Chapter 430: This year's Oscars belong to independent films

In the week of March 3-9, there are 4 new films released on a large scale, one of which is the family comedy "Mermaid", with a budget of 12 million, the debut of Elizabeth Allen, the daughter of famous physicist Philip Allen, starring Sarah Paxton, Joanna Leviske and Emma Roberts.

After the first week, the producer-distributor FOX couldn't laugh.

"Mermaid" has an average rating, 51% freshness and 61% likability, IMDb-5. 2 points.

Roger Albert commented with 2/4 stars: "The plot is predictable, the emotions are shallow, and the mermaid reminds me of why my friend McHugh explains why lobsters are ideal pets: they don't bark, they know deep secrets." ”

Elizabeth Allen has disappointed the film critics, she is not a film genius.

The box office of "The Mermaid" is also very average, with only 8,515,295 in 2,512 theaters in the first week, ranking fifth, and according to this momentum, it will eventually collect 20 million at the North American box office. The future of its overseas distribution is also bleak, when the film itself is not good, only the star selling point is left, but the three little girls are out of the United States, and no one buys it.

Its failure was a severe blow to their film careers, and all three of them starred for the first time on the screen, but did not achieve the same success as "Mean Girls".

FOR JOJO, IT'S JUST A TICKET, HER FOCUS IS ON SINGING, FOR PAXTON, THE LEADING ROLE OF YOUTH FILMS IS GONE, AND FOR EMMA ROBERTS......

It's been a month since the domestic violence incident, and Emma has not been prosecuted by prosecutors and is playing "Soul Surfer" in Hawaii. But the first starring result is like this, it's not good-looking after all, and her performance is not praised, neither good nor bad, just an ordinary girl, and even considered inferior to JOJO, who acted for the first time.

The only good news is that despite the dismal film, her fame is on the rise, especially among teenagers.

Media fans also have more doubts about her, whether it is nepotism or not, it is really a question of what Emma in "The Mermaid" can play "Bethany".

Recently, "Soul Surfer" released the first batch of on-set work photos and stills, many of which were directed by Ye Wei to Emma, both of them looked serious, and the domestic violence incident really did not affect their cooperation. The wound at the corner of his eyebrows had long since been removed, and it was not disfigured.

The entertainment gossip media continues to pay attention to Ye Wei's private life, and the Oscars have just ended a few days, and there is a new scandal!

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On Sunday, March 5, the 78th Academy Awards took place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The night before, Ye Wei had already taken a plane back to Los Angeles.

For this year's Oscar red carpet, the media has a hot spot, who will VIY's female companion be?

Amy Rosen?Duchen-Coloss?Amber Heard?Anastasia-Ashley?Other rumored girlfriends?

Or is it some "good friend", some girl who has a collaboration? Emma Roberts, Elizabeth Olsen, Jennifer Lawrence, Mody Seedington?......

On this day, the red carpet in front of the Kodak Theater was extremely lively, and the bright stars shone in this small place of global attention!

I can't count the number of celebrities who showed up, and the female guests competed for beauty, such as Keira Knightley in a fuchsia taffeta dress, Naomi Watts in an ivory tulle evening dress, and Reese Witherspoon in a double chiffon tulle dress embroidered with silver roses......

Photojournalists around the world couldn't shoot it, and in the middle of the red carpet show, everyone ushered in the genius bad boy Ye Wei, and the answer was that he came alone.

When Ye Wei, dressed in a black suit and white shirt and without a bow tie, walked across the red carpet, bringing a storm of youth, reporters frantically pressed their cameras, the lucky spectators in the stands shouted, and Ye Wei greeted everyone with a smile.

Later, a middle-aged female reporter from the live broadcaster's ABC channel interviewed Ye Wei and asked him how he felt, and tens of millions of viewers across the United States saw the youngest nominee for Best Director and said: "I'm very happy to be here, it's very dreamy, thank you." ”

Asked if he had any ideas about winning the award, Ye Wei said: "No, it won't be me, I'm here to get the gift package." ”

Asked why he came alone, Ye Wei said: "Except for multiple births, people come to the world alone, and they come barely, so we see that today's ladies wear very little fabric, which is a display of natural nature, lively, powerful, strong and pure beauty."

And the men are like selling clothes...... Seriously, who cares what a man wears, whether he wears it or not? In fact, every year at the Oscars, there is the worst crash, and we are all Agent Smith! ”

In this way, VIY's serious humor has become a classic moment on the red carpet this year, and these words have been repeatedly quoted by the media.

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The theater was packed with more than 3,300 seats, and the guests kicked off the awards ceremony with enthusiastic applause, and under the auspices of host Jon Stewart, hundreds of millions of viewers around the world watched the film festival live or watched the broadcast.

Jon Stewart's performance lived up to expectations, 3 hours and 34 minutes, with a lot of humorous quotes.

The stars he teased the most were Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, neither of whom were present, but Jennifer Aniston was the guest of honor, and the feud between the three has been one of the major Hollywood gossips since the release of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" last year.

The second most is Ye Wei, whose recent wonderful private life is also a new pillar of gossip media.

