Chapter 69 The Fourth Tear X (I)

 Although affected by the war between the United States and Iraq, at the beginning of 2003, the presence of the film and television industry was not high, but after all, the Oscar is the largest film and television event every year, it can be said that from the end of October, the awards of the entire awards season are added together, and there is no weight of the Oscar, so the nomination luncheon in February has attracted the attention of all parties in the film and television industry, but to say that there are any surprises shortlisted, it is to say that it is false. The major film critics association awards, directors' union awards, screen actors union awards and other major union awards basically include most of the films that performed well this year, it can be said that if your performance is worthy of being nominated for an Oscar or even an award, then it will never be missed before the Oscars, so the candidates who can appear at the Oscar nomination luncheon have a small account of their chances of winning the award.

 If in the previous awards, in addition to the nomination, has not won an award, then the chance of winning the Oscar is very low, but many times for the nominee, to be nominated is already an honor and affirmation, but also means a lot of exposure, so no matter how good the candidate is to win the award, will be happy to appear at the nomination luncheon, listening to the luncheon host announce the list of nominees, the whole luncheon is more like an industry party, full of joyful atmosphere.

 In this awards season that is coming to an end, Jenny has rightfully failed to win, and "Chicago" has become an awards harvester that sweeps the major award ceremonies. Just talking about the "Golden Globe Awards", which has the highest prestige outside the Oscars, "Chigago" won the best picture in the musical comedy category, the best actor and actress and other heavyweight awards, not to mention the best director and best supporting actor and actress in the musical comedy category, it is worth mentioning that Renee Zellweger also defeated Catherine Zeta-Jones to win the best actress, which more or less reflects the aesthetic attitude of the Golden Globe Award jury, that is, 96 foreign journalists, who disdain the topics that have been hyped up before, and even can It can be said that they deliberately do the opposite, which can be said to reflect their spirit of independent judgment, but from another perspective, it is also a reflection of Miramax's strong public relations ability. After all, the Golden Globe Awards are sponsored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and there are only 96 judges on the jury, so the difficulty of public relations is relatively low.

 In any case, after receiving the award, Renee is also proud of her eyebrows, and her attitude of not responding can be explained very well: with her status in the rivers and lakes, there is no need to pay attention to the juniors who do not know the sky, and even if the news is hot, the industry still recognizes her performance more than the equally acclaimed 'Verma' Catherine Zeta-Jones. Although she did not mention a single sentence of previous disputes in her acceptance speech, she thanked Harvey Weinstein in three sentences, and directed Rob Marshall in a glance, which is a signal that can be interpreted in the eyes of those who care. Although it will not be on the gossip magazine, in the telephone gossip circle of insiders, some games about the internal game of this award have also quietly spread.

 After the Golden Globe Awards lost to Renee, Catherine's Oscar was directly changed to Best Supporting Actress, due to the particularity of the role of Velma, this change is of course allowed, and some people even said that Catherine should be changed to Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globe Awards.

 Anyway, "Chicago" is indeed one of the brightest stars of this year's awards season, as the news of its award gradually came, the box office also showed a steady slight upward trend, after 3 months of screening, it stands to reason that it should enter the sweeping stage, but at this time the box office is still rising against the trend, the cumulative has passed the $160 million mark, and the profit is a foregone conclusion on the books, which is not counting the overseas box office, although it is not a global synchronous opening, but now the overseas box office is one after another It has been reported, and the cumulative figure is expected to reach around $100 million, which is already a more dazzling success than "Moulin Rouge" as a song and dance film.

 In terms of Oscars, the performance of "Chicago" is also surprising, from best picture to best art direction and other 13 nominations, in addition to Richard Gere's regrettable failure to be nominated for Best Actor, the previous Golden Globe Award nominations "Chicago" also won all, which can not but be said to be a good sign.

