"It won't win! It won't win! ”

Since the live camera temporarily cut to the scene of the Kodak Theater, a makeup artist came over for Roger? Albert touch-up, the eyes of the famous film critic, kept staring at the big screen in the live broadcast room, repeating this sentence like a curse in his heart.

"It's definitely not going to win!"

Remembering the concerted efforts of nearly 400 professional film critics, Roger? Albert's slightly frightened heart was full of confidence.

He firmly believes that professional film critics have a strong influence and even dominance during the awards season, and they can completely influence the award!

Just less than five miles east of the live broadcast room, young David? Ellison with his sister Meghan? Ellison sat in front of the TV, also following the Oscars.

"This is the director who won't accept your kindness?"

Looking at the big close-up of Duke on the screen, Megan? Ellison said disdainfully, "Hollywood, these poor ghosts, would they go against money? ”

"He didn't just refuse my funding." David? Ellison's dissatisfaction was written on his face, "He also rejected my kindness three or four times, and this is what I can't tolerate!" ”

"I'm a proud director."

But fifteen-year-old Megan? Ellison's temper seems to be better than David's? Ellison still has to rush, she is completely a spoiled young girl, "David, you have money, you can completely rob his project, grab his theater, grab his schedule, and knock him from the clouds to the bottom by investing!" ”

David? Ellison laughed, "Honey, I'm doing this!" ”

On the stage of the Kodak Theatre, Angelina? Julie opened the envelope and looked down, but she didn't sell it. said directly, "The Oscar winner is ...... "Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", Hannah? Serena! ”

"Wow!"

Billy? Boyd was the first to clap his palms, the first to stand up, and Duke also stood up, clapping his palms as he could. Turning to his art director, isn't this Hannah? Serena won the Oscar for the first time, but she herself seemed calmer, hugged the crew members one by one, and finally walked to Duke's side.

Duke opened his arms and talked to Hannah? Serena hugged deeply.

"Thank you, Duke." She whispered, "It's my greatest luck to work with you." ”

After speaking. She turned and strode onto the stage, the background music "Minas Stirris" playing for the first time tonight at the Kodak Theater.

Hannah? Serena from Angelina? Julie took the little golden figure in her hand and stood in front of the microphone.

"Thank you, thank you all, I love the work of film, I love working in a great team, I have a lot of people to thank. My parents, my boyfriend. All my work partners. I especially want to thank Duke, I remember when I went to his crew and he said to me, Hannah, we're going to have a magical journey! Yes, his words came true. The feeling I feel right now can only be described as incredible. ”

Under the stage, the crew, led by Duke, was all for Hannah? Serena applauded.

In the live broadcast room of ABC TV, even if there is a thick foundation to cover it. Roger? Albert's face was still a little blue, he had just sworn that "The Return of the King" would not get this little golden man, and the actual award result slapped him hard, so what did he say next?

However, as a professional film critic who always likes to abuse and vicious attacks, he immediately adjusted his mentality, this is just a technical award, and the academy is likely to be the same as the previous two editions, just thrown to Duke? Rosenberg has some consolation awards, as long as he can't win Best Picture and Best Director, he is still a loser, he will still win steadily, and he must rush to the Oscar venue to see his face.

"Won!"

The instant sharing site was boiling, and several circles with Duke's die-hard supporters as the core were as happy as if they had won the jackpot.

"It's off to a good start!"

"We'll continue to win prizes!"

""The Return of the King" will sweep this Oscar!"

The successful start did continue in the Kodak Theatre, where the soundtrack of Minas Stirris, which erupted in cheers from the Lord of the Rings crew after Pixar took home the best animated feature film for "Looking for Nemo", the soundtrack of "Minas Stirris" sounded several times, and the Lord of the Rings crew erupted in cheers one after another, undoubtedly becoming the protagonist of the evening.

The four little golden figures of Best Costume Design, Best Sound Effects, Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects were won by the crew, and when the awards ceremony was one-third of the way, "The Return of the King" not only easily won the five Little Golden Figures, but also successfully topped all the nominated awards!

"We're getting closer and closer to our goal." Ivanka whispered in Duke's ear.

As a pillow person, she certainly knows what kind of ambitions Duke has at this Oscars, and she also knows that it will not be easy to achieve these ambitions.

Duke smiled at Ivanka, "There are seven more." ”

Among the twelve nominations, five gold medals have been won, and no one can say whether the next awards will be missed.

