Chapter 279: We Are the Champions
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Dominique Garcia Rollidos/I'm A.J. Llamas, and I'm here to announce the nominees for the 61st Golden Globe Awards, and you'll see the best films and TV shows of the past year being honored. ”
Countless viewers watched on the NBC channel, Dominique Garcia, the daughter of famous actor Andy Garcia, wore a white low-cut evening gown with long flowing hair, and Lorenzo Lámas's son Álvaro Joshua Llamas wore a black suit, and the two were this year's Miss and Mr. Golden Globes. On the TV screen, at the Hilton Hotel, behind them was a large screen displaying the Golden Globe Logo, and the two smiled and opened the envelope with the results in their hands: "They are ......"
The hope of this year's Flame Movie Impact Awards is all on Wang Yang, two movies and one TV series.
Although "MIT-21-TEAM" is a forgotten summer film, it has also been sent to compete for musical/comedy awards due to its rave reviews, creating the pinnacle of the gambling genre, and of course the flame is not too ambitious, and it does not have that much momentum.
In the awards of Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, and Best Screenplay in the Musical Comedy category, it seems that only the Best Actress in the Musical Comedy category is expected to be shortlisted. Because Natalie Portman's performance is so stunning, Amanda, a sinister college student, is on par with Juno, a sharp-tongued high school student, and because she is Jewish, a Harvard graduate.
The Jews in Hollywood are huge, and Natalie Portman is the best candidate for the new generation of Jewish idols, and her grades will naturally be more sought after. Although the Golden Globes are called the Foreign Correspondents' Association, they will have the same impact. Therefore, Flame Movie did not publicize and shouted ""21" can make Wang Yang shortlisted for Best Director", which no one cared about, but just threw the publicity money on the Best Actress, followed by the Best Picture.
"The Devil Wears Prada", another controversial film that is now fiercely contested by film critics, is also divided into the musical comedy category, because the Golden Globes do not have technical awards such as "costume design", and its most promising nominations like "21" are Best Actress (Meryl Streep) and Best Picture.
Originally, a 23-year-old and 10-month-old director, producer, and screenwriter single-handedly made up "21" and "Demon", which seems to deserve a heavyweight nomination anyway, but now that person is Wang Yang, his age effect bonus has expired after "District 9" won the Golden Globe and Oscar in a row, and now he is required to be the same as Steven Spielberg, Steven Soderbergh and others, or even stricter, at least stricter than "American Beauty" director Sam Mendes, who called him Wonder Young?
So speaking of which, in terms of the three awards of director, film, and screenwriter, Wang Yang is most likely to be nominated, not on the big screen but on the small screen, "Prison Break".
As the biggest surprise of NBC in the fall of this TV, the biggest bad news of CBS and ABC, "Prison Break", which has been broadcast for many months and entered the winter break, has made amazing achievements in ratings, with an average of 20.65 million viewers and 13/20 ratings, ranking fifth in the evening prime time in the first half of the year;
And "Prison Break" seems to be in urgent need of "building a beautiful building", TV critics have already shouted "revolutionary series" for it, and fans of the show have also given a thumbs up to "the best TV series in history", and it is now only missing awards, Emmy, Golden Globe.
Even if Flame Family Entertainment doesn't worry about it, NBC will naturally do enough publicity for it, and the award nominations will drive the box office and the ratings. And on tonight's Golden Globe nomination list, "Prison Break" is the most likely to enter the two competitions for Best TV Series and Best TV Series Actor (Wentworth-Miller) in the drama category.
“He-as-a-boy,She-as-a-girl……”
In the spacious living room full of Christmas atmosphere, the sound of a leisurely guitar and ugly singing sounded at the same time, Danny lay down next to the Christmas tree with a sleepy face, and simply closed his eyes to sleep; Jessica on the fabric sofa looked at the TV screen very nervously, silently praying that "21", "TDP", and "Prison Break" would have many, many nominations, especially "TDP" had better be nominated for Best Director and Best Picture, so that those pesky film critics should all shut up!
Of course, she also knows that this is almost impossible, the Golden Globe Award reporters and judges actually belong to film critics, using the eyes of the film critics, and now the situation of "TDP" is 40% VS 60%, it is better to count on "21", but that is not a beating of film critics...... "But all her friends shrugged their noses arrogantly. Wang Yang has a black guitar hanging on his shoulder, standing next to the sofa and playing and singing emotionally, since listening to Jessica's song "Hey-Jude" a few days ago, he feels that his love for music and rock in his heart has been completely aroused by her! Now the singing makes him close his eyes slightly, and he feels very good about himself: "They don't like his pockets, he is a skateboarder, she said goodbye boy......
