[US Entertainment] 1994

When Elizabeth Taylor stepped onto the stage, all the guests in the audience stood up one after another, cheered and applauded her, and paid her the most sincere respect.

Taylor in the golden age is undoubtedly a living legend for today's Hollywood filmmakers. Her eight marriages, mad love for jewelry, publicity charm, and many children...even though she was once the object of attention of the whole Hollywood because of her private life , but because of her trophies and the love of countless fans she has, no one will be obsessed with her secrets. On the contrary, everyone only cares about Taylor herself.

It's always been like that in Hollywood, as long as you're famous enough, you'll be forgiven for whatever you do, and if you don't bring in a dollar, even if your private life is as clean as a nun, no one will take you seriously.

Josh stared curiously at Elizabeth Taylor, who was still radiant on the stage, with a warm light in his eyes.

If God gives him another chance, he might choose that fascinating golden age to see those beauties who are just as wonderful on and off the stage, Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn , Marilyn Monroe... They are all kinds of styles and full of personality. Compared with the characters performed on the stage, they are more famous for their unique personalities. They will say who they hate and love without hesitation. Something that most Hollywood stars don't have anymore.

After Elizabeth Taylor stepped down, the award ceremony continued, but Josh's mood could not be calm for a long time.

Legend is undoubtedly a tempting word, and he also hopes that one day he can become a legend in Hollywood. Even if he quits the film industry, Hollywood still has his legend.

After the Gene Schochelt Humanitarian Award segment, the awards ceremony finally ushered in some serious awards.

The best film editing, after some competition, "Unforgivable" defeated films such as "Instinct" and "Yihai Heroes" and successfully won this award. This is also the second prize won by "Unforgivable" tonight trophy.

The big hit before the awards ceremony, "Scent of a Woman" has not won a prize so far, but this is also because several nominations for "Scent of a Woman" are concentrated in the second half of the ceremony, and only Josh's best Best Supporting Actor nomination, but he lost to Gene Hackman, making his first Oscar nomination a pity.

After a few more awards were presented, the host Billy Crystal stepped onto the stage again and performed a classic dance. Off the stage, both the award presenters and the nominees sat up slightly at this time, and everyone knew that , tonight's highlight is coming.

Josh yawned with his back to the camera. In fact, no matter who wins the award, it doesn't matter much to him. His Oscar journey is over.

Serena straightened the broken hair on her forehead and asked him in a low voice, "Bored?"

Josh nodded slightly: "I woke up a little early in the morning, how about you, how do you feel?"

"It's okay." Serena smiled, "It's also very interesting to try new things once in a while."

Josh smiled slightly: "It's good that you don't feel too boring."

"Josh, do you have any prejudice against me?" Serena raised her eyebrows, "Although I think you are a very unreliable guy, I have never objected to what you do?"

"You just taunt me, call me an idiot, laugh at me..." Josh whispered.

Before he finished speaking, the younger sister next to him shot over with a sharp eye.

Josh closed his mouth cowardly.

During this time, the awards were handed out one after the other.

Best original screenplay went to "The Crying Game," best sound effects went to "The Last of the Mohicans," and "Scent of a Woman" failed in the best adapted screenplay category. One award went to Howards End.

Director Martin Brest's complexion changed slightly. He glanced at old man Al with a somewhat uneasy expression, but found that the old man had a relaxed look from the beginning to the end, and the director's suspended heart slowly relaxed.

For the crew of "Scent of a Woman", everything may not be so pleasant, but as of now, there is no real winner in the entire awards ceremony:

The animated film "Aladdin" won two awards for the soundtrack, "Howards End" won the best art direction and best adapted screenplay, "Unforgiven" won the best supporting actor and best editing, "Vampire Surprise" "400 Years of Love" included audio, makeup and costumes. Several films were evenly matched. Although a dark horse like Marisa Tomei occasionally appeared, in general, the award ceremony scene has been calm. Nothing too surprising happened.

Josh sighed silently in his heart.

As a future person, he naturally knows that "Scent of a Woman" won far less than expected at the Oscars. Except for Al, who won the best actor, he won nothing in other awards. Instead, he regretted losing the drama category at the Golden Globes. Best Picture's "Unforgiven" came from behind, taking away the Best Picture and Best Director awards.

