Birth of an actor

The film "A Beautiful Mind" adapted from the biographical novel of mathematician John Nash is the most watched competition film at this year's Cannes International Film Festival, but it is not the only American film shortlisted for the main competition unit. "Moulin Rouge", " Four American films, including Mulholland Drive, The Vow, and The Absent Person, will compete for the Palme d'Or at the same time as "A Beautiful Mind", not to mention outstanding entries from other countries.

This year is probably the rarest Cannes Film Festival in recent years, with the most brilliant stars. Only Hollywood representatives include the Coen Brothers, David Lynch, Baz Luhrmann, William Bradley, West Eun Penn, Nicole Kidman, etc. can be regarded as heavyweight superstars in any awards ceremony. These directors and actors are not competing for the Palme d'Or, but purely to promote movies, such as "The Ring" King: The Fellowship of the Ring (The Fellowship of the Ring) crew.

——That's right, after the opening of the Cannes Film Festival, Peter Jackson will bring his crew, including Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom and many others. Ticketed actors came to this small French city to focus on introducing the movie "Lord of the Rings" to filmmakers and media around the world. After all, the Cannes Film Festival also has the largest film trading market in Europe, and countless people are not well-known in the production stage. All of the films are sold globally through this rare opportunity, and Cannes is considered the best among the three major European film festivals for the balance between art and commerce. No matter what kind of film, you can basically find interesting films here. business.

William didn't know the news that "A Beautiful Mind" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes International Film Festival and was widely praised, because when the news came out, he was attending the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington.

Yes, it is the White House in Washington, the residence of successive presidents, and the political center of the United States.

The White House Correspondents Association, a name that is very closely related to politics, originated in 1914 during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson. In a small room (can only accommodate less than 50 people), a press conference was held to release the news of the president and various departments of the White House to the media. However, a year later, President Wilson was very dissatisfied with the reports of some reporters. Want to stop the White House press conference.Some reporters who had covered the White House for decades got the word ahead of time, and eleven reporters from different newspapers banded together to form the original White House Correspondents' Association and began holding an annual dinner.

President Coolidge attended the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in 1924, a tradition that has continued since then, and is now an annual obligation for Presidents of the United States to attend, with C-SPAN even broadcasting it live.

But except for a small number of guests who could play golf with President George Bush Jr. in the real White House and carry out some courteous social activities before the dinner, the vast majority of guests were reporters who went directly to the Hilton Hotel in Washington D.C. Association Dinner - The hotel is only 1.5 miles from the White House and has an international conference hall large enough to accommodate thousands of guests.

After more than 80 years of development, the White House Correspondents Association Dinner has expanded from a small gathering of dozens of people to a grand ceremony attended by thousands of people. It is an annual carnival for political and journalistic circles. According to the data provided by the White House Correspondents Association, this year there are 1268 people attended the dinner. In addition to more than 100 registered media, there were also political officials, Hollywood stars and social celebrities.

For example, the former Secretary of State and famous lawyer James Baker, real estate developer Donald Trump and his young and beautiful daughter Ivanka Donald, and Taylor Roderick.

The relationship between William and Tyler Roderick is really not friendly, although he is the best friend of Taylor's sole heir...well, he has always been the favorite of Jeanne Roderick, she almost put He treated him like his second son. As for Taylor, every time he saw William, he either looked at him with scrutiny, as if William was about to come up with some bad idea in the next second, or the nostrils grew on his head, refusing Communicate with any human being who is not in his eyes.

Out of politeness, William still wanted to say hello to Tyler Roderick first, but the other party still seemed to be indifferent to William. This is from the sentence: "Congratulations on graduating from Harvard University in sociology, William, I thought you would become Luo Derek's employees, but your current achievements are a little stronger than I expected." It can be seen from above.

"It's been almost a year since I graduated, and my major is English literature, not sociology." William replied in a gentle and polite manner as before, without any change in his expression or tone of displeasure. It's not surprising: "But thank you for your concern, Mr. Roderick."

Roderick Sr. and William stared at each other for a few seconds, until the arrival of Marvin Bush, the younger brother of President Bush Jr., broke the silence: "Good evening, Mr. Roderick. You must be William Bradley Marvin Bush, just call me Marvin, can I call you Will?"

"Of course, Marvin." William took two glasses of champagne from the waiter's tray, and after clinking glasses with each other and exchanging a few pleasantries, he gave the space of conversation to Marvin Bush and Tyler Roderick, making excuses walked away.Whatever old Roderick had to talk about with the president's brother, it wasn't something he would be interested in talking about.

