novelraw Chapter 129
Chapter 129
In a mansion in Beverly Hills, the recognized all-American sweetheart Meg Ryan was talking to her agent.
"Do you think it's possible? People really believe that she has special good luck, and even the most unpopular movies can be successful." Meg Ryan's beautiful face was full of clouds.
Well, it's no wonder she's in a bad mood today.
Because no matter which star notices the smooth rise of a colleague who has some similarities with his appearance, she or he will never be happy.
What's more, Josie Horton is only 21 years old this year, she is younger than her, and she is better at acting than her—for God's sake, this is too unbalanced—Meg Ryan At the age of 21, he had just entered the circle and played a part in the first movie!
Meg Ryan subconsciously touched the fine lines at the corners of her eyes, thinking whether she should go to her plastic surgeon again for a Botox treatment. After all, she is 37 years old this year, and it is true that her natural beauty made her way into Hollywood. Some of the successors are weak and need to be repaired from time to time.
"But every film she has made since her debut has indeed not missed. Even the films that are not very successful at the box office in North America can create amazing value for the film studio in the global market and back-end income." Her agent smiled slightly, Taking out a script from the briefcase, "Dangdang—and this is one of the reasons why I came to your house today."
Meg Ryan took the script, flipped through it and asked, "What is this?"
"Universal is talking about a movie with Josie Horton, "Meet Miss Holly," and they wanted her to co-star with Brad Pitt in "The Sixth Sense" ("Death Vacation"), but we all know that " The cycle of Titanic was too long and was not favored, so they used Claire Forlani later, and the filming was finished at the end of last year."
Her agent spread her hands and continued: "Originally, Universal wanted to use Tom Cruise or Leonardo DiCaprio as the male lead, but neither of them has a schedule and the other doesn't plan to take the role for the time being." , so they plan to use Brad Pitt."
"Eww, this script..." Meg Ryan couldn't help wrinkling her face, obviously she didn't like it after reading it for 5 minutes.
"This is the only project she is currently in contact with, and I have seen the character design, you can play it." Her agent said.
"So I need to grab the role of this little girl now?" Meg Ryan was very honest, still trying to dig out the shining points of this script, "Let me finish reading—if I can finish reading— —Oh my God, the heroine is about to commit suicide in just 5 minutes? What kind of dog X script is this..."
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Josh saw "Titanic" in MJ's Neverland, it was a sunny afternoon.
At the end of last year, MJ had completed the second part of his "Historical Journey" global tour, and returned home to accompany his wife Debbie Luo, who was about to give birth, and his son Price, who had just turned one year old.
On the second day after the Golden Globe Awards, the King of Pop remembered a promise he had made in New York, so he invited a group of friends and family, including Josh Jones, to screen the movie at the private theater in Neverland. The hottest movie of the moment.
The film, which lasted more than three hours, was shown.
"You have that kind of inspiration again, don't you, my dear friend?" MJ turned his head and looked at Josh's face still in a trance with interest, "I mean, I heard the song "Never" The story behind Waka, you are very talented."
Josh shook his head vigorously, and instead of answering directly, he begged, "Can you give me a guitar or piano? Sorry, my mind is messed up now, and I don't know how to describe it."
For a full three and 10 minutes, his whole body and mind remained in the slideshow at the end of the credits. Rose, the heroine of "Titanic", took off her corset and long skirt, put on a coat and trousers, and rode on a handsome black horse. On the ground, there is nothing in the smile that can stop her.
With just a few photos, Rose's new life has already made people feel the power of freedom and love, and she has regained her own life.
"Of course." MJ was happy to solve the little troubles of the young man in front of him, "Come with me, I'm curious about how you write songs."
MJ personally brought Josh to the piano room of the manor, and spent nearly an hour listening to the latter write the main theme of this new song, which seemed to be a slow-paced love song.
Josh played and sang a newly written lyrics. This young singer, known for his fiery temper and arrogant personality, seemed to soften the edges and corners of his body in an instant, which was amazing.
