King of Hollywood

“What a shame, I always thought Naomi would get the best actress.” After Adrian sat back in position, Sophie whispered as she watched the stage.

It's no wonder Sophie said that, despite the fact that for various reasons, a few women of similar age are still very close to each other. As for Natalie, they all know a little bit about the distorted relationship between Adrian and her, but they just don't understand what's going on, but they don't want to, because nobody's going to freak out about the dudes chasing women.

“It's okay, there's always a chance later.” Adrian laughed unexpectedly, and from the moment he became a guest of honor, Naomi and Natalie had the lowest chance of winning.

Cinema Academy doesn't want to show up in places that are too susceptible to sickness, and even though there are so many places where they get sickness, pretending to look like they can never fail. However, from this point of view, Adrian's assumptions should have been correct, and the high level of the Academy Council is somewhat aware of the vote, perhaps not very specific, but perhaps absolutely clear.

This is just the right thing to do, and some things can go better, even if it just adds to his plan.

Well, back to the whole thing, there's another reason why Sophie would say that.

“Don't worry, watch.” Adrian patted her back gently and Sophie's face blushed, undoubtedly seeing her mind.

And look at Blanchett on the other side, listening to Marcia on stage? Guy Harden's message. But the slightly curved corner of her mouth seemed profound, and Sophie couldn't help but be a little angry, but Adrian held her hand, and despite his eyes focused on the stage, the warmth in her palms relaxed Sophie, so she eventually just had an awkward slight cough.

Adrian understands Sophie's feelings, thinks about her longing, and thinks about his years of success, so the closer he gets to the goal, the more likely he is to suffer. In this case, Adrian just comforted her with the action. Instead of opening it up, let her hold it for a while and prove her worries wrong with facts.

Yes, by this time, he was basically able to speak with such certainty that Adrian had put Sophie on the throne of the best actress, in addition to those advantages that he had mentioned earlier. Like...

“Two Soldiers!” When the awardees read out their names, the round of applause sounded routinely, while Sophie around Adrian seemed a little lost, and then the agitation between the eyebrows became more.

“That's a good thing, Sophie," Adrian held her hand tightly. Gives her a reassuring smile, "Believe me, you'll see. ”

Sophie opened her mouth, but didn't say anything, just slightly dotted her head. Once again, some calm was restored.

It is unexpected that Supermarket Night Sleepless did not take the best short film. Although The Two Soldiers seemed a little lengthy, and Adrian thought that the 40-minute content could be cut in half, who let this short film tell the story of World War II, and that it was love, loyalty and responsibility. There are also sacrifices, all of which are favorites of cinema academies, and no awards are basically impossible, even if "Supermarket Night Sleepless" is more likely to resonate with ordinary people.

It's not that the award-winning film will win, let alone the director of Two Soldiers, Alan? Schneider is an American.

Sophie's biggest shortboard is that she's French, and the Cinema Academy has always preferred natives, not to mention that she's already got a green card. Even naturalization takes a long time to wipe this out of people's minds. The best actresses before, Gwennis and Julia, were Americans, and Nicole was Australian, but Australia was easier to integrate into the American cultural circle than any other country, as the Australian gang in Hollywood could see, and Blanchett was able to climb to the top because of Adrian's PR and the creation of two films competing at the same time, not to mention Nicole's birth in Honolulu.

The most troublesome thing is Monica, but don't forget that in Hollywood circles, the Italians, led by Scorsese, also have a lot of voice - in this regard, Adrian's intervention last year in sniping off the best director Scorsese needs, and it really shouldn't be. These, coupled with Weinstein's PR capabilities and the full cooperation of the AC media, sent Monica up, and forgive me, but it is still said that she did not win.

And then, in the Hollywood circle, is there anything French about it?

It doesn't seem very difficult enough, but it's not without hope, not to mention the article about Fahrenheit 911, and Weinstein's ability to do the same, and there's another place --

“It's about time again, every time it's so exciting, every time it's so enviable... oh, sorry, I mean the back one, not the front one.” Christo made a couple of mistakes, which prompted a lot of laughter.

