Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1394: Female Power in the Oscars

"In Los Angeles, the Academy of Motion Picture Technology and Arts presents the 65th Academy Awards today. We're broadcasting live from the Dorothy Chandler Center, brought to you by Revlon, the jeans worn by the most unforgettable women; Lee Jeans, the jeans that fit best; Chevrolet, the heartbeat of America; and Coca-Cola, the taste that's always good."

At the end of March, the annual Oscar Awards ceremony came again. Ronald and Diane came to the Dorothy Chandler Center together. Facing the ABC TV camera that was capturing the stars, Ronald and Diane both waved gracefully. Compared with other stars, they had no nominations this year, so they were relaxed and just came to show their support.

Today, Diane's backless dress, diamond earrings and pearl necklace gave her a bit of the charm of the goddess in the opening credits of Columbia Pictures, attracting more camera time than Ronald. This made her very proud, and she told Ronald that her fame had finally surpassed his.

"Of course, you won the Best Supporting Actress award last year... They will suddenly understand when they see Columbia's new title... " Ronald and Diane joked.

"What Columbia? Is it a new movie?"

Suddenly, a familiar female voice came. Ronald turned around and saw that it was Jane Fonda. "Jane..." Ronald was very happy. The female star who had helped him in the past was wearing a white sleeveless dress and white gloves that were longer than her elbows. She looked radiant. Jane Fonda took the initiative to hug Ronald, and she seemed to have regained her radiant state.

"No, I asked Diane to do a little marketing for Columbia, similar to a trailer. But you seem to be ready to star in an A-level big production at any time. Did I miss any big project?"

"Hahaha, you really make me happy." Jane Fonda laughed heartily. She didn't have any big projects. After marrying media tycoon Ted Turner, she retired from the film industry. But in order to satisfy her husband's preferences, she had breast plastic surgery and moved to Florida, away from Hollywood.

Maybe it's the climate in Florida, or maybe it's because she's not under the suffocating pressure of Hollywood, but she looks much better than before.

"Ted, this is Ronald." Jane Fonda's laughter was captured by the camera, and she turned around to introduce her husband Ted Turner to Ronald.

"Mr. Turner, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you."

Although he said he was happy, Ted Turner looked terrible, and his smile was bitter. When shaking hands with Ronald, he also felt his hands were a little cold. Immediately, Ted Turner turned his head away and returned to his natural bitter face.

Ronald couldn't show any expression. Ted Turner was a bit neurotic. It would be bad if he was caught by reporters and then behaved badly.

Stars came one after another, and Ronald stayed at the door for some time. Although he didn't take the initiative to say hello, many people would come to chat with him.

Raúl Julio, who played General Vega in Street Fighter, came to thank Ronald. He found some problems in the physical examination after the filming was completed, and recovered after the surgery in time. But he still felt a little weak after the illness, and his face was a little thin.

Tom Hanks came over next. He was still in the stage of managing his body after losing weight for the role of "Philadelphia". Wearing a pair of round sunglasses and a very short buzz cut, Ronald looked like a survivor of Auschwitz.

The two of them stood on the left and the right, which made reporters and other celebrities often look at them. This image was so eye-catching that it seemed as if two drug abusers were buying something from Ronald, a drug dealer.

Ronald felt something was wrong. He felt as if he would be the headline material for tomorrow's tabloids. He hurried in with them.

At this time, two more stars arrived outside the door. Both of them were nominated for Best Actor. One was Al Pacino from "Scent of a Woman" and the other was Robert Downey Jr. from "Charlie Chaplin". They immediately attracted the attention of the media.

Especially the latter, Robert Downey Jr. has always been a favorite actor of critics. This time he plays Charlie Chaplin, the former Hollywood superstar. Many film critics are betting that he will win the Best Actor award.

However, compared to the actors around Ronald who lost weight for art, this one was a real drug abuser. He was distracted, his eyes were dull, and he often lost focus when communicating with people, which was exactly in line with his detached performance in "The Life of Charlie Chaplin" that was praised by people.

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After a long wait, the awards ceremony finally began amid the applause of the guests. Ronald saw the Best Supporting Actor winner, Jack Palance, doing one-handed push-ups on the stage.

He was pulling a thick cable in a funny way, and behind him was a huge lying Oscar statuette. Sitting on the statuette was Billy Crystal, who was the host of the fourth year of Lianxi.

Ronald laughed as hard as everyone else, and quickly took out his notebook to write down the details. Jack Palance wanted to be in more movies for the chance to appear in public. Such a good actor needs to be given roles to play.

Billy Crystal teased his old partner Jack Palance, then began hosting:
"When I came here today, I was very nervous. Everyone was guessing how I would come out. Because many people wanted me to come out in the style of their movie plots, because they think it will bring good luck (last time he appeared in the Silence of the Lambs, the movie won five major awards).

A Few Good Men wanted me to be Jack (Nicholson), yelling, 'You can't face the truth.' Unforgiven wanted me to be Clint, 'I'm coming out, and I'll kill anyone who shoots me.'

And the Crying Game, they wanted me to, uh, just come out…”

Ronald was stunned for a moment when he heard this cold joke, and everyone around him laughed quietly. This British work of Miramax has a transgender plot. At the critical moment when the man and woman are attracted to each other, it is suddenly revealed that one of them is transgender. This has become a joke in Hollywood, but it was said at this time, and the scene was extremely awkward.

"Today is the British Invasion. In addition to the six nominations for The Crying Game, Ask the Heavens received nine nominations. Oh my god, nine..."

Ronald looked around. The Hollywood guests hated these British actors who came to grab the awards. They all looked weird. It was obvious that Billy Crystal was an expert in understanding the guests' psychology. It seemed that they shared a common hatred for the enemy.

