Hollywood Secret Garden

"At this moment, we are here to pray for the innocent people who died in the disaster, may God bless their souls, and may God bless us who are alive!" After the affectionate prayer hosted by the man and woman, both of them walked aside .

The lights in the hall dimmed, only a few rows of candles on both sides were still flickering.A magnetic but ethereal singing sounded, as if floating in this quiet space.After a few words, the voice stopped, and a beam of light came on, revealing a slender figure sitting on a high stool holding a guitar.

Dressed in a simple and elegant manner, with golden hair hanging down like a waterfall, and a beautiful face as calm as water, the girl on the seat has a reassuring magic.The guitar sounded faintly, light and sad. After the prelude, Angela sang softly again, the magnetism was still but not as ethereal as before.

If the first few sentences looked like an elf who didn't eat fireworks, then at this moment she was more like a child who had lost a loved one.

The touching singing voice kept floating back and forth in the hall, narrating and comforting in a child's tone, and the trembling sound kept beating the softest part of people's hearts.Finally, when the singing stopped, warm applause broke out in the hall, and many people's eyes were watery.The concert has lasted for a long time, and the accumulated feelings have reached a critical point. In addition, this song is simple and true, and it is completely moving with a lover. Almost everyone has been deeply moved.

The girl in the middle of the stage said nothing, bowed slightly and left the hall.After coming backstage, she immediately relaxed. She had been preparing for the performance for a long time, even the songs were newly created.

"You sing so well, Angie, we couldn't stop crying."

"Yeah, it's like the sound of nature, those children in heaven will definitely hear it."

At the same time as the two voices rang in her ears, Angela was hugged tightly, and a wet feeling came from left and right of her face at the same time.Although I was a little annoyed in my heart, I saw that the other party was really excited and then became helpless.

"Thank you, Brit, Christine, I just feel it. You also sang very well before. This is an unprecedented disaster, and everyone should be united." Angela and Britney and Christina spoke again. Embrace it.

"But it will definitely not have the same effect as yours." Britney shrugged, half envious and half jealous.

"Don't underestimate yourself, Brit, as a girl group that is popular all over the world, you shouldn't be so unconfident." Angela smiled and spread her hands, but the other party didn't buy it: "Christine and I are very confident, except for you now. in front of."

"She's right, your singing just now is unmatched." A slightly feminine voice sounded.

Angela, who was familiar with the voice, immediately looked aside. Michael Jackson, who had already put on makeup and clothes, walked over with a smile, and at the same time extended his hand to her: "Your beauty will light up the world, Angie."

"It's really flattering to get such approval from you, Mike." Angela shook hands with him reservedly.

"This is sincere. A person who can sing with his deepest feelings, a person who can lead a charity concert of this scale, deserves such praise." Michael said seriously.

Angela remained silent, although she knew that Michael would praise her in this way, the song just now had a great effect-this new song was called "Inheaven", she didn't want to get involved in politics, so she started from those buried in the ruins. From the perspective of children who may no longer have tomorrow, I write to those parents who have lost them.

Michael likes children the most. Of course, he wouldn't praise Angela so much just like that.Everyone knew that Michael was very enthusiastic about public welfare, and when Angela called him, he was already preparing to hold a charity performance.

"You deserve such praise more than I do, Mike." Angela said seriously. Although Michael looked a little thinner than a few years ago, he was still in good spirits.This is not because he is going to participate in a charity performance and deliberately takes drugs, which makes him look abnormally excited. This is a healthy look, and this probably has something to do with his wife and children.

"Hey, honey, it's time for you to prepare." A beautiful woman in her early thirties came to Michael.

"Okay, I'll be right there." Michael nodded to his wife before turning to Angela: "Then, I'm going to get ready, don't forget what you promised me."

"Of course not, as long as you need me, I will show up in the recording studio at any time." Angela replied with a smile. When she called Michael to invite her, the other party agreed without thinking.But there is a small condition. Michael just created a new song called "WhatMoreCanIGive" for this disaster and plans to invite many singers to record it together, so he hopes Angela can participate in it.Of course, it was impossible for Miss Genius to refuse, so there was this conversation.

Looking at Michael Jackson and his wife Lisa Presley who left, Angela's mouth could not help but curl up.Although the media said that shortly after they got married in 94, they had a small quarrel for three days and a big quarrel for five days, but the two have not only not divorced, but also have a son and a daughter. Sometimes fate is really interesting.

"Whoa, MJ is getting ready to go on stage, I think it's better for us to stay backstage."

"Are you an idiot, Brit? Backstage isn't as effective as the front!"

