Eight Hundred and Ninety-Four Opening Surprise
Thunderous applause. Billy Crystal is worthy of being a comedian who has held the microphone of the Oscar host nine times. The support and support of Hollywood has been accumulated over a long period of time and polished by countless experiences, which is no trivial matter.
Among the many expectations, Billy left the stage, came to the guest seat, and finally stood beside Ryan and Renly under the watchful eyes of everyone. Not only because of Billy's unexpected behavior after the opening scene; but also because of the simultaneous appearance of Ryan and Renly——
In 2011, the two most popular and most talked about representatives of the new generation of actors, many people call them the twin stars that complement each other with "George Clooney and Brad Pitt", they deserve to be the most watched tonight. Focus. Now, just in the beginning, Billy has the camera lens fixed on the two people.
Waiting quietly for the cheering and shouting to calm down, Billy said with a big smile, "I just think that the audience in front of the TV should want to see the faces of these two handsome guys." The audience burst into laughter, while Renly and Ryan exchanged glances, both of whom couldn't help laughing.
"Sorry, Renly, I tried to cut you into the clip, but I've already kissed George and I can't do it again, so please forgive me," Billy said solemnly, explaining Let's look at the reason why "Crazy Love" doesn't appear in the opening video, and it also focuses attention on Renly in a **** way.
In fact, the real reason is that in the past month, one thing after another, Renly didn't have time to participate in the behind-the-scenes shooting of the video.
Facing Billy's ridicule, Renly raised his voice.
It is a pity that Renly did not wear a microphone, and the organizer did not hand over the microphone to Renly in time in order to create an opening surprise, hoping that Renly and Ryan would show a real unexpected reaction, so others could not hear it at all. However, the guests in the circle around Renly heard it, and in an instant, everyone clapped and laughed, even Meryl Streep turned back and forth with laughter, turned around, and faced Thumbs up at Renly.
Billy opened his mouth slightly, obviously not expecting Renly's counterattack - everyone knows Renly's eloquence is outstanding, but this is the Oscars, not the Golden Globes, the level and specifications are different, who knows, Renly His counterattack was so sharp and humorous that it really caught the eye.
However, the battle-hardened Billy did not panic at all, and looked around, "Hey, maybe we should invite Robert Pattinson. The audience of eighteen to twenty-four years old may like it better." The ridicule blew up the emotions of a group of people around Renly, who burst into laughter.
Of course, everyone else in the venue laughed too - Robert Pattinson's meme is actually the same as Justin Bieber, and the "Twilight" stars are really not welcomed by the Academy, even if Robert is very popular, but he is still not invited to attend tonight.
But, without Renly's response, it's like a piece of the puzzle is missing, which isn't right!
However, Billy had no intention of answering, stepped forward, returned to the stage, and continued his hosting.
The guests were almost tortured to death by curiosity, and they all whispered to each other: What did Renly say just now?
"Thank you, thank you very much." Billy stood on the stage again, looking at the commotion under the stage, and said with a big smile, "The applause just now was really 'extremely loud, very close'."
The name of the Oscar's best picture nominated work is teased, and the image is appropriate; at the same time, it makes up for the regret that this work was not edited in the short film, "Of course my relatives and friends are watching tonight's ceremony in front of the TV at home. , 'extra loud, very close,' and that's how they watch it."
The same sentence has different meanings because of different occasions and different objects. The guests at the scene burst into laughter.
"This is my ninth time hosting the Oscars." Billy looked at the scene with a smile, waiting for applause.
But at this moment, many people are deserting and asking the same question: What did Renly respond to? As a result, the applause at the scene was a little sparse, and it was unexpected, but it was not expected by the TV station and the organizer.
But Billy was not in a hurry, showing a puzzled expression, "Nine times." Emphasized again, then shook his head, "This is not the reaction I expected. Do I have to wait until the tenth time? God? , I think it might be a bit difficult." This time, the laughter at the scene was like the sound of water falling one after another.
"We're here at the 'Chapter 11' Theater." Billy continued to host with a calm expression, but the first sentence sparked a collective burst of applause, whistles, and laughter.
Chapter 11 of the United States Code, Bankruptcy. Kodak was filing for bankruptcy, automatically losing the theater's naming rights. In other words, after its completion in 2001, the "Kodak Theater" that has been the venue for the Oscars for the past ten years is now about to become history.