"Young, stop! It's time to start revealing. Jessica gave him a blank look, he's really these days, and he hugs his guitar whenever he has time. Wang Yang glanced at the screen in a hurry, turned around and continued to play: "Jesse, do you know? My current goal is the Grammy, so I'm going to release a record disc." Jessica laughed, "Okay, I've got your back!
"It's not. Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and continued to play and sing by himself, his voice was obviously very good, and it was not out of tune, why was it said to be ugly, exaggerated, and contrived? This is his truest expression of emotion!
At the announcement site, Dominique and Álvaro began to announce the nominations, the names and photos of the nominees were displayed on the big screen at the scene, and the list of the best movie songs, best soundtracks, best screenplays, and best actor/actress in the film was unveiled one by one, and there were no surprises compared with the media predictions in advance, "Cold Mountain", "Big Fish", "Mysterious River", "Lost in Translation", "Love Actually", "The Last Samurai" and "Lord of the Rings 3" and other films divided the places.
Under the increasingly excited singing, Jessica picked up the remote control and turned up the volume, and Dominique laughed on the TV: "Next up is Best Actress in a Musical Comedy, they are Scarlett Johansson, "Lost in Translation". Jessica couldn't help but shout, "Scarlett got nominated!wow, that's great!" Dominique continued: "Diane Keaton, "Love is a Compromise", Helen Mirren, "Calendar Girl", Natalie Portman, "MIT-21-TEAM", Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada". ”
"YES!YES!!Jan, two spots!!" Jessica threw her fist up excitedly, as if she was even happier than Jessica Alba had just been on the list, but she didn't have much hope in the first place. She jumped with joy and plucked the strings of her guitar excitedly: "Two! If a movie is ugly, will the heroine's performance be valued? If the director is rubbish, can the actor play it well? No! They are connected!"
"Wow!" Wang Yang was also very happy to hear the names of Natalie and Streep, their performance was completely worthy of this award! Looking at the excited Jessica, he smiled and reached out to hug her, this guy ...... Jessica was hit by a guitar with a "hey", Wang Yang sat down on the sofa and smiled casually, "That's really good news! In any case, this at least shows that "TDP" is not useless, its performance is very good, isn't it?"
"They're connected!" Jessica roared, gritting her teeth as she sat down, "Time will tell, and how wrong they were!"
This nomination is a natural piece of cake for Meryl Streep, who has been nominated for 13 Oscars and 18 Golden Globes, but she is still happy when she hears her daughter happily shouting "Mom, you got a nomination!", because every nomination is poured into her heart. Maimie, who participated in the appearance of "TDP", suddenly had a feeling: "The magic of Yang is amazing." ”
Scarlett Johansson has become a well-known child star from a childhood star to a popular youth idol, and a series of performance opportunities are due to his appreciation; Natalie Portman has received a lot of criticism in the "Star Wars Prequel" series, and has a reborn genius performance in his films; her mother is normal, but she also spent two days on the set of "TDP", she has seen the magic of Yang's style and directing ability, and a little trick can be said by him, and it works.
"Yes, Wang Yang has an amazing talent. Meryl Streep, who came to the living room, nodded when she heard this, Wonder Young's growth path is very extraordinary, the 23-year-old is already mature and confident on the set, far better than the 33-year-old and 43-year-old directors, often can hit the nail on the head in one sentence, but full of young people's unique enthusiasm and aura, determined and rigorous, which really helped her a lot for her performance in "TDP".
Looking at the eldest daughter on the sofa, Streep was about to ask where the second daughter went, and Mai Mie asked again: "Mom, many film critics on the Internet are besieging Wang Yang these days, do you know what is shallow and boring about "TDP...... What do you think?" The Gummers rarely talk about movies or acting at home, but Meryl Streep knows about the fight, and when she hears this, she smiles: "This is probably my highest-grossing work, what do you say? ”
Under the same New York sky, seeing her own photo on the big screen at the scene, Natalie laughed a few times, funny, funny! She shook her head and "whew", and she cooperated with him twice, and she received this nomination, neither Rachel nor Jessica. She muttered, "How about the best partner?" "Will there be a third collaboration......?" At the scene of the revelation, some award nominations were announced one after another, Best Actor in a Musical Comedy, Best Actor in a Drama, and in terms of Actress, Scarlett Johansson was nominated again with "The Girl with the Beaded Earrings", and Charlize Theron, the popular candidate for the actress, who completed a stunning performance with a self-destructive image in "The Devil", and to Wang Yang's die-hard fans, Wang Yang's die-hard fans were disappointed that the best picture in the musical comedy category did not have "21" and "Demon", and the best director naturally did not have either.
