Chapter 159: The First Oscar

"Interesting. Just fall in love with WwW. LWXS520。 COM" Lillian sat up on her knees in the limousine, like a child, looking out the window at the view, "You know it's a little weird, of course it's not my first time at the Kodak Theater, but from the limousine, everything is different. ”

"Lillian, you're in danger of running out now." Josh said kindly, and Mark laughed out loud and pulled Lilian down and sat her down. "Indeed, there's nothing to see right now but the security guards, my dear."

Unlike the Golden Globe Awards and MTV Awards, the Oscars do not sell tickets to the public, all tickets are reserved for nominees and their relatives and friends, and compared to the first time they competed in the Oscars, they even had to see whether they could go or not, this time Jenny was nominated for two awards, and the invitation she got was enough for her to use as a gift - of course, Cesare, Judy, Jim, Mary, and relatives and friends like Lillian and Mark sat in the same position as them, they would sit in the back row farther away, In fact, in addition to witnessing the awards ceremony live, the biggest benefit is to be able to attend the after-ceremony party hosted by Vanity Fair, which is a good opportunity to take photos with the big stars.

"I don't know who Chris will take to the red carpet today." As the car pulled into Oscar's security perimeter, the passengers were generally excited, and Josh casually said, "I remember that he seemed to bring another supermodel with him at the Oscar nomination luncheon." ”

"Yes." Faced with the widening eyes of the three people in the car, Jenny replied indifferently, her mind had been stirred by the Oscar nomination luncheon, and she thought of something else: she really had to talk to Cesare, and at the Oscar nomination luncheon, she was treated so enthusiastically that Jenny was a little bewildered. Although she won two Oscar nominations, she didn't get to this one, right? Theoretically, the actors who are also competitors are not only not hostile to her, but are a bit of a scramble to befriend her. - It's not that Jenny is self-inflicted, she doesn't feel that good enough. So, it should be that she overlooked some details.

However, she and Cesare have been busy lately: she made up "Pirates of the Caribbean" in South Carolina, Cesare was busy canvassing for her in Hollywood, plus he was also responsible for Chris's canvassing work, as well as the awards and new film selection of artists under his hands, and even the daily operation of Big Dream, the two actually haven't passed much since the Golden Globe Awards in mid-January. These things can only be said after the Oscars are over tonight and everything is over.

"Oh, are you saddened?" Lillian's playful question interrupted her thoughts. Jenny laughed too, "For Chris? Of course not, well, to tell you a secret, in fact, today Chris will be with Giselle-Giselle. Bundchen walked the red carpet together. ”

“what?”

“ohmygod!” Lillian exclaimed excitedly, "That's a big deal—but I remember that Giselle hadn't broken up with Leo yet?" Although everyone knew it was a matter of time, Leo didn't want to marry her. ”

"Yes, and everyone knows that Leo and Chris are good brothers," Jenny shrugged, "Big news, isn't it?" ”

“hellyeah。” Lillian's attention was completely distracted from Jenny and Chris, and she almost jumped up with excitement, "Giselle was still with Leo on the red carpet last year, and this year she will accompany Chris-"

She calmed down, and her excited expression faded, "Oh...... PR needs, huh? ”

Jenny couldn't help but smile as she looked at Lillian and nodded regretfully, "No, Chris is already deeply in love with Giselle - are you happy with the answer?" ”

Amid Lilian's disgruntled protests, the limousine stopped in front of the red carpet, and Josh and Jenny broke up with Lillian and Mark and walked to the photo zone amid screams.

Facing the blinding spotlight, she was interviewed by the host on the red carpet - this is a solid Oscar, all the questions are in the safe zone, some cheap American humor, reciting the answers that Judy had already helped prepare, Jennifer chatted with the host about her Oscar suit: of course, it is another Valentino, this is Valentino's special Jennifer exclusive for this Oscar, using Valentino's standard bright red, But the shape is softer than the Golden Globes: she is rushing to win the Golden Globes, and the Oscars are likely to return empty-handed, just come to show off. The goal of the styling team is to make people focus on her achievements in a double nomination, rather than rushing to accept the award, and the embarrassment of not being able to win the double nomination.

