Birth of an actor

On Friday afternoon, Malvina Cobden, an average middle-class housewife in Chicago, was leisurely busy in the kitchen, preparing and handling ingredients for tomorrow's family barbecue party.

Just marinated the beef patties in a special sauce, sealed it and put it in the refrigerator, Malvina Cobden looked up at the electronic watch in the living room, and found that it was only a few days before today's "Oprah Winfrey Blunt" There were still five or six minutes before the opening time of the show, and she first made a cup of coffee for herself, and put the cookies baked in the morning on a plate, and then went to the living room with these two things, looking for the remote control in a leisurely manner to prepare Turn on the TV.

As a full-time housewife with three children, Malvina Cobden’s most leisurely time is now. After a busy day’s housework, the children and her husband haven’t come back yet, so she can take advantage of this time to drink Drink afternoon tea and watch talk shows - Many talk shows in the United States, no matter daytime or late-night, are mostly broadcast daily from Monday to Friday, and closed on rest days. This schedule is the main contributor to the audience. It is the most convenient for housewives and office workers. They are busy with housework on weekdays, and they can watch TV for entertainment and relaxation in their spare time. On weekends, various family gatherings and parties appear Even if they wanted to, they rarely sat back in front of the TV on time.

"The Tonight Show" and various funny late-night talk shows are Malvina Cobden's husband's favorite shows. He always stays in front of the TV after dinner and watching the children fall asleep. The Oprah Winfrey Show, which airs five days a week during the daytime, is Malvina Cobden's favorite show.

Who is the guest of honor invited by Oprah today?Malvina Cobden thought casually while looking for the remote control, it seems to be some Hollywood star?

Although I have seen the trailer, I rarely go to the cinema except for the whole family. Malvina Cobden, who is neither familiar nor interested in various Hollywood star actors, really can’t remember who the star guests in the trailer are Who seems to be quite handsome?When Malvina Cobden usually watches the Oprah show, what she likes most is Oprah talking about those social events or those daily and trivial things that happen around everyone.

As soon as the TV was turned on, there was a sound of "thump, thud, thump" from the entrance, and: "Mom! Mom! Are you in the living room? Turn on the TV for me!" It turned out that the eldest daughter Rebecca had returned.

Malvina Cobden turned around from the sofa and looked in surprise at her eldest daughter Rebecca who was still wearing her school cheerleader uniform but running out of breath: "Rebi, didn't you say that there is a cheerleading training today?"

"It's over early!" Rebecca Cobden waved her hand carelessly, sat down on the sofa, and looked around for the remote control again: "Everyone is rushing home to watch the Oprah show!"

"The Oprah Show?" Malvina Cobden was even more surprised: "Didn't you never like to watch the daytime show?" If Buden likes it, then this show is very unsuitable for the rest of the family. The eldest daughter, Rebecca, is better. The second daughter was watching a singer's newly released music video in front of the TV, but when Malvina Cobden took the remote control away to watch "The Oprah Show", the second daughter said The ridicule of "Haha, another provocative show that middle-aged women love most" made Malvina Cobden feel stuffy.

"Because of Will," Rebecca Cobden replied, turning up the volume on the TV.

"Will? Who's that?"

"Please, mom, don't you know Will? When you watched "90210" with me last time, didn't you praise that he looks like the campus prince when you were in school?"

Malvina Cobden thought about it, and finally remembered an overly handsome face, but she was worried about her daughter's fascination: "It's just a Hollywood star, Rabbi, and you're about to apply for college too It's time to stop being obsessed with stars like those girls in lower grades, that's unrealistic."

"Will is different from other Hollywood stars." Rebecca replied with some dissatisfaction.

"What's different? Isn't it because of their natural good looks that they have the opportunity to become famous in movies." Perhaps all parents with adolescent children have a good impression of Hollywood stars and are wary of Hollywood stars. Malvina Cobden is no exception - although she also had a period of crazy obsession with rock singers in her youth.

"Will went to Harvard! Mom, how many people do you think can apply to Harvard University while making movies?"

"Uh, Harvard? That Harvard?" Malvina Cobden was a little disbelieving: "Really?"

"Oh Mom, your information is so outdated. How long has it been since you watched the TV news and newspapers?" During the conversation, today's "The Oprah Winfrey Show" has begun, and Rebecca Cobden immediately Shut your mouth tightly and concentrate on watching TV.

Originally, she just didn't like her daughter Rebecca's excessive worship of stars. Now that she knows that Rebecca's favorite stars are Harvard students, Malvina Cobden has a little interest in William. In addition, although she doesn't pay attention to Hollywood, But she didn't want to be ridiculed by today's young people for being behind the times, so Malvina Cobden, who originally wanted to walk away while Rebecca was watching TV, sat next to her daughter and watched today's TV show with her eldest daughter. The Oprah Show.