At the outset, Jon quipped the talent in the spotlight: "This year we're going to introduce the presenters in order of talent. Ye Wei doesn't participate in the awards, I can't let him steal my limelight and position. "I heard that there will be a mysterious party after the Oscars, and Ye Wei is not old enough to go. Ladies and gentlemen, be careful!"

The guests in the audience burst into laughter, and the live camera was aimed at Ye Wei, only to see him blink his left eye with discharge.

is popular among young audiences, full of topics in the media, the creator of "Little Sunshine Beauty" with 6 nominations, the youngest, etc., so that this ceremony focuses on Ye Wei, not counting relevant awards and being joked by the host, he has also appeared in the gap many times.

This year's Oscars are almost on track to deliver on the expected track of the awards season.

"Little Sunshine Beauty" won two awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.

In the enthusiastic applause of the audience, Michael Arndt took the stage to accept the award, and this legendary script was finally crowned Oscar, and he thanked many people, including Ye Wei and Harvard-Westlake students, saying, "Your actions interpret a great spirit of this script." ”

When Alan Akin accepted the award, the boiling theater was like awarding the best picture, and the old man held the Oscar trophy that he had won from the film for more than 40 years, and had a moving speech, once again thanking Ye Weishi and saying, "Weige, you make an old man's dream come true, thank you!"

"Oliver" Abigill Bryslin did not win Best Supporting Actress, and the winner was Rachel Weisz of "The Immortal Gardener." And the actor and actress undoubtedly belong to Philip Seymour Hoffman of "Capote" and Reese Witherspoon of "Walking with Song".

Brokeback Mountain, which received eight nominations, won Best Original Score, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director.

Ang Lee became the first Chinese to win the Oscar for Best Director, which rewrote history. After losing to the prodigy Soderbergh in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he experienced the setback of "The Incredible Hulk" and rebounded to a new peak in his life!

The enthusiasm of the audience sent Ang Lee to the podium, he was very excited, and he couldn't say anything, and thanked the screenwriter and the two protagonists in the film first, "Brokeback Mountain is not just a story between gay men or women, it expresses a kind of love in a broad sense. ”

After thanking the college and his colleagues, he added, "Thank you to my wife and my sons, I love you! My father had just passed away at the time, so I gave him the movie. Finally, thank you to my mother and family, as well as compatriots in Chinese mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, (Chinese) Thank you for your concern!"

In the split screen footage of the previous awards, the five nominated directors had different expressions, and Tom Hanks, the guest presenter on stage, read out "Ang Lee":

Ye Wei, who was young and handsome, as if this was the Teen Choice Award, gave a standing ovation in ecstasy, as if he had won the award; Spielberg and Paul Haggis all laughed and applauded, but George Clooney's depressed face was on his face, and he was going home empty-handed.

Throughout the awards season, Clooney showed obvious disbelief in Ang Lee, who cares what he thinks, 6 nominations for "Good Night, Good Luck" zero awards.

However, "Brokeback Mountain" is not a big victory, and the winner of the 78th Oscar for Best Picture can be said to have surprised the world.

"Crash. Jack Nicholson looked at the envelope and read the results, and the Kodak Theater was in a tumultuous exclamation!!

"Brokeback Mountain", which has been killing all the time during the awards season, did not win, not "Little Sunshine Beauty", nor "Munich Tragedy", but "Crash"!

The guests of the "Crash" camp fell into ecstasy, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon...... I couldn't believe my ears! The media reporters backstage also went crazy and had a big upset! The audience went crazy, and the audience around the world watched producers Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman receive their awards with great excitement.

Schulman rejoiced: "Thank you all for your interest in this film, this film about love, tolerance and truth. We're ashamed to be in front of the other nominees for making this year one of the most exciting, exciting, and unique films in American cinema. Thank you!"

Whether it is unexpected or not, accept it or not, the two awards for Best Editing and Best Picture belong to "Crash"!

An extraordinary victory for independent films, an extraordinary victory for Lionsgate!

Oscar's PR history has been rewritten and the rules of the game have been changed. During the awards season, Lionsgate distributed more than 160,000 "FYI" DVDs to people in all parts of Hollywood, completing a shocking comeback with the film.

And the total public relations cost of "Brokeback Mountain" exceeded $10 million, but it was surprisingly successful with this trick. "Little Sunshine Beauty" did not pay additional public relations fees after being nominated, spending a total of more than 5 million, and how much Lionsgate spent has not yet been announced, but it can't be done without 8 million.

In addition to public relations reasons, the reasons for the upset such as the sensitive theme of "Brokeback Mountain" and the more politically correct and close to Los Angeles have all been mentioned by the media.

On this night, Ye Wei never went on the stage, so he sat down, stood up, applauded, and cheered.

Despite this, after this Oscar appearance, VIY's national and global popularity will inevitably jump to a new level. Hundreds of millions of viewers have seen this handsome genius who is only 18 years old, and countless girls have become his fans since then.

You can eat by your appearance, why are you so talented?

Amid a round of applause from the guests, Jon Stewart shouted "Thank you for watching!" to the audience, and the awards ceremony came to an end, and Oscar night had just begun.