"Jane." After the interview, Weinstein was already waving at her from the other end of the crowd, and Jenny of course went with Josh, followed Weinstein, and chatted with him in the production crowd: this is also a happy cooperation between Weinstein and her, and an intentional gesture of goodwill. After all, every year, there are people rushing to the Olympics under Weinstein's operation, but there are very few stars who can be introduced to others by Weinstein personally, which also proves her status from the side. Chris, for example, doesn't have that honor.

"Hi, Jennifer." The other Jennifer -- Jennifer. Aniston, this year's Oscar presenters, also greeted her warmly. "I heard that the release date of "Old Friends Are Rich" has been set......"

"Jennifer, we're meeting again." The same is Zhang Ziyi, who came to be the guest of honor, greeted her in unskilled English - they were because of Rob. Marshall's relationship, and also had a meal together, "Did you see Rob?" My translator was with him, but he lost me. ”

"Jennifer!" Giselle, who came hand in hand with Chris, stepped forward to hug her warmly, "How are you doing?" This is the friendship left behind when filming "The Devil Wears Prada".

Although Jenny has been in the circle for four years, Jenny is no longer what it used to be, but she feels that she is very busy on this red carpet, it seems that all the people who know her have gathered at this moment to greet her, smiling stiffly, standing on sore legs, and finally after the greetings, it is almost time to enter, she quickly pulled Josh, and before another person blocked her from chatting, she quickly entered and sat down.

"It's weird." She couldn't help but discuss with Josh in a low voice, "Do you feel it?" People seem to like me all of a sudden - don't tell me it's a result of Reese's incident. ”

"Maybe it's your delusion." Josh disagreed, "Or maybe people just want to be on good terms with a double nominee, and it's not a bad thing for people to like you, why should you act like you're being framed?" ”

“…… Never mind. Jenny decided she didn't need to discuss this with Josh, the typical American head. Let's pray that this is over soon, for God's sake, I'm hungry. ”

Wearing a dress to the bathroom is basically a nightmare, plus the close-fitting dress has no place for a small belly, Jenny doesn't even eat lunch, and counting the time of the Oscar celebration party, she can only spend 12 hours on her stomach empty - the annual awards season is a carnival for fans, the media and the fashion industry, but it is admittedly a nightmare for the stars.

"Do you want to eat?" Josh magically pulled a piece of chocolate out of his suit pocket.

"What?" Jenny asked, surprised, "How could Julian allow you to bring a piece of chocolate in your pocket—no, no, no, I don't, and I suggest you don't—"

She stopped it too late, Josh had already torn open the package, and the sensitive cameraman also quietly pointed the camera at it, and the scene of Josh munching on chocolate suddenly appeared on the big screen that had just been lit up, and of course, Jenny's efforts to stop him were also filmed truthfully. The scene suddenly erupted in bursts of chuckles, and Jenny could only shake her head helplessly and spread her hands to the camera.

"You're going to be killed by Judy." As soon as the camera panned, she whispered to scare Josh. "Trust me, Judy will kill you. Did you make your debut on day one? Awards Ceremony 101: You'll never eat at awards ceremonies and after-parties – any venue that can photograph you has to say goodbye to food. ”

"Relax," Josh swallowed a mouthful of chocolate, "help me see if I get a stain on my teeth—"

Jenny glared at him a few times in disbelief, but still gave him a quick check, and Josh continued, "The truth is, there's still — "

He looked at his watch, "It's almost three hours, and the last time I ate was five hours ago, so if you don't let me eat now, it's most likely that by the time the Best Actress was awarded, your fiancé had already slept like a middle-aged man in a movie theater." ”

He leaned back, tilted his head, made a sleeping position, and his tongue stuck out a little, and snored a few times realistically, Jenny was scared enough by him, but at the same time couldn't help laughing, "Are you crazy?" Now Judy really has no choice but to kill you. ”

Josh also returned to his normal demeanor, "-Finally laughing, dear, you are as tight as a bowstring today. ”

Jenny touched her face, she was a little embarrassed: it turned out that Josh was still trying to amuse her. "Well, I didn't know my nervousness was already so obvious."

"So, it looks like you still have some hope of winning the prize?" Josh said as he stood up to make way for Chris and Giselle, "Hey, Giselle, you're so beautiful tonight." ”

"What are you discussing?" Chris asked with interest as he sat down.