However, Clint Eastwood's works have always been favored by the Oscar judges, although the director's ability to generate box office is far inferior to James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and others, and his personal style is also different. It is considered not as unique as Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese, but most of Eastwood's works can be shortlisted for the final part of the Oscar, and there is a high probability of winning the trophy. An ability that I deeply envy, but never have.

Sure enough, after the screenwriting awards were awarded, the Best Actor and Actress awards were presented later.

Emma Thompson continued her awards season good fortune, winning her first Oscar for her performance in Howards End, while Al beat Denzel in the Best Actor category. Washington and other powerful opponents, after several failures, finally held the statuette firmly in their hands.

"The winner is - Al Pacino, "Scent of a Woman", congratulations!"

The moment Al's name was called, Josh jumped up and gave the old man a warm hug.

The old man, who would normally hide away in disgust, patted Josh on the shoulder vigorously at this time, gave him an extremely warm hug, and then strode onto the stage to welcome his first heavy trophy.

"Waiting is like a glass of mellow wine, only when it really enters your throat, you will know how wonderful it tastes." Al showed a smile, "Now, I have tasted this glass of wine that belongs to me, its taste It’s even better than I imagined, thanks to the academy for giving me this trophy and giving me the motivation to persevere on the road of acting, thank you!”

Al's speech was short but powerful. He held up the trophy in his hand, with moist light in his eyes.

He waited for 20 years, from young to old, he even doubted himself because of this:

Why is it that his acting skills have been well received by film critics, but Oscar has always been stingy in giving him affirmation?

As time passed, Al felt hopeless, but fortunately, when he was getting old, he encountered the movie "Scent of a Woman", at least compared to Peter O'Toole and Richard Bolton is much luckier.

After Al returned to his seat, Josh couldn't wait to pat the old man's hand: "Congratulations!"

He looked at the old man with bright eyes, revealing the soft and cute eyes of a puppy.

Alton suddenly understood everything: "Do you want to touch?"

Josh nodded vigorously.

"No."

Josh blinked his wet eyes: "...just touch it, okay? Dear Al, kind Al, the purest, most heartfelt and cutest Al..."

"To shut up!"

"Shut your mouth and give me a minute to think about it before I consider lending it to you."

"En!"

However, before 1 minute had passed, the old man was under the attention of Josh's wet and soft gaze. Even though he tried his best to ignore that gaze, Josh was still undaunted and tried to arouse the old man's sympathy with his eyes. Heart.

"Okay, let me borrow you, you annoying brat!"

Josh immediately showed an extremely excited smile.

Serena blinked her eyes at this time: "Josh, I really underestimated your face, you actually used the same trick you used to deal with Dad against Mr. Pacino?"

Josh quickly stretched out his fingers, and gave a soft "shush": "Quiet!"

The younger sister pouted.

She really couldn't figure out why the idiot Josh's tricks have been tried repeatedly. Can't they see the treachery hidden in this guy's heart?

Really...

Serena sighed silently, for everyone's lost IQ.

………………

After the best actor and actress were awarded, the results of the best director award were announced.Unsurprisingly, award season leader Clint Eastwood beat all his competition to win Best Director.

In the best picture segment, "Unforgivable" also continued the film's strength at this year's Oscars, and successfully won the trophy.

Although the number of nominations for "Scent of a Woman" is similar to that of "Unforgiven", the film only won one Best Actor Award in the end, while "Unforgiven" has successively won Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, and Best Director and four awards for best picture, becoming the biggest winner of the night. The quality of awards for "Howards End" is second only to "Unforgivable". One best actress and one best adapted screenplay are enough to make this purely British film I am proud, after all, the Oscars have always been dominated by American movies, and it is not easy for British movies to win favor.

Although the award ceremony has ended, Josh still hasn't won the award, but his mood is not as bad as when he lost the Golden Globe. He guessed that he is very confident in winning the Golden Globe, but he has a feeling for a giant like Oscar. He is born with a sense of fear, even though the next step of nomination is to win the award, he rarely fantasizes about the scene where he wins the statuette.

The author has something to say: There are a lot of running accounts at the awards ceremony, because the protagonist is an outsider after all at this time.