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Chapter 184
"Hmmm, you seem to be very optimistic about him." Josie ate a cherry tomato and swallowed before continuing: "He is a stripper at a private club in Los Angeles. I went to see Dita Von Teese's performance before." I met him when I was there, and when it was my birthday a few days ago, dear Ms. Kidman hired him to celebrate it for me."
"..." There were too many slots in the whole paragraph, and Martha didn't know where to start, so she reluctantly skipped this question, "Okay, I got it. Let me talk about other things— — Last year’s Broadway revival of “Chicago” was well-received and won six Tony Awards in a row, Arthur would like to know if you are interested in doing this project.”
The Tony Award is the highest award in the Broadway industry and one of the most important performance awards in the United States.
As an important figure in modern drama, Martha's father has a strong energy on Broadway, and he is not stingy about creating a win-win situation for his daughter and his daughter's clients.
After all, among his two daughters, Rebecca's talent is limited, and her husband Daniel Day-Lewis is not the type who is good at dancing. On the contrary, Martha's acting career is doing well and is more suitable to inherit his personal connections.
The famous Broadway play "Chicago" is a song and dance drama adapted by director Bob Fosse. It has been prosperous since it was released on Broadway in 1975. The taste of white men.
"Of course. Who owns the copyright now?" Josie became interested.
Director Bob Fosse, who originally owned the copyright of "Chicago", passed away in 1987. Obviously, he did not have the opportunity to witness the scene where his musical won the Tony Award, let alone participate in this project.
"Bob Foss sold it to a Broadway copyright company before his death. Now they plan to take advantage of the Tony Award to start this project. First, they approached Harvey Weinstein of Miramax, but The premise of Weinstein's investment is to buy out the copyright."
It has to be said that Harvey Weinstein has a keen business sense.
If Qiao Qian were to run this project, she would absolutely have to win the copyright first and then talk about other things. Otherwise, she would work so hard to finish the film and instead make a wedding dress for someone else, it would be too thankless.
So Josie also said: "They just want to get investment from Hollywood? To be honest, no one in Hollywood will give the green light to this project, but if Hollywood doesn't participate in the production, I'm afraid they won't be able to handle this project by themselves."
"Arthur thinks so too." Martha said, "So as a compromise, they can completely sell the film and television adaptation rights, but they hope to retain a certain right to suggest casting and participate in the production."
Josie thought about it, "I can agree to casting suggestions right now, but I won't allow others to judge my movie. After all, Broadway and Hollywood operate in completely different ways."
"Do you want to play the heroine?" Martha asked.
"Not sure yet." Josie shook her head. "By the way, it's been several years since I watched "Chicago" last time, and I'm not very confident in myself when it comes to musicals."
In Josie's impression, "Chicago" is a classic song and dance film, and it has also won Oscars, but pure film and television performances are different from song and dance performances. The latter requires stronger appeal and body language, and Very energetic.
Singing and dancing is not Josie's specialty.
The matter is on hold for now.
After lunch, the crew continued to work.
Martha acted like a manager who was worried about the artist, and she was inseparable from Josie in the morning, noon and night, except for a few words with Channing Tatum on the way.
She doesn't seem to have made up her mind to sign the client.
The scene was filmed in Toronto's local Chinatown for a few days, and the results of the investigation of the previous kidnapping case came out.
Just as Josie expected, her so-called "crazy movie fans" claimed to be responsible for this, but the fact is that the last thug has not been arrested so far, and it is estimated that he has already taken enough money to run away.
During the period, Claire Bronfman sent someone to visit her again, but Kelly dismissed Josie as busy with filming. Since then, neither Nxivm nor Bronfman took the initiative to appear around her.
She asked the lawyer to be in charge of the follow-up lawsuit, and put the matter aside for the time being, and only waited for her own people to investigate along the line of Nxivm and Keith Ranier, and then settle the case after finding out the bad news.
"I've heard about this company in town too."
On the phone, Michael Ovitz spoke cautiously.
"Although Nxivm's history is not long, many celebrities and rich people are its members, and they agree with its philosophy and believe that those expensive courses can help them."
"At that time, I was planning to rebuild my agency, and a friend recommended Nxivm's courses to me. I even read its course introduction. By the way, I think this company is quite good at least in terms of artistic aesthetics."
"But to be honest, it feels like a pyramid scheme to me."
After hearing this, Josie chuckled lightly, and replied, "Be confident and remove the word 'as if', okay, Mr. Ovitz."
"Oh, boss, please don't call me that." Michael Ovitz had a humorous tone, and also called Josie "boss", as if he had completely forgotten that she was a rookie working under him a few years ago.
