Birth of an actor

After No.70's four-time Oscar nomination list was announced, the chaotic atmosphere of public opinion in Hollywood has not been alleviated at all, but it has become more smoky.

The smears of "A Beautiful Mind" are still flying around, but it is not the only victim - "Moulin Rouge" has been criticized as just a mishmash of Broadway pop songs, jazz, rock, and Nicole Kidd Mann's singing is not very good; "The Lord of the Rings" is accused of having too many special effects, and the actors rely on makeup rather than acting skills to attract attention; Will Smith's arrogant words "Only I can play Muhammad Ali well!" It was turned out by the media; Sean Penn deliberately played the mentally handicapped father in "Different Dad" obviously premeditated to learn from Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man"; , David Lynch is just showing off his director skills instead of really wanting to make a good movie and so on.

Hollywood film companies spend a lot of money to use the media to engage in verbal wars. With the increasing popularity of the Internet, the Internet has gradually become one of the important positions for public relations. There are countless gossip about Oscars circulating on the Internet every day.

However, among the many nominated films that were plagued by unfavorable news, there are also real "lucky ones" who have achieved more positive news than negative ones, such as Miramax's four films competing for this year's awards season-"BJ's Single Diary" ", "Unlucky Love", "Life Hand in Hand" and "Love in Another World"-except that "BJ's Diary" is a purely commercial ChickFilms, but Renee Zellweger nominated Best Actress, which seems a bit too watery Aside from the cigarette brand placement advertisements in "Unlucky Love", almost no other negative information found them.

Moreover, the four films brought a total of ten nominations for important Oscar awards, allowing Miramax to continue the title of "Oscar nomination harvester"-although Miramax has not surpassed Willow in terms of the number of nominations. Specifically, a "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Ring" brought Willot [-] nominations, but "Lord of the Rings" received mostly nominations for technical awards, unlike Miramax, which received five nominations. The best actress nominations accounted for three—especially Sissy Spacek and Judi Dench are still the favorites to win the championship—the probability is three out of five, which can almost be said to be the best actress trophy It's in the bag.

Many well-known professional film critics, such as Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times", praised "Life Together", and Roger Ebert wrote a total of The three film reviews are full of praise, and they believe that the film is a pearl that was almost buried under the halo of "A Beautiful Mind".

Stephen Holden of the "New York Times" is even more exaggerated. He directly stated in his column that the best picture of this year's Oscars can only belong to "Beautiful Love", and the best actor should be awarded to Tom Wilkinson , Judi Dench is most qualified to be the best actress, and the best supporting actor is none other than Jim Broadbent - all predictions are not only related to Miramax, but also to his two colleagues In addition, A.

All of a sudden, the reputation of the Weinstein brothers, who are in charge of Miramax, is in full swing, because several films under the company's Oscars for this year have become current hot spots, and some media even speculate: "Maybe after the awards ceremony , the most important Oscar trophies other than Best Director will be put into Miramax’s honor showcase.” ——Best Director is the only major film nominated by Miramax awards.

While the directors of the film departments of [-]th Century Fox and Columbia Corporation were sitting in their offices grinding their teeth, secretly cursing the Weinstein brothers for their habit of buying people's hearts, and at the same time preparing to study and imitate, something they liked happened.

On Monday's "Los Angeles Times" headline page published a news - "Smear!Suppression!Miramax's Oscar political shenanigans."

In the report, reporter James T. Brick told about a thing that just happened to him: Miramax’s publicity consultant took the initiative to contact him three days ago, asking him to read the news website Drudge’s report and " The negative reports related to "A Beautiful Mind" also emphasized those who "revealed" the homosexuality, divorce, illegitimate children and anti-Semitism of the film prototype John Nash. When James T. Brick stated that he knew these news, M. Lamax's publicity consultant asked him directly: "Isn't this worthy of being published in the Los Angeles Times so that more readers know?"

"The Miramax publicity consultant also kept hinting that I would be paid handsomely if I could get the unfavorable coverage of "A Beautiful Mind" in the newspapers." Los Angeles Times reporter James T. Rick wrote in the report: "Following the professional ethics that journalists should have, the author decided to reject the publicity consultant, and hereby expose the truth that Miramax was suspected of paying reporters to discredit competitors."

