Birth of an actor

A week later, at the Temple Theater in Los Angeles.

"The winner of the best director award is—"

In the resplendent theater hall, while more than 5000 guests and the media were waiting with breathless concentration, the award presenter paused for a long time like a joke, and then announced: "James Cameron, "Titanic"!"

The audience burst into applause, and everyone on the "Titanic" crew stood up, smiling and applauding, while congratulating James Cameron who came over and hugged them one by one. They have already done this process very well tonight—— "Titanic" has not been as expected by a few people. The nominations are so brilliant that there are very few rewards at the awards ceremony. This year's academy complied with public opinion and gave the ship a sweep at the awards ceremony. So far, "Titanic" has 15 nominations. No. "has received more than 10 statuettes.

"Titanic" is the real big winner of this year's Oscars. James Cameron, who won the award and won the soft hand, finally couldn't hold back the surging heart when he was holding the best director statuette, holding the trophy high, his face full Red light, high spirits shout: "I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD! (I'm the king of the world!)"

At this moment, Cameron is as energetic as Jack Dawson who boarded the Titanic for the first time.

"Papa papa!" The applause in the Temple Theater was like thunder, not only did not decrease, but became even more enthusiastic.

Three hours ago, James Cameron's words would definitely be regarded as arrogant by everyone, but now, whether it is the academy judges sitting below the stage, the world's important news media, Hollywood bigwigs Whether it is a superstar or a movie fan sitting in front of the TV, they will only smile knowingly, and then think that what James Cameron said is absolutely correct.

Because in this year's Oscars, "Titanic" really did a sweep - won 15 trophies out of 11 nominations, not only tied the record set by "Ben-Hur" in terms of the number of trophies, but also because There is one more nomination than "Ben-Hur", and it has since become the film with the most nominations and awards in Oscar history, truly the first in film history.

Whether it is box office or honor, "Titanic" is making history, and such a movie can be shot, no matter how many times James Cameron says "I'MTHEKINGOFTHEWORLD!", the whole world will accept it.

Therefore, although "Titanic" has no results in performance awards, this does not prevent people from pursuing all the actors in the crew, especially the leading actors. The incomparably brilliant achievement created by "Titanic" is enough to make the Hollywood career of the three people shine from then on, especially Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, even if they only have "Titanic" in their lives. The Nickelodeon, a masterpiece, is enough to live on its laurels for most of its life and put its name in the annals of history.

Before the awards ceremony was over, countless guests stopped for a few seconds to say hello to them when they passed by the left side of the first row of the stage where William and the others were sitting.

Especially Leonardo DiCaprio, who was not nominated to attend the awards ceremony, was persuaded and persuaded by William and Kate. Tonight, as he walked the red carpet, he was thinking of: 'Well, it's for Will. '

Before the winner of this year's Oscar for Best Supporting Actor was announced, William was the only actor in the entire "Titanic" crew who might win an Oscar for acting - a week ago, at the five Golden Globes The crew of "Titanic" who won the Best Actor and Actor and Best Supporting Actor at the awards, except for William who really won a trophy, the other three actors regretted losing.

The news that William won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor set off a not-so-small earthquake in Hollywood—adding special effects to this film has not yet become a common phenomenon, and many conservative filmmakers even watch it with colored glasses. In the era of "there is no artistic acting in front of the green screen", "Titanic" is doomed to fail in performance awards. This is the secret consensus of many filmmakers, whether it is Hollywood stars, various media or professional film critics. I think so in my heart.

Didn't even see Kate Winslet not even nominated for Best Actress for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, which has always been loved by foreign actors and must be nominated for every good film.

However, at the award ceremony of the Golden Globe Awards in the United States, William did not become an accompanying runner as expected by all Hollywood people. Instead, he really had the last laugh. This was interpreted by many people as a signal, a harsh award ceremony judge They finally no longer treat commercial blockbusters with a discriminatory look, a signal that an academy is really willing to face up to the real acting skills of commercial actors.

