At the end of February, the Oscars came as promised.

The focus of the media is in addition to the usual awards, such as how many of the 11 shortlisted items for "The Return of the King" can win, such as whether the best picture is "The Return of the King" or "Mystic River".

Scarlett. Starring Johnson, Sophia. Coppola's "Lost in Translation" was nominated for several awards for Best Picture and Best Actor, while her other film, "The Girl with a Pearl Earring", was also shortlisted for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design. This girl who is gradually growing up still exudes dazzling brilliance.

She and Daniel belong to the same agent, and of course they are the focus of media attention.

Kusa. Damon now has one of Daniel's clients in his hands, which has made him the top Hollywood agent, and in order to keep Daniel, CAA has long proposed to make Cusa a senior partner of CAA, and even intends to appoint him to an executive position. However, he is now far busier than the average big-name agent, and it is really difficult to burden himself anymore, so he has to refuse. Now Scarlett has emerged again, and has been listed by many media as the most premise of the new generation of actresses, and Kusa's influence and vision are of course valued by many people in the industry.

Two days before the Oscars, F2F announced that Daniel was invited to the F2F homepage of the 76th Academy Awards, mainly to comment on the results of the awards.

This has certainly attracted a lot of attention, as the new social media platform is owned by the mysterious Plutos investment firm and is not involved in Google, unlike MB, which is owned by Plutos. But F2F's future is already breathtaking, with more than 1.6 million active users before the Oscars were broadcast, and it has grown miraculously since it began to be rolled out at Harvard University in just over a month. Countless venture capital, financial funds have heard the wind, Vanguard Investment, Warren. Warren Buffett and so on, many well-known investors have contacted Raymond. Want to find an opportunity to take a stake.

Hongshan basically relied on the good cooperation with Google's blogger, and contacted it with the help of MB's channel, but his appetite was a little big, and he wanted to win the controlling shares in one breath, and the price he offered. If it is a real start-up, Mark and a few other young people have come up with it themselves, this price is indeed difficult to refuse, and it is a billionaire to change hands, which is not so easy to resist.

$500 million!

A start-up company that has been established for less than 2 months has been offered 1 billion yuan.

This almost shook the VC world.

Some people think Sequoia Capital is crazy, but Sequoia Capital has indeed benefited a lot from investors in emerging Internet companies such as Google and Blogger, which makes too many venture capital practitioners feel envious and jealous. Therefore, Sequoia Capital's opening price has further pushed up the prospect forecast of F2F. Of course, it is even more popular.

However, no one has opened to a valuation of more than 1 billion, potential is potential, pursuit is pursuit, the venture capital industry also has its own rules, too desperate, and it is very normal to lose everything in the end, how many people jump off Wall Street every year.

However, it is clear that none of them succeeded, not to mention that Plutus was not short of money at all. Even if it is not, Daniel would rather curb the development of F2F than hand over the shares, let alone it. Or a controlling stake.

Like MB, Raymond rejected almost everyone's investment applications.

But as a result, Plutos has attracted more and more attention, and the company's other investments are worth billions of dollars just because of MB and F2F. A few years ago, it was unknown and now it is the force behind the pivotal role of Silicon Valley's tech scene.

Computers and the Internet, for a long time, were not given to the purely business sphere.

Therefore, Plutos, which has MB and F2F, will not only receive attention from the business field.

In general, it has become more and more difficult for Pluto to hide Daniel.

This is the most important reason why Cusa's vague proposal was finally adopted by Daniel.

That is, breaking through all the shackles in one go, ignoring the so-called rules, ceilings, the Seven Greats, MPAA, and rushing to a height that they can no longer restrain in one go, forcing them to recognize his existence.

With this decision settled, Trick began to get busy.

Originally, the seven major actions were all behind the scenes, and few media could pay attention to them. Of course, there are their calculations in this, and the media is now not too controversial about the final winner of the actor. Pan is considered to have the highest winning rate, with odds so low that he barely earns anything. In such a situation, if Daniel is a succession of actors, under the stark conflict, Daniel's doubts and speculations will definitely be multiplied.

The so-called boom and fall begins with these changes of discussion, and people will always try to destroy the living legend who is high above.

Since Daniel has decided not to back down, he certainly won't allow this to happen.

Therefore, after the Golden Globe Awards, the media began to intensively report on the possibility of Daniel winning the award.

“…… If other awards will be awarded to others because of Daniel's absence, then the Oscars are obviously unlikely to do so. So Daniel's absence from this awards season doesn't have too many disadvantages at the Oscars. Relative to Sean. Pan's excellent but steady performance, obviously, significantly broke through himself and created a distinct image of Hollywood film history, Daniel, deserves to be commended. —Chicago Daily Tribune.

"The possibility of an accident at the Oscars in the actor category is increasing. The success of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and the success of "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy" seem to show that high box office and high commercial value do not mean that there is no need for good performances and wonderful character building, which is obviously the purpose that the academy has been pursuing, balancing artistry and commerciality, not awarding awards to some unknown 'good films'. —The San Francisco Chronicle.

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The most detailed, and more explicit, of these are, of course, the Washington Post. After the Los Angeles Times and Daniel's team fell out, The Post has become the authoritative outlet for Daniel's news.

Even, many media people are very disdainful of Bradley's "flattery".

It's no wonder that during the time spent working closely with the Los Angeles Times, the two sides actually estimated each other, and many times, the Los Angeles Times did not completely put Daniel's needs first. They have always done so in a way that is in the best interests of The Times itself. But the Post seems to be more focused on the interests of the whole. It's not the interest of a single story for the media itself.

At this point, it has indeed been criticized by many people.

But Bradley's ability to convince the Graham family behind The Post is clear that the benefits of doing so will certainly outweigh the disadvantages. Otherwise, everyone is not stupid, how can he be allowed to use the interests of the Post to do favors.