When William appeared on the stage, Rebecca Cobden screamed while sitting in front of the TV. If Malvina Cobden had started scolding her daughter for making a fuss in the past, but at this time she said: She didn't say a word, because when she saw William for the first time, she almost couldn't help exclaiming - this young man is definitely the most handsome Hollywood star she has seen in recent years, even more handsome than Ma In Ervina Cobden's memory, she was even more charming when she saw "90210". This kind of attractiveness is not only reflected in the standard of facial features, but also in the suit that looks so good in a suit. In terms of figure, there is also that extraordinary temperament, and dark green eyes that can almost suck people's souls in.

"Only with this God-given good looks, this young man is going to be popular in Hollywood," Malvina Cobden defines.

"Will didn't just rely on his face to hang out in Hollywood, Mom!" Rebecca Cobden retorted: "He is the man who won the Golden Globe and Bafta nominations for his first leading actor! And His performances in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Scream" were astonishing. If it weren't for the fact that one role was too small to even be awarded the Best Supporting Actor, and the other was a horror movie, maybe it would have depended on He can get a few more nominations for these two movies! And his IQ, getting into Harvard while filming, man, I don’t know how he did it.”

"Scream? Isn't it a horror movie?" I've seen the name of the movie a few times in home and fashion magazines recently, and the memory of a brief introduction made Malvina Cobb Deng immediately became vigilant: "I remember that the rating is R. Did someone accompany you to see it, Ruby?" Rebecca Cobden will not turn 17 next year, and Malvina Cobden is also in Growing up in the era when the atmosphere was the most open, she knew what kind of methods adolescent boys were best at courting girls.

"Of course not." Rebecca Cobden didn't notice her mother's strangeness, she just stared at the TV and said in frustration: "I heard that this movie is great, but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but it was in a movie magazine After seeing a lot of introductions, I feel even more tickled."

Malvina Cobden felt a little guilty immediately, because she had doubted her daughter for no reason before.She gradually recalled the introduction news about "Scream" she had seen recently, and calculated it in her heart.

On TV, William gave Oprah Winfrey a copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, just published by Waddington Press.

"Will actually still reads fairy tale books? Ha, what a childlike innocence!" Rebecca Cobden didn't think that the idol was not cool because of reading fairy tale books, but thought it was very interesting.

Malvina Cobden glanced at the cover of the book, attracted by the colorful paintings on it, and thought in her heart: "It sounds like this book is very interesting, maybe I can buy a copy for my youngest son?" '

When William's agent, Amon Goffman, appeared on the stage, Rebecca Cobden was excited again: "Mr. Agent is also very handsome! He looks like a big brother sitting next to Will!"

"..." Malvina Cobden was speechless at Rebecca's nympho behavior.However, this time she secretly agreed with her daughter again in her heart.

Oprah Winfrey and William's conversation reached drag fan Jonathan Bates, Malvina Cobden frowned and said to her daughter: "Ruby, I really don't want you to like The stars of the world have also acted like this, so crazy and not perverted, you—"

"The truth is not like this!" Rebecca Cobden interrupted her mother's accusation again: "I have read it on the forum, you will know after reading it."

Sure enough, Malvina Cobden blushed a little at the blind accusation she had just made when the conversation unfolded next, when Oprah Winfrey said, Patients, as long as they do not engage in behaviors that are harmful to society or other people, we should look at them with tolerance and accept them, because from the heart, they are ordinary people like us.” , Malvina Cobden kept nodding in agreement.

This time, the new daughter, Rebecca Cobden, looked at her with strange eyes: "So you have no prejudice against LGBT? This really surprised me."

Malvina Cobden deliberately put on an angry look: "Do you have an image of me as a narrow-minded housewife, Ruby?"

"Of course not, Mom." Rebecca Cobden hurriedly hugged her mother and shook her arm coquettishly: "You are the most enlightened and generous mother in the world, so you will definitely agree—"

Rebecca Cobden wants to beg her mother to take her to the cinema to see Scream, but before she can say it, Malvina Cobden cuts him off with a boo: "Shh —Ruby, look, I didn't know Oprah had Lance Roderick! A real Roderick!"

Malvina Cobden’s husband, Mr. Cobden, works in a real estate company under the Roderick Group, and he is a middle-level manager who has worked for nearly 20 years, so the Cobden family knows the behind-the-scenes of the company. The big boss Roderick is very curious, especially about how much property this surname owns, which is one of the most popular gossips among the staff of every company under the Roderick Industrial Group.

