Hollywood Rhapsody

"Hey, honey, what's the matter with you? We've only been separated for less than a day!" Leonardo laughed helplessly on the phone, and his little girlfriend called just after getting off the plane, her voice was full of nostalgia for him, to be honest This really gave him a sense of accomplishment, especially that such a sensual Sarah was rare, and it even made Leonardo feel novel.He got into the car, ignored Rick's observation, and slowed down his voice to comfort his unusually "sticky" little girlfriend, "Honey, I miss you too, but won't we see you again soon? There will be awards season." I have to be busy! I don't know how many red carpets I have to walk this year!"

"Oh, don't mention awards season, I'm sick of awards season now." Sarah couldn't help resisting when she heard the word awards season, and had to say that Natalie Portman's words really made her have bad expectations , Recalling that Leonardo was indeed a little depressed when he left, think about it in another way, Sarah herself has always hoped to have a big box office and recognition for her acting skills, isn't she also trying to shorten the gap with Leonardo?Her sense of urgency is always there, so why isn't Leonardo?Maybe Leonardo was too emotional when she was sealed for the golden ball before?It's just that they were in love at that time, and she was just a newcomer in the industry, not as indifferent as she is now.

"Why do you suddenly get bored with awards season? Did I hear you right? What happened? Why do I feel like you're in a bad mood right now? Darling, tell me, I'll be worried." Leonardo didn't expect Sarah He could not help but frown for saying that. Something must have happened to Sarah, right?A day ago, I was still discussing with him what kind of dress to wear during the awards season!Moreover, Sarah in the past was never so clingy, and after less than a day of separation, she chased after the phone and went crazy thinking about him. This kind of treatment was definitely something Leonardo had never enjoyed.

"..." Sarah held the phone, hesitated for a moment but didn't know how to speak, Natalie Portman is such a magical girl, Sarah couldn't help but give this girl a thumbs up, is she real? Did you say that out of jealousy?Or did he intentionally make Sarah unhappy?If it's the latter, this girl is a bit too scary!

"Honey, are you still there?" Leonardo didn't hear his girlfriend's response for a long time, so he couldn't help urging twice. Now he really can't wait to fly back immediately and take a good look at his home. What's the matter, baby?It's so wrong!

"It's, it's...it's okay...it's just not having you by my side suddenly, it's just a habit, especially seeing so many couples at school today, it's very dazzling." Sara had no choice but to talk about Leonardo's prevarication, she It was only because of excitement that I made this call, but after I connected, I didn’t know how to express my worries besides telling how much I missed. It’s better to ask Leonardo directly if he is under pressure or if he is jealous of her!Saying this is purely for teasing. If Leonardo doesn't whip her, she has to slap herself twice first!

Natalie Portman...

After hanging up the phone, Sarah wrote Natalie Portman's name twice on the paper, her eyes narrowed slightly, and if she wrote a thank you letter to Natalie Portman now, thanking the other party for reminding herself to avoid Will the breakup crisis drive the girl to death?Is she looking forward to awards season?Does she have a movie shortlisted for awards?

"Hi, dear Michael, I don't quite understand the PR strategy of the Golden Globe Awards. How did "Requiem for a Dream" get the role award?" Sarah called Michael immediately.

When the awards season came, Michael was already busy with his feet on the ground. Other voices and ringing in the background sound of the phone kept ringing, which was obviously a busy time for business.Michael obviously didn't expect that Sarah, who is supposed to be in the library, would suddenly call. He couldn't help but answer after two seconds: ""Requiem for a Dream"? In addition to the best picture and director, the performance category reported Alan Postion's best drama heroine, I have applied for a female supporting role for you. What's the matter? Is there a problem? Because "Requiem for a Dream" and "Boys Don't Cry" are both drama categories, if I report you If you become the best female lead, it is equivalent to giving up an award, so I finally applied for the female supporting role for you."

"Understood, this strategy is fine, no need to explain... I just heard that a movie starring Natalie Portman also applied for Best Supporting Actress..." Sarah said casually, but the phone call The head is Michael who has become an old fox. As soon as Sarah opened his mouth, Michael had already heard a few different smells.

"What are you going to do? Squeeze Natalie out? This girl still has a good reputation, at least many seniors in the circle appreciate her." Ovitz did not wait for Sarah to answer, and first talked about Natalie Portman's connections in the circle, her Jewish origin, her positive self-motivation and indeed some talent, Natalie is really favored by some seniors.

But... Sarah snorted softly when she heard the words—

Jewish ancestry?Unfortunately, she is too!

aggresively?All over America knows her as the dream girl who works miracles!

