doctor' faded from her eyes like a tide, a professional, almost cold and mechanical psychiatrist in this kind middle-aged Looking at her in the woman's body—she is researching, judging, and calculating how to advance the treatment to solve the equation in front of her—
"...well," she said finally, "the truth is—I hope you don't get intimidated, though I'm sure you won't, Jennifer—the truth is: you're having so much fun, dear , if you want me to say..."
Maggie spread her hands and said regretfully, "If you continue to film, then your chances of recovering your mental health are even almost zero."