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Lauren Bacall obviously has ulterior motives.

After the screening of "The Secret", the Dakota Mansion left some time for the "suspected" academy judges who came to the party. To Josie's surprise, they were very concerned about the relationship between Wilhelmina and Penny. Interested, but somewhat hesitant to speak.

Martha Miller leaned in and said, "These old white guys are wondering if you're the one hiding in the closet, they don't think it's a good idea to have gays play gays, but the rest of the movie is so catchy, so not sure Should you vote for us?"

"Just like that?" Josie asked.

"You know, Daniel has been publicizing these people recently." Martha said, "Our enemies may also want to find something new, but your private life is too healthy and low-key, and you don't have bad parents and siblings holding you back. Not even a single ex who was willing to speak ill of you. You're also very careful with what you say during awards season."

This is also very strange.

Vanity Fair is full of unscrupulous creatures who climb up the ladder, driven only by profit.

Talking about a superstar ex is undoubtedly a shortcut to gain attention for herself, but Josie seems to have a magic power to make her ex keep silent. Even her childhood sweetheart, sex star Josh Jones, doesn't like or even Hate using her fame to create hype, even though it's clear that he wrote several songs for her.

Josie sighed and said in a sarcastic tone: "It's really nothing new. They can obviously do better, such as portraying me as a capitalist trying to steal the privacy of citizens, giving me another hearing or something. "

"You know, it's a money-obsessed society, and having money just makes you more popular," Martha said, "but gay suspicion does play a role. Some people think that even if you have a strong PR and The legal team suppressed the previous scandal, but if you had no inclination in this regard, Dina Luohan would not have found you."

Josie laughed angrily, spread her hands, and replied, "I know, I know, I'm already considering the possibility of making it public."

"Oh, very good." Martha raised her eyebrows, "The boy under Ali Emmanuel's banner?"

Josie didn't speak, which was her default.

Martha was noncommittal, and just said: "Then I will talk to Eve as soon as possible, and then find time to have a meeting with the other party's team, and let Ali have time to give his boy some necessary psychological counseling. By the way, this year's Oscar red carpet Do you want to take him?"

"No. There is no red carpet this year." Josie replied.

Martha nodded and asked again: "Oprah's program planner once again invited you to be on her show. This is a good opportunity for publicity, but it may also be a double-edged sword."

The queen of talk shows has never given up on letting Josie appear on her show, but Josie seems to dislike each other very much, which makes people wonder if it is because of discrimination of skin color.

Fortunately, Josie herself has some friends from ethnic minorities who can speak.

Moreover, as a white Jewish actress from a wealthy family in the Upper East Side, as long as she does not show racial discrimination in public, it will not be a big public relations crisis. Instead, finding a black boyfriend will directly ruin her career.

"Turn her down. At this critical point in time, I'd rather have less exposure than give some people an opportunity to lure the audience that I'm lying or something. We can't control Oprah's talk show " Josie said, putting on a standard Hollywood smile, and said to an acquaintance who came over: "Hi, Laura, how are you recently?"

On February 2, the 11th Academy Awards announced the nomination list, and announced that due to the impact of the US-Iraq War, the red carpet session will not be held today.

At the beginning, "New York" was regarded as the perfect work of Martin Scorsese for the Olympics. After the official release, the film critics were disappointed. At the same time, they asserted that Scorsese and his new muse Leonardo Di Caprio's next job is to accompany him. Sure enough, this film only won six nominations, including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay, but lost the most critical Best Picture. Lock out.

The leading Oscars this year are undoubtedly the two films "The Pianist" and "The Secret".

The former won [-] nominations, but lost to the musical film "Chicago" also produced by Miramax in the key directors' union and producers' union awards. confusing.

The latter has fewer nominations, missing the crucial Best Director nomination, but still follows with twelve nominations including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress , coupled with the star power of two big-name movie stars Josie Horton and Kevin Costner, as well as the strong North American box office of more than [-] million, it is still unclear who will win the best picture.

——Obviously, while Kevin Costner's active public relations played a role, it also brought some backlash. Style, Gary Rose is not necessarily the only one who actually directed "The Secret".

In addition, the promising seed contestants are "Chicago" and "The Hours", which belong to the Miramax series that has been squeezed out of too many awards season resources by "The Pianist", but is still popular with film critics. They are much better fates than The New York Times.

"Chicago" seems to be very suitable for the tastes of the old white men in the academy, but Miramax has already paid too much for "The Pianist", and the high sunk cost makes them have no choice but to be sure that "The Pianist" will become the original choice. Therefore, the status of "Chicago" in Miramax has become more and more embarrassing. In order to complete some tasks of "Weinsteins", they had to switch to focusing on performance awards.

But because of "Chicago" and the switch strategy, "The Hours", which was originally polarized by film critics, has also become more embarrassing.

Compared with "Chicago", a pure-blood Miramax direct descendant, "The Hours", which has another gold medal producer Scott Rudin participating in the production, is obviously not that important. The positioning of this film is to conquer the performance awards of actresses, and it did not report the hope of the Best Picture Awards at all, and naturally the public relations resources invested are very limited.