Just three days before the awards ceremony, the court approved Kodak's bankruptcy filing. The CIM Group, which owns the Kodak Theater, made a request to the Oscar organizers, hoping that the Academy would no longer mention "Kodak Theater" in the publicity and live broadcast of the awards ceremony, but changed its name to "Hollywood Highland Center", before having the new naming rights. , named after the Hollywood and Highland Center, where the Kodak Theater is located.
The college acceded to the request.
But obviously, changing the habits of the past ten years in just three days is not an easy task. So, there was Billy's ridicule, and at the same time there was a warm response from the audience.
"We are here to celebrate this traditional Hollywood event, and while creating beautiful memories, it also breeds lifelong hatred." Billy's calm and restrained wit always brings political and social issues, "We are such a great industry. Part of it, movies are always an escape from stress and entertainment, and no matter what happens, the movie theater is always there to laugh, cry, question, reflect, and text.”
Billy's words continued, but after a short pause, "Send a text message?" People responded immediately, and the laughter sounded again.
"So tonight we're all together and having fun," Billy shrugged and joked, "because the cure for the world's economic pain is to watch a bunch of millionaires award each other a shirtless statuette. "
Again laughter and applause. Then, Billy entered his classic bridge time again: in the way of a Broadway opera, connecting all the best picture nominated works, singing loudly, interspersed with laughter, a little performance, a little ridicule, a little humor, Of course, there is also a little joy.
Billy Crystal won the Oscars not because he was the funniest, but because he was the most appropriate.
The irony and taunting are all over, ridicule and banter are throughout, and the relaxed and cheerful atmosphere is more active. He will not be too aggressive, attacking or grasping social hotspots; he will not be too clumsy, humorous and burdensome improper control. At the same time, the elegance and maturity of the golden age actor in him is more in line with Oscar's consistent image.
Almost every one of the nine nominated works has only 20 to 30 seconds to show, but Billy's flowing, elegant and comfortable performance really made the Kodak Theater - Hollywood and Highland Center enter the atmosphere of the Broadway theater Among them, after all the nine nominated works were completed, Billy covered his chest with his hands, shook his head and said, "Sorry, Ryan and Renly, you need to continue to work hard next year."
A casual joke created the biggest laugh and bright spot in the whole singing series, and all the guests applauded.
In the end, Billy took center stage, "Nine, this is nine. It's going to be a great show tonight, and if you're wondering what Renly just said, please stick to the end of the ceremony. Moments, don't turn around because of an ad, don't doze off because of a four-hour show. So stay tuned."
Pause, silence; then, hilarious.
Jessica bumped Renly with her left elbow and shook her head with a smile on her face. "God, everyone is asking, even Alexander Payne."
During Billy's performance, a small area centered on Renly became the focus of everyone's attention. Curious inquiries were endless. That kind of noisy stormy waves, but calm little ripples, spread out little by little.
Renly spread his hands with a helpless expression, "I have an ominous premonition that Billy Crystal should continue to trouble me." Not to mention Alexander Payne, even Martin St. Corsis also patted his shoulder and asked seriously, "What did you say just now? I didn't hear it clearly."
Turning around, Renly saw Ryan's expression of mirth and joy. Obviously, watching a good show is a lot of fun.
Renly rolled his eyes helplessly, "So, do you want to?"
Ryan waved his hands again and again and hurriedly denied it. After all, he couldn't hold back his smile, and he burst out laughing.
"Are you sure, it's not because you don't want to shave your head?" This was Renly's response just now—
Billy made fun of Renly with "crazy in love". This is a love movie. If a spoof short film is made, then Billy is bound to fall in love with Renly, but in the real short film, Billy and Renly are in love. George kissed with real guns, so Billy said "I can't stand on two boats."
Renly teased Billy with "the cancer-fighting me": the shaved head scene in the movie caused countless discussions; and Billy's hair volume is indeed worrying.
The short confrontation showed not only Renly's wit, but also Renly's humor, which really opened Billy's eyes.
Between talking and laughing, Billy invited the first presenter, Tom Hanks, to present the first trophy tonight: Best Photography Award.
The awards ceremony begins.