William searched for Lance in the huge banquet hall—they came to the hotel together, but after each met a few acquaintances, neither of them could determine the location of the other——A reporter from the "Washington Post" A reporter who had met William a few times suddenly appeared and introduced him to the mayor of New York City, who was helping to raise funds for the scholarship of the White House Correspondents Association. The real reason for Mr. Chang's enthusiasm is probably that he saw a political donation that may be realized in the future.

Amon Goffman's phone call came in at this time, and after confirming the itinerary to Cannes with his agent-""A Beautiful Mind" has almost conquered the hearts of all European film critics, and all newspapers on the second day of its premiere Almost everyone is talking about it, you don’t know how well-known you are in France now!” The Jewish agent said: “You have to stay in Cannes for at least two days, one day for the opening red carpet and one day for the closing ceremony. "The King", Baz Luhrmann also hopes that you can attend the premiere of "Moulin Rouge" in Cannes, it seems that you will be in Europe for a while this month." - William who hung up the phone finally found Lance , but there was already a young lady with brilliant blond hair and a sweet face standing next to the other party, and that lady was curvy and tall, and she was almost as tall as Lance after wearing high heels.

Probably because William had been staring at it for a long time, Lance seemed to sense it, turned his head and glanced this way, just in time to meet William's eyes.

Across the crowd, William raised the champagne glass in his hand to the other party.

Lance showed a slightly apologetic smile, but he seemed to be caught up in something and couldn't come to join William.

In all honesty, she was beautiful.

The young lady looks good, and what is more obvious is her series of movements that are very familiar to William, her attentive eyes, her smile just right, her eyes raised deliberately, and her eyelashes blessed with false eyelashes...

Kate Winslet once showed it all to William and warned him mercilessly: "If a girl does this to you and you can't tell that she is flirting with you, then you must be a quail."

William casually placed the undrinked champagne on the plate of a passing waiter, and spent a second trying to figure out some excuse to insert himself into their conversation, but before he could take a step, he listened. Someone around me said:

"That's Ivanka Trump, are you interested in her?"

A series of information about the Trump family flashed through William's mind, and then he showed a perfectly curved smile, turned around and shook his head: "Of course not."

"That's right," said Jenna Bush, the older of Bush's twin daughters. "I don't like her."

"Excuse me for asking why?"

"Because Ivanka Trump is a good girl and I'm a bad girl. She and Chelsea Clinton are good cards, and Chelsea and I never get along. I don't like Donald Trump either. Trump, but he donated a lot of money when my dad was running for president."

William marveled at Jenna Bush's directness and candor.He had already met George Bush Jr.'s twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, while playing golf on the South Lawn of the White House yesterday, so it was a second meeting, but only twice for one The stranger in front of him expressed his likes and dislikes for the daughter of the former president without any shyness. No wonder the media in Washington like to chase after Jenna instead of another twin, Barbara, because Jenna Bush really doesn’t look like a As the daughter of a politician's family, she is too prone to topics.

——In fact, Jenna Bush may be the most rebellious White House daughter since Patricia, the daughter of No.40 President Ronald Reagan in the United States. Patricia Reagan has done rock and roll He is skinny, and has an extremely bad relationship with the Reagans. He described his parents as useless in his book, and took nude photos for "Playboy". Jenna Bush was photographed frequenting nightclubs or The photos of drunkenness are not only completely different from the fraternal twin sister Barbara Bush, but also have a sharp contrast with the previous first daughter and the famous obedient brand Chelsea Clinton. Some media even called it the "White House version". Paris Hilton".

——To make a digression, since the two presidents Clinton and Bush Jr. only had daughters, and the daughters both went to college during their terms of office, Hollywood even made a movie about it a few years later. "The First Daughter", the movie is obviously inspired by the daughters of several presidents, in which the president assigns agents to lurk on campus to protect her daughter. It comes from Chelsea Clinton's real experience, and the heroine's rebellious and freedom-seeking character From Jenna Bush.

"You are a girl with great personality." William praised sincerely.

Jenna Bush shrugged, but couldn't help but smile amusedly.

The media always like celebrities who are topical and can feed them, so they like Jenna Bush.

The reporters invited to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner were not all reporting the news of the White House, nor were they only from Washington. This was originally a collective carnival in the American press. The millionaire has gone, and there are always some reporters in Washington who pay a little attention to the "first daughter" who is constantly talking about gossip.

