Hollywood Domination: The first Oscar

"Interesting." Lilian sat up on her knees in the limousine, looking out the window like a child, "You know it's a bit strange, of course this is not my first visit to Kodak theater, but from the limousine, everything is different.”

"Lilian, you are in danger of being naked now." Josh said kindly, and Mark laughed out loud, pulling Lilian down and letting her sit down. "Indeed, there's nothing to see now, except for the security guards, dear."

Different from the Golden Globe Awards and the MTV Awards, the Oscars do not sell tickets to the outside world. All tickets are exclusively for the nominees and their relatives and friends. Compared with the first Oscars, whether they can go or not depends on other people’s faces. Jenny was nominated for two awards once, and the invitations she got were enough for her to use as favors and gifts—of course, staff members such as Cesare, Judy, Jim, and Mary sat with relatives and friends such as Lilian and Mark. The location is different from theirs. They will sit in the far back row. In fact, the biggest benefit besides witnessing the awards ceremony is that they can participate in the post-ceremony party hosted by Vanity Fair. Chance.

"I don't know who Chris will bring to the red carpet today." As the car drove into Oscar's security area, the emotions of the passengers were generally excited, and Josh said casually, "I remember the Oscar nomination luncheon It seems that he brought another supermodel."

"Yes." Facing the wide-eyed eyes of the three people in the car, Jenny replied indifferently. Her thoughts had already been stirred by the Oscar nomination luncheon, and she thought of another thing: she really had to get along with her. Cesare talked, and at the Oscar nominations luncheon, she was treated with such enthusiasm that Jenny was a little puzzled. Although she got two Oscar nominations, she didn't reach this level, right? Theoretically speaking, the actors who are also competitors are not hostile to her, but rather rush to make friends with her. ——It's definitely not that Jenny is being sentimental, she doesn't feel that good about herself. So, it should be that she overlooked some details.

However, she and Cesare have been very busy recently: she is re-shooting "Pirates of the Caribbean" in South Carolina, and Cesare is busy canvassing for her in Hollywood, and he is also responsible for Chris's The canvassing work, as well as the awarding and selection of new films for the big and small artists under his hands, and even the daily operation of the big dream, the two have actually not talked much since the Golden Globe Awards in mid-January. These things can only be discussed after the Oscars are over tonight and everything has come to an end.

"Oh, are you feeling sad?" Lilian's joking question interrupted her thoughts. Jenny also laughed, "For Chris? Of course not, well, let me tell you a secret, in fact, today Chris will walk the red carpet with Gisele—Giselle Bundchen."

"What?"

"Ohmygod!" Lilian exclaimed excitedly, "This is really a big deal—but I remember Giselle and Leo haven't broken up yet? Although everyone knows it's all a matter of time, Leo doesn't want to Marry her."

"Yes, and everyone knows that Leo and Chris are good brothers," Jenny shrugged, "big news, isn't it?"

"Hellyeah." Lilian's attention was completely pulled away from Jenny and Chris, and she almost jumped up excitedly, "Giselle walked the red carpet with Leo last year, and she will accompany Leo this year." Chris—"

She calmed down, and the excited expression faded, "Oh... PR is needed, is it?"

Jenny held back her smile, looked at Lilian and nodded regretfully, "No, Chris has fallen deeply in love with Giselle—are you satisfied with this answer?"

Amid Lilian's dissatisfied protests, the limousine stopped in front of the red carpet. Josh, Jenny, Lilian and Mark broke up and walked towards the photo zone amid screams.

Facing the blinding spotlight, he bowed his posture and was interviewed by the host on the red carpet-this is a steady Oscar, all questions are kept in the safe zone, with some cheap American humor, Reciting the answers that Judy helped to prepare a long time ago, Jennifer chatted with the host about her own Oscar shirt: Of course it is another Valentino, which is specially customized by Valentino for this time. The standard is bright red, but the shape is softer than the Golden Globes: she is rushing to win the Golden Globes, and it is very likely that the Oscars will return empty-handed, just to show off. She is too imposing, making people feel that she is bound to win, but will be laughed at instead. The goal of the styling team is to make people focus on her achievements in double nominations, rather than rushing to accept the award, and the result is the embarrassment of not getting the double nominations. .