"Hollywood filmmakers should be vigilant. Unhealthy trends are breeding in Hollywood. In order to ensure that the films they recommend will win awards, when facing competitors with good reputation and high voice, they will not hesitate to use the media and various methods. Personal relationships to smear opponents. I will not be the first reporter they approach, nor will I be the last. If by the time the Oscars are announced, "A Beautiful Mind" and other excellent films that have been plagued by negative news recently will be defeated by Mi I wouldn’t be surprised by Lamax’s film, but the Oscars at that time might become a joke, because the whole world saw that the Oscars were crowned with public relations victories rather than artistic excellence.”

Accompanying the headline was a photo of the Weinstein brothers walking down the red carpet at last year's Oscars.

What the reporter James T. Brick revealed in his report shocked the entire Hollywood. The lower-level groups in Hollywood who had never known the truth were shocked by the energy and methods of Miramax and the Weinstein brothers, who were in power. People who have long suspected that the public opinion of the awards season is not in the right direction, they are no less shocked than ignorant people-because to be honest, even for Hollywood filmmakers, it is one thing for them to guess the shady scene before, but now It's another thing if the shady ones are proven to exist.

Thanks to the millions of daily circulation of the "Los Angeles Times", the biggest award season scandal since the millennium quickly spread throughout the United States, and was even reprinted by many European newspapers, especially the British media.Because Hollywood is currently recognized as the world's film production center, and because the domestic film market is too small to consume too many local actors, a large number of British actors go to Hollywood every year to seek a career, but Hollywood studios are more or less regional. Discrimination and unwillingness to give British actors too good roles, so when a scandal breaks out in Hollywood, the British media is always happy to contribute to the spread of the event.

Discussions about this report on the Internet are also very hot. "Miramax", "Hollywood Scandal", "Weinstein", and "Oscar" have become the most frequently searched terms on Internet search engines recently.

And in the Hollywood discussion pages of some popular websites and forums, netizens are even more excited to dig out more behind the reports, such as Miramax and Universal behind "A Beautiful Mind". What was the reaction after the report?Miramax, no, do the Weinstein brothers really have a lot of power in Hollywood?Did they discredit just one film, A Beautiful Mind, or were the other nominees included?In the past few years, the Oscars have given many honors to the films produced by Miramax. Are there disgraceful methods in the process of obtaining these honors?

The answer to the first question is definite. When the hypocritical fig leaf still existed, even if Universal hated Miramax, there was nothing they could do about it. Now, the whole world knows about Miramax. What publicity consultants do every day, Harvey Weinstein can no longer hide behind the scenes, he immediately ordered Miramax to issue a statement, pushing the whole thing to the self-assessment of the publicity department, saying that the error came from Some employees are eager for quick success. As the CEO, I don't care about everything in the company.At the same time, he called the president of Universal and apologized in a very humble manner for him, so as to dispel the idea that Universal might use this opportunity to launch the "Big Seven" to retaliate against Miramax.

The president of Universal forgave Harvey Weinstein for not being known to the public, but at the same time, a wave of "revealing Weinstein's public relations history and disputing the fairness of previous Oscars" is spreading rapidly on the Internet.

For example, on popular websites such as HSO.COM and HitFix, some Hollywood practitioners have already revealed that as early as 1997, Harvey Weinstein used gifts and luxurious parties to buy academy members and famous film critics, making him They publicly praised Miramax's "The English Patient," which earned it a total of twelve Oscar nominations and eventual nine statuettes, while the Coen Brothers' "The English Patient," which was initially more beloved by most professional film critics, Fargo, only got two trophies.

It was also reported that "Shakespeare in Love" overturned "Saving Private Ryan" and won the best picture at the No.70 Oscars. Not to mention Harvey Weinstein's behind-the-scenes plotting.

And last year, in order to make "Chocolate" a success at the Oscars, Weinstein has done a lot of tricks. He not only played the ethnic card, but also got the well-known black civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and the leader of the Jewish rights organization Foxman to publicly praise him. In this film, he also used his personal connections and media relations to spread the word that Russell Crowe, the protagonist of "Gladiator", is actually grumpy and arrogant.

One wonders: Does William Brandley appear to have worked with Harvey Weinstein at least twice? He is still the leading actor in "Shakespeare in Love", and Willot bought the film rights of "The Lord of the Rings" series from Miramax. Why did Miramax discredit "A Beautiful Mind"? Are you not afraid of affecting the friendship between each other if you are merciless?

