On February 11, 2003, at 5:30 p.m., the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the list of nominees for the 75th Academy Awards.

The media described it as "an established process that has been determined to be uninteresting and unpleasant", and due to the shady crisis that the Golden Globes have not yet alleviated, many commentators believe that in the Best Picture category, the Oscars and Golden Globes have exactly the same result, indicating that the manipulators may have reached out to the Oscars.

"It would be a disaster, and the glory of Hollywood would be completely ruined and degraded."

Either way, no one can change the status of the Oscars as the most coveted award – even though the United States is now clouded by the Iraq War.

Five days ago, Daniel accepted Gutdis's appointment on the banks of the East River in Manhattan to officially become a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Not surprisingly, he delivered his inaugural speech, or an anti-war speech, in front of a crowd of prominent figures, dressed in a smart black suit and a striped tie with a blue dolphin pattern.

In his speech, Daniel described a frightening picture.

“…… Iraq's cities and villages will be in ruins, people will be displaced, bloodied by shells and stray bullets, and the great people born from the ancient civilization of the two rivers will be subjected to incredible catastrophe and death threats...... The army will soon determine the superiority, but it will not be a victory, the rebels will use their bodies and local knowledge to carry out wandering, unpreventable attacks on the crowded downtown and the garrison of the American ** team, our army will face suicide attacks that are impossible to prevent, religious beliefs will be abused, brutal ambitions will grow from the ruins of war, and the world will usher in an era full of unrest and terror...... No one is a winner, and everyone will lose, whether it is the Americans, the Americans, the Iraqis, the Muslims, and the people of the world who want to be in peace. We do not want to see the countless refugees who have left their homes, nor do we want to see the tragic situation of fathers and sons separated and lovers separated forever. I appeal to policymakers. Don't unleash the plague of war out of Pandora's box, it will be a terrible catastrophe that we cannot bear. ”

This article was published by the New York Times, which is pro-Democratic, and at this time, of course, the previous filths were exposed. The Times called it "a poetic anti-war essay," and it said that "in his speech, Daniel described a sobering picture that, despite the tactfulness of his words, could be seen by anyone." In the event of a war, the consequences will be so severe. ”

The rhetoric of other newspapers and media is similar: although the current pro-war is the mainstream of the power figures, and the silent majority seems to be the same, it is the anti-war groups that jump out to rally and march in a boiling motion, so open anti-war rhetoric is now welcome. So thanks to this, Daniel's speech this time was basically spread in a positive and positive way.

"Everybody's praising you for your well-written speech."

"I wrote it four times and revised it fourteen times. Even if I'm not a big learner, the results should be satisfying. ”

"To be honest, I really don't believe that you scored so little on the SAT, even from your first draft, you didn't do that." Kusa shook his head, puzzled.

Daniel glanced at him, "Let me see if the top students at Brown University are laughing at me." Well, I don't see it, just if you really ask. In fact, I was making up for classes, and when I was filming in Burbank, whenever Miller ravaged his dumbbells and Deshar made face masks. I'm all taking time to read. ”

"Wow, are you going to go to college?"

"Why not? I'm going to take a break next year, I'm going to go to a university, do business or something. ”

"But you can't complete all the credits in one year, and you think that even if you don't film, will you be idle?"

Kusa was a little incomprehensible about Daniel's new idea. "You can already go to Harvard or Wharton to give lectures, so why do you want to go to business?"

"Practically, if I go to college in New York or California, I can still handle other things. And I don't plan to finish it in a year, I plan to spend seven or eight years, and it would be best if I can graduate before the age of 30. ”

"Well, I really don't want to hear his boss say he's going to take the SAT and apply to a college, Berkeley or Los Angeles when I'm handing my list of Oscars?"

So I'm going to keep answering? If it weren't Berkeley, I hope it would be New York University. Daniel raised an eyebrow, "As for the list, I've seen it." Not bad, isn't it? ”

"The Pianist" was nominated for seven awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor – a far cry from what it did at the Golden Globes. Chicago was shortlisted for eleven nominations, making it the biggest winner of the nomination moment. Of course, in general, there are still so many movies that have been affirmed and supported by the judges in the end, and they and the judges of the Golden Globe Awards are almost the same in terms of overall evaluation criteria, which seems to indicate that "the judges of the Golden Globes still abide by some basic rules, of course, it is also possible that the Oscars don't know what the rules are." ”

He was not particularly interested in the list of nominations, as the outcome was no longer in suspense.

