[US Entertainment] Superstar

At the end of each year, no matter whether it is a busy business, even the entertainment circle is busy commending the people in the circle who have made outstanding achievements this year.In the year that is about to pass, excellent works have emerged one after another, and good movies and good actors have appeared together. It coincides with the millennium, and this year's Oscar competition has shown a fierce state.

Even though the shortlist for important awards has not been announced, the seeded players have already surfaced.

For example, the seed players who hit the throne of actor are Kevin Spacey (American Beauty), Robert De Niro (the boss stepped aside), Kim Carrey (the man on the moon), Tom Hanks (green) Miracle), Julianne Moore (American Beauty), Meryl Streep (Strike My Heart), Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry), and Tom Crewe Stein, Michael Caine, Julia Roberts and other stars also joined the melee.

From December of this year to February of next year, major awards and judging activities in North America will be awarded one after another, collecting all the excellent works throughout the year. Even if there are a few leftovers, it will have little impact compared to the whole.

The large number of these awards, the short intervals, the exposure rate and the degree of overlap with the Oscars form the so-called awards season, and the awards are divided into outposts and vanes.

Among them, the major film critic associations are called outposts, and these awards generally come with a rhythm to strengthen the momentum of the film.Because film critics have different tastes and the number of judges is not large, they basically choose some films they like. There may be a big difference between the winners of the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards and the Chicago Film Critics Awards and the New York Film Critics Association Awards.

After dozens of awards from the Film Critics Association, large and small, some powerful films can stand out and enter the Oscar ceremony with a strong momentum.

The wind vane basically determines the list of Oscar nominations, and only four awards can be called the wind vane.They are the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the British Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.Among them, the trade union award can be replaced by the trade union corresponding to the award, such as the director union, producer union, screenwriter union and so on.

The nomination status of the outpost is often confusing. After the Golden Globe and Union Awards, the final list of nominations and winners can be confirmed immediately, and there are only very few times when they are upset.

Some people swept all the way to the top; some people did not perform well at the outposts, and they turned the tables against the wind with the wind vane and defeated the rest of their competitors; and some people led the major film critic awards in the early stage, but they were weak in succession. In the Golden Globe Awards and the British Oscars, they were overturned consecutively, and finally fell before the finish line.

In a narrow sense, the awards season starts with the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards and continues until the next year’s Oscars, including Golden Satellite Awards, Saturn Awards, Annie Awards and other professional awards, actors’ unions, directors’ unions, etc. There are also three forms of trade union awards and association awards in New York and Los Angeles, and finally ended with Golden Globes and Oscars.

But now the concept of awards season has been continuously expanded, not only including the Toronto Film Festival in September, even the famous Venice Film Festival has become an important part of the awards season!

Right now, "The Girl Who Moved the Soul" is just in time for the start of the awards season, hoping to get some nominations and awards, so that there will be enough attention when the film is released.

Eve doesn't know how the film will turn out, but since Columbia Pictures can pay so much attention to it, it must be well-thought-out, otherwise the marketing expenses may not be able to produce any splashes.

Now the disc of "Death is Coming" she starred in has been released, and the current sales are very gratifying, and may even be higher than the income in theaters.

The giant Blockbuster, which has [-] stores around the world, has already started the rental business. "Reaper" is very popular in stores everywhere. These people are the target audience for the sequel!

As a rare box office dark horse of the year, Eve, as the heroine, of course won't get too little attention. Coupled with CAA's marketing plan, the media regards her as the number three of "The Girl Who Moved Soul". Second to Winona and Julie.

Although Whoopi Goldberg is more famous, but to be honest, the role is not very good. The crew gave her a special title on the poster.

The sky will be dark, the breeze will blow, and the temperature in Los Angeles will gradually begin to drop.

Eve couldn't help shivering. Fortunately, she planned to enter the arena early, otherwise it would be even colder when night fell.It's a little better for male stars to wear suits, but which female stars are not beautiful and cold?

Basically, they are long dresses with backless shoulders, and basically no one wears long sleeves or coats, unless they really don't think about their own image at all.

On one side of the red carpet are large posters, signature walls, and photo areas of movie characters, while on the other side are media reporters and ordinary audiences.

This time not only Mandy came, agent Robert also came to the red carpet, he whispered: "This time there are a lot of film critics, maybe it is the best time for us to enter the awards season in one fell swoop."