These questions are not difficult to answer, and soon a netizen (perhaps a filmmaker) who has a deep understanding of Hollywood made popular science for other netizens:

Yes, in addition to "Shakespeare in Love," William Bradley also made Miramax's "Scream," and Harvey Weinstein is said to have decided to make the later box-office hit "Scream." The "Scream" series was inspired by him, which is probably one of the reasons why Willot was able to buy the adaptation rights of "Lord of the Rings" and William Bradley took over the filming of "Shakespeare in Love".

However, having a good relationship once doesn't mean that they will never get dirty.Then the insider told a good story about how Miramax chose between Roberto Bernini and William Bradley in 1999, and then decided that Bradley was too young to have little hope of winning. Abandoned him, and then went all out to publicize the Oscar winner for Bernini.And how much Harvey Weinstein regretted selling the rights to the novel after The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was a box-office miracle.

The speed of information dissemination on the Internet is too fast. In a short period of time, netizens have used a large amount of information-semi-public or secret inside information, direct or indirect evidence-to position Harvey Weinstein as a Into Hollywood's biggest shady, one-handed Jew or unscrupulous speculators.

By the time the traditional mainstream media took notice, the content was all over the internet.

The public is easily influenced by the media, but the reverse is also true. When the public opinion is tilted to a certain extent, it is difficult for the media to ignore the past.

Other mainstream media such as the "New York Times", "San Francisco Tribune", "Hollywood Report", the Associated Press, "The Times of London", and the German "Bild" also followed up and joined in the condemnation of the Weinstein brothers. middle.

"Using Media to Discredit Rival Miramax Suspected of Manipulating Public Opinion"

"Hidden Behind the Scenes of Hollywood's Top Powerful People - The Weinstein Brothers"

83 nominations in ten years!Oscar treats Weinstein really unusually? "

Who will safeguard the purity and fairness of art? "

With the concentration and depth of reports, the direction of public opinion is gradually changing.From digging into how powerful Harvey Weinstein is in Hollywood, to starting to question the fairness of the media, film critics and even the results of previous Oscars who sang praises for Miramax.

That's a serious charge.

Whether it is for the media or professional film critics, they may have endless unspoken rules, but those are invisible. Once it is revealed that they have received benefits, then that person's professional ethics will be seriously doubted , and even no longer have a foothold in the industry.

Even the famous "Chicago Sun" columnist Roger Ebert is no exception-Roger Ebert has just given several Miramax movies extremely high evaluation, and also gave Renee Qi Wiger's Best Actress nomination has been well-spoken, so he's caught in the fray, though not openly questioned about unprofessionalism—because he's still the only film critic to ever win a Pulitzer, The status of the industry is still very high - but the prestige has indeed been damaged.

And being suspected of fairness and purity is something the academy does not want to see.

The academy executive committee had to issue a notice to all members, prohibiting them from accepting gifts worth more than five hundred dollars from any film company or actor during the awards season, and hoped that academy members would not be influenced by remarks other than movies when they voted. The artistry of the film determines who is voted for.

"The Oscars are fair, just and open. I believe that every academy member has his own aesthetic judgment and will not be easily influenced by external factors." Harvey Weinstein is worthy of being one of the most sophisticated Jewish businessmen in Hollywood, even if After being exposed for alleged bribery, he is still trying his best to win back the goodwill of the academy.

However, the popularity of films recommended by Miramax such as "Life Together" has indeed dropped, and in order to avoid suspicion, even film critics who have never received benefits from Miramax are no longer willing to publicly express their support for the film.

It also leads to a very interesting phenomenon: Every Oscar-winning hit movie has a flaw in its reputation, big or small.

In any case, this year's Oscar has become the most suspenseful one for the award, because the prospects of each nominee and nominated film seem to be full of fog.

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"Party? When? Tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, uh... let me think about it, there should be no problem, I have an appointment with "People" magazine in the morning, and it should be in time-but old man Morgan, you have never been a lover Lively people, the last time you took the initiative to invite us to your house to share a good time, it was the year before last, what is it for tomorrow, there must be a theme, right?"

When Kyle Eastwood was assigned by other family members to call his father to eat freshly baked lemon pie, he found that his father was standing on the terrace talking on the phone. From the tone of the phone, the other end of the phone seemed to be His father's longtime partner, Morgan Freeman.

