Chapter 790: Oscar Curse
This time the Golden Globe Awards are still star-studded, as a global event, many stars may not agree with this award in their hearts, but they will still come to brush up on their presence.
Why do many people have so many opinions about this award? In fact, there are two main reasons, one is that the judges are not authoritative enough. Those who are familiar with this award know that it was founded by the Foreign Correspondents' Association, which belongs to the charitable foundation association, and it is generally a cake share, and it is difficult to guarantee its authority.
Just look at the Oscars, it is thousands of judges to choose the final winner, and fairness can be expected. As for saying that they are not very "friendly" to young people and commercial films, there is no way to do it, it can be regarded as a conceptual problem left over from history. Perhaps when they all retire, the addition of new judges will give the award some rejuvenation.
Another reason is that the award itself is not authoritative enough. The Oscars are an award created purely for films, and there are many awards that have been refined.
But the Golden Globe Awards not only have awards for movies, but also awards for TV series, which inevitably gives people a feeling of not being professional enough. And since the judges consisted of 96 journalists, two-thirds of whom were part-time, the award would not have given out technical awards.
But these don't matter, the stars are happy to get more trophies, and they are also happy to have such a place to attract attention so that they can make themselves familiar in front of the audience.
This year's awards are fiercely contested, with Lyra's "The Lord of the Rings" aside, Brokeback Mountain taking home seven nominations. In addition, George Clooney's "Good Night, Good Luck" also has a strong momentum, winning nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, etc., which is a very strong opponent.
When Leila and Roy found their place and sat down, they saw that Louise was already waiting there. As a producer, she also needs to attend such an evening, because if the best picture wins, it is usually the producer who comes on stage to accept the award.
"A couple of your old acquaintances are here today. Louise reminded Lyra.
Leila raised an eyebrow: "Old acquaintance?"
Louise glanced behind her.
"Oh, it turned out to be them. Leila immediately understood. It turned out that the old acquaintances she was referring to were several oriental directors and actors who had visited her company.
When she was filming in the East, several directors followed her, nominally doing chores, and it was not good for Leila to really use others as a chores. However, because of their help, some places have indeed saved a lot of work and time. Although they learned a lot of things, it was something that Lyra didn't plan to keep private, so it was a mutual benefit.
Later, after the filming of the East, these people also organized an exchange group to visit her film company and special effects company, and both sides had a good friendship.
"This time, there are two oriental films competing for the best foreign language film, and Miss Zhang Ziyi has also been nominated for a Best Actress, and they should be here. ”
It's just that when arranging seats, the seats in the front row are usually for the more famous directors and actors, or the crew, and those who are not so famous can only be arranged aggrievedly at the end, and occasionally the camera can sweep around, which is a preferential treatment. Unlike the people at the table in front of me, they can still mix up close-ups from time to time.
And the purpose of their coming is not just to show their faces at the award ceremony, and when they get the award, they can enjoy the treatment of the public.
Looking at the several oriental directors who were talking to the crew with a spring breeze, Leila regretfully withdrew her gaze. It's a good thing they're here, but it's a pity that their films don't do what they want. Of the five films competing for foreign language films, Dongfang accounted for two, namely "Wuji" and "Kung Fu".
It seems that the chances of winning the award are better than the remaining three, but unfortunately the final award fell to Pakistan's "Paradise at This Time", leaving both oriental films with a feather in the air.
"Hello, Director Moran. Zhang Ziyi walked over to greet Leila. It's not officially started yet, and quite a few people are walking around talking to people they know. So she didn't come out of nowhere.
"Hello. "Leila has a good impression of all Orientals who can gain a foothold in Hollywood, and Zhang Ziyi is naturally among them.
Of course, she knows that many people in China don't like her, especially her love life has been criticized and ridiculed by many people. But those Leila don't care, the acting skills of the actors she has always looked at, not her private life. Besides, no matter how bad someone's private life is, it has nothing to do with her, does it?
"Congratulations on being nominated for Best Actress in a Drama Series. Leila smiled and congratulated her.
Zhang Ziyi smiled: "Thank you, but I don't think I have many chances to win the award, the competition is really fierce, and Miss Charlize Theron is also being nominated." ”
Charlize was also competing for the Best Actress award when Lyla knew about it when she got the list of nominees, and she just glanced at it and left it behind, because she knew that this award would not fall on her in the end, so she didn't take it to heart.
Now that Zhang Ziyi mentioned it, she remembered that she didn't seem to have seen her for a long time.
After Theron successfully won the Oscar for Best Actress with "The Devil Girl", the famous Oscar curse fell on her.
This curse is that the winner of the Best Actress award at the Oscars will be doomed after winning the award. If you are unmarried, you will break up with your boyfriend, and if you are married, you will get married. Julia Roberts in '01, Harry Berry in '02, and poor Theron.
After getting the actress, her love path was very unsmooth, and she and her boyfriend Stewart broke up rumors from time to time, and even people like Leila who didn't care too much about gossip and scandals heard about it. It is difficult for a person who has a difficult life to guarantee the quality of her work. So much so that in the past two years, Leila has not given her an important role.
Fortunately, her agent is very good, and the star path of the Oscar-winning actress is relatively smooth, so that she will not be unable to get a good role. Take this time as an example, getting a Golden Globe nomination can prove that she acted well.
But it's just good. If the director is Leila, I'm afraid she won't be able to raise her head.
Her eyes turned around on Theron's crew, and she smiled, "I've seen "Memoirs of a Geisha", and your performance is excellent. ”
Zhang Ziyi's face was happy, if even she thinks it's not bad, does it mean that she can get that award?
Leila saw her expectation but didn't say anything, and it was not easy to say it bluntly from her position, saying that you can't win that award, don't think about that good thing?