Chapter 2094: 2094 Academy PR
The confidence of the Weinstein brothers made Hugo’s smile a bit more bitter. Most of the time, Hugo felt that history is a very interesting thing, but occasionally—such as today’s moment, Hugo would feel that "Future Sight" isn't that interesting. It was as if he knew that it was destined to be the result of failure, but he still needed to cheer up and do his best to try to change the trajectory of history and create his own sky.
Judging from the trajectory of history, "Shakespeare in Love" will sweep the seven statuettes including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original Screenplay, becoming the biggest winner tonight; Gwyneth Paltrow will be the top actress, and Roberto Bernini of "Life is Beautiful" will have the last laugh in the battle for best actor.
In other words, there is no such thing as "The Truman Show", and "Saving Private Ryan" has become an Oscar regret recognized by everyone.
But even so, so what, he has come all the way to the present, broke countless histories, and followed many histories. This world is completely different from what he knows. If you are holding back because you are afraid of the future, why start life? Just like him and Charlize, only the beginning can create the future, because every moment now is the cornerstone of the future.
Hugo looked at the backs of the Weinstein brothers and Gwyneth leaving calmly. Gwyneth raised her head stubbornly and proudly, her straight spine outlined her pride and nobility, as if she was the queen about to ascend the throne, step by step Stand firm and steady towards your throne. The lines drawn between the light and shadow are like the works of the greatest painter, blooming with thrilling light.
"What are you thinking about? Standing here?" A smiling voice came from behind. Looking back, he saw Steven Spielberg's big white beard. Hugo pulled his mouth and showed a shallow smile. With a shallow smile, "I'm thinking about who will be happy and who will be disappointed when I go back tonight."
Steven looked forward along Hugo's line of sight, and then saw the backs of the Weinstein brothers. Too many things have happened in the past few months, even Steven, there is no way to be the first Time has completely cleared his mind, but he has already been reminded by Hugo, and he has vaguely realized that following the film production, film promotion, and film distribution links, the film award process is also undergoing earth-shaking changes.
In the past two months, the Weinstein brothers have become the most active people in Hollywood. What's interesting is that the two of them are not powerful figures at all, they can only be regarded as third-tier small figures, but they control the news trend of half of Hollywood, which is even enough to shake the thinking of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. With such power, even Hugo Can't do it either. This is precisely the subtlety of social network.
"Who knows. The unpredictability of the Oscars is also the most wonderful part here, isn't it?" Steven looked at Hugo meaningfully and said. The academy has more than 5,000 judges, and people's hearts will always be that people can't help it. Something that is 100% sure, not to mention more than 5,000 different "people's hearts"? So, the academy's uncertainty is too great, and no one can be sure: this year's Oscar list is predictable, no one.
Hugo looked at Steven, couldn't help laughing, and nodded slightly, "Then let's cross our fingers."
Hugo and Steven walked forward side by side, and then discovered that the seating arrangement tonight was actually set according to the crew. All the members of "The Truman Show" who were successfully shortlisted for the award sat together, but There are still some differences, Nicole - Kidman and her boyfriend Tom - Cruise sat in the first row, while Alexander - Lorraine and Peter - Weir sat in the second row. "The Truman Show" has the crew of "Saving Private Ryan" on the left, and the crews of "Misery" and "Rising Storm" on the right.
On the other side of the aisle are the crews of "The Thin Red Line" and "Shakespeare in Love". Charlize Theron is also assigned to that side. There are two seats between her and Gwyneth, sitting separately With Bob Weinstein and Meryl Streep.
Hugo waved in the direction of Meryl and Charlize, then walked to his seat and sat down, Tom Cruise immediately stood up and gave Hugo a hug, "Why didn't you bring a female companion today? "Most of the people around actually brought their partners. For example, Meryl brought her two daughters. However, since the first row is reserved for tonight's highlight members, Meryl's two daughters All sat behind her.
Hugo came alone, but he seemed a little maverick.
Hugo looked back at Charlize, and found that she had just raised her head and looked over. The two couldn't help but smile at each other. After looking away, Hugo sketched a smile, "My partner has been forgotten at home." Yu If this is talking about Leonardo, the two walked the red carpet together last year, and they are still talked about by people.