So William's attendance at the Oscars this time really bears the expectations of many people. James Cameron hopes that he can win an acting honor for "Titanic", and more commercial film directors and superstars want to pass William's experience, try to figure out the psychology of the college.

It's a pity that the Academy of Motion Picture and Television Arts ultimately didn't make as bold a choice as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

William himself is very open about this: "What are the chances of being nominated for an Oscar for the first time and winning the Golden Globe? It's very small, man, let alone I am still so young, and it is already a big chance to win a Golden Globe Award." Surprised."

Leonardo DiCaprio put almost all his hopes on William because he was not nominated. William did not win the award. He looked more disappointed than anyone: "I am not only for you I'm sorry, Will, but for this phenomenon, the actor who is nominated for the first time must not be able to win the award, who made this damn unspoken rule?"

"There is no such unspoken rule." William recalled: "Robert De Niro won the Oscar when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the first time with "The Godfather 2", and Daniel Day Lewis, It was also the first time he was nominated for Best Actor and won the award, although he was already in his 30s at that time..."

Several blue veins popped out of Leonardo DiCaprio's forehead suddenly: "Do I need to tear down my platform like this? Who was I complaining about just now!"

William smiled awkwardly, and grabbed Leonardo's shoulders: "Barbara has forbidden me to eat anything since noon, not even to drink more glasses of water, walk around, I will take you to eat the whole meal." The best pizza in LA, right next to Mrs. Hans' Burger, and the owner is a real Italian!"

"Really? How's their Black Olive Pepperoni Pizza?"

"Simply a work of art!"

"Just right, I'm starving too. But wouldn't it be weird for the two of us to go to the pizzeria in tuxedos?"

"How about packing it up and taking it to Toby's? I know where his spare key is."

"Genius idea, Will."

William and Leonardo DiCaprio just hooked up shoulder to shoulder all the way, in a way that no one else could have imagined. The awards ceremony had just ended, but the theater was still full of excitement. The Temple Theater has slipped away.

Also because they slipped so naturally, no one else noticed the disappearance of the two of them except Kate Winslet who had been sitting next to them.

"But Vanity Fair——" Kate Winslet opened her mouth, and finally swallowed the words "Aren't you going to the Vanity Fair party?" into her stomach, pretending she didn't see anything.

"Vanity Fair" is one of the high-end fashion magazines in the United States, its status is not inferior to "Vogue", but in terms of influence in Hollywood and politics, its status is a bit higher than "Vogue", because "Vanity Fair" is one step ahead of all magazines, the first The trend of holding parties at the Oscars and after the White House Correspondents' Banquet has attracted countless Hollywood stars and politicians to flock to the parties, and at the same time has led to a significant increase in their status and prestige.

Nowadays, in the hearts of many Hollywood actors, attending the "Vanity Fair" party is second only to being invited to the Oscars. The latter can add glory, while the former can bring them countless network resources.

So William and Leonardo DiCaprio's absence from the party seemed inconceivable to many.

"Where are those two bastards, Will and Leo?!" James Cameron, who was going crazy being entangled by one group after another, asked Kate Winslet: "I have answered at least hundreds of questions." Where's Will? What's Leo's next movie? Am I their agent?!"

But Kate Winslet's situation is not much better than that of James Cameron. She greeted almost everyone at the party in the last hour and drank at least three glasses of wine, but even in the heart Secretly cursing William and Leonard who sneaked away and didn't know where they were at ease at the moment, Kate Winslet didn't betray her friends: "I don't know." Although her tone was really guilty.

Tonight, "Titanic", which swept the Oscars, also swept the "Vanity Fair" party by the way - the best actor Jack Nicholson is over 45 years old, the best actress Helen Hunt and the best supporting actor Robin William Ms. James is a star-like capable actor. Although the best supporting actress Kim Basinger is glamorous, she is over [-] years old. It can be said that the actors who won the acting awards are those who cannot ignite the passion of Hollywood. In this way, only the three young protagonists of "Titanic" let everyone see the huge room for appreciation in them.