"You're the idiot, Christine, backstage with full access to MJ."

"This is not your first contact with MJ, can't you be a little more mature?"

Listening to Britney and Christina's whispering, Angela shook her head with a smile, went to a separate dressing room to change, left the backstage, went to the front hall and sat down in her seat.

"You sang so well, Angie," whispered Julia, noticing her return.

"Thank you, aunt, if you are still satisfied, how about spending some more money?" Angela replied jokingly.

"Don't worry, you will be satisfied." Julia laughed dumbly, "Besides, there are so many people at the scene."

Frankly speaking, this charity concert was very successful. After the news of the charity concert led by Angela, many big names in the entertainment industry such as Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Barbara Barra Streisand and Madonna agreed to attend.And many local celebrities in New York also came, and many of them even seldom show up in public, and they agreed to attend entirely because of grandpa's face.

Because there are too many people who want to attend, and there are still many people who actively contacted and hoped to participate, Angela finally had to reluctantly delete the list - Avril Lavigne, who was originally going to New York, was also among them, but fortunately, Los Angeles will also hold the event soon She can participate in the corresponding charity performance there-fortunately, this did not affect the performance on September 9.

MJ and his wife Lisa have already appeared on the stage. He didn't wear those out of the ordinary clothes, he just stood there in a plain way.The couple sang a single that had just been released, a duet song dedicated to their children.It's just that MJ didn't use too many fancy singing voices here, only sadness and comfort.

The applause rang out once again. With the appearance of several heavyweights, NBC, which was in charge of the broadcast, had reached an astonishing high ratings, and the amount of money raised had exceeded the figure of 3 million US dollars.When the host made the announcement, there was another wave of warm applause like a tsunami. This time, the charity performance has once again crossed a new level of success.

In the end, there was still an unavoidable chorus, but, no matter how encouraging the hostess and hostess said, or how enthusiastic the applause was, Angela on the stage remained calm from beginning to end.

On the second day of the charity concert, she hurried back to Boston. Although there was still a lot of work to do after the charity show, she left it to Sparrow.And as long as you follow the system, even if there are mistakes in the middle, you can easily find out.In fact, if she hadn't been surrounded by a large number of reporters asking questions when she came out that night, and the whole charity performance lasted for 8 hours, it would have been very late, she might have set off for Boston immediately.

Although 911 was an unprecedented disaster, although people are immersed in grief, they still have to do what they should do after being sad, and life and work must continue.Angela is still busy with the post-production and soundtrack of "Brokeback Mountain", and although the ipod conference was affected and moved to mid-October, it has not been cancelled, has it?

As for the possibility of invitations to charity performances or fundraising in the future, it depends on the situation before participating.She took the lead in holding such a grand charity concert, and raised more than 3 million donations. In addition, there are several charitable foundations in operation under her name, and she is the more popular Miss Angel. No one can blame her for anything.

The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and the professor on the podium stopped talking immediately, and waved his hand to signal the end of get out of class.Resisting the desire to yawn, Angela packed her books and stood up, thanked the girl next to her who reminded her before she almost fell asleep, and left the classroom quickly.

"Hi Angela, how are you?"

"Angela, we all support you!"

Along the way, people greeted her everywhere, although they would not pester her endlessly like those crazy fans outside, but many of them tried to talk to her as much as possible.

"What were you thinking when you rescued the little girl at the scene? Were you scared when you watched the plane crash into the building?" Such curious questions are commonplace.

"Okay, everyone, I'm sleepy now and want to go back to the dormitory to rest, can you let me go?" Angela, who answered the door of the dormitory, said helplessly to the people chasing her—basically all girls.

As usual, they laughed and dispersed. Angela smiled wryly and shook her head into the dormitory building. After opening the door of the room, she took off her coat and threw it on the sofa, not wanting to do anything.A few minutes later, the sound of keys opening the door, and then a few minutes later, Natalie's voice: "Angie? Are you okay?"

After moaning, Angela barely sat up, then waved her hand to indicate that it was okay.

"You look very tired." Although Natalie had no expression on her face, her brows were still slightly frowned, and the concern in her tone could still be heard.

"If you went to the charity performance last night until late at night, got up after four or five hours of sleep, drove 200 miles in the car, and then listened to three classes hard, you would be like this." Angela yawned loudly Said.

"You can come back later." Natalie poured a glass of water and handed it to her.

"Later? If it's later, maybe these few homework will be over. I really really don't think that I will have to spend money to graduate!" Angela said self-deprecatingly, took a big sip from the cup.