In fact, Leonardo wanted to attend the Oscars this year, but the Academy did not send him an invitation.
Hugo had heard rumors in his last life that after the "Titanic", the academy's attitude towards Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet was very ambiguous, and they all regretted rewarding them too much. Two young actors, the success of "Titanic" is a commercial achievement of computer special effects, and has no direct relationship with the two actors. The Academy is more inclined to position the two actors as "idol actors", so for a long time after that, Leonardo and Kate's Oscar road was particularly bumpy.
The same is true for the actors of the "Harry Potter" series and the actors of the "Twilight Saga". No chance with Oscar. This is probably the portrayal of "whatever you gain, you must lose".
The same is true, this year not only Leonardo did not receive the invitation, even Kate did not receive the invitation. In the end, Kate still got a qualification for "The Truman Show", but Kate didn't show up tonight.
Tom understood Hugo's joke immediately, and laughed out loud, "If you want, I can walk the red carpet with you on Oscar night."
Hugo didn't answer Tom, but looked at Nicole who was standing aside, and raised his hands, "I'm innocent." A simple explanation made Nicole cover her mouth and burst out laughing.
Immediately afterwards, Tom Hanks also came to the scene. There was only Steven Spielberg and his wife between his seat and Hugo, which reminded Hugo of the arrangement of Charlize and Gwyneth. Obviously, this was intentionally done by the award ceremony to increase the ratings. After all, the glorious record of "Titanic" last year has established an insurmountable peak. This year, no one work dominates, but the melee of five works is a highlight.
After a brief exchange of greetings, everyone took their seats. Tom Cruise looked around, turned his head and whispered in Hugo's ear, "I heard at the Screen Actors Union yesterday that Shakespeare is about to reach the top." Tom was apprehensive. There are still people around, speaking in a very low voice, and very concise.
Hugo was stunned for a second before he could react, and then lightly drew the corners of his mouth, showing a smile, "It seems that they are bound to win." In fact, in the past two months, these are the votes of the academy judges At that time, the whole Hollywood was very lively. Even though Hugo hid in the remote Lanches, he heard a lot of rumors, which shows that the momentum of "Shakespeare in Love" is huge.
Tom originally wanted to ask Hugo for confirmation. After all, because of Nicole's relationship, he must be in the "Truman Show" camp, but Hugo's answer made Tom stunned. wonderful. Hugo didn't let Tom think about it any further, and patted him on the shoulder, "The countdown is on."
Only then did Tom pack up his trivial thoughts and focus on the upcoming awards ceremony.
Soon, the 71st Oscars kicked off. Whoopi Goldberg elegantly appeared on the stage wearing the gorgeous court costumes of Queen Elizabeth I under the spotlight of everyone. It was painted pink and white, but kept his still black hands. That appearance really made people laugh, just a debut made the scene burst into laughter.
This year's Queen Elizabeth I was in the limelight. Not only did she have a self-rotation movie, which made Cate Blanchett shortlisted for the best actress battle; she also made the limelight in "Shakespeare in Love", played by Judi Dench Queen Elizabeth I also became a talking point. Therefore, Ubi opened the prelude tonight with the gesture of Queen Elizabeth I.
After a brief hilarious opening, the awards ceremony kicked off quickly, and the first award presented, without any surprise, was the Best Supporting Actress award. This award has enough weight and will not break the most important suspense of the awards ceremony, so it is almost routinely awarded first.
Robin Williams, last year's Best Supporting Actor winner, took to the stage and opened with his humor expertly. In fact, tonight's Best Supporting Actress award is quite a suspenseful award, because according to the usual practice, this department is more often to reward young newcomer actresses—for example, last year's Charlize, but this year's three shortlisted for the award All the top hits are veteran actors over 50 years old, but the only two actors with the prefix "two" are slightly weaker. Therefore, the final choice of Oscar is also intriguing.
"The winner of the 71st Oscar for Best Supporting Actress is..." Robin seemed to be aware of the importance of this award, lengthened the ending, and then carefully looked at the card in his hand before solemnly He said, "Judi Dench, 'Shakespeare in Love'."