Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1568 Uma, Oprah, Keanu...

"Live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, the 67th Annual Academy Awards is brought to you by: Revlon, a revolutionary product used by revolutionary women; American Express, a card that lives everywhere; Chevrolet, a car used by 3600 million people every day; and finally, Coca-Cola, no other drink looks like it, no other drink tastes like it, forever Coca-Cola..."

On the afternoon of March 3, the Oscars began their red carpet entrance ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. ABC broadcast the entire event live, setting up cameras on the red carpet at the entrance of the Shrine Exhibition Center to capture the stars attending the Oscars.

This year is an odd year, so the Oscars are held in the Shrine Auditorium, which can accommodate 6700 people. The number of tickets on site is not as tight as in even years. Many celebrities who are not Hollywood also find opportunities to come in. As a free appearance on TV, with nearly 5000 million TV viewers watching the live broadcast, no matter who you are, even if you only show a little face, it is a very valuable opportunity.

Therefore, being able to find a ticket, or being invited by a star attending the party to enter as a female or male companion, has become an opportunity for many handsome men and beautiful women to achieve their dream of becoming rich overnight.

Some people are luckier than those who are not yet famous, such as the so-called supermodels. They have already gained a high degree of fame, but have not yet officially entered the entertainment industry. For example, Claudia Schiffer came to the scene with her boyfriend, magician David Copperfield, and became a favorite subject for photographers in the morning when the stars had not yet arrived.

At the entrance of the temple auditorium, there is a model of the Oscar statuette. Ordinary people are only as tall as its base.

This very appropriate setting has become the best place for celebrities to take photos. Claudia Schiffer lingered here until her colleagues, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford, arrived together, and she had to give up the center of the stage.

Cindy Crawford had just officially broken up with Richard Gere, and she had already cut off contact with Hollywood, so she had no reason to attend the Oscars. However, she finally accepted Joel Silver's invitation to play the leading role in a new movie "Sexual Games", working with William Baldwin, the youngest brother of the famous Baldwin family, and finally officially stepped into Hollywood.

This time she also attended with Christy Turlington, who is her best friend among the supermodels. The two beauties were posing at the foot of the statue of the little golden man...

Although it was not yet the peak time for guests to arrive, the two of them could not occupy the photo-taking position for too long... and had to go into the hall to rest.

"When will Ronald arrive?" Cindy Crawford couldn't help but ask Turlington on the way in.

"Why, do you want to see him so much? He came here with his legal wife today, and it's an extra gesture of kindness on his part that we can come and witness it."

"That's hard to say... You don't understand the men and women in the entertainment industry..."

……

The statue of the little golden man is surrounded by red carpets, which can accommodate many people to take photos. However, what the little stars like most is not this place, but the red carpet passage leading to it.

It is dozens of meters long, with photographers lined up on one side. It is an ideal place to pose.

What these little stars like even more is that the photos here inevitably capture the golden statue behind them, but they don't do it very deliberately, lest the tabloids mockingly say that this is the only chance to take a photo with Oscar.

Of course, fans were also very enthusiastic. Behind the photographers was a high platform, separated from the red carpet by an iron railing, and behind the railing were the star fans who had been arriving since the morning.

Every time a famous star walked down the red carpet, fans would shout loudly, and if the star could stop and wave to them, the noise would be even louder.

Jennifer Tilly was the star who went a step further. She wore a royal blue, diamond-studded, low-cut sleeveless dress and just kept waving to the countless cameras and fans behind her.

It feels so good to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress!
Not only can she get some privileges, such as longer red carpet time and the official right to take photos in front of the Oscar model, but the TV station broadcasts will also give her more appearance time.

ABC's director also has to look for some iconic shots for the evening live broadcast, such as female stars wearing sexy dresses and making some extraordinary movements, and fans screaming hysterically, etc. TV viewers love to watch these.

Seeing the fans behind her waving their hands non-stop, Jennifer Tilly suddenly had an idea. She faced the camera, raised her arms wearing long velvet gloves, raised them from her sides above her head, and made a ballet movement.

Fans suddenly realized that this was an action Jennifer Tilly did specially for them. She was the first star to interact with them remotely today!
For a moment, the decibel level at the scene increased a lot.