 "Are you going to the Oscars?" Ann accosted Jenny curiously in the dressing room of the old Schubert Theater, "It's a shame you didn't go to the Golden Globes." "

 Of course, the Golden Globe Awards are also a good opportunity for exposure, but because Miramax predicted that the best picture had little hope of winning the award before the awards, the whole crew went to the nominated actors, and Jenny was certainly not among them - this is mainly because the Golden Globes Straddle the two major fields of television and film, and there are more nominations themselves, and if there are too many people, the seats are not easy to arrange... At the very least, the VIP seats for the nominees are limited, and if the nominees for Best Picture and Best Drama bring the entire crew, then they alone can fill most of the room. Therefore, the number of invitations issued by the organizers must have been limited, and the crew of "Chicago" failed to bring Jenny.

 "I don't know yet. Jenny glanced at the TV and said honestly, "It should depend on what Miramax means, and whether James is on leave." "

 This is completely a pretext, if Jenny is going, James will definitely grant leave, this exposure can only benefit him. Ann smiled, and didn't continue to ask, but changed the subject, "Is the promotional plan for "Pirates" out? Disney has already made an appointment with you, right?"

 "Yes. This is a topic that Jenny can talk about, she said with some excitement, "You know this is a global film, at least we are going to London to premiere, if Germany and France need to run publicity, I think I will go crazy, if James must not let go, I will have to fly back and forth, I suspect that I will die of physical exhaustion." "

 Anhaha laughed, "Believe me, that will also be a way for many people to envy death." "

 Although she has only now gotten a small role in "Pirates", Ann takes the most common development route of British beauties in Hollywood, and she at least has a very lucrative weekly stage show job, so she has a balanced mentality, and she is not envious of Jenny's resources, but prefers her current professional and simple life.

 At the end of the day, Jenny didn't stop to sign autographs for the fans, but waved apologetically to them and got into the car - because of the theater's ticketing strategy, there are now a lot of fans waiting outside the theater every day, and the security guards are afraid that Jenny will get out of control if she stays, coupled with the interference of the paparazzi and Judy's strict exposure restrictions, she is wrapped tightly after the performance every day, and under the security guard provided by the theater, she gets directly into the car.

 She was a little uneasy about this, and wanted to sign up for a blog to explain the reason to her fans, but Judy sternly stopped her, and although the IT trend has swept across the United States, it is still a very new thing for actors to speak out directly and talk to the public, and PRs are especially disgusted by this, which will damage the personal image they have built for their clients.

 Almost as soon as she got into the car, Jenny began to listen to voice messages and make phone calls - because she had no managerial connections, she had to do these things herself in many cases. "Judy, can we go to the Oscars now?"

 Miramax has already said hello and will not take her to the Oscars, in this matter, Jenny's team can be said to have been pitted, and now that all aspects of the award presenters have been invited, some of the more eye-catching positions have all been booked by capable PRs, even if Judy has great energy, it is difficult to stuff Jenny into the guests who can go on stage, and can only count on Disney to find a way.

 "There's no response from Disney yet," Judy said as she typed, "but, listen, I have good news that the Catherine team contacted me today, and they want to get you a good seat on the Chicago crew." "

 "Oh?" said Jenny, a little surprised, "is my relationship with Catherine that good?"

 Laughing aside, and using her brains, Jenny quickly understood the intentions of Catherine's team - they were mostly by Miramax.

 Although Miramax spoke out in support of Renee, this does not mean that they will turn against Jenny because of this, and it is very normal for Renee to support Renee, after all, Renee is the box office leader, who is Miramax who does not support her? But in private, Miramax's publicity and Judy still maintain a very good interaction, and do not complain too much about Renee-Jennifer hype, because the box office data curve clearly shows that the hype has brought about a box office increase in the New York area. Even before the Golden Globe Awards, Miramax assured Judy that there was really no way to do the Golden Globes, and this year's venue was too small, so the organizers were very stingy, and the "Chicago" crew only got enough invitations to stuff all the nominees, but the crew would definitely take Jenny to the Oscars.