Hollywood always pays more attention to young blood, because their future has infinite possibilities, but all film executives, investors, producers, directors, actors and even academy judges failed to discover DiCapri at the party O and Bradley, the two young men, so they could only focus all their enthusiasm and firepower on James Cameron and Kate Winslet, and often added a sentence after the chat: "Will and Leo? Why can't you see them?"

Annoyed, James Cameron finally put on a gloomy face, successfully scaring away many chatterers who were not brave enough: "Just wait and see, brats!"

"Don't be angry, Jimmy." Kate Winslet asked cautiously, "Uh, what do you want to do to Will and Leo?"

"All those shots of them cuddling on the bow, rolling around on the deck, and secretly farting in the pool are all saved! Oh, and they sneaked in your skirt on Halloween and tried to pretend to be a ghost It scares everyone, but everyone sees through the scene and ran for three streets with a skirt in hand!" James Cameron said with a smirk, "The DVD of "Titanic" will be released at the end of the year, I think movie fans are very happy. Would love to see a behind-the-scenes clip with these extra fun bits, huh, Kate."

Kate Winslet was eerily quiet. 'God bless you, Will, Leo. ' she prayed silently.

……

"Resign as president of the Phoenix Club? I will never accept this!"

New York, Manhattan, in an old high-end apartment, a fierce quarrel is happening between Bloom and his son.

Jasper Bloom could hardly believe what he had just heard: His father, a congressman who was proud of his son, fully supportive of his connections at school, and regular on the TV news, was asking him to take the initiative. Resign from the position of president of the Phoenix Club, and keep a low profile from now on, and stop causing trouble?

What happened to his father, who had always believed in high-profile ways of doing things? !

"Have you offended anyone you shouldn't have recently?" Congressman Bloom really wanted to quarrel with his son, but he really didn't have the strength. In the past few days, he just wanted to find out who was secretly investigating him. He spent a lot of energy, but still got nothing, which shows that the potential enemy is stronger than he imagined, and this certain news made Congressman Bloom panic, and had to fly from Washington to New York to interrogate his son.

"Someone you shouldn't mess with? No." Jasper Bloom said without hesitation: "I've been staying at school recently, and I remember all the surnames of Harvard students with proud families. I didn't Had an unresolvable conflict with any of them."

Jasper Bloom thought of William Bradley's name for the first time, but quickly rejected it, because in his opinion, William Bradley was at best a Hollywood star, and he His father was a member of Congress, and the troubles that made his father feel thorny were definitely not created by William Bradley. They were completely two-level people.

Councilor Bloom didn't believe his son's words. He took out a thick document bag and threw it in Jasper Bloom's face: "Look for yourself."

The file bag was really heavy, and it hit his face with a "slap". Several red marks appeared on Jasper Bloom's face immediately, but he didn't dare to speak more because he noticed the anger hidden under his father's calm expression , obediently caught the file bag and opened it.

Jasper Bloom was stunned by what was in the file bag: it was a large pile of eclectic and unusual photos, and various real estate and identification documents.

At the beginning, there were only a few young women in the photos, some with blond hair and some with brown hair, with beautiful faces and supermodel figures, who frequently entered and exited a high-end apartment with 24-hour security and password locks. Later, the protagonists of the photos were more A middle-aged man entered the apartment once a week under the guard of two bodyguards, and played an amazing under-bed "game" with these women in the apartment, all of which were filmed from the French windows by technical means There it was, not quite clearly, but enough for anyone to recognize the man in the photograph as Jasper Bloom's father, Councilor Bloom.

As for those documents, some are to prove that although the apartment has been masked several times, it is actually the property of Mr. Bloom, and some are the identity information of those women. They are all call girls. There are professional brokers, high-class prostitutes who only work through brokers.

Jasper Bloom was completely speechless, and what shocked him so much was not the fact that Councilor Bloom had hired prostitutes—he knew long ago that both his father and mother were unfaithful—but Underneath the photographs and documents was a card which read: "You have a young and troublesome son, Senator Bloom."

With a "click", the document fell from Jasper Bloom's hand, and the photos and documents were scattered all over the floor.

Jasper Bloom realizes that he may have gotten his father into serious trouble...