Hollywood Secret Garden

"This should be the most surprising list of nominations in the history of Oscars, but at the same time it is not the most controversial list of nominations! Because we all know that Miss Angel has created countless miracles from the end of the 90s to now, making all Everyone has become numb, and even if she takes all the nominated awards, it will not cause the slightest disturbance. She seems to be a joke of God, and she exists deliberately to make Hollywood feel at a loss..."

This is "Empire"'s comments on the 81st Oscar nomination list. The reason why I express such emotion is because the list is indeed a bit dumbfounding. Not only did Angela break the single nomination record set by herself again !

She has won a total of 7 nominations, and the nomination for best director will definitely not run away. In addition, there are best supporting actress, best original screenplay, best adapted screenplay, best editing, best soundtrack and best Art Direction!For almost the first time, the same person has been nominated for both Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay!For screenwriters, this should be regarded as quite an honor.It's a pity that Angela is not only a screenwriter, so what's even more surprising is that she alone occupies the two best director spots!

That's right, that's true. The five best director nominations for the 81st Oscar are: Danny Boyle, director of "Slumdog Millionaire," David Fincher, director of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." James Cameron, director of Avatar, and Angela Mason, director of The Mist, Angela Mason of Our Lives!

No wonder some people exclaimed: Angela has already decided the best director of this year's Oscars!

Well, if that's not enough, skip those and focus on Best Picture, four of the five nominations are about her! Needless to say, "The Mist" and "Our Lives", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was jointly funded by Pixar and Paramount, and "Avatar" was jointly funded by Pixar and Fox.

Ever since, almost all film companies are complaining that Pixar is going to monopolize the best movies again.

"Is there anything you can't do, Angie?" Kate asked Angela, who was pillowing her lap, while watching TV.

Angela didn't answer the question, but just opened her mouth and said, "I want to eat grapes, Kate."

Kate shook her head, reached out and picked a grape from the fruit plate on the coffee table, peeled off the skin and put it into Angela's mouth.Chewing and swallowing, she took Kate's hand and spat out the grape seeds into her palm, and then said to Jessica on the other end: "Go up, Jesse, the force can be stronger. "

"Is it here?" Jessica, who was massaging her legs in her arms, then moved her hands up a bit, she still had that gentle and obedient appearance.

"That's right, that's where... Oh, Jesse, your massage skills are really good." Angela hummed comfortably.

Kate, who was watching TV, glanced at Jessica who was doing her best to serve Angela, sighed softly in her heart, and then reminded her: "Aren't you going to listen to their comments, Angie?"

"It doesn't matter, no matter how they comment, it won't affect the judges of the Film Academy. I just need to let Sparrow and the others do a good job of public relations." Angela waved her hand indifferently.

"I didn't expect you to be so confident, maybe we can celebrate in advance?" Kate couldn't help but make a small stab.

"I didn't say that, dear Kate," Angela replied lazily, "Those old guys sometimes like to play cards unreasonably, so it is possible to be upset-don't worry, until the end of the month Just know."

Speaking of this, she suddenly thought of something and asked: "By the way, hasn't Nat come back yet? I still have to discuss with her about getting votes today. If I do it well, I might get her a Best Actress back. "

Although "The Mist" was released relatively early in several popular nominated films, it lacked advantages-Oscar judges did not watch every film, most of the time they only selected wonderful clips, and then combined The film critics of those famous film critics make judgments, and only cast their votes after exchanging opinions with the judges they know well.In this way, movies that are released closer to the end of the year will have an advantage.

Even so, the film still won 7 nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography!Angela was taken aback when she first got the nomination list. She randomly picked 7 items and reported to the film academy, but none of them got nominated.

It’s not surprising if you think about it carefully. The three acting award nominations are undoubtedly well deserved. Both Natalie and Will Smith have performed very well, let alone Angela. That’s less than two in total. The 10-minute performance was well received at the beginning.Although this movie satirizes some things sharply, it is hidden in the depths of the story, and it does not deviate too much from the main theme-this is the aftermath of her filming "John Rabe" at that time.So it's normal to have nominations for Best Director and Best Film.As for the best adapted screenplay, since the original book is a second- or third-rate suspense novel, it should definitely be nominated, and only the best cinematography is an extra.

Jessica suddenly coughed twice at this moment, and before Angela could react, Kate had already smiled and teased: "Okay, Jessie, you can't do it even if you cough up your throat."

Jessica's face turned red immediately, and the hand holding Angela's thigh became a little bit stiffer.

"Hey, Jesse, Kate said that! It wasn't me!" Angela shouted quickly.

Jessica's face turned even redder, but she stopped her hands anyway, and Angela quickly sat up and rubbed the pinched sore place, then glared at Kate who was gloating, and then pressed Jessica's shoulder to comfort her : "Okay, Jesse, although your acting skills are indeed not as good as Natalie, it doesn't mean that you don't have the chance to be nominated for the best actress. Every actor will have a moment when they shine brightly and illuminate the entire sky. You Of course there are no exceptions. Moreover, it doesn’t matter if the film academy recognizes it or not, as long as we think you are very good.”

"Understood, Angie," Jessica had calmed down at this moment, she held her hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I was just a little jealous just now."

"It's normal, just like I sometimes feel jealous that Manny's breasts are bigger than mine." Angela started to run the train with her mouth full again.

Both Kate and Jessica couldn't help laughing, and then there was a knock on the door, and the door was opened before the people inside could speak.A familiar figure appeared at the door, needless to say who it was, there was only one person in the entire villa who could knock on the door like this and come in without waiting for an answer.