……

In March, Raymond has slowly invested more than 300 million yuan in the crude oil market, and he is sweating, which is a tense moment for him and Daniel.

As the news of the imminent war of the United States against Iraq became more and more intense, although the oil market has remained relatively stable, but the volatility has become more intense, and prudent investors have begun to carefully consider whether to exit or enter the market.

Daniel was busy with public relations at the voting stage, which was very little work, and this year was very different, the most important factor being the war, and secondly, the opponents were now their own workers. The most important work was the film "Hotel Rwanda" that he co-produced with MGM and Lionsgate, which is not quite the same as the original version, Daniel's own scenes were cut to the equivalent of a shot in a shot, and Denzel. Washington is much deepered vertically, and some moving supporting characters are introduced, and the film fully demonstrates the goodness and touching of human nature in a man-made disaster.

In December last year, the film was screened on a platform-restricted basis. As for the official release time, it was also finalized early, March 22 - just the eve of the Oscars. In this context, the launch of such a sensitive film, no matter what, is a matter of caution for investors and distributors, and losing money has become a secondary, once it angers the public, the consequences are unimaginable. So the workload seems quite heavy.

The work continued until March 10, when the Oscars hosted a nominee luncheon, where nearly 100 nominees at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills received their nomination certificates and posed for photos with the statuettes.

Nicole. Kidman is busy with Renee. Zweig, Diane. Lena performs "Sisterhood", Martin. Scorsese and Nicholas. Cage talked about old friendships, and they collaborated on "Shuttle Ghost Gate", Catherine. Zeta. Jones has been talking about her huge belly, and the fact that her due date is around the time of the Oscars - which is quite hard.

In general, the biggest topic of the luncheon was war!

Academy President Frank himself made it clear at the luncheon that the Oscars would not be canceled. Since Britain and the United States set a deadline for Iraq to surrender weapons of mass destruction on March 17, there has been a steady stream of news that the Oscars will cancel the ceremony. Smith, Kate. Blanchett and a large number of other celebrities have said that they will not attend - most of them are not nominated, and not attending is just playing a dozen anti-war cards and making a little reputation.

ABC is in charge of broadcasting the Oscars producer Jill . Kates also indicated that everything will work as it should, saying that this is the time when the Oscars should give full play to the charm of the film, which will be a declaration of unity and cohesion.

After the war, it was Daniel. Sandler.

When he appeared, whether he was injured by mistake at the Golden Globe Awards, or he was secretly refreshed in his heart, he showed the most cordial smile to him, and it seemed that all of a sudden, he knew the whole Hollywood.

Now a little bit of a big star, you should know that Daniel is completely different.

Fortunately, the murderous Daniel who heard it was still mild, talked to everyone in a soft and slow voice, expressed humility in his blessings, and then sent his wishes that sounded very comfortable.

It seems that the Oscars are much more amiable than the Golden Globes.

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After the March 17 deadline arrived, the atmosphere in the whole United States was tense, and the Kodak Theater's arrangements for the awards ceremony had been simplified to the point where they could not be reduced, even the gold dust on the Oscar statuettes erected outside the theater had been scraped off and became dull, and all invited guests were asked to "wear proper formal attire to the event."

Three days later, the Anglo-American coalition officially began bombing Iraq.

The night before, Daniel had taken over the presidential suite of the furnished hotel, where he was inside, while Raymond and the trader were outside. He wore a long black tweed with a gray knit sweater and white shirt, linen pants and brown leather shoes underneath, like a middle-class American man on a business trip.

He walked directly into the elevator with an easy step and waved the room card in his hand to the service staff behind him. (To be continued.) )

PS: The first update, pass this paragraph quickly...... Ask for recommendation, yesterday I stepped on the death line of 150 votes, crying.