"This is no longer something I can decide. Now I'd better go to the red carpet. The wind is too strong!"

Eve's playful short hair swayed gently in the wind, and her golden goddess outfit was quite eye-catching, with golden studs of varying sizes shining brightly in the setting sun.

Suddenly, Keanu, wearing a brand new suit, also appeared in the waiting area. He came completely alone, without any agent or assistant.

"What a coincidence, so you were walking the red carpet in front of me?" After Keanu registered there, he pretended to see Eve and greeted Eve like a normal friend.

"Yeah, it's really fate." Eve also responded in a pretentious manner. The staff and actors on the red carpet around were surprised. They had never heard that Eve knew this big star before.

Keanu resisted his urge to kiss, and just gave a face-to-face gift, "You look beautiful today, and you seem a little different from when you were shooting magazines."

He has seen Eve wearing this set for a magazine photo shoot on Rodeo Drive. Now she looks very fashionable and can make people feel the fashion atmosphere. The high-necked clothes definitely no longer need necklaces, but in order to adjust The monotony on the arm, she has a shining bracelet, the finishing touch generally shows the elegance and nobility of women, and the short hair with ears has a simple and follow-through temperament.

Generally, only real beauties can hold this hairstyle. It is very conspicuous in the crowd, and it is sufficiently different from the stereotyped long hair style to stand out successfully.

It can be said that Eve looks like a supermodel, and it depends on whether the entertainment reporters buy it or not.

Robert and Mandy were extremely speechless. After waving at Keanu, they quickly turned and slipped away. They really didn't want to see their poor acting skills.

Maybe they knew that the two were in a relationship, anyway, Robert and the others felt that Eve and Keanu were flirting with each other, and there were flaws everywhere.

But outsiders don't know this. Elizabeth Moss, who played the disfigured girl Polly, was very surprised. She took Eve's hand and asked in a low voice: "You actually know Keanu, he is my male god! Too Handsome!"

Such a nympho at a young age.

Facing Elizabeth's words, Eve agreed, "Yeah, he is so handsome, I can't help but want to look at him."

"That's terrible, will anyone pay attention to us later?" Keri Duval accidentally said her heart, and then quickly covered her mouth, worrying about being heard by others.

Keanu pretended not to hear, he said in a gentlemanly manner: "Ladies first, why don't you walk the red carpet first, and I'll come back later?"

Eve nodded and said, "Then see you in the theater later."

Not to mention supporting actors such as Eve, even Winona can only be Keanu's embellishment.Although this person is very low-key, media reporters, ordinary audience readers, and gossip lovers don't think so. The superstar has finally made an appearance, and of course it will be the focus.

The reporters outside didn't know about Keanu's arrival, and they would appear as a surprise guest at that time.

Elizabeth was a little frightened, she had only acted for a short time, and there were so many reporters and fans waiting outside, she didn't dare to go up first, her palms were sweating.

"Kerry, Eve, I'm a little scared. I suddenly don't know how to walk." She had experienced relatively few things, so she didn't dare to go out for the first time.

Keri Duval, who played the liar Georgina, patted Elizabeth on the back and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, let's walk over together later, no one knows us anyway."

Elizabeth nodded immediately, as if she had found her backbone.

At this time, after receiving the signal from the host outside, the red carpet coordinator wearing a headset urged, "Hurry up, hurry up, whoever gets on stage first must hurry up."

Eve glanced at Elizabeth's pale face, and said involuntarily, "I'll go there first, so she has time to touch up her makeup."

"OK, you go quickly. Michelle, the first person to play is Eve Campbell, who plays Daisy in the film." The coordinator reminded in the radio communication, asking the host not to mistake the character's name, that would be terrible. It's just a joke.

The host outside quickly understood, and said to the media reporters and fans on the red carpet with a microphone: "It's a great pleasure to host the red carpet ceremony of Columbia Pictures' "The Girl Who Moved Soul", the first person to come to us It was Miss Eve Campbell who played Daisy in the movie."

After hearing her name, Eve stepped on her boots and walked forward with confident steps.

The feeling was not strong in the waiting area, but after she walked out, she realized that the red carpet was full of people, many times more than the premiere of "Death Comes".

