Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 169 The First Grand Prize

This time, the actors walked the Oscar red carpet individually, not with the entire crew.

Johnny Depp was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar.

Anne Hathaway was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.

Mark Ruffalo, who was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and later played the Hulk in "The Avengers", and the other three walked the red carpet alone, not with Cao Yang.

Since Eastwood's "Mystic River" has been shelved and not filmed, it is unknown who will win the Best Supporting Actor award this year.

According to Berman, although Mark Ruffalo is not very famous, his agency is very good at winning awards.

Especially after "Meanwhile Milk" won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, his agency thought it was a good opportunity, so they started planning, gave up on the Golden Globe Awards, and instead spent a lot of time and money on Oscar public relations.

"Hello, Director Cao, look here."

Cao Yang hadn't thought about staying on the red carpet for long and was just about to walk quickly through it, but he didn't expect that when he was more than halfway through, he heard familiar words.

He looked up at where the camera was set up and saw a familiar sign.

Damn, CCTV 6 Movie Channel must be very rich to set up a camera in this place. It must have cost a lot of money.

"Director Cao, hello, I'm a reporter from the film channel. Congratulations on getting ten nominations. Please say hello to the audience in front of the TV."

Cao Yang smiled and waved, "Hello everyone, I am Cao Yang, this is the Oscars, thank you for your continued support."

Here you can only say hello or chat a few words, otherwise you will be reminded.

"Director Cao, come on, I wish you good luck, win a big award and bring glory to our country."

the reporter shouted.

"Thank you."

Cao Yang waved again and continued walking on the red carpet.

As a favorite at this year's Oscars, red carpet host Maria Menounos will definitely give her a few more words of introduction.

“A talented director from the East who has won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, wow, this is a very, very remarkable achievement.

What’s even more amazing is that he is very, very good at training actors.

He has won a Berlin Film Festival Best Actress, a Venice Film Festival Best Actress and a Cannes Film Festival Best Actress, and has also won a Golden Globe Best Director and a Golden Globe Best Actor. He is director Cao Yang, welcome. "

Although what the foreigner said was true, her exaggerated tone and body language, as well as her jumpy manner, made her seem a bit over the top.

"Hello director, I'm Maria Menounos, I'm a host, reporter, and an actress. I want to ask, what do you think of me? Can I also win a European Best Actress award?"

Maria Menounos hugged Cao Yang, which was very special today.

Most of the time today, she only shook hands with famous stars and hugged Nicole Kidman alone, and now Cao Yang was included.

Cao Yang subconsciously looked at Maria Menounos's low-cut dress. It wasn't too big, but it exposed three-quarters of her body and seemed to be sagging a little. This shouldn't be the case for her, she's still so young...

This dress alone is worth $2500 million?
"I don't look at the acting skills when selecting actors, as long as they fit the role, it's fine. It's actually not difficult to win the European Film Queen Award."

Cao Yang raised his head and responded with a smile.

Although the clothes are very valuable, it is a global live broadcast, so you can't be vulgar. You have to be generous in watching everything, and there will be no problems.

"Wow, I've been recognized by a big international director. I can also win the International Film Queen Award in Europe. I'm so happy."

Maria Menounos covered her face exaggeratedly, then hugged Cao Yang again, "I am looking forward to working with you, handsome director. I am always at your service. I wish you good luck."

"Thank you."

Cao Yang walked to the end of the red carpet, entered the Kodak Theater, and was guided by the staff to find his seat.

He sat in the third row, facing the aisle, with Behrman to his right and Depp in front of him.

Mark Ruffalo, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, sat in the front row.

Anne Hathaway, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, also sat in the front row.

Cao Yang was not sure how the seats were arranged. There were mostly actresses in the first row, more actors in the second row, and the third row seemed to be mostly directors and producers. Gu Changwei was in the fifth row.

Depp turned around, forced an exaggerated smile on his face, and greeted him, "Director, I stayed up late these few days to read your novel District 9. It's very exciting and I like this story very much."

Without waiting for Cao Yang's response, he turned around and sat down. After a while, he turned back and continued, "Artistically, I like District 9 very much, but creatively, I like another novel called Inception more."

Then Depp turned back.

Cao Yang was a little puzzled. Why are you turning around so quickly?
Do you prefer Inception creatively?
I also like Inception more!

After I became a "honored" director in the eyes of the Big Seven, I made this movie. In a sense, this movie is a great science fiction masterpiece, which was both critically and commercially successful.

However, didn't this guy have to attend a cocktail party every night these days? He actually had time to finish the novel. It seems that he really stayed up late to read it, just as he said.