"Jen." After the interview, Weinstein was already waving at her from the other end of the crowd. Of course, Jenny went there with Josh, followed Weinstein, and chatted with him in the crowd of producers: this is also Weinstein was happy to work with her and showed interest. After all, there are people who go to the Olympics every year under Weinstein's operation, but the stars who can be introduced to others by Weinstein are very rare, which also proves her status in the world from the side. Like Chris, he does not have this honor.

"Hi, Jennifer." Another Jennifer——Jennifer Aniston, this year's Oscar presenter also warmly greeted her. "I heard that the release time of "Old Friends Are Rich" has been set..."

"Jennifer, we meet again." Zhang Ziyi, who was also an award presenter, greeted her in poor English—they even had a meal together because of Rob Marshall's relationship , "Did you see Rob? My interpreter was with him, but lost me."

"Jennifer!" Gisele, who came hand in hand with Chris, stepped forward to hug her enthusiastically, "How are you doing recently?"——this is the friendship left over from the filming of "The Devil Wears Prada".

Although Jenny has been in the industry for four years, she is no longer what she used to be, but she feels that she is very busy on the red carpet this time, and it seems that everyone who knows her has gathered at this moment to say hello to her, and her face stiffened with a smile , Standing with sore legs, after finally finishing the greetings, it was almost time to enter the arena, she quickly pulled Josh, and quickly entered and sat down before another person blocked her from chatting.

"It's so weird." She couldn't help discussing with Josh in a low voice, "Do you feel it? People seem to like me all of a sudden—don't tell me this is the result of the Reese incident."

"Maybe it's your delusion." Josh disagrees, "Or maybe people just want to build a good relationship with a double-nominated big shot. It's not a bad thing that people like you. Why do you act like you're being framed? Are you as uneasy?"

"... Forget it." Jenny decided that she still didn't need to discuss this issue with Josh, a typical American head. "Let's hope this is over, for God's sake, I'm hungry."

Wearing a gown to go to the toilet is basically a nightmare, plus the body-fitting gown has no hiding place for the belly, Jenny even eats very little lunch, counting the time of the Oscar celebration party, the middle 12 hours She can only work on an empty stomach - the annual awards season is a carnival for movie fans, media and fashion, but it is admittedly a nightmare for stars.

"Want to eat?" Josh magically took out a piece of chocolate from his suit pocket.

"What?" Jenny asked in surprise, "How could Julian allow you to take a piece of chocolate in your pocket—no, no, no, I won't eat it, and I suggest you don't—"

It was too late for her to stop, Josh had already torn open the package, and the sensitive photographer also quietly pointed the camera over, and the scene of Josh biting the chocolate suddenly appeared on the big screen that had just turned on, Of course, Jenny's attempts to stop him were also filmed truthfully. There were bursts of light laughter at the scene, and Jenny could only shake her head helplessly and spread her hands at the camera.

"You will be killed by Judy." As soon as the camera turned away, she threatened Josh in a low voice. "Trust me, Judy is going to kill you. Do you debut on your first day? Awards 101: You never eat at awards shows and after-parties - say goodbye to food wherever you're photographed. "

"Relax," Josh swallowed a mouthful of chocolate, "help me see if I've got something on my teeth—"

Jenny glared at him unbearably, but still did a quick check for him, Josh continued, "The truth is, there is still—"

He looked at his watch, "It's almost three hours, and the last time I ate was five hours ago, so if you don't let me eat now, the most likely time is when the best actress is awarded, Your fiancé has already fallen asleep like a middle-aged man in a movie theater."

He leaned back, tilted his head, and made a sleeping position, with his tongue sticking out a little, and snored a few times realistically. Jenny was terrified by him, but she couldn't help laughing at the same time, "Are you crazy? Now Judy really has no choice but to kill you."

Josh also returned to his normal demeanor, "—finally smiled, my dear, you are as tense as a bowstring today."

Jenny touched her face, she was a little embarrassed: it turned out that Josh was just trying to make her happy. "Well, I didn't know my nervousness was so obvious."

"So, it looks like you still have some hope of winning the award?" Josh said, standing up to make way for Chris and Giselle. "Hey, Giselle, you're so pretty tonight."

