(Chapter 1)

Because of the filming of "Spy", Daniel and Kusa are mostly connected by phone and the Internet, and the current work of the awards season mainly relies on Kusa and Melissa, and of course, the newly added "temporary worker" - Trick.

So far, some contenders for the major awards have surfaced, but more are still in the next month or two.

Steven Soderbergh's "Never Compromise" is basically locked in the Oscar laurel, and Julia Roberts, Hollywood's most expensive actress will be the biggest favorite today after being nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, and the most eye-catching award winner in the long prelude to the Oscars.

In addition, Soderbergh has another film this year, according to the arrangement, this film about Mexican drug traffickers, called "Drug Network", will be screened after Christmas - basically only in New York and Los Angeles, to meet the Academy's award requirements, and officially release early next year.

The ambitious Soderbergh will surprise everyone this year.

In addition to "Drug Network", the equally eye-catching "Chocolate Love" will also be released around Christmas, and the purpose of aiming for the Oscars is obvious. The collaboration between Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp does give people reason to look forward to, the latter has a lot of works, but has not yet proven himself, but Binoche is very different, this is a great actress who has left a name in the history of world cinema - the first actress to win the queen of three European film festivals! If you count the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress won for "The English Patient", she has achieved the "quasi-slam" of the four most prestigious film awards in the world, and this year if her appearance in this film is moving enough, she will undoubtedly be the fierce rival of the big-mouthed beauty, and she herself will achieve a real grand slam.

Chinese director Ang Lee's masterpiece "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" this year has also received a lot of praise in the early test screening, and the film will be released in North America in late December, and has been screened in Taiwan and other places before, and has achieved good results.

The media enthusiasm for this all-Chinese film has been shocking, with calls for it to win Best Foreign Language Film and even more Oscars.

Zemeckis and Tom Hanks' new "Desert Island Aftermath" is of course a minor hit, including Heath Ledger and Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" and "Near Fame", which are potential contenders for major awards.

As far as Daniel's goal for Best Supporting Actor is concerned, on the list of nominees for the New York Film Critics Association Awards, Beniso DeToro in "Drug Network" is the biggest rival, Albert in "Uncompromising", and Willem Dafoe in "The Phantom of the Vampire" are also quite favored, which are basically all his opponents.

Of course, Daniel himself is one of the strong contenders.

On the one hand, Universal's original world premiere in New York Rectangle was enough to give New York film critics face, according to the reputation of "Gladiator" - it still has a score of 8.6 on IMDB, and Daniel Sandler's outstanding performance in the movie, he portrayed Commodius as three-dimensional and plump, hateful and pathetic, and has been praised by many well-known film critics.

A large part of them are New York film critics.

Therefore, "Drug Network", which has not yet been released on a large scale, of course, suffers a little, and the choice to be screened in New York at the end of the year is somewhat too deliberate, which is the weakness they face.

According to Tricker's analysis, what Shanying can do at this time is relatively limited, this is not an Internet popularity award, and each award has to be selected by the judges.

Trick believes Daniel is the number one favorite to win the award, followed by Beniso.

DreamWorks and Universal's decision to make Daniel's Best Supporting Actor the main PR target for the New York Film Critics Circle Awards is a big reason. According to their PR department's predictions, Russell Crowe and Tom Hanks are unlikely to compete, because New York critics have a reputation for liking Forrest Gump, and according to previous reviews, Crow has a much lower rating than Tom Hanks.

It is not advisable for the two sides to spend publicity and public relations resources, but the other party is Tom Hanks, the super awesome man who even has an Oscar - presumably the academy will not let him win the Oscar again, at least for ten years, so Crowe has an absolute lead in the Oscars, so now, there is no need to spend too many resources on it.

Daniel became a breakthrough for the producer at this time, and at this year's New York Film Critics Association Awards, "Gladiator" participated in the competition for five of these awards, the most certain of which was Daniel's Best Supporting Actor.

This is the first influential award of the awards season, and it is also the first horse of the five major film critics association awards - New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, the National Film Critics Association, and the National Society of Critics.

All these circumstances have created an unprecedented possibility for Daniel to win this award.

"If no one gets dizzy, the prize won't run away." Trevor has a lot of experience running an awards season, and Kusa is determined to believe him, but the work has to be done.

Talk to the critics at the cocktail party held by Universal, and explain why Daniel was not able to attend.

It's not very important, because the award doesn't have a ceremony, so it's not a question of whether or not there is an interview, but explaining it still shows that Daniel values them, and that's not what critics love the most?

On the other hand, out of trust in Tricker and confidence in winning this award, and Tricker himself took over the media resources - not including Jones's bed, of course, and the media has recently begun to create an atmosphere - Daniel's winning this award is equivalent to him becoming an acting school and a new superstar, and the report adds fuel to the importance of this award from different angles - the weather vane of the Oscars, the high status of New York film critics, and so on.

As for New York film critics taking pleasure in going against the Oscars, this is not at all an indication that the report is lying, because the weather vane can also point to the opposite.

Jessica in Los Angeles is also often asked for her opinion on Daniel's award, not only the New York Film Critics Association Award, but also the Oscars.

Burn this fire higher and hotter.

As for how Horner lashed out at Daniel's team behind his back, it is not known to outsiders.