There are also those photographers who always keep their eyes on a few Hollywood stars. When their eyes met on Jenna Bush and William Bradley, their eyes flashed like incandescence. Light like a lamp.

The frequently lit flash points and the "click" sound of pressing the shutter are so strong that it is impossible to ignore them.

"Opps! Are we being secretly photographed?"

"It seems so right."

It is not a good thing that the president's daughter frequently appears in the newspapers, but Jenna Bush doesn't seem worried about this, she is a little excited: "Cool! I haven't made headlines with Hollywood stars yet. The media will How would you describe us, would you think we were dating?"

"Er, maybe?"

It is not uncommon for celebrities to be photographed in the same frame at various dinner parties, but not every pair of men and women photographed will be included in the romantic scandal, especially Jenna Bush does not have a beautiful and attractive face. It's too much like chasing stars... But for a moment, a new idea got into William's head. The media paid attention to him and Jenna Bush. Would it be better to talk about the marriage between two billionaire families?

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"Dear members of the White House Correspondents Association, distinguished guests—"

After being silent for a long time, the sound at the venue finally rang out. The guests attending the dinner fell silent unanimously, temporarily ending their conversation, knowing that it was time for the annual presidential speech at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner.

The reporters also temporarily stopped their candid shots of William and Jenna Bush and turned their cameras on the stage.

William and Jenna found two chairs and sat down while they were free. Not long after, Jenna's sister, Barbara Bush, also came and sat beside them.

The current President of the United States, George Bush, stood on the podium, touched the microphone with his hand, and said in a very playful tone: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have already stood here, now, quickly raise your little heads Melon, divert your attention a little bit."

After the venue was quiet for a second, there was a burst of laughter.

People who attended the White House Correspondents' Association dinner for the first time either didn't smile at all and looked shocked, or followed suit and laughed and then understood what happened. The expression has spoken, not to mention the current president, even the presidential candidates pay great attention to their image in formal occasions. Is the person on the stage really George Bush and not someone fake?

’ This is of course the current President, George Bush, not the old one, or someone fake. 'Only the White House politicians and the Washington media who have attended the dinner many times are calm, because they have long been familiar with it.

I don’t know which year the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner started. The president had to speak on stage, and public self-deprecation or group ridicule has become an indispensable part of the dinner—the reporters in Washington followed the president’s ass all year long. Running behind, most of the time you can't even see the president, you can only deal with the spokesperson or assistants, but today, they have become the real protagonists, even the president is a guest, and the hard work of the whole year is rewarded smoothed.

Similarly, this is also a day when the president can speak the truth casually, mock the media, ridicule opponents, or even blackmail himself. As long as it is not too much, he does not have to worry about the consequences. Over time, this has even become the White House's favorite occasion to carry out crisis public relations— ——Taking out the most troublesome problem in the past year at once, blackening others and at the same time blackening yourself, which not only shows your generosity, but also makes the media, which has always been on the opposite side, feel that it is boring to hold on to it Yes, it can also change the image of being serious and serious in formal occasions over the past year, appear more humorous and friendly to the people, and shorten the distance from the public more.

"I am very happy to be present at today's dinner and to gather with you all—" Although it was the first time to attend such an occasion after the inauguration of the president, after the solemn opening remarks, President Bush quickly got into the mood and joked: "However, I'm not as happy to see each of you as the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, who have been relentlessly sarcastic about me for the past week, managed to knock my ratings down another two points. .To be honest, I don't really want to see you tonight."

"Hahahaha." The guests were already in the mood, and laughter resounded in every corner of the venue.

Only at the dinner of the White House Correspondents Association can the president speak out so easily about the decline in approval rating, and name and complain about the media by name.

"I saw a lot of familiar faces, Romney, Ryan, and a lot of friends from Hollywood, Eastwood, Voight, oh, William Bradley also came—"

People around began to turn their heads to look this way, but to be honest, William really didn't know why he was mentioned.He's not even a Republican and hasn't donated money to Bush.

But Jenna and Barbara, the twins of the Bush family, suddenly felt restless.

"Very likeable young man, my wife and daughter have been very excited for the past few days that they will finally be able to meet William Bradley in real life and not just a photo in the newspaper, Lawrence Ra even pinches me to see if they're dreaming - it hurts, really, I suspect my arms are blue."

President Bush took the initiative to disclose the daily scenes of the first family in the United States, and the twin daughters of William and Bush immediately became the focus of the venue.

Sisters Jenna and Barbara blushed, and William also looked slightly embarrassed.

The guests laughed.

Of course, there are also people who can't laugh at all.