There were many movie fans crowded on the railing of the red carpet, they all held up the movie posters in their hands, and it didn't matter who came, after getting the autograph, they looked a bit like blocked zombies.

Eve waved at the fans, but didn't get too close.

After she walked several meters, she heard her own name on the corner of the red carpet. She actually has fans?

Those young boys and girls made a poster with their own names and waved it at Eve desperately, lest she would not see it.

Eve couldn't help slowing down. Could it be that the brokerage company hired them for her?

I only have one movie released, where did these fans know about the premiere of "The Girl Who Moved Soul"?

Too many doubts piled up in my mind, and I can't wait to ask them clearly.

So she walked towards these four young people, took the pens they handed over, signed her name and asked, "Have you really watched my video?"

"Yeah, we have a special gathering place. There are already hundreds of people all over the United States. It's a pity that they are scattered in various cities. We are the representatives. Eve, you will definitely get better and better, and more people will like you ,come on!"

"Ahhh, I finally met the real person. You are as beautiful as in the movie! I have watched "Death Comes" several times, and I really want to see more works soon."

"I met you through the Super Boys MV, you are so beautiful in it, you are the girl of my dreams."

The time on the red carpet is limited, and Eve can't stay too long. After waving to her fans, she came to the red carpet signing area.

The host over there has just finished a brief introduction for her, otherwise the media reporters would simply take two photos perfunctorily. Now I heard that Eve is the leading actor in a movie with a box office of 7000 million US dollars in North America. The taste of clothing is good, and each of them can't wait to take a few more photos.

"Miss Campbell, first of all congratulations on being shortlisted for this year's Saturn Award for Best Actress."

The host's first sentence made Eve a little dazed. It took less than half a minute for her to walk on the red carpet. How could there be news of an explosion?

The nominations for the Saturn Awards have not been announced before, and Eve is not sure if this is true or just a joke. She is a little dazed and surprised: "Wow, I really don't know this news, is it true?"

"It must be true. The Academy of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Film just released this year's nomination list 10 minutes ago, and you have successfully entered the award for Best Actress. Can you briefly chat with us about the character in "The Girl Who Moved Soul" role?"

This is the red carpet for the premiere of "The Girl Who Moved the Soul". The host just briefly cue Eve's honor, so that the reporters would not be so indifferent, and the focus was still on promoting his own movie.

Eve stood sideways and said with a smile: "In "The Girl Who Moved Soul", I played a girl named Daisy. She met Suzanne in a mental hospital. She has a small penchant for privacy. Under the leadership of Lisa, she did many surprising things, which caused headaches for the nurses and doctors in the hospital. But in the end, Daisy became a good medicine for Suzanne’s recovery, and everyone needs to go to the cinema Check it out."

"Thanks to Ms. Campbell for accepting the interview. It sounds like this is a key role. Then we will find out what role Daisy will have in a moment."

"Thank you, see you later."

Eve waved at the host, reporters, and movie fans, and walked towards the steps inside.

The reporters had already raised their cameras. The nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Actress and the status of the heroine of "Death Comes" are very useful. Everyone didn't care about the film, and 100% of the photos would be published.

A reporter from Entertainment Weekly asked while taking pictures: "Has the nomination for the Saturn Award really come out?"

"It sounds right. You can't lie in such a place. In fact, she did perform well in "Death Comes". She looks beautiful and can act. Maybe she will be another actress."

"You don't know yet? She was filming at the Los Angeles Airport a few days ago, and the director has been confirmed to be David Lynch. It seems that there is no need to worry about the follow-up resources. Maybe we will see her become famous next year." Hollywood Reporter reporter Eric shared the news he knew with his colleagues in a low voice, "Sony Columbia's push for next year has come out, this girl beat Charlize Theron and Kirsten Dunst, and got Columbia to cooperate with DreamWorks The new film, directed by Cameron Crowe."

"Yes, yes, I also know about this. This Miss Campbell probably got into a fight with Kirsten. I got "Death Comes" from her, and now I have grabbed a new movie. I must start a feud."

"Who are the best actresses at the Saturn Awards? This should be considered a big year, right?"

"I don't know, I don't know the complete list yet. But this girl can perfectly switch between commercial films and art films, and gradually accumulates from one film to another. Basically, she is only short of a big hit movie."