"You have said this no less than ten times, knowing exactly what caused all this but still refusing to correct it, can I take it as your duplicity?" Natalie said, biting her lips lightly.

Angela didn't realize anything, and shrugged helplessly: "But these are things I can't give up, and besides, I'm very organized, but it's hard to adjust if something goes wrong."

Natalie turned her head and was silent for a few seconds before she said in a flat tone: "Then there are other ways to increase your impression in the minds of the professors so that they can let you go at the end of the semester. For example, You did a great job in the spontaneous prayers for the victims in the past few days, and you can definitely organize it again."

"Stop kidding, Nat, this is not your idea." Angela smiled and waved her hands.

"In this case, we can only see if your premonition can help you." Natalie's mouth suddenly turned up when she said this.

For a moment, Angela looked a little dazed, and inexplicable joy filled her heart. It was the first time in several months that Natalie smiled in front of her like this.But she quickly came back to her senses, put down the cup and waved her hand: "Can you stop talking about this?"

"I'm just suggesting, don't be so nervous." Natalie shrugged and spread her hands.

Angela, who stared at her and twitched her lips, wiped her face in annoyance and began to talk: "I'll say it again, in detail. At that time, there was a sudden sense of panic that soaked into the bones, as if something terrible happened It will happen, as if someone important will leave me. That feeling is so real that even if you think I'm crazy, you have to call to warn. If you don't call and something happens to you, then my life I will never forgive myself!"

Speaking of this, she let out a long breath and stared into Natalie's eyes: "I will go to the World Trade Center that day because my godfather is there. However, if you were there, I would also go there .”

Natalie turned her head away and her eyes were full of complexities. After a few seconds, she gritted her teeth and asked softly, "If it was someone else, you would definitely go too."

"Yes, mom and dad, grandpa and grandma, everyone I care about." Angela nodded, with exclamation in her voice, obviously still not hearing her implication.

Natalie squeezed her fingers and asked what else, a pair of arms stretched out from the side to hug her tightly.

"Holding you feels the best, Nat. When I called you, I was so scared that I would never be able to hold you like this again." Angela, who fell on the sofa with Natalie in her arms, leaned her head on her shoulder muttered like this.

After struggling a few times to no avail, Natalie hugged Angela as if giving up.After looking at the ceiling for a long time, she sighed in her heart and asked softly: "I was thinking, what if..."

Speaking of this, she suddenly realized that something was wrong, and when she looked down, she realized that Angela, who was crawling on top of her, had fallen asleep at some point!

Natalie, who couldn't laugh or cry, suddenly had the urge to throw her aside, but she hesitated again and again without making a move. Finally, she pinched the bridge of her nose and slowly changed her position, letting the baby in her arms Angela is a little more comfortable.

Looking at the face that was so cute even when she smacked her lips in a deep sleep, Natalie's heart became more complicated.Gradually, her eyes became gentle, and she gradually leaned her head down and kissed Angela's lips lightly.

But then she raised her head again and her face became ugly, as if anger rushed to her forehead, she raised her hand and wanted to knock heavily on Angela's forehead.However, the raised hand hesitated for a long time but did not come down, and she put it down after a long while, smiling wryly and gently comforting the smooth and tender face of the girl in her arms.

"Hmm...don't make trouble..." Angela said vaguely, and hugged Natalie's waist even tighter.

hateful!Natalie screamed fiercely in her heart. She didn't know whether it was because of her weakness or something else, but the posture of holding Angela remained unchanged.

Time is the best healer. By mid-October, although the pain caused by the disaster continued to affect everyone, it was much better than the first few days.But some changes are destined to be permanent, such as the more aggressive patrols on the streets or the stricter security at the airport with many new measures.Fortunately, Angela takes her own plane wherever she goes, so she doesn't have to worry too much.

Although affected by 911/[-], the release of the first generation of the first iPod was postponed for one month, but the enthusiasm of the reporters could not be stopped at all.It is an indisputable fact that Apple has gradually revitalized under the hands of Steve Jobs. In addition, Apple has always taken a high-end route, so releasing new works with such fanfare must not be a bad thing.

Another point is that this is Miss Genius—oh, Ms. Angel might be more appropriate now—Angela Mason is the first time a product spokesperson, and she even wrote a song to coincide with the release of the iPod. new song!Although everyone knows that this has something to do with Angela being the major shareholder of Apple, but after all, she has never been treated so well when she was an endorser for products before.

Therefore, in addition to technology journalists, many entertainment journalists also came to the press conference, which is very interesting, isn't it?