Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1621 Two Types of Winners

"Ladies and gentlemen, tonight's Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be postponed for a while because of a sudden heavy rain at the Beverly Hilton Hotel..."

A few days after the New Year's Day holiday, the Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held as scheduled. This year, NBC TV invited Joan Rivers, a female comedian known for her sharp tongue, to host the event at the hotel entrance.

Her main task is to interview various celebrities on the red carpet. Although Joan Rivers likes to insult people, she usually insults a few fixed celebrities, all of whom have had "exchanges" with her in the media before.

Her interviews with people she had no grudges against were actually quite interesting, with a lot of witty remarks. So the ratings of this broadcast also increased a bit.

"It's a good thing I didn't go. Otherwise, not only would I get wet, but running in the rain in high heels would be terrible..." Diane hid in her comfortable home, happily leaning on the sofa and watching TV. This year, Ronald didn't go to the Golden Globe Awards ceremony and advised her that it was not necessary to go. Diane was still grateful to Ronald for his foresight, "How did you know it would rain tonight..."

"I don't know. I just heard that there were a lot more people at the Golden Globe Awards this year. It was crowded and hot, and there were a lot of drunkards who got drunk..."

Ronald picked up a cup of coffee and drank it slowly.

"Fortunately, there was no major disturbance at the scene, except that the powder on Faye Dunaway's face was washed into the sea..."

"Puff..." Hearing Joan Rivers's venomous complaints, Ronald couldn't hold back and spit out all the coffee. Diane looked at him in confusion, wondering if the coffee was broken again today?
"I have to tell you the truth, everything is damp today, just like Martin Landau's hands. . .

Joan Rivers continued to complain about celebrities, and Ronald wiped her face with a tissue, and was amused by her so much that his abdominal muscles showed.

"Oh my God, it's so vicious..." Diane couldn't help laughing. NBC really tried its best for ratings.

"Oh look, is that the pig from the movie Babe?" Joan Rivers suddenly shouted. Babe was a dark horse in the box office and awards last year. This Australian film tells the story of a pig named Babe who came to his owner's house and began to learn the herding skills of a sheepdog, and finally won the sheepdog competition.

The movie was shot with real animals and supplemented with some computer special effects technology, which made it very interesting. If the Golden Globe Awards can bring this baby pig to the scene, it can indeed attract some children's audiences.

"Roger..." Ronald was just about to call his son over to see, but he didn't expect Joan Rivers to start speaking harshly again.

"Oh sorry, I misread that, that's not Baby Piggy, that's Victoria Principal without makeup..."

"Pfft..." This time it was Diane who burst out laughing. Ronald quickly took out a tissue. He was really laughing to death.

……

Sure enough, just as Ronald thought, there were more people attending the award ceremony this year, and the lobby of the Beverly Hilton Hotel was obviously a bit crowded.

In the first film awards presented, Nicolas Cage won the Best Actor in a Drama award.

In addition to the previous series of film critics awards, Cage has been victorious this year. The Golden Globe Award is actually a special award. Part of the award is obtained through public relations. Everyone in the circle knows that as long as you can get the jury of less than 100 people to take a big bag of "gifts", and most importantly, let the star himself accompany these people, so that they feel that even the star has to come to please me, this award is basically inevitable.

The only reason most stars don't win a Golden Globe is that they are unwilling to spend the time and energy to please these so-called "foreign journalists".

Therefore, except for some stars who have just debuted and need awards to recognize them, or famous stars who have not received Oscar recognition for many years and hope to add a small trophy to their home cabinet, most of the time the "Foreign Correspondents" judges still cannot get photos and autographs with the stars.

The other part of the awards, that is, apart from those stars who actively "publicized" themselves, were the result of the judges' random voting.

These "foreign journalists" actually don't understand the level of film art. Therefore, the most convenient way for them to vote is to read the newspaper to see who are the most popular stars recently.