Josie smiled and said nothing, and did not correct Michael Ovitz's address, but talked to him about the preparations for "Entourage" and the current operational issues of the SKY TV network.
Obviously, for Michael Ovitz, who has been the head of CAA and the second in command of Disney, the current CEO position is a new starting point, which is not enough to fully satisfy his career ambitions.
So he used this TV network to maintain a good relationship with Universal Pictures and even Universal's direct descendants. Even Edgar Bronfman Jr.'s relationship with him has improved by leaps and bounds during this period, even though there is still a distance between the two. David Geffen.
Perhaps, if it wasn't for the so-called Hollywood power list that made Michael Ovitz unprecedentedly inflated and the former boss put down his figure early, the CEO of Universal Pictures would not necessarily be anyone.
Josie silently remembered the flirting between the two old men in her heart, and became a little vigilant.
At the end of the phone call, Michael Ovitz gave Josie a short list of members of the academy that he made friends with privately. Everyone is voting for her.
Is this a gift from the former boss of CAA?
Josie didn't have any reason to refuse, she decisively accepted the list.
As soon as she turned her head, she sent the list to Eve for processing, and she still devoted most of her energy to the filming of "The Trap".
The bells of Christmas are coming in a blizzard in Toronto.
Three days before Christmas, the crew had a collective holiday. Some people, such as Zun Long, stayed in Toronto, while others returned to Los Angeles for the holiday.
——The movie still hasn't been fully completed, but Jon Amir said that the problem is not big, only one scene needs to be re-shot by Josie next year.
Christmas is one of the most important festivals of the year for the American people. The joyful festive atmosphere spreads from New York on the east coast to Los Angeles on the west coast. All movie theaters have also opened the last important holiday schedule of the year.
On the outskirts of Los Angeles, in a large house in Sherman Oaks.
The blond girl standing at the entrance stomped her feet fiercely, looked at her watch again, put her hands on her mouth and shouted upstairs: "Hurry up, we really won't be able to catch up with the premiere!"
"I get it, Lizzie, just the last minute!"
"No, I need at least 2 more minutes!"
"Shut up, Ashley, I'll help you..."
The twin sisters shouted upstairs, and Elizabeth in the hallway downstairs folded her arms and stared at the sisters' managers, just waiting to go to the premiere of the movie "The Perfect Victim".
Perhaps the waiting time was always boring, so the agent tried to talk to Elizabeth: "To be honest, Lizzie, this movie is not very suitable for a girl of your age to go to the cinema."
Oh my god, although the little girl in front of me is almost taller than her older sisters, she is only two months away from turning ten years old, so she picked up two 12-year-old older sisters and got an R-rated Tickets to the film's premiere - is this the right one?
Obviously, the film's MPAA rating is only recommended for audiences over the age of 17.
Elizabeth shrugged and said nonchalantly: "We promise that we are only going to the premiere to catch up with the stars, and we don't have any plans to go in and watch a movie."——If you want to watch it, you can get a video and watch it at home slowly. She is not the kind of person who will like it Crazy moviegoers who bring any trouble.
Two little beauties with very similar looks rushed down from the second floor, the one at the head was still yelling: "Let's go! I can't wait to see Leo!"
Elizabeth twitched her lips, restraining her urge to refute.
Wake up Ashley!
Leonardo was just a supporting actor on the red carpet tonight!
And it's one of the supporting roles!
All the highlights tonight belong only to the supreme Ms. Horton!
Oh, I love how Ms. Holden looks in Fight Club and wonder if she'll notice me at the premiere...
Elizabeth touched the ends of her short hair, which was dyed dark, and quickly confirmed the well-matched look in the mirror in the hallway before setting off for the premiere.
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When Leonardo DiCaprio showed up at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Perfect Victim," it literally set off fans -- especially women -- screaming like crazy.
And when the popular star smiled and opened his arms to the movie heroine on the other side of the red carpet, the atmosphere on the scene exploded instantly.
"Wow, it looks like they haven't forgotten about Jack and Rose." Leonardo waved to the fan area, while leaning closer to Josie and said, "I have to say that the best lady tonight is very You are none other than you, this body is really beautiful."
Tonight's Josie wore a not-so-ceremonious knee-length dress, a classic V family style, her hair was curled and braided into a beautiful jewel headband, she looked like a fairy in the forest—if she didn't speak if.
"Thank you. But with all due respect, you stole a lot of my limelight tonight." Josie smiled slightly, but at the same time she did not forget to tease,
Leonardo also smiled, and waved to the fan area, causing a series of screams.
——Who made him a heartthrob?
"Pay attention to your attitude, friend, I am standing for your movie." Leonardo said, "Look at this scene, shouldn't you feel satisfied and moved? So why care about those trivial details. "