"What are you discussing?" Chris asked enthusiastically after taking his seat.

"It's nothing." Jenny shook her head before Josh: In fact, she has been avoiding discussing this issue with Chris, because it is rare for a movie to win the Oscar for both leading actor and actor. The most recent one was "As Good as It Gets" eight years ago. There are only a handful of such situations in the entire history of Oscars, and most of them happened in the era when the production of early films was not abundant. So at the Oscars, she and Chris also had a competitive relationship.

Of course, her goal before was to get nominated, and the two of them are still in peace. But after the Reese incident, neither Cesare nor she was willing to let the opportunity slip away, so this month, in addition to Weinstein pushing her as a secondary focus, Cesare also made full use of his contacts to do Last effort. Of course, for Cesare, Chris is the second priority, and Jenny is his first priority.

In fact, to put it bluntly, everyone is using money to do things. If there is no 50% stake in Dameng, Cesare may not have such obvious partiality. Similarly, the public relations fees Weinstein received from Chris Also more. Jenny herself doesn't mind that his public relations are biased, but that's because she's more 'in the wrong'—well, but then again, it's obviously Chris who pays more, and when it comes to "The Fifth Sally", He also wants to be a partner, why Weinstein didn't take Chris with him today, but brought her to meet and greet...

"You're talking about the Oscars," Chris said, "Comeon, do I seem so narrow-minded? Don't I be happy for you if you win—Is that what you think, Jen ?”

To be honest, Jenny doesn't think very highly of Chris, at least he didn't give him any points for his few performances, she smiled, "Maybe I don't want to talk about this issue because you won an award I will not be happy for you."

Her tone was not very serious. Chris grinned at her, but let go of this sensitive topic. With the sound of music, the big screen went dark—the awards ceremony was about to begin.

For stars, the awards ceremony is like an exam, boring but must concentrate on it, Jenny kept quiet for about ten minutes, just following the rhythm of the host John Stewart mentioning her in the joke, facing the camera Waving and smiling—after all, she was a double nominee in the first year, and she is also the man of the year, so it must be inevitable to be joked a few times at the beginning.

After the opening stage, along with the handing out of technical awards, the stars became a little more active, Jenny's spirit gradually became slack, and Chris chose to push her elbow at this time.

"You are sliding down." He reminded softly.

"Oh, thank you." Jenny quickly sat up straight, "I didn't sleep well last night."

"Oscar anxiety?" Chris asked, and Jenny snorted in acquiescence. "How sure are you?"

"I don't know, 20 to 30%?" Jenny said blankly, "I got a few hundred votes on the voting deadline, and Judy said it was a very good result.——What about you?"

Chris was silent for a while, "According to theory, I have 50% certainty, if it's not Hoffman, it's me."

Jenny was sobered by the data, "50%? How much did you get? ——Why is it a theory? Then according to reality?"

"If Harvey didn't lie to me..." Christopher lowered his voice next to Jenny's ear, "I should be able to get more than 700."

700 cards! Jenny is absolutely unbeatable. She only got about 300 votes to promise. It's hard to say how many people here will really choose her as the first place. "Okay, you just lowered my chances of winning again - but what do you mean by theory?"

"In theory, I have a 50% or even 90% chance of winning," Chris whispered, "but the problem is, I feel like I'm only 10%-I can think Only all the disadvantages."

"I think you're a little too pessimistic." Jenny smiled self-deprecatingly, suppressing the bitterness in her heart, "Of course I'm a little too optimistic... Anyway, this is your first Oscar nomination That's it, take it easy Chris, Josh just said I'm as tight as a bowstring - but I'm on vacation compared to you."

"Easier said than done," Chris hissed through his lips, "Can you relax?"

Jenny shook her head with a wry smile—in fact, she used the words just now to comfort herself: even if she knew whether she could win an award had nothing to do with her acting skills, even if she knew that it was almost impossible to win an award for the first time, even if Knowing that she is still young, there are still many opportunities in the future, but at this moment, when sitting at the awards ceremony, the huge sense of worry, tension, and loss still lingers, making it difficult for her to calm down.