The Oscars are not only serious awards, but also all kinds of jokes full of ridicule, perhaps ridiculing other people will be in trouble, but ridiculing politicians in Washington has always been a reserved program of the Oscars.

Hollywood's Rotten Boys are recognized as the bosses? Stiller stepped onto the beat of the music and walked onto the stage, "Oh my God, they're using this music, it's so compatible with me, don't you think I'm a leader?" ”

The background music is the famous "Presidential March"!

"Over the past year, there have been many celebrities who have fallen in love with movies."

Speaking of which, Ben? Stiller pointed to the big screen, where there was a picture of a woman, "Like Hillary?" Clinton, who is said to be a big fan of "Kill Bill," ......"

Laughter erupted from off the stage.

In addition to jokes, the Oscars also like nostalgia, which is also in line with the appetite of the core members of the academy, and every Oscars is always full of nostalgic episodes for a long time.

Nielsen Statistics has been monitoring the ratings of this year's Academy Awards. As Brando walked onto the stage, the big screen and television set turned black and white, a Nielsen executive kept reporting the number of viewers.

"The number of viewers in North America has dropped from 34 million to 32 million......"

A minute later, the program of nostalgia for the golden age was still being broadcast for a long time, and the person in charge reported again, "It's 31 million now!" ”

Every minute that passes, he will report the number of viewers, and the number of people proves that the old time period is really not very popular, which can be called a killer of ratings, "30 million, 29 million, 28.5 million, 28 million, about to break through the minimum number of viewers of the Oscars in the last ten years!" ”

Fortunately, the program that misses the golden age lasted for more than five minutes and ended, and the subsequent Best Supporting Actress slowly pulled up the ratings.

The academy is obviously not stupid, knowing that the audience doesn't like this type of show, and deliberately arranged to save the scene with the award for Best Supporting Actress, which also shows the stubborn and conservative side of the academy, even if it knows that nostalgia is not popular, it still stubbornly puts this type of program in the awards ceremony, and it took more than five minutes.

In Renee? The moment Zellweger won the Best Supporting Actress statuette, the viewership of the Oscars finally returned to more than 30 million.

This can be said to be a very serious situation faced by the Oscars in the new century, with the flow of information and the increase in entertainment methods, the ratings of the awards ceremony have been declining, and even hit a new low since the seventies.

In fact, it is not difficult to save the ratings of the Oscars, and choosing a movie with a wider audience will easily solve this problem, for example, since the nineties, the highest rating is the 70th Academy Awards, and "Titanic" easily holds up the ratings of the entire awards ceremony.

It's just that the academy made it, and most of the time, it is contrary to the mainstream audience.

Although a Best Supporting Actress dragged the viewers back to more than 30 million, she was unable to take it to a higher place, and the task of saving the ratings of this Oscar was by no means something that a movie with only a few million viewers like "Cold Mountain" could undertake.

When it comes to the largest number of moviegoers, can any other film at this Oscars surpass "The Return of the King"?

Subsequently, "The Return of the King" continued to show a sweeping trend, and also successfully continued the law of nominations and awards, winning the best editing, best makeup, best soundtrack and best cinematography.

The strong performance of "The Return of the King" also boosted the ratings of the awards ceremony, and by the time the best cinematography was awarded, the number of viewers displayed by Nielsen had risen to 36 million.

After the next advertising time, the person in charge of Nielsen was even more surprised to find that the ratings of the awards ceremony not only did not decline, but continued to rise, and even faintly approached the 40 million mark!

"The next award is Best Adapted Screenplay." His lieutenant reminded.

The person in charge suddenly woke up, "No wonder the ratings are rising, it turns out that the director who created this magical journey may be about to play!" ”

On the stage of the Kodak Theatre, Sophia? Coppola walked up slowly, and many eyes were on Duke at the same time.

Sofia? Coppola is Duke's best friend in the circle, which is well known to Hollywood people, and even many people think that Sophia can be nominated for best director, and Duke plays a far greater role than Francis? Coppola.

With the past habits of the academy, these people can't help but have associations, so that Sophia? Does Coppola come to present the award for Best Adapted Screenplay, does it mean that Duke will win?

There was applause in the Kodak Theater, and Ivanka was also applauding Sophia vigorously, although she didn't understand some of the unwritten rules of the academy, she also vaguely felt that Sophia was awarding the award, and her own side might win more.

On the Nielsen side, the number of people who have been picked up at this time has exceeded the 40 million mark! (To be continued......)

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