The five nominees for Best Director are Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation," Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River," Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King," Anthony Minghella's "Cold Mountain," and Peter Weir's "Clash of the Furious Seas."
Basically, Anthony Minghella and Peter Weir are the chaperones, and the bookmakers are bound to offer them the highest odds.
32-year-old Sofia Coppola is a member of the Coppola family, the daughter of the great director Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather" series) and the cousin of Nicolas Cage, her performances in "The Godfather 3" at the age of 19 and "Star Wars Prequel 1" at the age of 28 were both humiliated by the Golden Sour Plum Award, the former is the worst newcomer and worst supporting actress, and the latter is nominated for the worst supporting actress. There are also countless accusations of "shameful nepotism", "laughable performances", "no future...... However, when she left Hollywood, retired from the ranks of actresses, and switched careers to pick up the director's microphone, her talent suddenly surged out like a water pipe bursting on the road! 2000's "Death of a Virgin" was widely acclaimed, and this year's tribute to Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love" "Lost in Translation" swept various film festival awards. There are also countless praises such as "born to be a director", "a great female director is born", and "the future is immeasurable...... Despite this, her odds are not far behind, and neither is Clint Eastwood, because the results are hardly said to be a "thick explosion" in the Lord of the Rings series.
"Now, he's a superstar, playing his guitar on stage. Wang Yang bent over and plucked his guitar, walked around step by step, and shouted with excitement on his face: "Has your pretty face seen the value of a boy? He is a skateboarder......
"Honey, have you been dumped by some girl?" Jessica frowned tightly, not knowing if it hurt him or if she couldn't stand the crazy singing. Wang Yang was stunned, stopped and looked at her face, and nodded without much thought: "Yes, that's why I love this song." You changed the skateboard boy to the camera girl, and the ballet girl to the rock girl...... Am I talking too much?"
Jessica slapped the sofa and said angrily, "Dump you, what is she doing!FUCK!No, no......" She blinked her eyes and shook her head, realizing something, and immediately stuck out her tongue and smirked: "Thank God! Thank her! Yes, "Skater-Boy" should have been sung by me, hahaha!" Wang Yang slapped the guitar with a dumbfounded face and said, "Honey, that's a very unbearable memory! No, it's not." ”
"Young. Jessica beckoned to him and said gently, "Come here, come here, take the guitar." Wang Yang put the guitar on the edge of the sofa, sat down and asked, "What?" Jessica stretched out her hands and pulled him into her arms, hugged him like a child, and smiled and comforted: "Oh, poor little thing! Your singing voice is very good, and you look very handsome when you play the guitar, don't care about their arrogance." Wang Yang fell comfortably on her lap, looked at the TV screen, and smiled happily: "That's right, I've always thought so!"
The TV nominations continued, with the announcement of the Best Foreign Language Film and Best Picture in the Drama category, and the two presenters immediately announced the nominations for the TV awards, including the best TV series in the TV and movie series, the best TV series in the musical comedy category, and the drama category.
The five nominees for Best Actor in a Television Series in a Drama Series are, Anthony Lepeggeria, "No Clue", Wentworth Miller, "Prison Break", William Peterson, "CSI", Martin Sheen, "The White House", and Kiefer Sutherland, "24." ”
"The five shortlisted for Best TV Series in the Drama category are, "24," "CSI," "Prison Break," ......" and "With Dominique Garcia's voice, a promotional poster for "Prison Break" lit up on the big screen at the scene, and she continued: "Six Feet Under, White House." ”
"YES!!HAHAHAHAHA!" JESSICA SHOOK HER FIST AGAIN EXCITEDLY TO SEE WHAT THE CRITICS COULD SAY! THIS IS AMAZING! SHE SMILED AND BOWED HER HEAD MUMA TO KISS HIM, AND ASKED, "HOW SHOULD WE CELEBRATE?" BEFORE WANG YANG COULD ANSWER, THE MOBILE PHONE ON THE COFFEE TABLE SUDDENLY RANG, HE GOT UP AND TOOK A LOOK: "IT'S NATALI, NATALIE!"
Sure enough, Natalie laughed happily: "Hey, Jan, I just watched TV, and I got another Golden Globe nomination, and you're watching it, right? Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "No, you acted very well, but ...... To celebrate these nominations, I decided to sing a song! Wait a minute, you'll hear it soon!"