"Whoa!" Rebecca Cobden was as indifferent to how much money Lance Roderick had as any 16-year-old girl, and all that cared about how he looked: "He looks super super —Spicy! Isn’t that blond hair dyed? It looks even shinier than Will’s dyed hair for filming!”

Malvina Cobden held back the words in her heart, and she couldn't help discussing with her daughter (she would never gossip like this in front of her children in the past): "Ruby, do you know? I've seen Lance Roderick when he was 8 years old. His pictures were all over the place when he was kidnapped 12 years ago, and then they all disappeared overnight. It will no longer be published, and the news is not talking about that matter anymore, I really did not expect that the thin and proud little boy in the photo back then would become so—”

Malvina Cobden's voice suddenly stopped. The reason why she didn't continue was not that her daughter stopped her, nor that she couldn't continue, but that she and Rebecca were together by Lance Roderick was fascinated by the experience of the kidnapping case 12 years ago, although he knew that William Bradley and Lance Roderick would be fine in the end-the two kidnapped parties are now sitting in opp La Winfrey's side appeared on the TV in front of them - but the mother and daughter still listened to this somewhat thrilling story with fear.

"Will was kidnapped before?!" Rebecca Cobden shouted in shock.

"The other boy in the kidnapping case turned out to be him?!" Malvina Cobden shouted in shock.

"Will saved the heir to the Roderick family! God, he's so resourceful at the age of eight! I just, couldn't love him more!"

"My God, the friendship between them is really touching." Malvina Cobden touched her hot cheeks: "William Bradley, I really didn't expect that this Hollywood movie star would have such The past, but now he has grown so well..."

"Did you see the way Roderick looked at Will when he talked about his father? They were really, really good friends."

When Oprah Winfrey praised William for having achieved success beyond the reach of her peers, and enumerated the other party's proud achievements, especially when talking about "admitted to Harvard University", Malvina Cobden watched meaningfully. Rebecca Cobden didn't notice her mother's gaze when her daughter, who was in high school, was busy scratching her hair and shouting, "What? It's almost over? Why so soon! You haven't talked about Will yet. How about the experience when I first entered Hollywood! I want to know, I want to know, I want to know!”

Malvina Cobden also had a slight regret in her heart. She hadn't paid attention to Hollywood for many years. Even if she saw any celebrity reports on newspapers and TVs, she always picked up the remote control to change channels. The young actor whose daughter is not a few years older is attracted, and can't help but want to know more about each other—it seems to be back to the feeling when she was crazy about those rock singers when she was a teenager. To be honest, at her current age Is chasing stars a bit weird?

It didn't take long before Malvina Cobden could no longer calm down when she heard the beautiful, moving, passionate cello music streaming from the speaker, and all her scruples were put aside—so handsome Breathtaking face, passionate and deep eyes, impeccable figure, good upbringing, childlike innocence and great sense of humor, IQ much above average, not to mention being so talented, God, and What could be more perfect than this, like a lover template tailored for all women?Can you find even one reason not to like or be obsessed with it?No!able!Can't find it at all!

——Of course, as a married housewife, Malvina Cobden can definitely control herself to chase stars with pure appreciation and completely rational behavior.must be able to!

With a clear cough, Malvina Cobden asked her daughter very "calmly", "Ruby, do you want to go to the cinema to watch a movie tonight?"

"What movie?" "The Oprah Show" ended, and Rebecca Cobden threw away the remote control and lay on the sofa, looking hopeless.

"Scream, you are almost 17 years old, so I will only take you there, brothers and sisters are still too young to stay at home."

"Long live!" Rebecca Cobden hugged Malvina Cobden, and gave her a hard "pop" on the cheek: "You are really the most enlightened mother in the world!"

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How many families had the same story as the Cobdens' on Friday afternoon?It cannot be counted, but it is foreseeable that this number is definitely an exaggeration, because everything can be found in the wave-like ratings curve of "The Oprah Winfrey Show".

At the beginning of the talk show, the ratings of 600 million viewers had surpassed the usual average, and then the ratings have been repeating in a cycle of higher than the average-a slight drop-up sharply-a slight drop-up again, WLS crews detected a show with over 5000 million viewers once, when Lance Roderick and William Bradley were interviewed together, and three times over 500 million , Most of the other time, the number of viewers hovered between 4000 million and 500 million. Even at the end of the show, when William Bradley played the cello, the ratings did not drop much. On the contrary, it was higher than before There was a slight rebound in 1 minute, maintaining the figure of 400 million.

To be honest, this is really a ratings that can't be said to be very scary, but it is also particularly amazing. In the 80s, the average ratings of each episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" was around 90 million. The show began to usher in full speed in the 400s. During the outbreak period, there was basically an increase of 2000 million every year. Especially in the past two years, each talk show had 3000 million to [-] million viewers sitting in front of the TV and watching it on time, which can be called the highest rating in American history. talk show.

