Six Hundred and Thirty-Eight - Ruthless Rules

"The winner of the Single of the Year award is "Sunny e"! Sean Carvin, from Canada."

The entire huge Madison Square Garden immediately burst into applause. Wayne, like everyone else, gave his own applause to the award-winning singer, although he did not know the female singer and seemed to have never heard of it. each other’s songs.

"The clothes you're wearing today are so cool."

Will Smith, who was sitting next to Wayne, didn't care about the award-winning singer at all. He kept complaining about his outfit from the moment he sat down. "Brother, don't worry, I bet that the organizers of Grammy will definitely give you a gramophone. Their bottom line is always much lower than the Oscars..."

"Hey man, can you just be quiet for a minute."

Wayne glanced at Will Smith next to him with a headache. This guy changed places with Nina directly after the award ceremony officially started, and then started chattering about his and George's clothes, and complained about Glyme's lower limit. .

Moreover, this black star seems to have been affected by the environment, and the way he speaks is like rap.

"ok."

Will Smith nodded angrily and found that the camera turned around. His expression immediately turned into a smile and he waved to the camera.

The direction Wayne and George Lucas were in were frequently visited by cameras today. There was no way, who made the two of them appear on this occasion, so special.

The stage is interspersed with performances from time to time, and this year's performance lineup is also luxurious. When Bob Dylan won the best album of the year award for his album "Time Out of Mind", his son Jacob led the Wallflowers The band's song "O" also became this year's best rock song of the year.

Sarah McLachlan, another singer from Canada, won the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance award for "Building a Mystery". Then Elton John from the UK won the Best Male Vocalist Award on stage with his song "The Wind 1997" in tribute to Princess Diana.

"Nominees for Rookie of the Year include Paula Kerr, Wayne Greenberg and George Lucas..."

After hearing the award presenter on the stage read his name into the microphone after opening the small envelope, Wayne and George Lucas looked at each other and made expectant expressions. At this time, the camera was just They are also filming their performance.

Will Smith patted him on the back covertly, looked at the center of the stage without changing his eyes, but whispered: "This is the award you are most likely to win. If other awards are given to you, you will definitely win." Cause huge controversy, only this one won’t.”

Nodding slightly, Wayne indicated that he was clear. Today's award ceremony gave him a completely different feeling from the Oscars. If he said the biggest feeling, it was that it was tiring.

Throughout the Grammy Awards ceremony, the frequency and number of awards given out are much greater than those at the Oscar ceremony, and people need to stand up and applaud frequently. After just sitting down, they stood up and applauded again after a while. However, those of them who were placed in the front row were still under the camera's filming. There was nothing you could do if you wanted to be lazy, unless you wanted your embarrassment to be broadcast live.

It is very similar to the Oscars. When the presenter announces the nominations for the award, the camera will follow the nominees. The audience sitting in front of the TV saw almost all the nominees who were polite and elegant at all times.

Regardless of whether the winner is himself or not, the loser will also be generously applauded. For example, people who show regret and anger after learning that they have not won a prize will usually become the laughing stock of public discussion. In this situation where everyone considers themselves a social elite, no big star is willing to become a topic of conversation after dinner.

Unless there are some unexpected circumstances, some organizers will give some hints to the nominees in advance. Among them, the most famous one is probably the Black Light MJ.

Otherwise, Grammy has always had a low bottom line. As early as 10 years ago in 1988, MJ was nominated for six Grammy Awards. The organizer also gave some private communication with the King of Pop. A very obvious hint.

Later, it was proved that everything was a fraud by capital for money. MJ was very dedicated and gave a great performance on the Grammy stage, breaking the Grammy's historical ratings record in one fell swoop. However, he missed being nominated for awards time and time again.

After a long time after the incident, many performers who participated in the party came forward and said that they saw MJ crying sadly backstage. The great black light was tricked by Grammy. This is a fact concluded by many people.

Because of this, MJ never participated in this North American music event again. For many years after that, the King of Pop was nowhere to be seen at the Grammy Music Festival. It wasn't until 1993 that Grammy awarded him the Contemporary Legend Award, and the audience could see him again.

"The winners are Wayne Greenberg and George Lucas, congratulations to them."

The Madison Square Garden scene immediately erupted into a burst of warm applause, accompanied by applause and whistles from the back row.

An interesting thing happened at the same time. Paula Kerr, the candidate for the Grammy Award for Newcomer of the Year, turned very stunned for a moment. The camera of the main stage happened to be pointed at them, and her expression failed at all. Everyone at the scene saw it.