After acting in many movies, many actresses suddenly acted in a phenomenon-level movie, and then they were directly promoted to the level of first-line actresses.It's just that some people in the back stabilized, while others slipped from the front line.

Just like Julia Roberts, although she was nominated for an Oscar queen before "Pretty Woman", she was far from the first-line, but after that movie, Julia became the representative of the screen sweetheart, Since then, he has stood on the front line and has never come down.

Demi Moore has Ghosts, Meg Ryan has When Harry Met Lisa and Sleepless in Seattle, Sandra Bullock has Speed ​​and Secret Service Belle", these works are hard to come by.

If there is no such type of work to lay the foundation of popularity, it is really difficult for this actress to get on the top.

The outside reporters are all very gossip. Everyone follows the awards season and movie premieres. They usually spend more time meeting with colleagues than colleagues in the company. Everyone is well-informed, and they basically talk about gossip in the industry. , some are true and some are false, the real core exclusive news will be kept secret.

Eve had just entered the reaction hall of the movie theater, and after greeting several producers and crew members, she quickly found her team, but at this moment only Mandy was left alone.

"Where did Robert go? Just now the host said that I was nominated for the Saturn Award. Is this source reliable?"

Mandy gave the matching coat to Eve to put on, and explained: "Mr. Irving just received a call from CAA, also informing him about the Saturn Award. The nomination should be correct. He went to call to verify."

"It's good if it's true." Eve smiled, not wasting her time studying Claire's role on the set, and even learned electric welding and changed the script!

"Just now I saw that the media reporters were taking photos of you. Maybe there will be news coming out now. There will definitely be photos of you in the newspapers tomorrow. We should dress more solemnly."

Mandy was a little annoyed. Unexpectedly, the premiere coincided with the announcement of the Saturn Award nominations, and Eve's attention surged.

"I think it's good, this outfit is very good-looking. Maybe Versace saw that I often wear their clothes and offered to sponsor me during the awards season. It would be even better if they invited me to be an endorsement." Eve joked, she knew that she was Daydreaming, how can ordinary young actors endorse first-line luxury goods.

While the two were talking, Robert took the Nokia mobile phone back, and the smile on his face could not be suppressed at all.

"Just now you know, you have been shortlisted for this year's Saturn Award for Best Actress for "Death Comes"!"

Eve nodded, "The host told me, I thought today was April Fool's Day."

The joy and excitement on her face are equally obvious. This is the first award nomination in her life. Even though the Saturn Award is two Golden Globes away from the Oscar in terms of attention, it is still very popular among the industry and film lovers. Attention.

As for ordinary people, there is a high probability that they have never heard of this award.

"Aside from me, our "Death is Coming" crew, are there any other nominations for awards?"

If there is only one single nomination for any film, it proves that the quality of the finished film is not very good, and the probability of winning will definitely be very low.

Robert thought about it for a while, and said: "Death has several nominations, including "The Sixth Sense", "The Blair Witch", "Sleepy Hollow" and Stigmata. James- Huang has a nomination for Best Director, he also has a nomination for Best Screenplay, you and Devon both have nominations for Best Young Actor, but Devon failed to nominate Best Actor, you nominated Best Actress."

When Eve heard about these co-nominated films, she sighed a little, not because she was too weak, but because her opponent was too strong!

The best film of the Saturn Awards is divided into three genres: science fiction, horror, and fantasy. Therefore, it is normal for "Reaper" to be nominated for the best horror film. After all, it is the third highest-grossing horror movie in North America this year. It was second behind "The Sixth Sense" with $2.93 million and "The Blair Witch" with $1.4 million.

Only this award is divided into categories, and the rest of the awards are nominated in a mixture of three categories, and the competition is much fiercer.

For example, for the best actor, Keanu Reeves who starred in "The Matrix" will face off with Johnny Depp in the horror film "Sleepy Hollow", and Bruce Willis and Liam Neeson Peeping with Brendan Fraser.

Eve is shortlisted for the best actress, she will be with Carrie-Ann Moss, who played Trinity, the heroine of "The Matrix", Rachel Weisz, the heroine of "The Mummy", and West, the mother of aliens. Gurney Weaver fights.

Whether in terms of the film's influence or the actor's own reputation, Eve is a little weaker, but it might be possible to turn around and counterattack!

It's awards season, and anything can happen.