"Is your enjoyment over?" Alizee asked lightly.

"Are you saying this out of jealousy or envy?" Angela asked with a smile, and then reached out to hug Jessica and Kate's waists, wanting to hug them left and right, but unfortunately the exchange was not light Not heavy two fists.

"Don't think that everyone is consoling you because you have achieved an unprecedented record, which means you can do whatever you want." Alizee looked at Angela, who was aggrieved and covering her head, and said calmly, with a slight smile on her lips.

"Okay, what's the matter?" Angela spread her hands helplessly.

"What's the matter?" It's a pity that this smile disappeared immediately, and Alizee put on a mocking tone again, "I thought you should remember, Miss Angela, Pixar is waiting for your reply today, what are you going to do? Movie canvassing."

"Oh, yes, I remembered, I'll call them right away!" Angela immediately jumped up from the sofa, said hello to Jessica and Kate, and hurried out.

The remaining three people in the room looked at each other and shrugged teasingly in unison.

It is also a troublesome thing for the film company to compete for the best film if there are too many works, which can easily cause the number of votes to spread and make others cheaper.In fact, Angela has already decided which movie to focus on canvassing for. "The Mist" was released too early, and the subject matter is not very attractive, so it can be passed; and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" " and "Avatar" are co-invested and co-published with other companies, Angela believes that Pixar, who is spoiled by her, will definitely not want to share the honor with others.So which movie to canvass for votes is already on the horizon.

It's just that she forgot that Ed, Lasseter and others are fond of computer animation, and "Avatar" is also an animation in a sense, and the CG technology is so exquisite, so it is inevitable that there will be The voice of canvassing for "Avatar".Angela didn't care about it, and let them discuss it first, for democracy.

She believed that Ed, as the CEO of the company, must be aware of the disadvantages of "Avatar". To put it bluntly, the judges of the academy would not have much interest in a CG animation, so Ed would definitely make a correct judgment and convince everyone.

Subsequent developments proved that Angela's judgment was correct. A few days later, the feedback showed that Pixar had unanimously decided to solicit votes for "Life of Us". As long as Angela confirmed it, the publicity machine would immediately start to operate.However, Angela forgot to reply because she was too busy enjoying the service that everyone expressed congratulations to. If Alizee hadn't reminded her, God knows when she would remember.

"Okay, then that's it." It took only a few minutes for Angela to end the call, and everything was basically as she expected, except for the two performance awards for herself and Natalie.

After thinking for a few seconds, she called the phone, and the connection was quickly connected, but the first thing that came was a noisy voice.

"Nat, did something happen?" Angela asked quickly, it sounded like a lot of people were shouting.

Natalie didn't answer. It wasn't until a few seconds later that the car door was slammed shut. Natalie let out a long breath: "Hi, Angie, sorry, I was caught by the reporters."

"What did I tell you? Be careful on the streets these days." Angela shrugged.

"It's the same with you." Natalie snorted dissatisfied.

"Are you sure? Are you really sure." Angela asked half-jokingly.

"Please let me remind you, Angie, it's no secret that you have black hair and black eyes." Natalie continued to snort, "I can guarantee that you can't walk two steps on the street with that look, You will also encounter enthusiastic journalists."

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this." Angela quickly stopped the nonsense, "You should come back quickly, I still have important things to discuss with you."

"Hmm... what is so important? I plan to hang out with Manny again." Although Natalie changed her words in time, the word still betrayed her heart at the beginning. The reason for the sudden change of words must be Instigated by Manny who stayed by her side, Angela clearly heard her snickering from here.

"Because I'm cold and lonely at home alone, Weiwei and Liv ran to announce that Keira was recording the show, can't you hurry back and accompany me?" Angela simply used the trick of coquettishness to stabilize them , Try to lure them back, and then slowly settle the accounts!

"Don't pretend to be pitiful, Kate and Jessie will definitely be with you at home, even if they are not there, you still have a housekeeper and personal assistant." Natalie said in a lazy tone.

"OK, let's get down to business. I need to discuss with you how to canvass for your Best Actress nomination. Don't you want to bring back a statuette?" Angela started talking about business.

"Understood, I'll be back right away, OK?" Natalie suddenly changed the subject, "Speaking of which, have you ever thought about how to solicit votes for your Best Supporting Actress?"

"Come on, I've already won Best Supporting Actress three times, unless the judges of the film academy collectively go crazy, it's basically impossible for me to take it again." Angela shrugged, "That's it, come back soon, about I still have a lot of things to prepare for the Oscars at the end of the month."

"Hmm..." Natalie thought for a while, "Angie, are you going to be at the Oscars..."

"Live? Well, it's a good idea to announce it publicly in front of tens of millions of viewers, and then the next day, paparazzi, big and small, turn all privacy upside down, and then get knocked up by all the parents who love their daughter... " Angela said teasingly, and she didn't stop until there was laughter from over there, "Okay, Nat, don't think about it, don't guess, I will give you a surprise."

After saying goodbye to each other, Angela put down the phone.Thinking about it carefully, it would be nice to propose at the Oscars ceremony. Anyway, since she has decided to make it public, she doesn't need to care about public opinion, but... it would be great if her parents had been settled.Having said that, Nat almost guessed it right, and he must keep his mouth shut so as not to make a mistake at the last moment.

With a wave of his hand, Angela got these things out of his mind for the time being, and found a laptop and began to search for information.Because the time from the announcement of the nomination list to the official award ceremony is much shorter than in previous years, the various competitions in February 09 are much more intense than before.