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In mid-May, the fourth Cannes Film Festival officially opened in this seaside town. After the red carpet of the opening ceremony, the premiere of the opening film, such as "Moulin Rouge", will be ushered in first.

"Moulin Rouge" is not only the opening film of this year's Cannes Film Festival, but also shortlisted for the main competition unit. The director and heroine are the world-renowned Baz Luhrmann and Nicole Kidman. The premiere of the film At the event, more than 300 reporters from all over the world and 600-meter movie fans surrounded the red carpet. Among them, reporters from the United States accounted for more than half of the media, except for "Hollywood Report", "Variety Show", "Vanity Fair 》This kind of formal media, gossip tabloids and the fast-rising online media HSO have all sent reporters here.

Only divorced Tom Cruise in February this year, Nicole Kidman, who is now on the cusp of being on the cusp, caused the audience to erupt and scream as soon as she appeared on the red carpet. When Bradley showed up, the atmosphere was pushed to a climax, as if this was not the premiere red carpet of a film, but the awards red carpet of a large film festival. Some reporters even There was a near shoving accident.

Speaking of William's "Moulin Rouge", in fact, Baz Luhrmann also approached William and Leonardo when choosing the leading actor for this movie - the leading actor of the film is set to be a shy, introverted and emotional Delicate poets, both William and Leonardo have a similar artist temperament, and there is absolutely no problem in interpreting poets-however, the film also requires the leading actor to sing the episode in the film himself, which is a bit embarrassing.

William's playing musical instruments is okay. Although his voice is nice and characteristic, his singing skills are really bad. Leonardo also belongs to the type of kneeling. The two of them quit without even trying the audition. Mancai finally chose Ewan McGregor through layers of screening. McGregor played Anakin Skywalker's master Obi-Wan in "Star Wars Prequel".

There was screaming all around the red carpet, the reporters moved with the movement of the stars, and after a riot, many people even had their shoes trampled off.In fact, it’s no wonder that the media is so excited. Who made the two most shining stars on the red carpet, one is divorcing Tom Cruise and his career has entered a period of rapid growth, and the other is having an affair with the president’s daughter? What are the two recent topics? The speed is unbelievably high.

William had to add some red-carpet time to give reporters a chance to ask if Jenna Bush would be his first public girlfriend.

——On the surface, the president’s daughter and a Hollywood A-list movie actor sound like a mismatch, but don’t forget that William’s identity is not only an actor, he is also a Harvard graduate, a film company boss, and an angel investor in Silicon Valley Man and one of the youngest billionaires in the world, these identities are enough to make him eligible to court any lady, even the royal princess.

Moreover, the title of "the first to get William Bradley" can also become a capital for any woman to show off, and a topic of common concern to the global media and movie fans.

On the point of having an affair with the Bush family, Leonardo DiCaprio has something to say to William: "What a coincidence, man, I also met a girl from the Bush family recently, who is a model." Leonardo was talking about Lauren Bush, the cousin of Jenna Bush, a girl from the Bush family who was very interested in Hollywood.

William: "..." Actually, it's a complete coincidence, okay? He didn't really want to date any girl.

"Will! Do you want your other half to be an actor, or not belong to this circle at all?"

"Is Jenna Bush your type?"

"I have a close relationship with the White House family, Will, is there former President Reagan among your idols?"

"Jenna Bush and I had a double-sided relationship, she is a very cute girl." William nodded at the countless cameras in front of him, and then shook his head: "But no, we are not dating, this is a misunderstanding ——Having a relationship with the White House does not mean that I will run for president in the future. President Reagan is admirable, but I have no interest in politics.”

"I have nothing to say about my private life. I only want to talk about movies in Cannes." The media of the movie, but more reporters still focused on her divorce and emotional issues.

While dealing with the swarm of reporters, William moved as much as he could on the red carpet. When the distance between him and Nicole Kidman became very close, the media surrounding the two gathered together. Concentration, there was a little confusion internally because of the competition for the right to ask questions, but William and Nicole were able to complete the red carpet as soon as possible.

The moment he stepped up the steps, William held up the hem of Nicole Kidman's skirt, and Nicole turned her head to thank him. The two looked at each other and smiled at each other, feeling relieved.

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As long as you have been to Cannes once, you will understand why this seaside town is famous all over the world, and why the French set up the venue of the International Film Festival here.Cannes has elegant architecture, charming scenery, warm and pleasant climate all year round, and continuous flowering. Participating in an international event such as the Film Festival here will not only make people feel uncomfortable, but enjoy it like a vacation.