After several technical and more important screenplay awards - no doubt still the King of the Rings: The Return of the Kings - the award ceremony finally ushered in the final * *, the most important Segue award. The first hit was the best actress, and when Christo announced on stage, Sophie became nervous again.

The more relaxed Adrian was at this point, and as the awardees began to introduce the nomination list, they were shortly listed on the screen. Besides Sophie and Kate getting nominated for Rose Life and Warm Inside Light, respectively, Samantha from The New American Dream? Morton, Katrina from Hail Mary? Sandino? Moreno and Judy from Here? Madison.

Others saw no problem with the nomination, but they did not know that the list had been prepared by Adrian. Without him, at least two women should be on the list. In "Love is Compromise," Diane? Keaton, just as good as Julie and Julia... Meryl? Stripe.

But Banfumaria, a young girl who writes about drug smuggling, should be at the Sundance Film Festival this January, and then earned a certain reputation and visibility for an independent film, which was only seen last year after it was produced by the world's focus film industry dedicated to distributing independent films, and then quickly showed up at the end of the year to be able to participate in this year's Oscar, and Katrina? Sandino? Moreno also received a nomination for the best actress thanks to a focused effort.

As for "Here", which portrayed American families in the 1950s and 1960s from a women's perspective, it was released by the Teimon Film Industry, although it appeared to be an independent film company. But in fact, the relationship with Miramax was inextricably linked, so Judy was the star? Madsen also received a nomination.

So, on this list, Kate and Samantha are British, Katrina Colombian, and very young, only Judy? Madison is American, but this is her first nomination. That's right. It's all Adrian's way of finding ways to get some actresses who don't have a good chance of winning the award nominated, squeezing out the threatening ones, and naturally leaving Sophie more room.

Otherwise, even though Julie and Julia is a dramatic movie like Wentung, maybe Strype will get the second best actress in advance - Diane? So does Keaton —— so it's necessary. It's not easy. But doing nothing and not doing it are two different things, and fortunately, after mobilizing countless resources, the end result basically meets his requirements, despite the considerable price Adrian has paid. But with Sophie's performance, it's totally worth it.

This situation was created, along with the Fahrenheit 911 pen, Weinstein's hard work PR, and Sophie's several nominations for the Oscar Performance Awards, which naturally did not turn out to be cold.

“Sophie? Marcel!” When the name is read out. The whole scene was so loud, Sophie couldn't believe her mouth, she was even a little confused and finally got what she had been waiting for. The strong sense of untruthfulness surrounded her so that she didn't know what to do.

“Go on up, Sophie.” Adrian pushed gently, and the applause rang at this moment.

“Okay... okay.” Sophie stood up and still had some trance. I even looked at Adrian timidly, and it wasn't until I walked onto the stage to pick up the little Goldman that I stabilized my mood somewhat.

“Sorry, I...” she took a deep breath, “I didn't really expect to be standing here one day, even though I've dreamed of it countless times, just now when I read my name, I even thought I was dreaming, and I even said to myself," Sophie, are you sure it's your name, not someone with your same name? ”

Lower sounds a laugh of goodwill.

“Thank you," Sophie wiped her eyes off, "thank the Academy of Films for awarding me this award, thank everyone in the Rose Life crew, thank you for supporting my friend, thank you... Adrian, thank you for giving me the opportunity. I can finally prove that I finally used this...”

Once again, Sophie swallowed up on the stage, desperately trying to control herself with her mouth, but the corners of her mouth were trembling and her eyes were getting red. Ultimately, she cried, and although she lowered her head and covered her mouth in the first place, everyone heard clearly, and her strongly trembling shoulders clearly expressed Sofina, and after decades of finally being affirmed, she cried with joy.

Adrian stood up without hesitation, clapping and clapping, and under his guidance, the people around him stood up, and then stood up with many others, whether because of Adrian's face or because of the effects of the crowd, and finally everyone in the lobby stood up and applauded Sophie.