Today's Oscars, like last year's "Year of the Woman" in politics, also have the theme of female power in Hollywood.

The first award was for Best Supporting Actress. Jack Palance came out again, and he was also very humorous, "Billy told me not to waste too much time, especially not to do one-arm push-ups..."

"The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress goes to Marisa Tomei, my cousin Vinny."

"Thank you, I'm so excited, it's especially meaningful to receive this award in this year of female power in Hollywood, and I also want to thank my fellow actor, Joe Pesci, who inspired me to perform."

Marisa Tomei, 28, looked lovely in a pink dress, and her acceptance speech was a very appropriate one, a rare old-fashioned thank you to the crew and family.

Ronald stood up and gave his seat to Diane, who was going backstage to prepare to present the award for Best Supporting Actor. When he turned around, he saw Marisa Tomei, who had just won the award, blowing a kiss to someone in the audience at the side of the stage.

He turned around and saw that it was Robert Downey Jr., the leading actor in "Chaplin". Tomei played Mabel Normand in "Chaplin", and was Chaplin's partner and director during his silent film period. It turned out that the two fell in love during the filming and also dated in real life. However, Robert Downey Jr. looked so dull that the audience who didn't know the inside story thought he was still immersed in Chaplin's role.

Next up was Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins to present the Best Editing Award.

First, we reviewed the history of women dominating the editing industry in the early days of Hollywood, and then played famous blockbusters edited by all female editors starting from the 1970s, in response to this year's theme of female power.

Ronald was still thinking about the Star Wars, Taxi Driver, American Graffiti and other movies edited by Martha Lucas at the beginning. Almost one-third of this tribute was edited by her. The two award presenters announced the best editing, and the winner was "Unforgiven" directed and acted by Clint Eastwood, which also received nine nominations. However, this time it was not a woman who won the award, but Joel Fox, a male editor.

"Hua Hua Hua..."

Since it was the year of women's power, Diane had to be somewhat consistent with the theme when she presented the award, but it was hard to connect this Best Supporting Actor award. For this reason, Diane even found a comedy screenwriter to write her award speech. Because Diane took it very seriously, she revised it many times, without even telling Ronald.

"In this year of women's power, I'm here to present an award for Best Supporting Actor, which is traditionally an award that women have had difficulty in performing in. The audience was still laughing, and Ronald raised his hand to signal Diane, telling her not to be nervous.

"But I can safely say that this year's award has finally made a big breakthrough..."

"Hehehe..." The audience laughed again. The two Miramax-led films produced by British investment and British filmmakers, The Crying Game and The Love That Ends With Love, received 15 nominations, which the local Hollywood people did not like very much.

Among the nominations announced by Diane this time, there is a very speechless nomination: Jay Davidson, who played Jody's "girlfriend" Dill, a hostage held by the Irish Republican Army in The Crying Game.

Although this character plays the "girlfriend", he is actually a man, a transgender minority.

In addition, the actor Jay Davidson looks very feminine, and most audiences can't recognize him as a man with short hair. In short, this nomination is also in line with Hollywood people's imagination of the British film and drama circle, a messy circle dominated by people with minority orientations.

The competition this time was quite fierce, including Al Pacino, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a salesman in Glengarry Glen Ross, beating out many talented actors and getting the nomination.

This year he was nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, and he still had a beard from the filming of "Dawn of the Wolf".

There is also Jack Nicholson, who starred in Ronald Producer's "A Few Good Men". His performance was also very brilliant, suppressing the protagonist Tom Cruise by a lot.

"The Oscar goes to... Gene Hackman, Unforgiven..."

"Wow, wow, wow..." The guests at the scene applauded very loudly this time. It seemed that everyone was relieved that the Best Supporting Actor award was not given to a female character because of the Year of Women in Film.

Even Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson, who were nominated for Best Supporting Actor but didn't win, seemed relieved and applauded and congratulated Gene Hackman, the perennial gold medal supporting actor. If the award was really given to Jay Davidson because of this year's female theme, they would be used as ridiculous background boards every time I review this year's awards.

However, the two crews of The Crying Game and This Love Can Ask the Heaven were not in a good mood. I don't know if it was because of the public relations actions Harvey Weinstein had done beforehand, or because the theme of the female year in the movie gave them too many fantasies, but in short, everyone looked unhappy.

Jay Davidson, who did not win the award, even blurted out "Fuxk", but fortunately the camera did not capture it. He had a gloomy face, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"I like Unforgiven..." Host Billy Crystal noticed that the atmosphere was too tense and he had to say something.

“Especially when Clint Eastwood is pointing a gun at Gene Hackman, who’s lying on the floor, and Gene Hackman says, I built this house.

I suddenly felt the same as Clint. I also wanted to take a gun and shoot the contractor who renovated my house last year..."

Everyone burst into laughter again. The renovation contractors in California wanted to take photos, which was very difficult to get. After getting the photos, they asked for very high prices and often made things that were not in accordance with the original. It can be said that everyone hated the renovation companies.

"The next award is for Best Makeup. The presenters are former Oscar winner Joe Pesci and his opponent from My Cousin Vinny, Melissa Tomei, who just won the award..."

"The Academy Award for Best Makeup goes to Greg Cannon, Michelle Burke, and Matthew W. Munger for Bram Stoker's Dracula."

This award was given to "Bram Stoker's Dracula" directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film has a strong sense of drama and a very distinctive style. It is another film led by a local Hollywood.

Ronald felt that Harvey Weinstein had used so many resources on public relations, but this year it had caused local tastes to be averse to British invasion, which might have backfired.

"Dear..." Diane came back to the audience after presenting the awards.

"Your performance was great, and your jokes were great..." Ronald praised Diane. He estimated that Diane's performance this time would be seen by the locals in Hollywood as a way to vent their anger.