Jennifer Tilly noticed that ABC's close-up camera was also aimed at her, and she smiled with satisfaction. She had been waiting for this moment.

Jennifer Tilly turned a little and did a classic Monroe pose for the close-up, with her hands clasped together against her chest, supported on her knees, and then blew a kiss to the TV audience!
"Perfect!" Jennifer Tilly was very satisfied with her pose after 30 seconds. This shot will definitely be kept by the ABC director. She relied on this skill to get free shots in Hollywood. In Bullets Flying in Hollywood, she also relied on this method to get an Oscar nomination.

Although she knew she would not win the prize, it felt so good! Thinking of this, she turned her eyes to her sister Meg Tilly who had just walked over with her boyfriend John Kelly.

This bitch has a backer and wears an Armani haute couture dress, but so what? This world doesn't just give you free shots by finding a powerful old man.

Jennifer Tilly chuckled. She had at least a dozen seconds of close-up in the ABC broadcast, while her sister Meg Tilly was not nominated for any awards, so giving her a one-second shot would be too much.

Stars arrived one after another. Martin Landau, who was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor for the third time and was the most popular candidate for the award this year, walked slowly over with his female companion, waved to the camera, and looked very happy.

However, as we all know, Landau is already an old man, and not many people know him. Later, the fan community did not make any noise, but ABC respected him for playing a regular role in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and playing a villain in Hitchcock's North by Northwest. From the TV camera, he waved and looked very respected.

"Ahhh...!"

Suddenly, the fan base began to howl again.

This time, the stars who really received warm welcome came, John Travolta, who was nominated for Best Actor, and his wife Kelly Preston.

The two of them are just the opposite of Martin Landau. Not many people in the industry recognize their acting skills, but in the eyes of fans, they are handsome men and beautiful women who can make people's blood boil.

The following stars are all in the middle of these two extremes. Morgan Freeman received warm cheers from many black fans. He was nominated for Best Actor and was one of the few black stars nominated this year.

There is also Jamie Lee Curtis, who plays the leading role in True Lies. She will be on stage several times as an award presenter tonight. She is wearing a white sleeveless dress which is very pleasing to the eye.

Most of these stars attend with their partners, because as a rule in Hollywood, if you attend alone, then either there is something wrong with you or you have a special hobby (it is natural to assume that you are a star and still single in Hollywood).

Some foreign stars are more awkward. For example, Nigel Hawthorne, the male lead of Mad King George and one of the nominees for Best Actor, is actually known to many people in America because he played the role of The Minister, which was repeatedly broadcast on PBS.

However, due to his different sexual orientation, he did not have a suitable female companion in Hollywood, so he had to attend the event alone. This kind of thing could not be revealed publicly, so when he faced the TV camera, he could see his embarrassed face.

Jodie Foster, who was nominated for Best Actress this year, was well prepared. She had a male companion who neither held her hand nor hugged her waist and often kept a relatively long distance from her. He had already prepared to be a puppet. Under the camera, everyone could only gossip about who this man was...

"Oh oh..."

As we were talking, another single female star arrived. It was Sally Field, who played the mother in Forrest Gump. Next to her was David Geffen, one of the owners of DreamWorks. This man was openly gay, so there wouldn't be any gossip.

"Ah, Gary..."

At this time, most of the stars from Forrest Gump entered the theater. Behind Sally Field was Gary Sinise, who played Lieutenant Dan. He and his wife were also very excited and kept waving. How wonderful it is to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor...

"Ahhh!"

There was another cheer from the crowd; Forrest Gump was here.

Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were waving and greeting each other under the statue of the golden man. Last year's best actor was supposed to be just an award presenter this year.

However, the social impact of Forrest Gump is so exaggerated that many people in Hollywood believe that Hanks can win the role again, which is very rare.

So people came up to congratulate one after another, and Hanks and Wilson were there shaking hands with everyone, hugging, and taking photos... Rita Wilson couldn't close her mouth, and she didn't know how to express her joy.

"Oh oh oh……"

Another British star arrived, causing even louder calls than Tom Hanks. Hugh Grant's handsomeness simply did not need any modification. He walked the red carpet hand in hand with his girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley.