So it doesn't seem too surprising that Scott Rudin and Harvey Weinstein fought and even parted ways because of differences in public relations strategies.

The public relations battle soon reached its climax.

A former employee from Miramax came forward to accuse Harvey Weinstein QJ, and used the lawyer team consisting of more than a dozen people to intimidate himself. The critical recording released by this girl on social platforms made Harvey The reputation of Weinstein and Miramax behind him has plummeted, but it has not caused much splash in the traditional media for the time being.

It wasn't until a testimony about the victim of "The Pianist" director Roman Polanski's 13-year-old daughter Samantha Gaime appeared on the Internet many years ago that the accusation along with this testimony became the latest news of the major media. Hot news.

"Miramax: Movie Production Company, or Sexual Assault Paradise?"

"Is Polanski 'Sex With Younger' or 'QJ Child'?"

"The Oscars should not be a moral judgment on a person, but an artistic one."

"Flowers of Pessimism: A Deep Look at the Murder of Roman Polanski"

Not only the media are arguing endlessly, but the evaluation of "The Pianist" and director Roman Polanski on the Internet is also polarized. Some people think that character and work should be separated, while others think that the work is the expression of the author's thoughts.

-Talent cannot be a cover for morality!

- He has already paid a heavy enough price for his actions. There are not too many 25 years in his life, and the girl has long since forgiven him. The United States is too unfair and cruel to him.

- Polanski has only fled for 25 years. He is still a respected director in Europe, and even continued his disgusting crimes. He really ruined the lives of countless women!

-He doesn't have QJ, that girl is voluntary!

- Work and character should be separated.I have to say, "The Pianist" is really good, almost on par with "Schindler's List".

-However, Polanski stepped on "Schindler's List" in the interview, thinking that Director Si's filming was not realistic enough, and lacked the historical sense of real experience.

- Am I the only one who thinks "The Pianist" is dull?I thought Polanski, who was touted as a unique artist, was so talented that his sexual assault and prostitution status could be overlooked, but it was a big disappointment.Nor is his talent enough to overshadow his morality.

- But "The Pianist" is really excellent, poetic, meaningful, and profound. I like the leading actor and this film so much.

The hot discussion on the Internet is constantly escalating, and it seems that there is a force secretly adding fuel to the fire. The side supporting Polanski has almost gained an overwhelming advantage, and some supporters are gradually becoming complacent and losing their minds.

Harvey Weinstein, who was caught in a sexual harassment allegation, was keenly aware that something was wrong, but this situation seemed to be beneficial to "The Pianist", so Miramax's propaganda department continued to increase their efforts, chanting the innocence of art.

The turning point comes on Monday of the new week.

And according to some related sources revealed to a gossip magazine, Josie Horton, a strong contender for this year's Oscar for Best Actress and a top Hollywood actress, once complained that she "doesn't want to appear in the place where QJ criminals are commended". No longer attending the Oscars.

As soon as this remark came out, the current issue of the magazine was sold out of stock, and public opinion also quietly changed direction.

On traditional paper media, The New York Times clearly published a review article——

"Yes, the Oscars are not a moral judgment on a person, but as the most influential film awards in the world, the Oscars should at least meet the expectations of social conscience, rather than honoring a fugitive criminal. This is to say: he The crime was not that serious."

"Art doesn't need moral judgment, but people do."

On Ttime’s #talent can’t be moral shame# topic square, Josie Horton’s huge fans began to join the battle, and most of the netizens who had been silent before had long been annoyed by the excessive public relations of “The Pianist” and were The former was coerced by his well-founded speech, and he became extremely indignant——

- Weinstein and Polanski are disgusting, take them to jail!

-The New York Times article was so right, "Art doesn't need moral judgment, people do.", I just think of Polanski once raped a 13-year-old girl, everything depicted in his movie It all became so disgusting.

-The fact is that she has been suffering from depression for so many years and even attempted suicide many times.

-I can't imagine what she went through.real.I don't believe she is voluntary at all, it's just that some people used more cruel means to force her again, so that the poor girl had to "volunteer".

-The boss of Miramax is a sexual assault himself, so it is normal to cover up another sexual assault, right?

-The scariest thing is to think that this kind of thing is normal.

On many TV channels headed by SKY, the hosts and guests are also talking about the facts——

"Can talent really cover up morality?"

"Should the Oscars tolerate a sexual assault, even one that is clearly sexually assaulted?"

"Is it because of the massacre that people have to sympathize with and tolerate a sexual assault?"

"Please be aware that he is a criminal and a fugitive who violated federal law."

"Art should be the expression of the artist's thoughts, especially the artistic creation of movies. I will refuse to let my children watch Polanski's movies."

"Personally, I don't want any Polanski or Weinstein in the industry because I'm the father of a 12-year-old girl first and foremost."

The Celestials-Universal lineup was fully launched, and Josie herself was hidden throughout the entire process, but it did not hinder the use of her own resources and connections. The momentum of the "Judgment of Polanski" was not weaker than the one held by the Weinsteins some time ago. witch hunt.