As for acting talent?She doesn't even bother to compare this. She really didn't know that she was so talented in acting before, but now, after shooting three films, Sarah is sure that her acting is not only because of the performance that is perfected to the last detail in her mind over and over again. , and because she is very good at figuring out how to integrate into characters, this is the real reason why she was able to complete "Boys Don't Cry" and was well received. This kind of talent to experience characters should be rare, right?Judging from the praise of film critics, she is undoubtedly talented.

So, if you compare the appreciation of the seniors, who in Hollywood can compare to her?

"I thought, you forgot about the previous incident! Didn't you just laugh it off at the time? Why are you planning to settle the old score now? Or, what natalie did to offend you again?" Michael Interest came, why would Sarah be upset?After all, this girl is astonishingly calm and enduring. Last year's awards season really surprised even his old man. A girl in her teens is as calm as Sarah in her dealings. I really can't find another one!

"It's nothing, it's just that she threw a bunch of film critics over today to remind me that if I continue to perform well, especially if I win awards during the awards season, Leonardo will probably break up with me because of this." Sarah said these words with an inevitable tone It's a bit complicated, and stuffiness is inevitable, but there is also a sense of inquiry in it, as if asking for Michael's opinion.

This tone directly amused Michael into laughing into the phone, and it took a long time before he finally smiled and replied: "Hahahaha, what a funny girl, did she say that to you? It's so funny! This As expected of a girl who studies psychology, is this using psychological tactics with you? Hey...but I didn't expect someone to say these words before me."

"What? What do you mean by being one step ahead of you?" Sarah almost threw her phone out when she heard the words, and she asked almost angrily, "Stop it! Michael, do you think we will break up because of this? Just because of an award? What? Possibly? I admit that there may be some small emotions, but will it reach the point where the breakup is so serious?"

"Who can say for sure? Men sometimes have very strong self-esteem, especially in front of the woman they love, and Leon happens to be so young and strong...Sorry...wait a minute..." Michael paused the phone and said to the people beside him After giving a few instructions, he turned back and continued to say to Sarah, "Guess what I was doing just now? Reply to Dawn and suppress the media's manuscripts about you and Leon... Honey, you can't see it in the newspaper? On behalf of the media, I didn’t expect that, in fact, you were compared together by the media on the day "Boys Don’t Cry" was released, do you understand what I mean?"

"A lot?" Sarah rubbed her temples, feeling that she was being forcibly pushed by a big wave, and there was obviously a bigger wave of undercurrent brewing behind it.

"Dawn has been pressing, but the media is obviously not run by Starlight. "Ten Things I Hate About You" and "The Beach" are both released tomorrow, SO..." Michael Ovitz laughed lowly, like A veteran general who has experienced many battles, although he doesn't want to go to war, he is ready to enjoy the war when the war is inevitable, "This is a very interesting time, I didn't expect to see my two yuan so soon Generals collide, two well-known young people are lovers or colleagues, you will be compared inevitably. You and Leon's acting skills and even box office appeal will be hot topics of discussion in the media."

"I'm ready to be criticized by the media. After all, "Ten Things I Hate About You" and "Boys Don't Cry" are completely different levels, and Leon's "The Beach" should not be bad, so this time The duel...Nine times out of ten, Leon should win..." Sarah curled the corner of her mouth, her tone was very happy, "Let's bring the media in this direction! I don't mind losing to my boyfriend."

"I should really record this conversation for Leon." Michael held his forehead on the other end of the phone. He is now very grateful that Leonardo's manager is not himself, otherwise he might really want to play games with his left and right hands. , Just like the current Dawn, who is also the PR manager of Sarah and Leonardo, inevitably struggled when handling press releases. These days, his hair has become noticeably thinner.

Just when Sarah thought the call could end happily, Michael suddenly changed his tone and said very seriously: "Sarah, I will consider what you said just now, after all "Ten Things I Hate About You" and " The Beach" is indeed not a type of film. Even if I evaluate it objectively, I will vote for Leon, but the media reports cannot be inclined to Leon's side, because if you fail miserably in "Ten Things I Hate About You" , is likely to affect the next awards public relations... Dear, do you understand what I'm talking about? I hope you don't get carried away by love and know what you are doing."

"..." Sarah had a feeling of being reprimanded by the elders in the family. She held the phone for a long time but couldn't respond. When encountering things related to Leon, she always seemed to be more emotional. For example, now, just It takes Michael to pour cold water on her sanity.What was she thinking just now?If she told Michael what she was thinking, she would definitely be scolded bloody by the old man, right?She was actually considering the feasibility of focusing on Leon in public relations. Didn't "American Psycho" and "The Beach" both apply for the Golden Globe Awards?When is the primary election voting deadline?