 However, since Renee defeated Catherine at the Golden Globe Awards to get the heroine, Miramax's tone changed, and finally simply told Jenny in a direct showdown: After Renee upset ('cold' caused by Jenny) won the comedy heroine, her chances of winning the Oscar actress increased, and the company would also tilt its resources towards Renee to publicize the actress, and of course Renee's voice increased. - It is conceivable that Renee certainly does not want the crew to bring Jenny to distract the media attention after the Oscars, and the filmmaker also hopes that Jenny can understand their unavoidable trade-off.

 Anyway, it's just because of her little coffee, Jenny won't be angry because of this, but neither Judy nor Cesare wants to let Jenny be absent from this Oscar in order to take care of Miramax or Renee's feelings, on the contrary, they, like Disney, want to keep the topic going and promote "Pirates of the Caribbean", which will premiere in May. I don't go with your crew, it's okay, find another way to go by yourself, you Miramax can't say what, right?

 The team's safety blanket is to let Josh take her, Josh because of the popularity of "Star Wars Prequel" in June last year, was invited by the Oscar to be a guest of honor for a technical award, but this is tantamount to exposing the relationship between Josh and her in advance, which has a certain impact on the follow-up publicity, producer Jerry does not want to take this move when the box office is still unclear, so it is listed as the last option.

 Now, Catherine's sudden willingness to lend a helping hand, and the designation of a place for Jenny in the invitation letter from the "Chicago" crew, is clear about her intentions against Renee, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is working against Miramax. Since it was a call after the Oscar nomination, Jenny speculated that she might have learned that Miramax had left more Oscar PR resources for Renee, making her path to Best Supporting Actress a bit uncertain.

 "This resentment should have been planted since the Golden Globes. "Judy, as a PR, is of course much richer than Jenny, and she confirms Jenny's conjecture. Catherine believes that Miramax has unfairly invested in public relations resources for the sake of the battle of will, causing Catherine to miss the Golden Globe - the best actress in a musical comedy should have been hers. "

 Indeed, because of the Renee-Jennifer dispute, Renee felt somewhat disgraced in the first half of the awards season, and the limelight couldn't catch up with the amorous Catherine, Catherine's acting skills were unanimously praised by film critics from all sides, and the audience's reputation was also very good, so Miramax applied for Best Actress in a Musical Comedy for her, not a supporting actress, which was equivalent to saying that she was no longer optimistic about Renee, and she wanted to have a double insurance. As a result, I don't know what happened behind the scenes, Renee became the best actress after a while, Catherine gave up the supporting actress who was almost ironclad, and the heroine didn't get it, and the bamboo basket was empty, and now the Oscar has to report the supporting actress. Although they all have the best, the gold content of the heroine and the female supporting actress are so different, she will definitely not be happy.

 "So is she going to get revenge on Miramax or Renee?" asked Jenny, "are we going to accept this kindness from Catherine?"

 "That's where I hesitate, Miramax has a good attitude right now, but if we accept Catherine's invitation, it will be a complete break with Miramax. Judy said, "Jenny, what is your opinion?"

 Unlike Cesare's usual strength, Judy's wrists are much softer, and although she usually has her own opinion when she asks 'your opinion', as Jenny's popularity gradually increases, Judy will also use these guided dialogues to explain the reasons for her decision, which is like a death sentence, although it is to be executed in the end, but there is still a difference in the experience between killing you with a knife and injecting poison to make you laugh.

 "I don't have to go against Miramax to this point. "Jenny is a little tired of Oscar's affair by now, and after so many swings back and forth between being able to go and not going, she's been tossed to the point of losing her temper. "If you can't do it, just go with Josh, you may not be able to get such a good position as Josh if you squeeze into the crew. What about Cesare's opinion?"

 The good positions that will be taken by the camera are limited, and it must be based on the coffee position, and the position that Josh's female companion can sit in is obviously better than the small supporting role in "Chicago".

 "Cesare would like Catherine to get you a separate invitation to come and see the ceremony. Judy said, expressing her disapproval in a cryptic tone, "But in that case, you can't sit with the crew, and you're not here to present the awards, and the purpose of pursuing exposure is too obvious, so there may be gossip media to mock this afterwards, thinking that your utilitarianism is too heavy." "

 "Do you want me to go with Josh?" asked Jenny, "Disney has given up hope?"