"Nothing." Jenny shook her head before Josh did: in fact, she had avoided discussing this with Chris, as it was rare for a film to win an Oscar for leading actor or actress at the same time. The most recent was "Perfect" eight years ago, and there are only a handful of such cases in the entire Oscar history, and most of them happened in the early days when the film was not produced well. So at the Oscars, she and Chris also have a competitive relationship.

Of course, her previous goal was to get the nomination, and the two of them were still at peace. But after the Reese incident, neither Cesare nor she was willing to let the opportunity slip away, so in the past month, in addition to Weinstein making her a secondary focus, Cesare has also made full use of his connections to make a last-ditch effort. Of course, in Cesare, Chris is the second priority, and Jenny is his first priority.

In fact, to put it bluntly, everyone takes money to do things, and if it weren't for the 50% stake of Big Dream, Cesare might not have such obvious favoritism, and in the same way, Weinstein took more public relations fees from Chris. Jenny herself doesn't mind that his PR is too heavy, but that's because she's more 'reasonable' - well, but then again, it's clear that Chris has more money, and when it comes to "The Fifth Sally", he also wants to partner, why didn't Weinstein bring Chris today, but took her to greet and entertain......

"You're talking about the Oscars." Chris said, "Eon, do I look like someone as narrow-minded? Wouldn't I be happy for you if you won the prize—did you think so, Jane? ”

To be honest, Jenny doesn't have a very high opinion of Chris's open-mindedness, at least he didn't give him any extra points for several performances, she smiled, "Maybe I don't want to talk about it, it's just because you won the award and I won't be happy for you." ”

Her tone wasn't very serious, and Chris bared his teeth at her, but he let go of the sensitive subject, and with a burst of music, the big screen went dark - the awards ceremony was about to begin.

For the stars, the awards ceremony was like an exam, boring but having to pay full attention, Jenny maintained about ten minutes of silence, only to follow the host John Brown. Stewart teased her rhythm and waved and smiled at the camera - after all, she was a double mention and the man of the year, and it was certainly indispensable to be teased in the opening scene.

After the opening stage, with the distribution of technical awards, the stars were a little more active, and Jenny's spirit gradually faded, and Chris chose to push her elbow at this time.

"You're going down." He reminded quietly.

"Oh, thank you." Jenny quickly sat up straight, "I didn't sleep well last night." ”

"Oscar anxiety?" Chris asked, and Jenny snorted in acquiescence. "How sure are you?"

"I don't know, two or three?" Jenny said blankly, "I got hundreds of votes on voting deadline, and Judy said it was a good result. - What about you? ”

Chris was silent for a moment, "Theoretically, I'm 50% sure that if it's not Hoffman, it's me." ”

Jenny was shocked by this data, "50%? How much did you get? ――Why theory? So what about in reality? ”

"If Harvey hadn't lied to me...... Christopher whispered in Jenny's ear, "I should be able to get more than 700." ”

700 shots! Jenny was absolutely down, she herself had only about 300 votes and promised, and it is hard to say how many people here would actually choose her as the first place. "Okay, you've just lowered my odds of winning again - but what do you mean by the theory?"

"Theoretically, I have a 50 or even 90 percent chance of winning," Chris whispered, "but the thing is, I feel like I'm only 10 percent right now — all I can think of is all the downsides." ”

"I think you're overly pessimistic." Jenny smiled self-deprecatingly, she forced the bitterness in her heart, "Of course, I'm a little overly optimistic...... Anyway, it's your first Oscar nomination, take it easy, Chris, Josh just said I'm as tight as a bowstring - but compared to you I'm on vacation. ”

"They're easier said than done." Chris hissed from between his lips, "Can you relax?" ”

Jenny smiled bitterly and shook her head - in fact, what she said just now was also what she used to comfort herself: even if she knew that whether she could win the award or not had nothing to do with her acting skills, even if she knew that it was almost impossible to win the award for the first time, even if she knew that she was still young and would have many opportunities in the future, but at this moment, when she sat at the award ceremony, the huge sense of gain and loss, tension, and loss still lingered, making it difficult for her to calm down.

"I can't." She said honestly. "But we still have to try to be as relaxed as possible."