Therefore, some stars who are expected to win this year's Oscars will also receive Golden Globe Awards because many people say good things about them in film reviews and their company's public relations have caused them to appear in newspapers.

To some extent, if the Golden Globe Awards is not a deliberate public relations exercise, it can still objectively reflect the popularity of stars after our launch... It can also roughly reflect the thoughts of the Oscar judges... because many of them also vote in accordance with the crowd.

Ronald did not do any public relations for Cage at the Golden Globe Awards, which shows that Cage's acting skills seem to have received unanimous praise from the industry.

However, there was a scandal in the Best Actress in a Drama category. Sharon Stone, who played the leading role of Ginger in "Casino", won the award.

The film "Casino" stars Robert De Niro and his old partner Joe Pesci. It tells the story of a pair of uneducated scoundrels who accidentally get the right to operate a casino in Las Vegas, but are eventually betrayed by the protagonist's beautiful wife, Ginger, and lose their only chance to turn things around.

But the whole movie is very slow, with a lot of narration by Joe Pesci and De Niro. Even those who are least familiar with gangster movies can guess the general direction of many plots in the whole movie. Only some real details of the casino are revealed, which is a rare part of the movie.

But this is a commercial film, not a documentary about casinos. It was taken offline after seven weeks, with a domestic box office of $38 million, which did not even break even on its production costs.

Sharon Stone, the biggest star of the film, did not do much for the box office. Normally, such a performance would have had little chance of winning an award, but it seems that the film studio and Sharon Stone herself have invested heavily in public relations... hoping to get an Oscar nomination to re-release the film and boost the box office.

"No one is more surprised than me... OK?" Sharon Stone burst into tears after receiving the trophy from Tom Hanks. She kept choosing her words, "Ah, it's like... ah, ah, it's like a miracle..."

Diane curled her lips when she saw this. It was obvious that this bitch was acting.

"I am very proud to be a member of Las Vegas..." Sharon Stone quickly put her expression back in place, and then recited all her acceptance speeches very skillfully...

Compared to drama awards, the Best Actor and Best Actress in Comedy categories are more normal, and the winners are all actors whose acting skills have received widespread acclaim.

The Best Actor in a Comedy Award was presented to John Travolta for his performance in "Get Shorty" as a gangster who strayed into Hollywood and used gangster tactics to become a producer in Hollywood, for which he won the award.

The reality is an interesting echo of the plot in the movie. The movie actually satirizes the various unspoken rules in Hollywood, which are actually similar to the mafia, so people in the industry have given good reviews to this black comedy.

The Best Actress in a Comedy Series was awarded to Nicole Kidman. She played Susan, a weather forecaster at a TV station. She was determined to climb up the career ladder and felt that her husband was an obstacle to her career. In the end, she used two young men who admired her to shoot her husband. The two young men were then convicted, but Susan was acquitted.

This movie, adapted from real events, is also full of black humor. Kidman plays a femme fatale who schemes to get out of trouble, but in the end her husband's father uses the same method to hire someone to kill her...

These two awards were very popular, and the applause at the scene was much louder than when Sharon Stone won the awards.

"What a pity..." Ronald also applauded in front of the TV, feeling sorry for them.

"What?" Diane still didn't quite understand.

Ronald explained to her that the Golden Globe Awards divided the Best Actor and Best Actress into two categories, while the Oscars abolished the classification many years ago and merged the Best Actor and Best Actress into one award.

The Oscars have always discriminated against comedies. It is very rare for a actor to win the Best Actor or Best Actress award for a dramatic role.

Although Travolta and Kidman gave very good performances, it is highly unlikely that they will win an Oscar, or even be nominated.

The Best Director award went to Mel Gibson. This choice was different from the previous awards of the major film critics associations. The judges of the Golden Globe Awards are not those film critics who have unique insights into art. They like "Braveheart", a film that is both entertaining and artistic. This is also one of the few awards that they can vote for without referring to newspapers.