But even if all resources are overwhelmed by Leonardo, so what?Not to mention that Michael must disagree, even if Michael nodded, the final result would be no more than one nomination. This is almost beyond doubt.Darren has "Requiem for a Dream", so "The Beach" is unlikely to be a candidate for the best picture, and starting from the performance award, both "American Psycho" and "The Beach" are definitely male leads in the drama category, but This year's drama category is very competitive, such as Charlie De Farnsworth in "Mr. Strait's Story" is very good, and Kevin Spacey in "American Beauty". Leonardo's chances of winning are very slim, much less likely than Sarah's chances of beating Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore for "Boys Don't Cry."

So, since it is useless work, why waste resources?A shrewd man like Michael would never do such a stupid loss-making business.

"I'm sorry, I was probably mad at Natalie, but I've calmed down now." Sarah corrected her attitude like a problem student who was being checked in the class teacher's office, and assured Michael in a low voice, "Listen to you Yes, Michael, you have always been the helm of our big ship, so everything is at your disposal, rest assured, I will not add trouble at this time."

"Don't worry, I won't let you down. Natalie won't get anything this awards season, don't even think about being nominated. As for you, my dear girl, cheer up, I'm ready The most beautiful battle suit, just waiting for you to hand in the exam papers, and you will be in person!" Michael joked on the phone with a smile, "The horn of the awards season has already sounded, but my heroine still has one exam week to go, trust me, I've been mad about it for a long time."

"Oh, if you really feel a lot of pressure, I don't mind inviting you to participate in Harvard's group streaking event." Sarah suppressed a smile and extended an invitation to Old Michael.

How many people are not crazy when it comes to black exam week?Compared with Michael Ovitz who is far away in Hollywood, she believes that her partners in Cambridge are more miserable. At least the most smoky awards season in Hollywood does not have a collective naked, running or even jumping off the collapsed star, but at Harvard it is It has almost become a school tradition to have hundreds of people stripped naked and screaming to relieve the stress of the exam.On the last day of each semester's end-of-term review week, there is a PrimalScream screaming, but it's a pity that even if Sarah is curious about this tradition, she will never try it herself.

"If you're not even afraid of running naked, what's the exam?" Alan knocked on Sarah's door wrapped in a coat. He was very emotional when he just returned from running naked.

And Sarah stared at Ian who was following Allen with wide eyes, and asked with a corner of her mouth, "Don't tell me you also..."

"What do you think?" Ian raised one eyebrow.

Sarah suppressed a smile, looked at Ian's meticulous shirt collar, shook her head and said, "Sure enough, I can't expect it, I can't even imagine your disheveled appearance, let alone running around naked, if one day even you need to rely on this A crazy way to decompress, it must be the end of the world."

"Hey! You two boring guys, this is a school tradition!" Allen protested loudly when he heard this, and patted his chest to explain, "Can a small exam drive me crazy? No, of course not! I I just feel that it is essential to participate in such a meaningful event before graduation, and if I want to run naked in the future, I probably won’t have the chance!”

"Well, if you have this special hobby, I don't mind putting it into the company's cultural construction. How about choosing a special festival in the future, and the employees of Prophecy.com will accompany you naked?" Sarah winked at Alan .

"Really? Will you participate too?" Allen immediately became excited.

"Of course not, please note that I'm talking about the employees, not the boss..." Sarah spread her hands pretending to be regretful, causing several employees to cry in disappointment, and even Ian covered his mouth with a smile and coughed lightly Twice.

Awards season is approaching in Hollywood, and Harvard will start exam week, which is undoubtedly a catastrophe for most of the employees of Prophecy.com, so even though it is late at night, everyone is still gathered in the living room of Sarah's house, drinking strong coffee Get ready for the night of the night.It’s just a coincidence that almost every time Sarah encounters major ups and downs in her mood, she relies on the heavy work of Prophecy Network to adjust. A strange reassurance.So even though exam week, awards season and the premiere of "Ten Things I Hate About You" the next night packed Sarah's schedule, she still managed to find time to attend Prophecy.com. Discussion about the revision, and even a little bit of fun.

Compared with the past, it only counted the results of the Oscar Sentinels in the awards season. This year, Prophecy.com decided to add an awards section. In the future, this section will exist for a long time. It will record the results of important awards every year, and related news will also be linked and summarized, because They already have special talents in charge of news and data, so the work will naturally become more and more detailed, and the operation of the entire prediction network will become more mature.