"No." She said honestly. "But we still have to try to be as relaxed as possible."

"Would you like some chocolate?" Josh bent over and asked intimately.

Jenny slapped him with a suppressed laugh, "Are you Dumbledore? Or a chocolate salesman?"

But she still squeezed Josh's hand gratefully—Chris then squeezed her right hand childishly, as if fighting for favor—Jenny sighed, "I feel like A mother who took two children to the amusement park."

Whispering the waiting time with whispered jokes, technical awards, lifetime achievement awards, performances, speeches, the introduction of the best film... After more than an hour of the awarding process, the ceremony finally began to present the first prize with Jenny's participation. The first award—that is, the Best Supporting Actress award that she had no hope of winning at all.

The guest Jamie Foxx who came forward to present this award was smiling, and he politely praised the five candidates, "Although you are supporting roles in the movie, you are shining tonight, making the Oscar for you Dazzling. These five wonderful ladies are - Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain", Rachel Weisz, "The Immortal Gardener", Amy Adams... Jennifer Jefferson , "The Devil Wears Prada"!"

After a short salute to the camera, he took out the envelope in his arms, and Josh also touched Jenny, "Michelle or Rachel?"

He didn't say Jenny, because it's basically Michelle and Rachel's war, "Brokeback Mountain" and "The Immortal Gardener" have word of mouth, "Brokeback Mountain" box office is better, and Michelle is indeed Supporting roles, Rachel and Jenny are actually cast as the protagonists, in order to avoid competition, but her public relations are stronger, and the awards season in December is completely swept away. In addition, she is Jewish, so she has certain advantages. However, Michelle is a native American girl, Rachel is British, and Michelle is authentic white and rich, her family is very rich, and she is also smart and capable, which fully meets the WASP standards, which is not a small thing among the Oscar judges After all, in Hollywood, Jewish dominance means that white people who are not so fond of cuddling usually have the same motivation to clique. So in the Oscars, where the voting rules are more complicated, it is hard to say who will win the award.

"I guess it should be Rachel." Jenny said vaguely, because she is now in the camera, in order to show respect for the award, she can only speak without moving her lips, because in her vague memory, " Brokeback Mountain seems to have won only one best director. "Anyway, it can't be me anyway."

Based on the theme of "Prada" and her very obvious motivation of "reporting mixed nominations for leading roles", Jenny has no public relations best supporting actress* after she gets nominated, which is tantamount to throwing money into the water. She's certainly the best heroine for a centralized budget PR twist due to the Reese affair. In addition, Fox didn't think she would win the award at all, so the entire public relations around "Prada" came to an abrupt end after she got nominated, and there was no more follow-up.

"Andtheoscargoesto——" After tearing the envelope clumsily for a while to whet his appetite, Jamie Foxx opened the envelope normally. It returned to normal in a moment, elongated the tone, and read the name above meaningfully. "Jennifer - Jefferson."

With a 'buzz' sound, the tone of the originally quiet venue suddenly changed. Michelle and Rachel couldn't help but showed surprised expressions, but Amy Adams and Catherine Keener were still able to maintain their composure ——Michelle's fiancé, Heath Ledger, even half stood up and looked at Jenny, his mouth was clearly saying 'What the*'. Even Jenny herself didn't react at all at the first moment, she was still in the posture of preparing to applaud-to be honest, she thought she was too hungry and had hallucinations-

Her, Best Supporting Actress? How can this be? How can this be? How can this be? ? ?

"Jennifer Jefferson—" Perhaps because of her delay in responding, Jamie Foxx said it again on stage. Josh also took the opportunity of hugging Jenny to pinch Jenny's waist, and whispered in her ear, "Wake up, Jenny, Judy will kill you."

Stimulated by the severe pain, Jenny finally confirmed that she was not dreaming. She stood up instinctively, embraced Josh, Chris, and Giselle in doubt, and walked towards the podium in doubt. It seemed to be floating around her - what happened? ah? ? How could she get this award? It's just--this kind of thing is just completely impossible for him!

If emotions can be symbolized, then when Jenny stepped onto the stage to accept the Oscar trophy, there must be a bunch of question marks, large and small, drawn on the top of her head and even all over her body. She was completely submerged in it...

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