novelraw Chapter 195
Chapter 195
"Emma", "Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", "No.12 Night", "Much Ado About Nothing", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and even Shakespeare himself have all been put on the big screen one after another.
Shakespeare is like an inexhaustible material library, and every year, filmmakers attack this literary giant.
Especially in the British theater circle, their obsession with Shakespeare has been consistent for hundreds of years.
In view of Ernest's literary youth attributes and good artistic accomplishment, Josie is still very willing to believe that her friend will make a different movie.
Then she heard Ernest reply, "The Merry Wives of Windsor."
"What?" Josie almost thought she had heard wrong.
It's really because the name doesn't sound like a serious historical drama or tragedy, and compared to Shakespeare's other works, it seems extremely unpopular.
"Josie, you are a very talented actor, but you need to learn to treat and use your talent correctly..."
Josie, who was mentioned by Meryl Streep, instantly adjusted a perfect expression, impeccable.
And Ernest, who was beside her, pressed his fist to his lips and cleared his throat lightly, "The award ceremony has begun, we will talk again when we have time."
—He seemed to be joking?
Josie opened her big eyes in surprise, but because of the applause again, she had no choice but to quickly adjust her expression and applaud numbly.
"The winner of the Best Actress is—" Meryl Streep with a smile on her face finally finished her "speech" and started the business of presenting the awards, "Josie Horton, the perfect victim !"
As soon as she finished speaking, all the eyes around looked in Josie's direction, some were gloating, some were sympathetic and regretful, some were high-spirited, and some were relieved.
But Josie's reaction disappointed these colleagues with different ideas.
The young actress seemed unaware of what was going on tonight, just the right amount of surprise and excitement instantly appeared on her well-decorated pretty face.
Then she took the stage to receive the Best Actress trophy presented to her by Meryl Streep, and even excitedly hugged her award presenter, and then smoothly recited the acceptance speech written by the public relations team in advance .
...It's really, really regrettable.
Meryl Streep stood aside and applauded Josie, her expression was sincere and kind to the younger generation.
But she was thinking in her heart:
Judging by the reaction of this chick, either she has experienced strong winds and waves, or she is downright silly and sweet.
Obviously, Hollywood cannot tolerate the second possibility.
But it’s useless even if she has experienced big storms. Hollywood has its own rules of the game. Unless she can predict the future and take precautions in advance, Harvey’s arrangement this time is enough to make her feel better.
Meryl Streep smiled slightly, and looked at Josie with more appreciation.
The awards season wars are heating up.
Leaving aside other awards, the competition for Best Actress is full of suspense and drama.
First, Meryl Streep talked about the performance for nearly 10 minutes when the film critic awards were presented in a certain place, emphasizing the role of performance in guiding thinking and the need for continuous innovation in performance, and immediately commented A performance by Josie Horton, the winner of the night;
Then Josie Holden's bloody life experience and "fraudster" father were brought up again, and her private life became more and more demonized in the descriptions of various tabloids, comparing her with porn stars like Sharon Stone;
Finally, a Vanity Fair editor published an article targeting Josie Horton, blasting the actress for her performance in The Perfect Victim.
"...her acting is dull, raw, and lackluster!"
The counterattack from Josie's team didn't take too long, and the "Los Angeles Daily News" published an article in support of Josie Horton by Arthur Miller, a big star in the modern theater world, early the next morning.
Although Arthur Miller was mainly talking about the meaning of performance, he also emphasized that "a really good actor should not make wild guesses about the role, and moral evaluation will hinder the character's portrayal of the character", "don't evaluate the role, but to The audience shows the character", "The face of a demon is also a human face" and the like.
Clearly, the old and stalwart figure has thrown a punch, emphasizing an actor's award speech.
Isn't Meryl Streep just relying on her status in the industry to play tricks on Josie?
Then when the national treasure-level drama master personally came off the scene, she shouldn't have anything to complain about, anyway, Arthur Miller didn't name her, did he?
"I know that The Hollywood Reporter and Variety are indeed benchmarks in the industry, but Vanity Fair... I don't think they are suitable to be judged together."
Just one sentence forced the editor of "Vanity Fair" to be fired on the same day. At the same time, two magazines, "Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety Show", also hurriedly jumped out to prove their innocence, and commented on Josie Horton's work relatively objectively. Performance.
- Objectivity means praise.
With the passage of time, more and more praises flocked to "The Perfect Victim", which was maliciously smeared by some film critics in Los Angeles, and the MT score has already broken through the 85 mark.
On the one hand, Los Angeles is not a stronghold of film critics, and the New York Film Critics Association is the earliest and most authoritative. With the end of traditional paper media such as the "New York Times", Kenneth Tu of the "Los Angeles Times" The attack led by Lan has been unable to pose a threat.