When he put down the guitar in his hand, MJ asked: "It's very touching—what's its name?"
"I...I don't know." Josh frowned habitually, "I haven't written all the lyrics yet."
"No, don't tell me." MJ smiled slightly, "I can hear it myself."
As soon as he finished speaking, his bodyguard brought a blond boy over. The latter is the child star Macaulay Culkin who announced his retirement from the film industry, and is also a very important friend of MJ.
Josh immediately got up and said goodbye.
While in the car, his father, David, called and asked, "How was it like going to the movies with MJ?"
"Just like an ordinary friend." Josh didn't hold back, "I wrote the chorus part of a song, and he thought it was very good."
David on the other side of the phone chuckled and asked, "So, the little girl from the Horton family has really become your muse? Well, that's good. When you get back, let me hear it too."
Fast forward to the day of the Oscar nominations.
When the nomination list for this year was announced, the audience watching the live TV saw a spectacle that had not been seen in decades——
Best Picture Nomination: Titanic
Best Director Nomination: Titanic, James Cameron
Best Cinematography Nominee: Russell Carpenter, Titanic
Best Film Editing Nomination: "Titanic," Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris
Best Actress Nomination: Titanic, Josie Horton
Best Supporting Actress Nomination: Gloria Stewart, Titanic
optimal……
This giant ship of terror is unstoppable. It has won [-] Oscar nominations, and lost several heavyweight awards on May [-]st. It tied the record of the classic "Comet Beauty" that year. The so-called "industry insiders" and "professional film critics" were speechless.
However, "Titanic" is not completely without rivals. At least in the final award "Best Picture", various outposts - film critics associations around the world - unanimously selected another excellent work "LA Confidential", He was not completely convinced by the invincible temperament of the big ship.
In contrast, "LA Confidential" is a well-organized work that is very suitable for the tastes of film critics and academics. It exposes the dark side of society and human conflicts. It has an excellent group performance and a thought-provoking and meaningful ending.
But there is no doubt that this year Hollywood's high-profile protagonist is only "Titanic", and it will only be "Titanic", because there are many excellent movies every year, but the cumulative box office can exceed one billion US dollars. There have only been two since then!
——The other is "Jurassic Park", which established Steven Spielberg's directorship in 1993.
However, so far, no one can predict that the ground-breaking billion-dollar box office is just a new beginning for this unsinkable ship.
In a club in London, a group of theater people were talking about the film—
"It's a pity we didn't get the movie," said Kenneth Branagh, who was having breakfast, to the uninvited blonde girl. "To be honest, I knew about Titanic at the time." It will be a masterpiece, not only because of this poignant and romantic story, but also because James Cameron's use of new technology is very worth looking forward to."
Kate Winslet forced a smile, not knowing how to answer.
Her young and beautiful face was a bit haggard that couldn't be concealed, and the corners of her lips were pursed, looking a little uneasy.
But the heart of this British beauty is still firm and strong.
Compared with spending nearly seven months starring in an unprecedented commercial blockbuster, she is more glad that she missed this movie, because at the Los Angeles premiere of "Titanic", her first love boyfriend since she was 15 years old Stephen Tread died of bone cancer at the age of 34.
"Rose" is indeed a very wonderful character, and "Titanic" is also an excellent movie, but at least she will not regret it for the rest of her life to be able to accompany Stephen during the last period of his life.
Kenneth Branagh didn't expect Kate Winslet to really answer this question, after all, the late Stephen Tread was his good friend and a very good actor and screenwriter.
He took a sip of black tea, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said, "Okay, I know why you came to me, Kate, and I'll call Jane Campion now."
Jane Campion is a talented female director, and "A Farewell to the Piano" that made Holly Hunter sweep the Best Actress awards at almost all film festivals around the world was created by her.
And Kate Winslet is in the running for the lead actress in Jane Campion's new movie, but she just ran into a little trouble.
