[US Entertainment] Superstar

Chapter 279 The awards season begins!

As one of the leading actors of the film, Eve and Keanu will definitely join the film road show team. Their private jet was directly rented by the film crew, and the film distributor paid the rent to run road shows across North America.

Movie roadshows are actually a very common way. They have to travel to 7 cities in 5 days, which is relatively easy.

Many crews will travel to 15 cities in 20 days, which is completely trapeze, the worst.

During the preparation period, the crew of "Almost Famous" did not expect such an astonishing box office at all, so there are not many regulations on the road show, only 5 cities are stipulated in the actor agreement.

If you want to increase it now, CAA’s manager will definitely not agree. Running a road show is a very laborious task. Few of the first-line stars will participate in the road show with a tight schedule, and they simply pick a few cities to participate.

In fact, running a road show is a bit like the US-National-General-election. One is to win the movie tickets of the audience, and the other is to win the votes of the voters.

The so-called road show is that the main creators have close contact with the audience in the cinema, which can not only improve the film schedule, but also allow word of mouth to spread quickly among the audience.

Columbia Pictures will contact each theater in advance, and when the screening in this theater is over, it will rush to the next theater.

In addition to Eve and Keanu, director Cameron Crowe and lead actor Patrick are all must-sees. Mrs. Cohen and Anna Paquin will only appear in New York and will not go to other cities.

Right now is the last stop of the road show. At this time, there is already heavy snow in New York, and the streets are completely white.

Eve was walking on the road wearing a sweater and a thick woolen coat. Even though she was wearing gloves, she still felt a bit cold, while Keanu next to her was walking on the street with a little golden retriever.

In the morning, no one goes to the cinema to watch movies, so the actors can take a break, so they take this time to walk their dogs.

Because I was worried that Snoopy would be alone at home and no one would take care of me, I took it with me on this trip. During the road show, I gave it to Sam or Mandy to take care of it temporarily for half an hour. At present, it also has a small group of fans.

"New York is so cold, I should hurry back to Los Angeles. My nose is almost frozen."

Eve complained in a low voice, it's not bad to enjoy the snow scene once in a while, but she still likes a warm place.

Keanu is not very afraid of the cold, the clothes on his body are the same color as his girlfriend's, it is completely a couple's outfit, and now he said with relief: "What kind of temperature is this now, we are going to Alaska to see the aurora for Christmas, what do you think? How many degrees will it get there?"

Eve stopped complaining immediately, in order to see the beautiful aurora, even the severe cold had to be endured.

"If only there were auroras in summer."

"The tour guide said that you can usually see the aurora in Alaska from September to April of the next year, but the premise is that you are lucky, not every night."

Keanu has already reserved a cabin in the legendary capital of the aurora. Sitting in the cabin with his girlfriend to watch the aurora is probably the most lazy and romantic way.

He would not foolishly set up a tent with his girlfriend to watch the aurora, the conditions were too bad, and neither of them was the kind of person who liked to camp outdoors.

When it snows, pedestrians on the streets of New York are in a hurry, and there are absolutely no paparazzi among the steamy runners in Central Park.

It is under such circumstances that Eve and Keanu can enjoy the snow scene freely, watching Snoopy happily playing on the snow-covered lawn.

But she never expected that the pup with golden fur would turn into the kind that crawled out of the mud after a while.Even when it runs, muddy water will drop from its body.

Isn't the soil after the snow melts just mud!

"In this way, I can only go back and bathe it, and the play is beyond recognition."

"I'm afraid the carpet in the hotel will get dirty, so it's a bit troublesome to take a shower."

The two of them were helpless, they were not familiar with New York, and they would see if they could entrust the hotel to find a pet grooming salon, otherwise it would not be good to bathe the dog in the bathtub of the room.

In the clean and bright lobby of the Hilton Hotel, Snoopy ran happily on all fours, leaving footprints of plum blossoms on the ground, which looked very conspicuous.

It's the first time I've seen such a dirty dog. If it wasn't for being led by two celebrities, the security guards probably would have kicked him out a long time ago.

Eve could only apologize repeatedly to the cleaning: "I'm sorry, the dog got dirty after playing outside, please excuse me."

Here Keanu asked about the pet grooming salon at the bar, but Mandy, Sam, and Robert had been waiting in the lobby for a long time.

"You guys are finally back. Next time you go out, you must bring your mobile phone!" Robert was so anxious that when he contacted them with business, he found that this mobile phone was not answered, and that mobile phone was still not answered.

If he came back an hour or two later, Robert would probably think they were missing and call the police.

Eve asked Snoopy to sit on the ground obediently, not allowing him to run around, and at the same time said to his team members: "I thought Keanu brought it, he thought I did it, and it turned out that this happened because he didn't bring it." situation."

"Well, now the company has sent over the schedule for the awards season. Not only us, but you also have to discuss which awards ceremony activities to attend. The time is tight, and it involves all aspects stuff, so we'd better go back to our room and fix the schedule."

"Are you in such a hurry?" Eve pointed to Snoopy, the source of pollution on the ground, and said, "I'm going to take him to take a bath."

Sam took the initiative and said, "Let me take it there, and you guys sort out the schedule."

When he was in Sydney before, he was responsible for taking care of Snoopy. It can be said that the little guy is more familiar with him.

"Thank you, I will feel relieved if I leave it to you." Eve really handed the dog leash to Sam.

