Chapter 81: Who Wins and Who Loses

With such a beginning, today's Oscars have clearly laid the tone of first suppression and then promotion.

When Whoopi Goldberg, dressed in a Brazilian carnival-style feathered uniform, sat on a hanging from the top floor of the Kodak Theater, everyone couldn't help but close their mouths in shock, laughing and clapping their heads.

Well, it seems, it's just Sid's fantasy, and it's Hollywood sex, and it's good to be able to endure these few minutes.

Next, Whoopi Goldberg's opening returned to the usual entertainment and funny style, and the star audience in the audience did not hesitate to laugh.

Big-mouthed Roberts and Rachel Weisz were successively photographed smiling and leaning back and back, with a "bloody mouth" wide open "state of affairs".

And Whoopi Goldberg is also a veteran comedy expert, first complaining about the rare "blackness" of this year's candidates, and then throwing out the "old and young dispute" about the new venue, and current affairs such as Mariah Carey's new movie, which caused bursts of laughter from the audience.

Then Whoopi Goldberg mentioned tonight's "hot films" - "The Legend of Boxer Ali", "Gosford Manor", "Life Together" and so on, "Even Ingmar Bergman has depression after watching it." ”

This is actually complaining that these "popular films" are boring and boring.

"Let me state that this year's Oscars will be very long, but it definitely does not explain the length of time required for 'Mulland Drive'. David Lynch, the director of "Hermulan Drive", appeared on the screen with a wry smile on his face.

"We've decided to emulate the Winter Olympics this year, and everyone has a share in the awardsβ€”" Whoopi Goldberg then glanced exaggeratedly in Sid's direction, then pointed, "Except for Sid Leonhardt." ”

"Hahaha-" The audience immediately burst into laughter.

Sid's resume of running for three consecutive years has almost become an anecdote like "Little Plum" in later generations, and in the face of the camera that came over, Sid had to smile and spread his hands to Whoopi Goldberg, and raised his eyebrows silently.

His funny appearance once again drew laughter from the audience.

Then, after Whoopi Goldberg's introduction, last year's Best Supporting Actor Benicio del Toro took the stage to present this year's Best Supporting Actress award.

After a short, witty opening remark, Benicio Toro introduced the five shortlisted actresses in turn.

Among them, "Gosford Manor", which is not very conspicuous at the Golden Globe Awards, contributed two Best Supporting Actress candidates in one film - Maggie Smith and Helen Mirren, both of whom are old actors.

And "Big Cancer" Harvey Weinstein's Miramax's "Hand in Hand" and "The Edge of the Accident" were both shortlisted, providing two other candidates for this award, one of which is "Titanic" "Rose" Kate Winslet.

The last remaining spot is occupied by Jennifer Connelly, a supporting actress in DreamWorks hit "A Beautiful Mind".

As the girl "Deborah" in the classic epic "Once Upon a Time in America", although Jennifer Connelly debuted very early, and the scene of stealing ballet has already become a highlight in the history of famous films.

But as the saying goes, when it's a little bigger, it's not necessarily better.

Jennifer Connelly is 31 years old this year, and the former snowy screen girl has entered the age of no confusion, but she has not yet had time to make her mark on the picture scroll of Hollywood.

Moreover, this year's Harvey Weinstein has attacked this DreamWorks masterpiece in the PR stage with all kinds of extreme measures, after he swept the Oscars with "Shakespeare in Love" a few years ago, it seems that the college jury has been insensitive to the films he has run in the past two years.

Whether the college judges are trying to avoid the negative comments caused by the "PR war", or they want to teach Harvey Weinstein some "lessons" so that he doesn't "make a fuss" in the PR war of awards season.

But Harvey Weinstein, feeling the pressure, has "intensified" his attacks on other competitors.

Among them, "A Beautiful Mind", which is regarded as one of the biggest hits, is regarded by him as a thorn in his side.

Previously, he hyped up the movie "A Beautiful Mind" and deliberately ignored the homosexual tendencies of the protagonist Nash revealed in the original biography "The Biography of Nash".

This is used to attack "A Beautiful Mind", and some overseas viewers interpret this as Harvey Weinstein's discrimination against homosexuals, and then use it to attack DreamWorks and "A Beautiful Mind."

But this is a completely stupid misreading, and what kind of Harvey Weinstein is, although he capsized in the gutter more than ten years later, but being able to run rampant in Hollywood for more than 20 years without such a scrupulous thing is very revealing in itself.

If Harvey Weinstein is such a superficial person when it comes to attacking his opponents, how can he become the opponent who will give major studio executives a headache during the awards season for a dozen or two decades?

Harvey Weinstein's attack on "A Beautiful Mind" is precisely that they "deliberately" ignored Nash's homosexual tendencies in the movie, and put an unreal Nash on the screen to mislead the audience, which then shows that the director and crew of "A Beautiful Mind" "discriminate against homosexuals"!

As long as this argument is established, then "A Beautiful Mind" will not be "beautiful" at all.

Therefore, when Harvey Weinstein threw out this argument, the relevant people in DreamWorks and Universal immediately became popular, and they were soon not to be outdone, attacking Harvey Weinstein's "fallacy" in the media and on television.

A fierce war of words broke out between the two sides.

So today, now, the first award of the Oscars, Best Supporting Actress, has attracted a lot of attention from the beginning.

"The winner for Best Supporting Actress is ......" Benicio Toro looked down and tore open the golden envelope, and the big screen behind him also showed live footage of the five candidates, either expressionless or nervous.

"Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind!"

Thunderous applause erupted on the ground, but after all, the better film won out, and after hugging her husband and Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly walked onto the stage from the first row.

"Technique, after all, you can't win the way. Sid smiled and clapped as he muttered.

"What? Sid. Amy Adams, who was beside him, asked curiously.

"Nope. Sid shook his head faintly, then said with a smile, "Jennifer Connelly is beautiful today, that's all. ”

Under the applause of the audience, some people were jubilant, others were stunned, but if there was anyone who was most disappointed right now, it would be Harvey Weinstein.