 "It's unlikely that Disney will squeeze out other presenters for you, so you might as well join Josh and get a seat up front. And if you take the independence invitation, who are you going to take with you? Do you go alone? Let Josh go alone? It's not good for the whole story, you know, you're supposed to be in an 'underground romance' right now, and of course if you don't go, that's not much to say, but now you're going to go separately to the Oscars, and when the romance is exposed, people think about today, and they think you're too cunning, and they have doubts about the authenticity of the relationship. "So it's better to go with Josh now, and you can keep quiet to the outside world, and let us come out and play haha, and fool these months away." "

 But this went against Jerry's wishes. Jenny pointed out as she rubbed her head.

 Judy was silent for a moment, then reluctantly admitted, "That's right, against Jerry's wishes. "

 It's not a computer game, there's no harmless strategy, you don't have the choice of going to the Oscars again without offending anyone, Jenny squeezed her eyes hard and decided, "I'm still listening to Cesare, if the media asks why we went to the Oscars separately, just say it's the producer's request, he doesn't want us to distract us on the eve of the release." "

 "Well, since this is your mutual decision. Judy hesitated for a moment, then readily agreed, though in a slightly sour tone. - Although she is the person Cesare found for Jenny, and the relationship between the two is usually very good, but when there is such a difference of opinion, there must be a bit of a 'competition' with Cesare, and they will hope that Jeanne can support their opinions. "Then I'm going to contact someone from Catherine's team. "

 "Wait," said Jenny, suddenly feeling that something was wrong, "would Cesare approve of my opinion as the final decision?

 "Do you need me to confirm with him again?" asked Judy, in a somewhat subtle tone.

 Jenny sensed something, and she hesitated, but said firmly, "You'd better make sure with Cesare." "

 "Then I'll call later. Rather than wasting time 'stirring' up her existing relationship with Cesare, Judy moved on to the next trivia, "Julian is still in charge of your Oscar look, is that okay? You need to find a day before the Oscars to go back to Los Angeles to try on makeup, I'll look at your schedule and try to schedule a few things in one day..."

 After hanging up the phone, Jenny began to rub her head again, as she became more and more popular, and all kinds of affairs gradually increased, she did feel obviously physically exhausted, even if there was a golden finger to extend the rest time, the heavy daily schedule was a little overwhelming, and she felt more and more that she really needed a manager to deal with these chores. But a number of financial reasons, including psychological resistance, have prevented her from making demands on Cesare until now.

 "Mary. She asked the driver how much Mary was now sharing some of the clerical work, and although her salary had not increased, she had more and more things to do. "When is my next day off?"

 Mary took advantage of the red light to press the PDA wildly for a while, and after a while then said timidly, "There is no day off until the Oscars." "

 She paused, then added, "If you add makeup try-ons to your makeup schedule, your pre-Oscar schedule will be very tight." You might have to move some of the days back so you won't even have a day off until the Tony Awards. "

 Jenny began to hit her head on the back of her chair regularly, "I remember the accountant called this morning - how much money is left in my account?

 "If the theater delays the payment of salaries, it will probably not be enough to pay the bills for the next month, and Kim has been suggesting that you get a pledge loan, or a credit card. Mary looked at Jenny in the rearview mirror, "He said you have a pledge on the DVD rights to Pirates of the Caribbean, and you can easily apply for a loan to cover your expenses during this time." "

 "Is my expense so big? I know he's going to set aside his taxes, but it shouldn't be," Jenny raised her voice, "Remind me to call him tomorrow if he doesn't have a tax exemption?" There's no reason I can't pay the bill right now, you ask him to fax me the details, I want to see it." "

 She is not the kind of star who doesn't know anything about her finances and only knows how to spend money in a foolish way, however, the tax system in the United States is extremely complex, and if she wants to understand the tax return preview form made by the accountant, she first has to invest in some very expensive books.