The time of the Cannes Film Festival is fixed in mid-May every year, and lasts about twelve days. It usually opens on Wednesday and closes on the next Sunday. During the film festival, the film trading market will also be held at the same time. , Cannes is very lively. During the day, producers, filmmakers and distributors shuttle back and forth between the booths of various countries. At night, directors, actors, and film critics gather on the beach. Luxury yachts are docked by the sea, 5000 meters away. The long and delicate beach is brightly lit, and various receptions, parties, and buffet parties are held, and some of them can even last until dawn.

The purpose of holding these events is of course for publicity, to gain more exposure, better word-of-mouth, greater chances of winning and even higher overseas sales for the film.Just like the eve of the Oscars, studios and actors are busy participating in various canvassing receptions.

The "A Beautiful Mind" party was held on the third day after the opening of the Cannes Film Festival. The crew set up a huge tent on the beach as the party venue. This place probably gathered the most celebrities tonight, except for the entire crew of "A Beautiful Mind" In addition, all Hollywood filmmakers in Cannes were invited, such as Sean Penn, Coen brothers, Peter Jackson and so on.

——Although the closing ceremony has not yet come, and the various awards of the film festival have not been given out, but in the media preview, "A Beautiful Mind" has gained a good reputation from film critics from all over the world. After the premiere, it has also received high praise from the audience For sure, director Ron Howard had to stand up and thank him several times for the long applause that lasted three to four minutes. The harvest of the film is enough, and holding such a grand party also has the meaning of celebrating success.

Almost all the invited Hollywood stars and actors participated in the party of "A Beautiful Mind", not only because William is like an oversized fluorescent lamp, he has already won the attention of everyone and all the media in the seaside town of Cannes. Attention, also because filmmakers from Hollywood need to take care of each other in Europe, William has been invited to attend the premieres of "Moulin Rouge" and "The Absent Man", now it is Baz Luhrmann's turn to The Coen brothers reciprocated the kindness.

Also attending the party were supermodel Kate Moss, "Playboy" founder Hugh Hefner, socialite Paris Hilton, "Lord of the Rings" cast Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler and more .It even includes Murdoch who participated in the film festival as the producer of "Moulin Rouge", as well as Chinese Taiwanese directors Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai Ming-liang, and Yang Dechang who had their works shortlisted, and Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Michelle Yeoh, Jet Li, and Li Jiaxin who happened to be in Cannes to promote the film , Shu Qi and other Chinese movie stars.

Jacky Chen and Jet Li are well-known in Europe and the United States. It is not uncommon for the crew of "A Beautiful Mind" to know that they are from Cannes and invite them to the party, but the rest of the people who are not well-known in Hollywood will appear here because of William Coincidentally, I ran into Andy Lau on the day of the opening ceremony. After asking for a group photo, I invited him to the party today. If I have friends, I can join them. After that, William was presented with a series of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars that he still feels very familiar with.

It was a very pleasant night. William left a lot of group photos, so many that they can be pasted on a wall. The only regret is that I didn’t get to meet a few mainland filmmakers. This year’s Cannes Film Festival is very popular. Most of the Chinese films are from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and there are not many entries from the mainland. William saw the names of "Anyang Baby" and "Lan Yu" in the catalogue, but they were just the participating films that were not shortlisted for the main competition, probably because For this reason, coupled with the long distance and financial reasons, the main creators of the two films did not have a promising film festival, and only the distributors set up booths in the trading market.

When Hugh Hefner summoned a dozen Playboy magazine cover girls, wearing hot bikinis, and arriving at the beach in an extended Lincoln, the party atmosphere reached its apex, and almost all the men's eyes were caught The girls with hot bodies attracted them, and the reporters who were ready to move by the beach were busy turning on the flashlights. The media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and Hugh Hefner clinked wine glasses, turned around and looked at the lavish party scene, filled with The famous celebrity said with emotion, "Am I in France, or in Malibu?"

William was one of the stars of tonight's party, guzzling champagne with ginger ale, clinking glasses with almost every familiar face before chatting, and he was busy inviting Wong Kar Wai when the Playboy cover girls walked into the venue , didn't lose a single extra glance: "The Lord of the Rings party may not be as lively as it is today, but it's definitely more interesting. The crew rented the oldest castle in town and decorated it in Middle-earth style..."

The Cannes Film Festival, the world's largest film trading market, is a key link in the promotion of "The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings". In addition to inviting global media and holding a grand dinner, it will also hold a small screening. 25 minutes long film clip.