F2F is still in the user accumulation stage, and there is not much cooperation between the two sides. But MB and The Post have already opened talks to use the Post's e-news.

Traditional media are increasingly challenged by social media, and now digital news is also receiving more attention from print media, increasing the proportion of electronic revenue to total revenue. It is one of the important factors to measure the ability of editors-in-chief of various media.

Working closely with MB is certainly a great opportunity for The Post to transform.

It's a matter of life and death.

With a customer base of tens of millions, and a large proportion of young people who are not in the habit of subscribing to newspapers, being able to challenge this group of people for the new task of the Post, in any case, is more important to Bradley than grabbing Daniel to hype up sales, which can completely explain why the Post almost "listens" to Daniel's team when dealing with Daniel's news.

It's just four words: where the interests lie.

Of course. The close relationship between Daniel's team and MB also made Bradley somewhat interesting.

It is rumored that Daniel has an inexplicable connection with Silicon Valley, and it does not only mean that he owns a lot of Apple stock.

On the eve of the Oscars, the "Post" described in detail the various characters Daniel has created since he entered the industry, praised the poor disguise, and almost described him as the most perfect actor who combines business and art, and is the representative of the expected direction of Hollywood films - the contradiction between art films and commercial films has always existed in Hollywood, especially before and after the awards ceremony.

Fans and audiences always complain that few people can see the Oscar shortlisted films. The box office is low, the film schedule is small, the performance is good or not, and there is not much audience base at all. And those movies that exploded at the box office. is rarely seen by the Oscar judges. This kind of contradictory thing is also quite applicable to the award-winners. The roles played by super idols and the roles that meet everyone's aesthetic requirements are rarely recognized, but they are ugly, crazy, men and women, all in all. As long as it is not mainstream, it can reflect the so-called acting skills.

It's an unsolvable question.

Awards need to use this to declare their style, and what is popular is tacky, and what is high is niche, which is almost a default truth.

But on the other hand, awards also need attention, they need ratings, so how to coordinate this issue has become a headache for major awards, as far as the Oscars are concerned, under normal circumstances, those less important awards are awarded to blockbusters, and mainstream awards are awarded to art films, so as to maintain a balance between art and commerce.

The Post dissected the phenomenon and pulled Daniel out.

Calling him an excellent example of the integration of artistry and commerciality, "Pirates of the Caribbean" is also one of the best films that reconciles commercial elements with characterization and film connotation.

In the eyes of the industry, this three-point report is almost explicitly handing the Oscars a ladder and adding that they really want to give the award to Daniel, and the Post's reasons are certainly quite reasonable.

A wave of vigorous propaganda, of course, it is impossible to hide from Robert. Egger.

They also understand that there are as many as 5 or 6,000 Oscar judges, and in any case, it is impossible to hide from Daniel. But they had this confidence, and by the time Daniel realized something was wrong, it was too late for him to do anything to remedy it, let alone do anything he could.

However, seeing these reports, Robert still couldn't help but shout yes.

It's the best Daniel can do right now.

As much as possible to pave the waves and doubts that his succession of actor will bring, and do these actions in front of it, the effect is at least several times better than after the award ceremony. If he manipulates the media hype after he succeeds in the actor, it will definitely cause most of the boredom, and the rumors that he has powerful means and strong connections will be confirmed, and then the shady legend that the Oscar winner is operated by him.

Robert and the others weren't going to do anything, though.

One of the most important reasons why they resort to the method of killing is that they are unwilling to tear their faces with Daniel and hope to continue to benefit from their cooperation with him.

Moreover, although Daniel's team is trying to "stop loss", it cannot change the fundamental power of this game.

After this time, it is almost impossible for Daniel to win another Oscar, and after a new Oscar is released, his shine will be overshadowed again and again. Coupled with the loss of public opinion help, a few years later, Daniel is the next Tom. Hanks, who is still a well-known figure in Hollywood, is also one of the brightest signs in Hollywood, but he is also a domesticated wolf and no longer has the ability to endanger the seven foundations.

Therefore, Robert sees these blockbuster reports in his eyes, and he only sees them as Daniel's struggles, and he does not take them to heart.

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On the night of February 29.

After experiencing 911, the Iraq War and other turmoil, Hollywood's most star-studded ceremony once again made the world unable to open their eyes.

Red carpets, celebrities, jewelry, evening dresses -

Flashes, shutters, screams, smiles -

That's the kind of luxury that Hollywood should have.

Sweeping away last year's dark and gloomy style, Catherine. Zeta-Jones, who was invited for Best Supporting Actor this year, showed off her slender figure in a red sparse shoulder gown, and last year she had a 9-month belly under her black gown, and this year she has fully recovered her figure.

Last Nicole. Kidman actress Nicole. Kidman's pale green gown is also fresh and beautiful, making people feel beautiful and edible.

Jude. Lo black dress, black bow tie, white shirt inside, chose the most classic outfit, was the red carpet host Maria . Menos asked about his confidence in winning the best actor, and put the competitor, Sean, who was shortlisted for the best actor with "Mystic River". Pan Kwa has nothing in heaven and no earth, but he doesn't say a word about Daniel, and in any case, it gives enough room for media coverage and speculation.

After all, he was shortlisted for "Cold Mountain", and the first person to be found in this movie was Daniel. Sandler, now Daniel is shortlisted for "Pirates of the Caribbean", the two sides are close to each other, in any case, it is worth spending a pen and ink to carefully analyze the "grievances and hatreds".

Daniel is not without a presence on the red carpet, except for Jude. Lowe was asked but avoided answering the question of tonight's favourite. Jackson praised Daniel vigorously. (To be continued.) )