"Birthday party? No, I remember that your birthday should be in summer... It won't be the same canvassing dinner party again, I feel uncomfortable when I go to these occasions recently. Some of the nominated actors obviously don't have a good temper, In order to get more votes from our group of old bones, I insisted on squeezing out a stiff face to please... It's a pity that although the smile is not bad, the eyes are not up to standard, I can imagine how they scolded us behind our backs The old guys are so hard to please. The young people nowadays are spoiled by the times, and their acting skills are getting better and better—oh no."

"Old man Morgan, tell me the truth, there won't be a few actors who are on the nomination list at the party tomorrow, right?"

"——Denzel Washington and Halle Berry? Ambitious young people, they are bound to win this year. Oh... oh oh... well, I see, of course I will attend your invitation Now, it's lemon pie time." Clint Eastwood glanced at his eldest son not far away and said, "I have to go to the restaurant, or the kids will clear all the plates. Goodbye , Morgan."

Clint Eastwood casually put the mobile phone on the table beside him, then reached out and rubbed the space between his eyebrows.

"Morgan Freeman?" Kyle Eastwood asked. "It sounds like he's giving you a problem."

"Yes, it is indeed a difficult problem. He wants me to vote for Denzel Washington and Halle Berry." The caution brought by the long years makes Clint Eastwood generally refrain from talking about Hollywood to others There are all kinds of darkness behind the brilliance, but Kyle is not an outsider, he is his son. "Not only did he invite me and some other academy members to a party at his house, saying that he would introduce these two black actors to us, but he also begged me to say something nice in front of other members, obviously to help them canvass— This confuses me a bit because, as far as I know, Morgan Freeman isn't an awards season social activist, has little interest in politics or power play, and I didn't even know he was private with Washington or Berry before. There is still friendship."

"According to you, if Freeman is not keen on the Oscar race, why should he help Denzel Washington and Halle Berry? Even I know that Hollywood's connections are all mutual. Once he starts If you make a request, you will owe a lot of favors."

"Some people or organizations that even Morgan Freeman couldn't refuse asked him. I guess."

"Wow. Is there really such a person, I mean - that's Morgan Freeman! He's been acting since I was not even born, who else in Hollywood does he take orders from?" ?”

"No matter how much a person achieves, he cannot be separated from his ethnic group. In Hollywood, this is especially true for black actors."

“You mean black organizations in Hollywood — like the Black Filmmakers Association or the NAACP — are pulling out all the stops for black nominees? That, that sounds a bit—”

"Outrageous? No, they've already started doing it. Morgan Freeman told me that besides him, Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Jr. and even Sidney Poe Tite stands behind black nominees, and they will fight hard to make this Oscar a milestone for black actors in Hollywood."

Kyle Eastwood was dumbfounded. The names he heard just now were all the most famous black actors in Hollywood. Among them, Sidney Potet was the first black Oscar winner in history. Receive a lifetime achievement award at an awards ceremony next month.

"For decades, I have never seen an awards season like this." Clint Eastwood looked out the window, suddenly sighed helplessly, and said to his eldest son: "The Oscars have always been competitive, but There has never been a year as chaotic as this year. Before, the studios just invested money in public relations to promote their films and actors. Now, they start spending money to ruin each other, like those who do anything to win an election politicians."

There is always a source for everything. When did the Oscar competition change from benign competition to vicious competition?

It seems that this phenomenon has been intensified since the 90s-no, or that the rules of the awards season competition have been completely changed since the Weinstein Brothers' Miramax got involved.

Those Oscar voting guide booklets, DVD videos, voting receptions attended by directors and actors, luxurious five-star hotel dinners, luxury travel coupons or various thoughtful and expensive small gifts that are given to all Academy members are almost It all started with Miramax.

I have to say that this kind of publicity strategy is really groundbreaking. After experiencing the meticulous persuasion and flattery of Miramax PR, many college members will unconsciously lean towards them—some college members even think that Miramax Max really helped them, let them know more about the nominated films and nominees, and be able to vote better-although some people also realized that their votes were not so objective, but because they were coaxed Happy, as long as you are not particularly upright and self-reliant, you will follow the advice of the Weinstein brothers to vote.