 "Oh, good. Mary said politely, and she was silent for a moment, then added, "When I called Judy's office earlier, I heard from her assistant that Judy was considering asking for another raise. "

 Jenny slammed harder on the back of her chair, "Tell me, if I can't even afford a plane ticket back to Los Angeles if this continues." "

 "Probably ...," said Mary, "even if the theatre paid the salary, and after the bills were paid, there would not be enough money to buy two round-trip tickets to Los Angeles, and it was based on the fact that you didn't pay my salary, and I calculated that even if you didn't pay the twenty-five thousand taxes, there would be no money left after you paid the whole bill and my salary." "

 ... Jenny was silent for a while, and finally compromised, "Tomorrow I will talk to Jin about the pledge loan." "

 She thought for a moment and added, "Also, don't buy boxed salads from tomorrow, drive to the supermarket and buy some organic vegetables, I'll make ... myself."

 Mary gave her a sympathetic look, "This will only save you a hundred dollars a week, dear." "

 Jenny now really knows why the celebrities in China in her previous life were very keen to go in and out of the dinner, and now if someone pays 100,000 US dollars for her to come over for a meal, even if she needs to laugh and persuade her to drink, it is difficult for her to say whether she will refuse, "A dollar is also a dollar, my dear, haven't you seen it yet? If your big star continues to live like this, and he doesn't get a new job in the second half of the year, he will go bankrupt immediately." "

 Mary stuck out her tongue, "Well, I have to admit that your life now is not what I dreamed it would be. However, if you're willing to make your own salad, I think we can still find some money that we can cut..."

 The cost of shopping was removed, and the food was removed, and Mary used her relationship to drive a good car from home that her brother did not drive for the time being, and Jenny did not need to spend rent except for the gas fee, saving a car rental fee, and the expenses of seventy-seven or eighty-eight were cut, and the plane was in economy class... There's no need for Jenny not to go out now, because she bought an Outfit this season, and she has to keep it for the paparazzi to wear when she goes back to Los Angeles, and she usually wraps herself into a ball when she commutes to and from work, so that the paparazzi can't take pictures of her face, so that photos that are not newsworthy will not be reported, and the fact that she is wearing civilian clothes will not be exposed. In this process, she finally completed most of her contract with the theater and flew back to Los Angeles to attend the annual Oscars. - Although for Jenny, it's only about a minute or so of appearance.

 In fact, it is said that every minute is too big, and the photos are not counted, just say that the face appearance on the live broadcast will be counted as her luck every minute. You must know that there are so many Oscar guests, and not everyone can be interviewed by the host, unless you have a big coffee seat, otherwise it is a matter of flashing in front of the camera, of course, there will be one or two hosts and reporters on the red carpet, if your topic is high enough and beautiful enough, there will still be some opportunities to be exposed in the live broadcast.

 Then, after taking their seats, most of the guests can only enjoy the treatment of a sweep of the camera, only the nominated guests can get the Zoom in treatment at the moment of the awards, and the award presenters can also attract about a minute or two of attention, it can be said that Jenny is not nominated or presented guests, and the Oscars are for the red carpet show for tens of seconds - not even yet, because she is not in a good position after entering the venue, and she does not even have the opportunity to be swept.

 Just for these dozens of seconds, she has to spend tens of thousands of yuan to make a set of styling, and then spend a sum of money to hire a gift car by herself, as well as a round-trip ticket money that is not cheap... But even so, she can get these dozens of seconds of exposure, and she also makes many people envious.

 On the evening of March 23, 2003, thousands of anti-war activists held an anti-war demonstration outside the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, the venue of the Oscars, which also made the atmosphere on the red carpet even more tense and depressed, and even a little hasty.

 The author has something to say: Note: 1 It was true that anti-war demonstrators gathered in front of the Dolby Theater, at a time when the whole of America was shrouded in the shadow of war, so that the Oscars were also the least rated.

 2 Catherine's Golden Globe heroine has never competed for Renee, and it's true that the Oscar actress deserves the award...