"Would you like some chocolate?" Josh asked thoughtfully.

Jenny slapped him with a stifled laugh, "Are you Dumbledore?" Or a chocolate salesman? ”

But she squeezed Josh's hand gratefully—and Chris then took her right hand childishly and squeezed it as if to compete for favor—and Jenny sighed, "I feel like a mother with two children to an amusement park." ”

Kill the hard waiting time with whispering jokes, technical awards, lifetime achievement awards, performances, speeches, presentations of the best films, ...... After more than an hour of awards, the ceremony finally began to present the first award in which Jenny participated - that is, the Best Supporting Actress award that she had no hope of winning at all.

The guest who came forward to present this award, Jamie. Fox smiled, and he politely praised the five candidates, "Although you were the supporting characters in the movie, tonight you shine and dazzle the Oscars." These five wonderful ladies are -- Michelle. Williams, Brokeback Mountain, Rachel. Vichy, "The Immortal Gardener", Amy. Adams...... Jennifer. Jefferson, "The Devil Wears Prada"! ”

After a brief greeting to the camera, he pulled out the envelope in his arms, and Josh touched Jenny as well, "Michelle or Rachel?" ”

He didn't say Jenny, because this is basically the war between Michelle and Rachel, "Brokeback Mountain" and "The Immortal Gardener" have a good reputation, "Brokeback Mountain" has a better box office, and Michelle is indeed a supporting role, Rachel and Jenny are actually the protagonists, in order to avoid competition, but her public relations is stronger, and the December awards season is completely sweeping, plus she is Jewish, she has a certain advantage. However, Michelle is a native of the United States, Rachel is British, and Michelle is authentic and white, rich, very wealthy, and he is also shrewd and capable, which fully meets the standards, which is also a big advantage in the Oscar judges, after all, in Hollywood, the Jews are strong, which means that white people who are usually not so fond of hugging have the same motivation to huddle. So in the Oscars, where the voting rules are more complicated, it's hard to say who will win the award.

"I guess it's Rachel." Jenny said vaguely, because she is now in the camera, in order to show respect for the award, she can only speak without moving her lips, because in her vague memory, "Brokeback Mountain" seems to have won the best director. "Anyway, it can't be me anyway."

With the theme of "Prada" and her extremely obvious motivation of 'leading role newspaper mixed nomination', Jenny did not have a PR Best Supporting Actress ** after getting the nomination, which is tantamount to throwing money into the water, and she is of course the best actress who has a centralized budget PR due to the Reese incident. In addition, Fox didn't think she would win the award at all, so the whole PR around "Prada" came to an abrupt halt after she got the nomination, and there was no follow-up.

"andtheoesto-" After deliberately clumsily tearing the envelope for a moment, satisfying his appetite, Jamie. Fawkes opened the envelope as he returned to normal, and he glanced at the cardboard, his eyes shrinking suddenly, but only for a moment it returned to normal, and his voice lengthened and pronounced the name of the top one meaningfully. "Jennifer Jefferson."

'Hum', the originally quiet atmosphere of the venue suddenly changed the tone, Michelle and Rachel couldn't help but show surprised expressions. Adams and Catherine. Keena is still able to maintain her composure - Michelle's fiancé Heath. Ledger even half-stood up and looked at Jenny, his mouth clearly saying 'whatthe**'. Even Jenny herself didn't react at all, and she maintained a posture of applauding - to be honest, she thought she was overly hungry and hallucinating -

She, Best Supporting Actress? How is this possible? How is this possible? How is this possible???

Jennifer. Jefferson -- "Maybe she's been slow to respond, Jamie. Fox said it again on stage. Josh also took the opportunity of the hug to pinch Jenny's waist fiercely, and said in her ear, "Wake up, Jenny, Judy will kill you." ”

Stimulated by the excruciating pain, Jenny finally made sure that she was not dreaming, she followed her instinct and stood up, hugged Josh, Chris, and Giselle in confusion and celebrated, and walked to the podium in confusion, the world seemed to float around her - what happened? Yes?? How could she get this award? It's just--it's just him. it's impossible!

If emotions can be symbolized, then when Jenny walked on stage to receive the Oscar trophy, there must have been a bunch of question marks drawn on her head and even all over her body, so many that she might be able to drown her whole person......

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