On the other hand, whether it is Josie in Hollywood or Ernest in the British drama industry, they both have pretty good connections, and with the blessing of Sony Columbia's senior producer Philip Goldfember, All of a sudden, the momentum of "The Perfect Victim" was not weaker than "Shakespeare in Love", which spent a lot of money to open the way.
This is not over yet.
Turning around, Miramax was kicked out by the gossip magazine "NOW" for violating the rules of the public relations staff. An article published in the "Los Angeles Times" when promoting "Shakespeare in Love" came from Miramax's public relations. Instead of a well-known person in the industry who signed the newspaper, this incident immediately caused an uproar, and it can even be said to be the beginning of the decline in the word-of-mouth of "Shakespeare in Love".
Obviously, Weinstein's all-in-one low-handed tactics aroused public outrage, and the main opponents he first delineated at the beginning of the awards season actually did something completely unexpected——
They decided to shake hands and make peace!
"I think we've reached a consensus."
Peter Guber and Josie walked side by side, turning their heads to talk to the young Hollywood actress.
The former chairman and CEO of SPE (Sony Pictures Eai) is a fat middle-aged man with a nose that seems to have been punched crookedly. After leaving Sony Columbia, he established his own Mandela Entertainment Group , as a multimedia joint venture with Sony in film and television.
Its subsidiary, Mandela Films, has successively produced a lot of blockbusters, such as "I Know What You Did Last Summer", "Wild Things", "The Traitor" and other films.
"Well, I know what I'm supposed to do," Josie replied, "No one would give Oscar a hard time, would they?"
She wore a halter neck dress, knee-length, not grand or casual, and it was appropriate to attend tonight's reception.
"Of course, you were right all along." The woman walking on the other side of Josie said with a smile.
This is a white woman in a black velvet suit with dyed blonde hair and a slender figure, about 34 years old.
For her current career, Amy Pascal, who is currently the co-chairman of Sony's Columbia Pictures (Sony'sbia Pictures), is very young, much younger than another Hollywood strong woman, the president of Paramount Shirley Pascal. Lansing is 14 years younger.
In fact, this lady's qualifications in the industry are far inferior to that of Shirley Lansing, who has been promoted by actors, producers, and studio managers. Amy Pascal was originally the "hairdresser" Joe Peter Smith's secretary.
But since she was able to sit in this position, it explained a lot of things.
Arguably, when SPE chose to hand over the reins of the studio to Amy Pascal, speculation about when she would be fired was the talk of the town, as she didn't seem to have the makings of a studio lead.
However, Josie really likes this female president, because Amy Pascal has always been a fan of chick movies before, and now she is also preparing to develop a female action film project "Charlie's Angels", and actively invites Josie to join.
"Amy, you know, I don't want to talk about the next movie right now." Josie doesn't think this is a very suitable project for her, but she reserves the right to choose for the time being, and only said: "Now our most critical It's Oscar, I think it shouldn't affect our relationship, right?"
The female president's husband is Bernard Wayne Robb, a journalist specializing in the entertainment industry for The New York Times, which is very important to Josie.
Although she has her own informants in the New York Times, there are not too many good things that have people singing their praises,
Amy Pascal's smile was flawless: "I swear me and Bernard are both your absolute fans, we really love "The Perfect Victim" and your performance in the movie. But, I think the Oscar Then we can talk about the Charlie's Angels project, or whatever you want to be in. Columbia is always open for you."
"No problem, it's really good, we should talk about it." Josie returned a knowing smile.
Regardless of Amy Pascal's positive attitude now, assuming that Josie's next film encounters Waterloo, the heads of these film companies will change their faces faster than turning the pages of books.
In fact, when Amy Pascal saw the script outline of "The Perfect Victim", the feminist fighter was quite disgusted with this all men love me story, thinking it was vulgar and objectified. After an internal preview, she completely changed her mind.
It is also because of the support of Amy Pascal that Ernest, as the director, finally edited the movie into what it is now...
A group of people entered the Stardust Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, and came face to face with a pair of golden boys and girls who are currently popular in Hollywood, Matt Damon and Winona Ryder. They were formed by the latter's best friend They were introduced by Gwyneth Paltrow, who is dating Matt Damon's close friend Ben Affleck.
But a good gay friend is still a good gay friend, but a good girlfriend is already an ex-girlfriend.
Because Gwyneth Paltrow stole Winona Ryder's "Shakespeare in Love" and made a big splash this year with the film.
"Hi, Josie." Winona Ryder took the initiative to greet her with a pure and sweet smile, "How are you? How is Keanu?"
Qiao Qian had almost zero resistance to her Chinese and Western face, so she didn't embarrass the beauty in front of her, but greeted her with a smile on her face.
—like completely forgetting about the Little Women audition.
Wow, I have to say, this is really too rare for her.