Obviously, if you only look at aspects related to music, Paula Kerr is undoubtedly the only winner. Whether it is the various media predictions before the award ceremony or the comments in the music circle, no one can compare with this Comparable to powerful singers.

"I must have gotten some hints."

Will Smith shrugged and cooed under his breath as he hugged Wayne. "Congratulations, my brother. No matter what anyone else thinks, you deserve this gramophone."

"Thanks."

Compared to Wayne, who kept smiling all the time, George Lucas was much more excited. He slapped his thigh loudly, stood up excitedly, and started hugging everyone around him.

"What am I talking about, man, we got the damn gramophone!"

When hugging Wayne, the Star Wars father slapped him hard on the back and yelled loudly.

Under the gaze of countless people, the pair hugged and walked onto the stage together. Wayne bent slightly and stretched out a hand, motioning for George Lucas to take the trophy.

"Thank you to the School of Recording Arts and Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences, thank you for your recognition of me and Wayne." The father of Star Wars happily stroked his beard, stood in front of the microphone holding the trophy, and began to take the lead in announcing his award. Testimonials.

"Thank you Grammy for this stage, thank you for not being like the bullshit Oscars, which also limit the speaking time of the winners..."

"George!"

Wayne frowned slightly and whispered a reminder immediately. Almost everyone in the entertainment industry is aware of the grievances between George Lucas and the Oscars, or the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Until now, the father of Star Wars is still not a member of the Directors Guild.

His first sentence directly set off the entire awards scene. Countless big singers, celebrities and sports stars were all made to laugh by George Lucas's words.

Many people don’t know that the time for Oscar acceptance speeches is strictly controlled within 45 seconds. If the speech is not finished within 45 seconds, the band in the audience will play accompaniment music to remind the winner that it is time to finish. If you continue after one minute, the accompaniment will directly overwhelm the winner's voice, and there are also cases where the microphone will be silent.

Because of this relatively ruthless rule, countless award-winning stars have expressed dissatisfaction with the Oscar organizers on stage.

The most famous one is the 1968 Oscars. When the best director was announced in that year, Hitchcock, the great director who was already world-renowned at that time, only said one word to the audience, "thank you." You!" Everyone knew that this was his way of satirizing Oscar.

Until 2001, after Julia Roberts won the award, the first thing she did on stage was to say to the band in the audience, gentlemen, please don't rush to wave the sticks in your hands, because I will never stand here again. .

Then there is the signature grin. This classic photo can be called the most widely circulated photo of Big Mouth Zhu.

The fact is that no matter how many years have passed, no matter how many superstars have expressed dissatisfaction, the North American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has never tried to change its approach. This 45-second rule has been used to this day. Therefore, the Oscars are conservative. It is everywhere, even though it has been criticized by countless people, it has never changed.

"I remember a long time ago, I was invited by Steven Spielberg to go back to the University of Southern California for an alumni reunion..."

After the dirty talk, George Lucas smiled and got back to the topic. He faced the audience and said into the microphone: "We were wandering around the school and saw Wayne who was also coming to the party. Surrounded by a group of students, he was singing an original song with Ji in his arms.

After he finished singing, he received unanimous praise from the audience. At that time, I joked casually, "Hey, man, if you come up with a song one day, how about we form a group and go to Glyme together?" "

Speaking of this, the father of Star Wars tilted his head and looked at his partner beside him and winked. His action caused another burst of laughter from the scene.

"It was a casual joke. No one expected that it would become a reality after a long time." When people's laughter stopped, he shrugged and continued:

"I was busy working on the new "Star Wars" when I suddenly received a call from the genius next to me. When he came up, he said to me, hey, man, I need your help to fulfill a child's dream and by the way complete our A previous agreement.

Here's the thing, you should have all seen that short documentary. We only spent a week preparing, and while helping that kid become "Batman," we also recorded "something just like this" that everyone heard. "

"boom!"

When the documentary about Little Batman charging was mentioned, the crowd applauded again. No matter how everyone felt in private, at least in public, no one could ignore the scene that touched the whole of North America. Especially when it comes to children, this is the moral bottom line that North American society as a whole has been trying to maintain.

"Well, George has said everything I want to say."

When Wayne stood in front of the microphone, he spread his hands to the audience. "I want to thank Grammy again for the recognition and the judges who voted for us. That's it, thank you."