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"To be honest, I personally love "LA Confidential" more." At Miller's home in New York, Arthur was analyzing this year's Oscars to Martha, "but "Titanic" is too amazing. If it wasn't for it, the academy would be torn apart by angry fans and the credibility of the Oscars would be questioned."
"Not to mention, Fox also spent a lot of money on public relations for this movie." Martha pointed out this point bitterly.
Arthur spread his hands, expressing his agreement in desperation, and continued: "With the addition of "Titanic", Josie's nomination for Best Actress this year is very stable, but it is impossible for us retired people to vote for the movie so early. The final laurels will be given to her, so this year's Best Actress should be Helen Hunt from "As Good as It Gets."
A few months ago, no one would have imagined that Helen Hunt, who is a frequent guest of the Emmy Awards, would be the top seed of this year's Oscars, because film critics who pay attention to style and art have no time to watch TV dramas.
So in the awards season skirmish, British actress Helena Bonham Carter nearly swept away with Wings of the Dove - although it wasn't her best performance - with only her hometown London Film Critics' Circle taking the top spot. The heroine was symbolically given to Claire Danes of "Romeo and Juliet".
——In other words, Helena Bonham Carter has conquered the five major associations of film critics in Boston, Chicago, Radio, and Toronto.
In addition, Helena Bonham Carter also won two of the four major film critics - New York, Los Angeles, National Review, and National Film - and the remaining two were won by her British compatriots, " **The Game's Julie Christie swept away.
At this time, Helen Hunt in "As Good as It Gets" and Josie Horton in "Titanic" did not join the battle-these two films were released later-then the attention was also paid attention to in "Mrs. Brown" Zhu Di Dench with Pam Greer of Dangerous Liaisons.
However, it was clear from the start of the Golden Globes, as top seed Judi Dench lost out to Josie Horton in the all-important Best Actress in a Drama category, at the Golden Globes The ratings peaked when the girl who won Best Actress ("Titanic") and Best Supporting Actress ("The Devil's Advocate") in one night took the stage to accept the Best Actress trophy.
Subsequently, Helen Hunt of "As Good as It Gets" took a step ahead and won the Screen Actors Guild's Best Actress award. Judi Dench, who was supported by Weinstein, was basically out of the competition.
Looking at this year's awards season, the leading actress department did not actually have an overwhelming performance, but the problem is that Josie Horton in "Titanic" is too young despite her amazing popularity, and she has to be nominated to get double nominations. The votes were somewhat scattered.
Coupled with the majority of British actresses vying for the throne of best actress this year, the split of votes among the British is so severe that the American TV star Helen Hunt clearly has the home court advantage.
"Your girl made a wise choice over the equally beloved Leonardo DiCaprio," continued Arthur Miller. "A double nomination is a special honor in itself. Her The performance in "The Devil's Advocate" is on the standard line, and the whole awards season is cautious and active enough. Coupled with the addition of "Titanic", maybe she can really win a statue for herself at this age little golden man."
Martha sighed, "But the reputation of "The Devil's Advocate" has dragged its feet. Even Al Pacino was branded as an 'exaggerated performance' by those film critics. Bad movie."
To be honest, Martha thinks this film is a good work, but there are some problems with religious metaphors and film editing, so that the evaluation is polarized, those who love it regard it as a masterpiece, and those who hate it feel at a loss cloud.
Moreover, there is also a force in Hollywood secretly boycotting this movie, so that it is rarely reported in traditional paper media.
"With all due respect, your problem is not the movie itself, but the opponent." Arthur said flatly, "Julian Moore in "Boogie Nights" is strong, and Joan Cusack in "The Groom Runs Backwards" is lovable. , Gloria Stewart's popularity and qualifications in "Titanic" are too suitable to win an award..."
Having said that, Arthur paused deliberately, and looked at Martha slowly.
The latter shrugged and added for him: "And a Kim Basinger who spent a lot of money on PR appeared at the Golden Globes, Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger's team bit like crazy We, especially after Josie won both Golden Globes."