As if noticing that Cao Yang was a little confused about Depp's quick turn, Berman quietly explained: "The live broadcast of the red carpet inside and outside is switched back and forth, and the actors have to pay attention to their image." Being an actor is really tiring. Even a famous bad boy like Depp has to pay attention to his image in front of the camera.

But when I think about the fact that this is a global live broadcast and there are more than 200 countries purchasing the live broadcast, I feel relieved.

At 5:30 in the afternoon, the award ceremony officially began.

The first to appear is Sean Connery, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and played the old version of 007. Let's review the development history of the film and stir up some emotions.

The Oscars also like to engage in sentimentality, and this approach is common all over the world.

Next up was Billy Crystal, who served as this year's host.

It was a very special way of appearing. It was obvious that Oscar had put a lot of thought into this appearance.

On the big screen on the stage, Billy Crystal appeared in every nominated movie, and each time he appeared in a funny way, it took about four minutes.

Then this guy came on stage and, in that Oscar-like, joking way, said that everyone who was nominated for an Oscar for the first time should give him a tip.

He first mentioned Charlize Theron, praising her for her beauty, but she was so scary in the movie that it scared the shit out of people.

Johnny Depp is named the sexiest man in the world. When the camera is turned to Depp, he is actually shy. What's going on? Are you shy too?
Then he said that it was a good thing for a low-budget production to be nominated for an Oscar, such as "Lord of the Rings 11" which received 3 nominations...

Then Cao Yang was suddenly named.

"As we all know, Cao Yang's films can win Best Actress awards. He won three Best Actress awards for three films, and the fourth film won Depp a Golden Globe for Best Actress... Oh, sorry, I remembered it wrong. He won the Golden Globe for Best Actor."

The audience started laughing and clapping. The camera switched between Cao Yang and Depp, who also smiled and clapped.

"Depp, you know that Director Cao Yang is very good at promoting actresses. In fact, you shouldn't apply for the Oscar for Best Actor. You should apply for the Oscar for Best Actress. I will definitely vote for you."

Is this a joke about the protagonist played by Depp being a fake gay? Or is it a joke about Milk played by Depp doing whatever it takes to win votes?

Cao Yang was a little confused about the foreigners' humor. Anyway, everyone was laughing, clapping and laughing, and laughing very loudly, as if they all understood the meaning.

Then the topic returned to Cao Yang.

"Director Cao Yang, you can consider letting me be the leading actress in your next movie. If you can help me win an Oscar for Best Actress, I can go backstage right now and steal the Best Director statuette for you."

The camera turned to Cao Yang again. He appeared on the big screen on the stage, smiling and applauding with everyone.

Cao Yang felt that the Oscars gave him too many shots today. Was it normal or a gesture of goodwill? Or was it compensation?

Will the Oscars also play the compensation game?
"And Miss Anne Hathaway, so young and beautiful."

The camera turns to Anne Hathaway, who is also wearing a low-cut dress today... Well, female guests attending the Oscars all like to wear low-cut dresses, probably to attract attention.

It can indeed attract a lot of attention.

Billy Crystal talked about Anne Hathaway and then turned the topic to Cao Yang.

"Director Cao Yang, you made a wrong decision. Miss Anne is so young and beautiful. You shouldn't let Depp be the leading actor. It's too cheap for him. You should let me go... Next time there is such a good opportunity, you must call me."

The camera switches to Cao Yang again.

This time Cao Yang understood. Such straightforward words were very easy to understand.

Anne Hathaway has a long passionate scene with Depp in the movie, the kind that involves both physical and verbal contact, and almost all of her body parts are exposed.

All men understand Billy Crystal's teasing.

Finally, this guy did not forget to make fun of the conservative president, saying that the economy is at its worst.

Having said all this is not enough. Billy Crystal once again made fun of the movies with songs and sang songs about each movie.

This whole process took seventeen minutes. No wonder the Oscars ceremony lasts so long, almost three or four hours.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome last year's Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Zeta-Jones, to announce tonight's Best Supporting Actor."

The first award given out at the Oscars this year was for Best Supporting Actor.

Catherine Zeta-Jones wore a red corseted long dress with wavy hair draped over her shoulders. She was in her prime and still very attractive.

She didn't say much nonsense when she came up, and after a few words she got straight to the point.

"The nominees for Best Supporting Actor are..."

The big screen at the back began playing clips of each nominated actor appearing in the movie, accompanied by commentary.

"Alec Baldwin in The Cooler, Benicio Del Toro in 21 Grams, Djimon Hounsou in The New American Dream, Mark Ruffalo in Mean Milk, Ken Watanabe in The Last Samurai."

"So..." Catherine Zeta-Jones began to open the envelope.

Five candidates appeared on the big screen with Catherine Zeta-Jones.

"The winner is: Mark Ruffalo for "Dirty Milk"."

(End of this chapter)