In fact, even Clint Eastwood fell for it.During the awards season three years ago, it was rare for Eastwood to watch all the Oscar-nominated films. He liked William Bradley's performance in "Shakespeare in Love", but after taking a few Mira Mike After a few college parties, he changed his mind and voted for Roberto Bernini, who at the time seemed like a more mature and secure actor. choose.

In fact, after the end of the awards season that year, when he revisited the film by chance, he felt a little pity for William Bradley, and realized how wrong his neglect was, and how he was received by him at that time. Miramax was profoundly influential.In the following two awards seasons, Clint Eastwood watched countless members of the academy, just like him before, being deliberately manipulated by the film company unknowingly, which aroused his more emotion.Of course, there is resentment.

This awards season has started off more chaotic than ever, not just the smog in the newspapers, but some hedonistic academy members who, if they choose, can live busier lives than the president during this time. Life, shuttling between various five-star hotels and luxury cruise villas, and returning home with a car full of gifts.And some members of the academy whose sense of justice has the upper hand have long been unable to stand it, and are about to submit a protest to the academy council.

In this special period when the turbulent truth is covered up with a calm appearance, Harvey Weinstein's hidden methods are suddenly exposed. It seems inevitable that he went from being satisfied to becoming notorious.

But this ending came too soon—Clint Eastwood originally thought that Weinstein’s tricks would work for a few more years, until most people could bear it no longer—and now it seems that someone was wronging him. There was no end to it, and the man was very smart and had found a perfect opportunity to take Harvey Weinstein's smug stumble at his most smug.

The media and the public have all focused their attention on the chaos of the awards season. The unscrupulous practices of bribery and smearing have disappeared a lot, but Hollywood, the Vanity Fair, will never lack speculators. One Weinstein temporarily retired, and the other A not-so-low-key organization stands out.

In fact, Clint Eastwood guessed that perhaps the black actors in Hollywood did not have such great ambitions at the beginning, but who made the public opinion of this awards season messy, and almost every nominated film was in the whirlpool of negative public opinion In addition, black actors accounted for three of the ten nominations for leading actors and actresses-Denzel Washington, Will Smith and Halle Berry-this is the most in the history of Oscars. It's only the second time, the first time happened 29 years ago, and the current environment is much more friendly to black actors, so it's no wonder that black organizations in Hollywood are so confident in attacking male and female movie stars at the same time.

"But you gotta vote, Father." Clint Eastwood's eldest son asked in his trance. "How would you choose?"

After thinking for a while, Clint Eastwood gave the answer: "In any case, I will not vote for the guy who plays tricks, or is kidnapped by political correctness."

A few days later, when Clint Eastwood played golf with his old friends Gene Hackman, Warren Cowan, Maury Weissman, Jon Voight and others, I ran into Arnold Schwarzenegger, Meryl Streep, Dick Guttman, Gerry Palm and others who happened to come to this stadium. After deciding the outcome, they went to a nearby bar to chat together.

Because everyone is a colleague in the academy, the topic will inevitably return to the Oscars. In previous years, there were still quite a few differences between them. This year, everyone unanimously expressed their indignation at the deteriorating world.

Meryl Streep said: "I have nothing against nominees who boast too much about themselves, but it is shameful to ruin other people's reputations to benefit themselves."

Her words elicited a burst of agreement.

And George Voight - Angelina Jolie's father, who has a terrible relationship with his daughter - is very dissatisfied with another emerging phenomenon: "I am very afraid of being accused of racism, okay? No. Saying 'Yeah I just don't think Washington is doing well enough this time' can't be questioned or it's discrimination - it's like last year I installed a camera outside the gate and a black family moved in and complained to the community about me, Said that I pretended to be monitoring because of them, and almost went to court. In many people's minds, old white men are always prejudiced, and nine out of ten are racist jerks—”

The following words were swallowed by George Voight because they were too sensitive, but everyone here understood what he wanted to say, and it must be "If the Oscars don't award black actors, will they also be scolded for their race? Discriminated against?" and so on.

Everyone has an opinion.Like Meryl Streep, she believes that Oscars did often ignore black actors in the past, and it will be more diverse from now on, and there is nothing wrong with giving black people some compensation.

But there are also some people who are repeatedly thinking about a question: "If black actors are specially selected to prove that there is no racial discrimination, is this judging art or political correctness?"

