Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Shirley MacLaine was right. The Oscar ceremony was long and slow, and the Best Actress award was presented second to last. The more than three hours of waiting was a torture for all the nominees.

The first major award was Best Supporting Actor. Ronald saw his "old friend" Timothy Hutton again. He and Mary Tyler Moore went on stage to present the award.

When the nominees were announced, the crew of "Mother and Daughter" was obviously the most popular. The first nominee, John Lithgow, received collective applause from the audience. He is the actor who played the role of the father of the heroine in "Football".

Another nominee from the same crew, Jack Nicholson, received twice as much applause as John Lithgow. Finally, Hutton announced that he won the Best Supporting Actor.

Jack Nicholson took off his sunglasses and went up to give his acceptance speech.

"I guess you won the Best Actress award, and the audience obviously applauded your crew more than others. They are all voters, and your performance is obviously a level higher than others," Ronald whispered his analysis in Shirley MacLaine's ear.

"Ah...hahaha...stop talking, you clever little ghost." Shirley was overjoyed, but she was afraid that Ronald's applause would scare away the goddess of luck.

She began to applaud happily, applauding her partner Nicholson. The camera swept over and gave a shot, including Ronald next to her.

"The producer, screenwriter, and director are all the same person, James Brooks, who did everything for us actors...including revising eleven versions of my acceptance speech." Jack Nicholson's speech caused everyone to laugh.

"I originally wanted to thank Shirley (MacLaine) and Deborah (Winger) for inspiring my performance, but they are still competing for the Best Actress, and I will congratulate them then."

"Hahaha..." Everyone applauded, and most of the guests present knew what was going on.

Shirley and Deborah's bodies were obviously stiff at the same time. The competition between the two of them for the Best Actress award was very obvious.

Next, Ronald's acquaintances, Jennifer Beals, the heroine of "Flashdance", and Matthew Brodick, the hero of "War Games", presented the award for Best Original Song.

"Irene Cara, Flashdance!"

Ronald smiled as his old friend Irene Cara came on stage. She decorated her head with a big red flower in a very Latin style, and stammered to thank Beals for her performance, which made her singing more colorful.

"Now she won't have to worry about not singing for the next two or three years."

Then came another acquaintance, Schwarzenegger, who played the robot killer in Cameron's new film "Terminator". He and Joan Collins presented the awards to the six technical award winners. They were all people who made some inventions and creations that benefited the entire film industry.

However, there was no golden statue for the technical award, only a certificate.

After that, the "mother-daughter relationship" had joys and sorrows.

Polly Ptt, the art director who had been highly favored before, did not win the award. Shirley went over to hug her and comfort her.

This person actually had some relationship with Ronald. Peter Bogdanovich, the director who had taken him to meet the master Orson Welles, was Polly's ex-husband. Bogdanovich abandoned Polly and their son and daughter for the actress Sybil Shepherd.

In the end, it was Roger Corman who gave her a job and allowed Polly to return to her old job as an art director. Now she has reached the peak of her career again.

James Brooks, who was the producer, screenwriter, and director, won the first two awards, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director.

After a few hours of the party, it was finally time for the remaining two awards, Best Actress and Best Picture.

The female guest who presented the award happened to be the daughter of Judy Garland, the heroine who played Dorothy in the original version of "Return to Oz" directed by Walter Merz, the singer Liza Minnelli.

Except for Debra Winger in the same crew, Shirley MacLaine's opponents were all very strong. There is also Meryl Streep, who played Slikwoood, and British actress Julie Walters, who played a college hairdresser in Edubsp;Rita, who was educated by a professor played by Michael Caine and changed her destiny.

When Liza Minnelli mentioned Shirley MacLaine's nomination, Ronald saw that Shirley MacLaine, who has been in the entertainment industry for more than 30 years, was so tense that he almost couldn't laugh.

He tried to relax her, and after the camera turned away, he said, "I have a hunch...you..."

"Oh, shut up." Shirley MacLaine couldn't stand the tense atmosphere and hit Ronald's thigh, "Don't talk!"