According to Hollywood tradition, the protagonist today is the well-received Hugh Grant, but Hurley is not willing to be mediocre. She greeted, hugged and chatted with some powerful old men on both sides of the red carpet.

The next two people walking down the red carpet were rather special, they were not celebrities, nor were they company executives, and their clothes were somewhat "ordinary". What was unusual was the brown briefcases they held.

They were two partners from PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the bag contained the list of winners to be announced tonight. The camera was filming the bag for a long time, which made the two partners a little embarrassed.

After they walked the red carpet and saw the stars in the preparation area, they comforted each other. It felt worthwhile to be the guardian of the bag to be able to see so many stars on the scene.

The stars of Forrest Gump did not enter the venue right away. They waited together at the end of the red carpet for today's centerpiece.

Suddenly, all the cameras and video cameras on the scene turned around and pointed at the starting point of the red carpet...

"That's Ronald Lee, the director of Forrest Gump, a famous Hollywood director and producer, and chairman of DDH, and his wife, the movie star Diane Lane."

The ABC host quickly explained that this was a heavyweight figure, and many TV viewers might know Diane, but they were not so familiar with Ronald's image.

He is the owner of a media company in the industry, so ABC did not dare to be negligent and did a lot of preparation to make sure he was satisfied when he watched the broadcast.

"Tom, Gary, hi... Sally..."

Ronald of course hugged the stars of the crew and greeted them one by one, and then everyone took a group photo in front of the statue of the little golden man. Everyone walked in, chatting and laughing.

"Shxt!"

The next person to walk the red carpet was Sharon Stone. This woman wore a silver-white top and pants suit today, which looked a bit like her classic outfit in "Basic Instinct", hoping to get more attention from TV cameras and save her plummeting box office appeal.

Unexpectedly, the whole process, the focus of the camera was absorbed by the Forrest Gump crew in front. I spent so much effort, but only got a two-second shot. It was a big loss today.

……

Ronald walked into the venue. Today, he came as a successful person. He talked to many people about many things. When the announcement for everyone to take their seats was broadcasted, he sat down with Diane.

"Ladies and gentlemen, David Letterman."

This year ABC wanted to change the way it hosted the Oscars, so it invited David Letterman, the host of the Late Show. When he walked out from the center of the stage, everyone expected that he would be another classic Oscar host after Billy Crystal.

After the applause, David Letterman told a few jokes slowly, then smiled at everyone: "I have to tell you, I'm so excited now. I've been planning to do this all day..."

He then walked in the direction of Oprah, the famous talk show host, and said to her, "Oprah!"

Then he walked to the other side and said to Uma Thurman, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, "Uma!"

After that, he walked back and forth, calling the two women "Uma, Oprah, Oprah, Uma..."

The two parties were confused and a little embarrassed, and somehow they burst into awkward laughter.

Half the audience had no idea what was so funny, and the other half just giggled.

"What's so funny? I don't understand..." Ronald was the one who didn't understand. He looked at Diane beside him, who was laughing happily, and felt puzzled.

"You don't bring little Roger with you. You don't know that children love this kind of joke the most. These two people's names are rare, and they kind of rhyme. Isn't it funny?"

"What's so funny about that?" Ronald muttered. Is it possible that someone would really be amused by such a simple pun?
"Hahaha..." David Letterman laughed first, then asked, "Do any of you kids know Keanu?"

"Oh, God," Ronald finally found the funny point. Children are very innocent. When they hear three uncommon rhyming names, they can't help laughing.

However, award ceremonies like the Oscars have always favored high-level, logical jokes. This kind of joke doesn't seem to fit the scene?

Ronald involuntarily gestured to Letterman to lower the tone, asking him to stop telling such embarrassing jokes. I don't know if he saw it, but fortunately Letterman quickly recovered and started telling the classic Oscar jokes.

"At the beginning of the year, House Speaker Newt Gingrich said that many of the country's problems can be solved by watching movies. For example, the MLB baseball league, which is on strike, might as well let the players watch the baseball movie Field of Dreams starring Costner.

I think Gingrich should be working as a salesperson at Blockbuster instead of being Speaker of the House."