At the front desk, Keanu walked over with a note with the address on it. After seeing this posture, he asked, "What happened, why are you all here?"

"The awards season has already started. We need to discuss the schedule. You will fly to Sydney after you return to Los Angeles tomorrow. Let's work hard to shoot." Robert will occasionally help Evan to pass the news, but will not interfere with other things.

Keanu patted his forehead, helpless.

The second and third parts of "The Matrix" have been filmed for such a long time, but the simultaneous shooting of the two parts has led to a long way to go. It is estimated that the filming will not be completed until April or May next year.

It is a sci-fi blockbuster in itself, and the Wachowski brothers added a lot of content to the sequel, which resulted in the need to shoot the film while training, and could not be shot to the end in one go.

Thanksgiving and the road show gave Keanu a 10-day vacation. He must return to the crew as soon as possible, otherwise the entire crew will be affected.

So in this awards season, Evan Storf intends to help run the nominations, but if the real person does not attend the event, it is really difficult. At most, he can only attend the two large-scale events of the Golden Globes and the Oscars, and he has to give up all the rest.

If Eve attended the event, then she would accept Keanu's award, but it is very likely that she will not have the opportunity to help on stage.

Now that the awards season has just begun, it is still unknown which films, actors, and directors will stand out. Anyway, "Almost Famous" has such a good reputation, I believe it will definitely be a popular contestant.

Sam took the address and left with Snoopy, while Eve returned to the living room of the suite with the team members and began to plan the time one by one.

Robert printed out the timetable in his hand, on which is the time of each award that needs attention, "I have marked a five-pointed star behind the important awards, now let's go through it as a whole, and tick the specific one."

Eve's head was already buzzing as she looked at the long list of awards ceremony names. This was a hundred times more painful than making a movie!

Keanu next to him has already cast a sympathetic look, and only an actor can understand this pain.

Participating once or twice is okay, but always attending the red carpet and awards ceremony is simply annoying, and it will also bore the media and film and television lovers.

"Actually, the Gotham Independent Film Awards were announced a few days ago, but they have nothing to do with us, so we didn't pay attention." Robert pointed to the first row of awards above and said, "From the current point of view, there is nothing worth noting in it." Movie."

The concept of independent film is actually a bit broad. Basically, it is a production that is different from mainstream Hollywood films, and it is not a film produced by a major Hollywood film company.

For example, the films produced by Eve's Eternal Films are called independent films, which are mainly funded by producers and directors. The scale is small and the cost is very low.

But if she gets a big company to co-produce, it's not an independent film.

In the past few years, there have been one or two excellent works at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, but this year is relatively weak, so the attention is not high.

"The Independent Spirit Awards announced the nominations the day before yesterday. Today, there are three awards that announced the nominations or awards. What we need to pay attention to is the New York Film Critics Association Award and the Golden Satellite Award. As for the Annie Award, it is only for cartoons. It has nothing to do with us this year. It will be next year. There's Shrek to compete."

"Tsk tsk, in one day, the nominations for three awards were announced, and it really is the awards season."

Only then did Eve feel a sense of personal participation. To be honest, last year's awards season was completely hitchhiking to the Golden Globe nominations, and there was no such nervous feeling at all.

"The day after tomorrow, the results of the National Academy of Critics Awards will be announced. On December 12th, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the Boston Film Critics Association will announce the winners. After that, the Film Critics Association Awards in Washington, Chicago and other places will be announced, and the Broadcast Film Critics Awards will be announced. A little heavier."

In the early stage, the film critics lead the rhythm, and in the later stage, it is the turn of the trade unions, the Golden Globe Awards, the British Oscars, and the Oscars to determine the final list.

The four major film critic associations directly announce the list of nominations and winners, instead of announcing the winners after a month or two like the Oscars, which is very clean and tidy.

"Then which awards ceremony do you think I should attend?"

It is definitely impossible to go to all of them, but if an award ceremony of the same level goes to this one but not to another one, it will definitely offend people.

"The New York Film Critics Awards will announce the results today. Although we are in New York, we will definitely not be able to go without prior notice. You can choose one to participate in the National Academy of Film Critics Awards or the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards."

"Then Los Angeles, at least it's near home." Eve said bluntly, without thinking too much at all, focusing on simplicity and trouble-free.

Robert praised while ticking the box: "This is a good choice. Hollywood is here, and many people who are eligible to vote are here. There is a high degree of overlap with the Oscar judges."

"This is the first one. The second thing we must go to is the announcement of the top ten films of the year by the American Film Association. AFI is an amazing association, and it is full of people closely related to Hollywood."

"I don't care about the nomination of the Screen Actors Union. If you get a nomination, you must attend this award."

"Will you go to the Golden Satellite Award?" Eve asked, and she looked at the five-pointed star behind the award, which is an important symbol.

Robert shook his head and said: "It depends on the nominations of the Golden Globe Awards two days ago. If the Golden Globe Awards do not give nominations, then we will go to the Golden Satellite Awards. Because the Golden Satellite Awards are split from a part of the Golden Globe Awards judges." , the two can be regarded as opposites in a certain sense, it is best not to stand in line."

"Then it must be the Golden Globe Award, the influence is simply too great!"

Without thinking about it, she answered directly.

Although the Golden Globe Awards are not particularly authoritative, their influence does rank second in Hollywood and is recognized by the whole world.Last year, she was only nominated for the Golden Globe Supporting Actress, and she was recognized by the whole world as an acting school. One can imagine how extensive her influence is.