"The winner is..." Liza Minnelli opened the envelope, "The winner is Shirley MacLaine"

"Oh..." Ronald clapped his hands vigorously.

Shirley MacLaine stood up and relaxed. She hugged Ronald and kissed him. Then she walked down the steps, and when she passed by Debra Winger, she leaned over to kiss her and whispered something in her ear.

McLean walked more and more elegantly, walked onto the stage, hugged the two award presenters tightly, and took the little golden man.

"I'm about to cry, this award ceremony is almost as long as my acting career."

"Hahaha..." The audience was overwhelmed by her humor and applauded desperately.

Shirley MacLean was so excited that she calmed down her emotions and said, "I want to know what this trophy feels like. I have been waiting for twenty-six years. Thank you to the committee for revealing the suspense tonight."

"Hahahaha..." There was another burst of laughter and applause. Twenty-six years had passed since MacLean was nominated for Best Actress for the first time in 1958.

"Oh, I'm a little nervous...I won't thank everyone in my life...but considering my recent mental state, probably everyone I know in this life and the last life may have helped me win the award today. ”

"Hahahaha..." The audience began to applaud again, and McLean laughed at herself for her recent obsession with aliens and reincarnation.

Americans are very fond of successful people who have a sense of humor.

"If the love between mother and daughter happened five years ago, I would probably say it was a happy accident. But now I no longer believe in accidents. I now believe that what we want is what we can get. Believe in yourself and be you What you want to do in your heart is actually the same thing as success.”

McLean gradually regained her mood and began to thank the director and other actors.

"I've always wanted to work with Jack Nicholson, ever since he was eating a chicken sandwich in 'Five Songs' over a decade ago..."

Nicholson was very helpful, wearing sunglasses and blowing a kiss to MacLean. This was his famous work after leaving Roger Corman.

"Being able to roll on the bed with him in the movie is really a blessing for a middle-aged woman."

"Hahaha..." People rarely see Jack Nicholson looking embarrassed.

MacLean was very experienced and teased Nicholson.

"I also want to thank the talented Deborah Winger of Hurricane, whose performance was so real that I felt like I had two daughters for the four months I was filming."

"Hahaha..." Ronald saw it. After winning the award, MacLean did not forget to ridicule Debra Winger for being too difficult to deal with on the set.

"But in the end, I would also like to say that life and movies are like clay, waiting for us to mold it into ceramics. Our success begins with what we believe in our hearts. God blesses everyone as long as we believe that we are worthy. success.

I deserve this! thank you all! "

Shirley MacLean raised the statuette and walked off the stage to the sound of music.

"Bah bang bang..." Everyone fell in love with her charm and confidence. Nominated five times, after 26 years, Shirley MacLean was finally crowned Best Actress.

Ronald hugged MacLean again and said, "Send it to the backstage later. Someone will collect it there. I will return it to you after the words are engraved in two weeks."

"Oh, I'm so excited." MacLean's eyes twinkled a little. "The good luck you brought me, Ronald, you must come to my birthday party."

Calculating the time, it was exactly two weeks before "Break Dance" was released, and Ronald smiled and agreed.

The last grand prize was also taken away by "Mother and Daughter". This kind of blockbuster with outstanding scripts, performances and stars often only appears once every two or three years, and it can sweep away multiple heavyweight awards.

After attending the party after the crew party, Ronald left with Niceta tiredly.

It's a mission accomplished. After the party, Ronald asked the winners a few questions about his new film. There was also an after party and a lot of business cards were exchanged.

At this Oscar dinner, Ronald clearly felt that more people knew him and took the initiative to get to know him than before.

Niceta is also very satisfied with him, "For an award of this level as a new best actress, there will be a busy social period after winning the award. MacLean will be praised to the sky, with various interviews, various parties, and some blockbusters. They will also extend a tentative olive branch to her because she is a veteran actor and the producers are not afraid of her suddenly overestimating herself and offering a sky-high price."

"You being able to attend her birthday party is a good opportunity to market your movie."

"Hmm..." Ronald thought for a while, "I'm afraid that she'll scare away a lot of people by talking about reincarnation and aliens."