Someone asked Clint Eastwood to share his opinion. He and Meryl Streep are the only two actors in this group who are still active in front of the screen. Among contemporary filmmakers Also very prestigious.

Clint Eastwood's statement sounded like he blurted out inadvertently, but also thought it out: "If you want to fight against racism, you might as well fight against ageism...In any case, vote with your heart is always Exactly."

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Truth be told, Harvey Weinstein hasn't imagined that he's going to stumble at the Oscars since learning the benefits of getting the PR right in awards season — not political sleight of hand, that's what the losers say. .

A success may be an accidental event, but a series of successes must avoid all failure factors.Harvey Weinstein failed too. In 1994, "Pulp Fiction", a collaboration between Miramax and Quentin Tarantino, was released. This distinctive film swept almost the entire European market and received excellent praise in North America. An important Oscar nomination, Harvey Weinstein at that time still had a trace of naivety as a filmmaker, "Pulp Fiction" had a very high reputation and reputation, he thought it would be enough to conquer all the academy judges, but he was wrong In the end, he and Tarantino only got a painless best original screenplay award.

The encounter of "Pulp Fiction" at No.60's seven Oscars made Harvey Weinstein realize the importance of membership in the PR academy and became a watershed moment in his career. Before that, he and other Hollywood independents Like the president of a production company, he would only obey and even bow to the rules of the Oscars, and after that, Harvey Weinstein tried to be the one who changed the rules, and fully utilized his unique vision, ambition, power , contacts, and his Jewish identity.

"The English Patient" in 1996 gave Harvey Weinstein and Miramax a taste of the sweetness of correct public relations. At the Oscars the following year, "The English Patient" won 12 nominations, and the final Nine statuettes.Then to "Good Will Hunting" in 1997, "Shakespeare in Love" in 1999, "The Genius Ripley" and "Chocolate" in 2000, Harvey Weinstein's public relations continued to be unfavorable. His appetizer, the Oscars as his main meal, and sometimes the European film festival as an after-dinner snack, it seems that everything related to the awards season cannot escape his control.

The past few years have been a harvest season for Miramax, and Harvey Weinstein thought he was going to be on his way until this year, when they hit a hard rock and everything started to spin out of control.

Harvey Weinstein is still very angry when he thinks that the members of the academy who were originally friendly are now avoiding them, and some media accuse them of bribing film critics and wanting to tarnish the art: "I don't even look at who participates in the free The seven-day trip to Las Vegas is so fun! And who helped his grandchildren chasing stars, that rude little bitch had lunch with the super boy group and got all the autographed albums!"

"It can't get any worse. We have to do something, even if it's just to divert Hollywood's attention." In the Miramax office, Bob Weinstein and his brother Harvey are opening a brotherhood. The secret meeting between them: "If the eyes of the media still stay on us, there will be worse things dug out by them."

“I agree,” Harvey Weinstein said, feeling very uncomfortable from being the hunter to the prey. "It's a pity we don't know who is behind it yet, Columbia, Fox and even Willot are all possible."

"I'll talk about it later. I received some news this morning. I believe it will help us out." Of the two Weinstein brothers, Harvey is eloquent and pushy, and enjoys the spotlight as much as he likes power , is evaluated by many people as a "real businessman" (not commendatory), but he is not the one with the deepest central machine among the brothers. Bob doesn't often stand in front of the stage, and prefers to make suggestions behind the scenes, but his contribution to the company, Not much less than Harvey.

Bob Weinstein has been holding a Manila folder in his hand since he walked into Harvey's office today. Until now, he has given it to his brother Harvey: "Even if you, brother, saw this It’s going to be a shock sometimes, and we’re so lucky.”

Harvey Weinstein heard a tremor of excitement in his brother's voice, and he was surprised, because Bob was always calm, and it was not common for him to lose his cool.He wondered what would be in there, and then opened the folder, expecting to see the news that Nicole Kidman was remarrying Tom Cruise - only a big news of this level is possible Grabbing the national attention would free Miramax from the vortex of public opinion—but what he didn't expect was that the folder contained only a photo.

The photo is slightly yellowed, and the color is black and white. Most of the young man's face is turned away from the camera, stretching his body on the floor.He had a full forehead, eyes that seemed to be half-closed, attractive cheekbones, a high nose, and thick, black hair that shone and curled