“Thank you, again, and thank you... Ms. Piaf,” said the tearful Sophie holding the little golden man, "I once doubted that I could play this role well, but Ms. Piaf's experience always inspired me to muster the courage to face it and to strive for it. ”

Finally, she took a deep look at Adrian: "If there's anything else I have to say, there's only one word, what Ms. Piaf said to the woman journalist at the beach in the movie —— love! ”

After that, Sophie raised her skirt horn and bowed deeply, clapping warmly again. When she walked off the stage. Even though he covered his mouth with his hands, the teardrops in his eyes fell uncontrollably, and when he came to Adrian, he held him tight despite one hand, burying his head on his shoulder and sobbing.

Adrian didn't care what she looked like around her, patting her back gently and soothing, so that it took Sophie a few seconds to control her emotions.

“Sorry, Ed.” After releasing her hand, she said so and hugged Blanchett next to her. And Blanchett would have liked to hold her tight for seconds. Then she and the others hugged each other so much that they sat back in their seats, and the applause, though modest, never broke.

“Sorry, Ed.” Sophie said that again.

“It's okay," Adrian smiled, "remember what I said before? ”

Stick your index finger up to your mouth before Sophie talks: "Take it easy. We have plenty of time tonight. ”

On stage, the best male lead is about to be revealed, and Sophie doesn't say anything, except there's tears in her eyes with unspeakable gratitude, and she's holding Adrian's hand tighter.

The winner of the best lead wasn't surprised by Adrian, but still Sean of The Mysterious River? Hollywood's famous bad boy. By the way, some people are just so unlucky, Tom? Although Cruz has tried his best in The Last Samurai, it is unfortunate that Humble Watanabe has been nominated for one of the best male partners, but he has lost his grain.

Don't talk about it, Sean? Pan was very happy that, although he was famously untamed and dared to shoot * * * * helicopters at the media, sooner or later everyone would have to go to maturity, and getting the best male lead would be a movie college maturity for him. Or a certainty of compromise.

But Clint down there? Eastwood's face doesn't look so good for a simple reason: looking at the history of the Oscars, he gets very few performance awards, directorial awards and best films. And Mysterious River, apart from Sean? Pam got the best male lead, and Tim did? With Robbins getting the best men, there's little hope for the best director and the best movie.

If it was any other time, the old man might be confident he could still fight for it. But with Adrian, a pervert who has been nominated for several consecutive years in both the best director and the best movie, he has a lot of confidence. Although they are referees and winners - Eastwood has long been a member of the Academy of Cinematography, and Hollywood's connections are not necessarily extensive - Adrian's power and resources are far from comparable, and it has always been a country of money.

So, just like Sophie's best actress, before attending the awards ceremony, Adrian asked over and over again that all aspects be done at the end, but after entering the Kodak Theatre, it calmed down, it was his own, it must be his own!

“Well, folks, it's time for the last moment, and maybe tonight will be a miracle you never saw before!” Christo squeezed his eyebrows and said, “Of course, when I say the word miracle, it does mean a simple miracle, no other hint, I promise, absolutely not, believe me! ”

The scene laughed and everyone knew what he was saying, Adrian shrugged his shoulders and looked at the stage with a decent smile until...

“King of the Rings: The Return of the Kings," Adrian? Cowell! ”

Ok! When "King of the Rings" sounded, Adrian settled down and gently waved his fist. Although he has participated in the Oscars countless times, knowing that his chances of winning the prize are the highest, as he was tired of telling reporters, no one can guarantee that he will be a winner until the last minute, and from this point of view the business of the Oscars is indeed doing very well.

After he got up, the people around him began to congratulate Sophie, who had become a little too enthusiastic before, but Blanchett, Monica, and Liv, who didn't have so much to worry about, embraced the past one by one, and suddenly attracted a lot of attention.

Adrian walked proudly onto the stage, coughed softly at the microphone after taking over the best director, then pulled a small piece of paper out of his top pocket, swept his eyebrows a few times, then stuttered and began to say: “Well... thank you... um... sorry, I can't read the word very clearly. ”

There was a sudden laugh.

“Well, I told you not to prepare ahead of time.” Adrian rolled over the paper, and the camera went over, and it was blank, and the laughter grew.

“Frankly, I don't remember the last time I took the trophy from the best director, and thank the college for making me feel that way again, although... oh my poor Hacker Empire, you've never been fit for this.” Adrian installation sighed like a fake, again triggering a laugh.