He felt a strong whim, pressed the speakerphone excitedly, handed the phone to Jessica, who was staring at the round eyes next to him, picked up the guitar and sang "E-are-the-Champions" passionately: "We are champions, my friends - we are going to fight to the end, we are champions!!"
"OK, that's good! You can stop, I'm impressed. Natalie's tone was deep, and she heard an overly passionate "We are champions!", she coughed, "Champion, I have to hang up! But I have to say, you are very talented in singing, persevere! I am waiting for your diamond record, haha! bye!"
"I know! I know ......" Hearing the beep of hanging cords from the mobile phone, looking at Jessica innocently rolling her eyes "none of my business", Wang Yang grabbed his hair and shook his head: "Why? Am I too rock?...... Damn, I'm going to be my camera boy. Jessica silently patted him on the shoulder, and Wang Yang said calmly: "But in order to celebrate our box office champion, I'll continue to sing!"
Jessica smiled well-behaved and sweet, she nodded, and suddenly danced with her hands, making the Hulk Hulk gesture, and ripped her throat and roared: "We are the champions-"
"Wow. ”
This list of nominees can be said to be flat, without any surprises, no gimmicks, and the enthusiasm of the media seems to have weakened a lot, only some "Russell Crowe, Tom Cruise, Sean Penn fight", "Sofia Coppola makes history as a female director", "Meryl Streep's 19th nomination", "Scarlett Johansson shows amazing talent", "Wang Yang moves to the screen" and so on...... Now Jeffrey Westerhoff of the Northwest Herald has become a complete "black", and on his free-speaking blog, he sings down "TDP," "Firefly," "The Big Bang Theory," and "Prison Break: Escape...... As long as there is anything related to Wang Yang, who ridiculed him as "funny", he will not forget to make a big sarcasm, and he will step on a few feet no matter what.
In his latest diary commenting on the list of nominees for this year's Golden Globes, there is no exception: "See what has changed?"
Westerhoff wrote: "We can't find Wang Yang's name in the film awards, he's not the heroine, but we can find it on TV! I'm not offending and belittling TV practitioners, on the contrary, I think movies and TV are full of difficulties, and I don't believe that one person's energy can take care of a drama drama, a sitcom, and a science fiction movie that claims to be a super blockbuster." ”
"Wang Yang will taste the bitter fruit of his arrogance, he will inevitably take care of one and lose the other, and finally mess up on both sides! "TDP" is already a prelude, can't he hear it? Poor people, poor NBC, poor "Fireflies". ”
I don't know if there will be any bitter fruit in the future, but the media are very surprised that Magic Yang was nominated for the best TV series in the drama category for the first time on the screen, which seems to have nothing to do with "TDP", "great achievements", "big directors play on the screen" and other praises have come one after another. And the same sweetness on the screen is that "TDP" became the North American weekly box office champion from December 12 to 18.
No matter how the criticism of the Black Yang faction sings, curses, and splashes dirty water, "The Devil Wears Prada" is like a hurricane, and it unstoppably swept away 74,685,200 box office in 3,056 theaters in the first week. The second place "Lord of the Rings 3" received 51.47 million in three days of release in 3,703 theaters, occupying almost all the market share except for "TDP" in the last two days, and also making the third place the hardest hit area at the box office.
Men and women watch "The Lord of the Rings 3", and women watch "TDP". 19.5413 million "Love is a Compromise", 14.93 million "The Last Samurai", 10.19 million "Personal Brother" ...... The North American box office this week totaled 201 million, with "TDP" accounting for 37% and "The Lord of the Rings 3" 25%, and the rest of the films were victims.
The figure of 74.68 million continues Wang Yang's box office level, ranking fourth in his personal first-week record, above which is 75.26 million "21", 85.09 million "The Hangover" and 131 million "District 9".
Since he spoke in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, although he provoked a war of words, Magic Young has not said anything, but he did not chill the people who stood up for him and spoke for him, and he updated a thank you log on the main battlefield blog called "We are the champions", in which he thanked the "TDP" crew for their efforts, the audience's love and support, and those film critics in their own camp.
And what made the fans and netizens who watched the excitement excitedly shouted "It's finally here!" was the last sentence of this log, a sharp sentence.
"There's one very interesting thing I've been hearing these days, I don't know who it is, it's too much. They said I'm hype, I'm scared, I'm going to cry...... Because "TDP" is a kid that no one likes. LOL, do you think TDP will have a global box office of more than 400 million? I think it will. ”
(To be continued)