In 95, a professional organization conducted a survey on the viewing groups of various talk shows in the United States. The average viewing limit of daytime shows with housewives, college students, and retirees as the main audience was between 3000 million and 4000 million. After Oprah Winfrey’s exclusive interview with Michael Jackson, which created the myth of ratings, the “Oprah Show” has been on stage for the past two years no matter how good the topic is or how great the atmosphere is, except for superstars or presidential candidates who are nationally concerned. In those few episodes of the show, other ratings were around 3000 million, which also proves from the side that "The Oprah Show" has now reached its peak, and the ratings have probably reached the highest average point in the history of the show.

However, the talk show that William Bradley participated in had a minimum rating of 4000 million after entering the normal conversation stage, and most of the time it was around 500 million, and the number of viewers once exceeded 5000 million!This shows what?It shows that William Bradley has pulled many viewers who don't watch the Oprah show at all, or don't watch talk shows at all, to the front of the TV!

More than 1000 million newly created talk show audience groups!Whether these people are movie lovers or just interested in William Bradley, even if one in ten, no, one percent of them become fans of William Bradley, the snowball snowballs , this young actor will become one of the scariest stars in Hollywood!

The soaring popularity not only brought soaring attention, but what William never expected was that he himself also has the magical power to double the sales of a book. Recommend "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", just the second day after the talk show aired, the sales of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the United States doubled, and it has not reached bookstores across the United States in three days A sign saying "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone sold out" was put up.

The branch of Waddington Press in the United States began to urgently reprint the second edition, and increased the printing volume of the second edition to more than one million in one go.Many book buyers, especially those in their teens, said that the only reason they bought a book was "Will said it was good-looking." And the magic is that parents who have always hated their children chasing stars also encouraged them this time. Attitude: "William Bradley is still a student at Harvard. The storybooks he recommends can't be too bad, right? And as long as children like to read and read healthy novels, we are already very happy. God knows why children nowadays hate reading so much, it’s almost impossible to let them sit quietly and read for half an hour every day.”

And in the second week after William participated in the Oprah show, Oprah Winfrey also kept her agreement with William on the new talk show, and read "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" carefully, And recommended this book to her audience, and also claimed that the reason for the recommendation so quickly was that she couldn't wait to share this amazing magical novel with her audience and the audience's children.

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" once again ushered in a sales miracle in the American book market, and this influence is still centered on the United States and the United Kingdom, spreading to other countries and regions. In just three months, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" The global sales of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" jumped to 300 million copies, and then ranked first in the annual best-selling books list in the UK and the United States with the final sales of 790 million copies.Both Waddington Press and Joanna Rowling made a lot of money, and the publication and sales of the second "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" were naturally smooth and incredible.

The magical spark created by William and Oprah Winfrey is not only reflected in the ratings and influence, but "Scream", which was already popular at the box office, has shown a significant decline after "The Oprah Show" The box office of the trend began to rebound, and in the following week, it landed in third place on the North American weekend box office list with a box office of 1130 million, a full improvement of two places from last week.

The ratings report of WLS TV station was released, and after watching it, the entire TV and film industry was shocked. For a while, all other famous talk shows, "The Tonight Show", "The Conan Show", and "The Charlie Rose Show" all sent to William However, the effect of "The Oprah Show" was already very good, and William didn't have any new movies to promote recently, so he declined these talk shows -- of course, the two sides also reached a tacit agreement, such as William's appearance on the show is delayed by a few months or even a year or two to wait for a better time or something.

Now, moving on to Oprah Winfrey's talk show.

Up to now, the North American box office of "Scream" has accumulated to 4000 million US dollars, officially surpassing Tom Cruise's "Mr. Impossible competes for the No.1996 position in the North American total box office list of the films released in 3 - the first box office of the film released in 1996 is "Independence Day", which created a box office of 600 million US dollars in the North American market, and No. 2 is the box office "Tornado" with a gross of 100 million US dollars, the top two box office is too high to be surpassed for the time being, but "Mission Impossible" with a total box office of 8000 million US dollars in North America, "Scream" will work harder Still beyond hope.

Many gossip media in the United States, well, in fact, even the serious "Variety Show" recently joked: "This year was supposed to be the year of Tom Cruise. And it also created a new trend of spy movies, but William Bradley turned out to be a low-budget horror film "Scream" almost killed Tom Chris's two movies in the North American market. Falling off the horse - it won't be long before the total box office of "Scream" will be settled. If William Bradley is really above Tom Cruise, I don't know if Cruise will feel uncomfortable. happy?"