Mel Gibson didn't seem to take the Golden Globe Award seriously. He finished his acceptance speech easily and even made a joke about himself.

Ronald knew that he was not interested in this and was definitely eyeing the Oscars in a few months.

In previous sessions, directors such as Kevin Costner and Clint Eastwood, who both directed and acted in their films, have won the Oscar for Best Director. Mel Gibson is also very confident about his prospects of winning the award.

The film Braveheart is beautifully edited, with smooth narrative and touching plot. The romantic scenes under the bagpipes are memorable, and the large-scale scenes of cold weapon combat are even more unforgettable.

Moreover, when directing and acting, one has to consider the overall situation and one's own performance. So sometimes, the assistant director has to be responsible for calling the cut. Ronald knew that Mel Gibson must have done most of the directing work for this movie.

Such a huge production cannot be made by just finding an unknown assistant director. It is definitely not like the rumor that Mel Gibson is just a figurehead and the assistant director did most of the work.

To shoot something that has never been shot before, you must have an idea of ​​what effect the film will have before you can shoot it. The powerful scene of the Scottish infantry square fighting against the English cavalry, I would never give this honor to anyone else.

This rumor, which recently appeared in the tabloids, can be imagined to have been fabricated by someone among the competitors who does not abide by the rules of competition.

The Best Screenplay Award went to Emma Thompson for "Sense and Sensibility". This talented woman wrote a acceptance speech in the voice of Jane Austen. Her witty remarks really put all the Hollywood stars in the audience to shame.

Unlike British stars who mostly graduate from universities like Oxford and Cambridge, most Hollywood stars have difficulty getting a high school diploma. Yale talents like Jodie Foster are a minority.

Among British stars, there are many who majored in drama in famous universities, which may be related to their need to perform Shakespeare's plays. In Britain, performing in drama is also a very respectable profession and is respected.

"Four in the morning. I've just returned from a Golden Globes after-party, which, despite the inconveniences of heat, noise and overcrowding, was not without its fun. Thankfully, no dogs and no children. The dresses were average. Despite much boisterousness and borderline debauchery, people were very generous with their compliments..."

Emma Thompson's speech was very good, and her writing style was indeed that of Jane Austen. If she had not been so familiar with Austen, she would not have been able to adapt this script. She also thanked Ang Lee in Austen's tone, saying that he unexpectedly knew Austen better than Austen did.

This is also a consolation for Ang Lee, who also attended the awards ceremony but did not win the Best Director award. And the media will definitely mention this comment tomorrow, which will be very beneficial to his reputation.

This is what the best screenwriter should write, a literary acceptance speech. Ronald nodded repeatedly, saying that tonight's Golden Globe Awards were of very high quality. Then he shook his head, feeling ashamed that he could not write such a classic speech.

However, Ronald soon began to feel bad about this year's Golden Globe Award.

The Best Supporting Actor went to Brad Pitt, whom he hated. He played a psychopath with extreme environmentalism in the sci-fi film "12 Monkeys". He won over Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, and Tim Roth...

Mira Sorvino won the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite." She won against veteran actresses Angelica Huston, Kyra Seewick, and Kate Winslet, who played the second sister Marianne in Sense and Sensibility and is a promising newcomer.

The winners of these two awards are really uncomfortable. It can be heard that the two acceptance speeches were pre-recorded lines. Mira Sorvino was quite standard, but Brad Pitt even interspersed some improvisations in his lines, which was simply horrible.

"I know you don't like Brad..." Diane found Ronald's expression funny, so she just stopped looking and went back to her bedroom to sleep...

"It's okay, actually I'm a little happy..." Ronald laughed and stood up.

"Why?" Diane still felt strange.

"It's obvious that these two awards were won by special PR people, which shows that their producers and production company bosses understand that the Oscars don't belong to them. We will be there at the scene when the time comes, so we don't have to suffer."

Ronald stood up, turned off the TV, and touched his ear. He thought:

"Harvey Weinstein really invested a lot of money."