"We hope to develop our own film evaluation system, and cooperate with the launch of the award prediction section. Perhaps it will become the most distinctive section when it matures. After all, everyone first came into contact with the website because of the award prediction." As a high-achieving student who is proficient in mathematics, This part is narrated by Ian himself, and he adjusted the computer to show Sarah several mathematical models.

"Are you giving a comprehensive score to a movie?" Sarah's eyes fell on the computer screen, she was involuntarily attracted by the sophisticated mathematical model, and had to admit that Ian's idea was very feasible.

"These are two model systems, one is the comprehensive rating of the movie, based on the existing ratings of netizens and critics' evaluations, combined with the box office statistics provided by the data department, a total score is finally obtained, and the top ten films of the year are completed. And the ranking of the worst movies of the year." Ian made a ranking of the currently released movies, "Boys Don't Cry" is on the list, and even "The Blair Witch" is on the list, but "Requiem for a Dream" is not due to Due to the low box office of the banned film, it failed to enter the top ten, which made Sarah frowned.

But before she could speak, Ian had already clicked on another page: "In the future, we will make such a ranking every year, including the crystal ball ranking of movie fans, the quill ranking of film critics, the ranking of box office money, and the ranking of the worst hammer. , As for the comprehensive score ranking, it is just the last item.”

"Will there be too many lists? And this name..." Sarah had the urge to touch her forehead. Although the ranking results were clear at a glance, the name of the list obviously made her want to complain.

"Don't look at me, this is Allen's idea. He thinks that using the existing elements of Prophecy.com to name the list will allow netizens to reflect the characteristics of the list in the first place." Ian spread his hands and did not blame Allen at all. righteousness.

"OK, you can put it in the entertainment edition as a special issue first, and see the reaction of fans. If you are interested in the list, you can consider continuing it. The idea of ​​comprehensive scoring is very good, but different types of movies are released. It's not really fair to compare them all together, like "Requiem for a Dream"...you know what I mean? This movie is destined to not be able to compare with the big movies at the box office due to the restricted theaters, but the box office is not high. It doesn't mean the movie is bad." Sarah looked at Ian, knowing that this problem is not easy to solve, "I suggest that the overall score should reduce the influence coefficient of the box office, or simply exclude the factor of the box office, what do you think?"

"But the box office is indeed of great importance to a movie..." Ian nodded and shook his head, and finally agreed with Sarah to postpone the launch of the comprehensive scoring system. The topic continued, and Ian slid the mouse to open another model "Another model system is to make more professional scoring predictions for movies based on film critics' ratings, award season nominations and other factors. You can see this model. According to existing mainstream media film reviews and related reports, it can be converted into a scoring arrangement. If you appear in the current most watched award-winning hit film, as well as the main award-winning candidates, such as actresses, your chances of winning the award are very high, second only to Annette Bening in "American Beauty" .”

"Wow, this model is great, and my chances of winning are higher than Meryl Streep? I always thought her biggest competitor is her!" Sarah dragged the page with great interest, thinking See the coefficient calculation process more thoroughly.

And Ian waited for her to see enough before continuing: "This score is updated in real time. If we set different coefficients for different Oscar outpost awards, and record nominations and final awards with different scores, then through calculations we can The same is true for actors and directors to get the final Oscar winning coefficient of this film. With the announcement of the Sentinel Awards, the real-time updated coefficient will be displayed on the crystal ball page of the fan prediction section. Fans can click on the coefficient to see Predict the object's record in the awards season, such as..."

Ian clicked on a simulation page, and there were five crystal balls under Best Actress, the one belonging to Sarah had a winning coefficient of 10, and Ian clicked on the number 10, and a pop-up window immediately popped up.

"Segment Actors Guild Award? Golden Globe? Bafta Award? New York Film Critics Circle Award? Broadcast Film Critics Circle Award? Boston Film Critics Circle Award? Houston Film Critics Circle Award? Chicago Film Critics Circle Award..." Sarah looked One award after another was ridiculous, almost spit out the coffee in her mouth, she looked at the serious Ian, she had to bite the soft meat in her mouth to hold back the urge to laugh, "If your pop-up content It would be great if it came true, this is a complete sweep of the awards season!"

Sarah was completely joking, but unexpectedly, the corners of Ian's lips curled up slightly, and he still had that serious face, but he asked softly, "Who said it couldn't come true?"

The author has something to say: I can't hold back... I wrote too much...

I watched "The Danish Girl" today... I cried so much... This movie is very interesting, if you are interested, you can watch it~~~