[US Entertainment] Superstar

"Lost in Translation" starring Eve has a great reputation at the box office. Not only did it win the best actress at the Venice Film Festival, but it also led the award ceremony all the way, becoming the number one seed in the eyes of movie fans and fans.

And when "Little Miss Sunshine" was released, movie lovers suddenly discovered that she had gained momentum in other fields. The debut film was so well shot, it was simply impressive.At the same time, several actors have also been recognized by the audience and film critics.

Even many film critics and the media are helping to build momentum, thinking that her film is expected to enter the Oscars, especially the best director nomination.

For the moment, it is basically impossible to win the award, and the biggest recognition is the nomination.

In fact, there have always been female directors who insisted on making movies in the past, but they are weak and their works are difficult to be valued by mainstream media and award ceremonies.In fact, the gender gap between men and women in Hollywood is very large, especially in the best director section, which makes it difficult for female directors to enter the game.

This year is different. Everyone suddenly discovered that there are two excellent works by female directors appearing at the same time. Can they break Hollywood's sexism?

Normally, there are five total nominees for the Best Director category at the Oscars.Usually, the five people are almost all men, so this year Eve and Sophia will strive to be included in this list.

In the end, both of them entered, or both were ignored, or did one enter and the other not enter?

There are more highlights in the awards season, and this year's popular movies are emerging one after another. Famous directors and well-known works abound. There is no such thing as a movie or director that can be swept away at first glance. Everyone is neck and neck, and the opportunities seem to be similar. .

Hollywood in the early 21st century is very lively, and different types of movies can be favored by the Oscars, even some commercial blockbusters, and it will not be all won by art movies.

Commercial blockbusters will attract audiences and give everyone a way to empathize.Whenever the Oscars has a top commercial blockbuster shortlisted for the mainstream awards, the ratings will increase.

In the later stage, the ratings of Oscars declined year by year, which may be the reason for the absence of commercial blockbusters.At that time, most of the commercial films were actually comic films. Even if the quality was really good, they were not enough to win awards. It is better to let a hundred flowers bloom now.

This year's awards season is already halfway through, and many movies have stood out from the sea of ​​films and started to widen the gap.

For example, "A Beautiful Mind" directed by Lang Howard has been supported by many film critics and outposts. It has a high reputation for best film, best director, and best adapted screenplay, and the two protagonists also performed well.

Russell Crowe won the Oscar winner for his wonderful performance in "Gladiator" at the beginning of the year, and now he is showing superb acting skills in "A Beautiful Mind". Many people think that he is expected to become the second consecutive actor after Tom Hanks. Emperor Zhuang.

As for the heroine Jennifer Connelly, she was transferred from the main cast and came to the female supporting role, staggering with the thriving female lead contenders such as Eve Campbell, Nicole Kidman, and Halle Berry.

Of course, the female supporting cast is not that simple. There are old actors such as Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith, and popular florets such as Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz.

In addition to this movie, Buzz Lehman who created "Moulin Rouge", Mr. Ridley Scott who created "Black Hawk Down", and Peter Jackson, the creator of "The Lord of the Rings" Middle Earth, Spielberg of "Artificial Intelligence" and others are among the voices.

Eve came from behind, and became one of this group of people by virtue of her popularity as a celebrity and her film's box office reputation.

Eight into five or even ten into five, the competition is very high.

Moreover, her agency and public relations team not only want to publicize the best director award, but actually put more energy on the best actress.Because the director is only a part-time job, and the actor is the real profession.

In the competition for actresses this year, Eve has actually been leading the way, but everyone is worried that the popularity will fail or be caught up by latecomers.In the absence of awards, anything is possible.

The best director is only for nominations. It is naturally best if there is one, but it is also acceptable if it is not. After all, it is the first time to be a director.The team's public relations efforts in this area are relatively small, and "Little Miss Sunshine" is also mainly promoting it in the direction of Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor and Actress.

Keanu's performance was widely recognized, and it was rare that he was not overwhelmed by Alan Arkin, the actor who played the grandfather, and the actor who played the mother, making people completely forget that he had played a superhero-like savior before.

These days of awards season, Eve's two films have been rewarding.

"Lost in Translation" has won film critic awards in more than eleven states, among which Eve's Best Actress Award swept the European Film Awards, New York Film Critics Association Awards, National Critics Association Awards, Golden Satellite Awards, Washington Film Critics Awards Multiple outposts with Guild Awards and more.

Among the top ten films of the year announced by the American Film Institute (AFI), Eve participated in three films, becoming the biggest winner!

The Centennial series, regarded as the movie bible by movie fans and various media, is produced by the American Film Institute. It is a list they made to commemorate the centenary of the birth of American movies, and has been widely recognized.

Every year, ten films are selected from a bunch of films as the best films of the year. In the past, Eve's "Almost Famous" and "Mulholland Drive" have been selected.

This year "Shrek" directly ranked second, second only to "Lord of the Rings 1", and she also had "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Lost in Translation".The identities of each film are different. There are directors, actors, and dubbing. It is simply a decathlon.

Obviously Eve didn't attend various events, but the exposure of the movie and the exposure of the awards gave her a very high sense of presence.

Now in the awards season, a nomination or an award is released almost every two days. Of course, the media is happy to report it, but the audience is already a little tired of it.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards, Screenwriters Guild Awards, Directors and Producers and other union awards have been released one after another, and the long-awaited Golden Globes are also coming in anticipation.

Many people complain that the professionalism and authority of the Golden Globe Awards are not high, because the judges of the entire award are journalists from more than 90 foreign press associations. These judges are not professional judges, the kind that can be publicized.

But the popularity of the Golden Globes is based on entertainment, not authority.They just took the more popular works during the awards season and put them on the nomination list, and then used their popularity to promote them for mutual benefit.In order to squeeze in more nominated works, the Golden Globe Awards deliberately made two distinctions between the drama category and the musical comedy category, so as to facilitate the inclusion of popular art films and commercial films.

In the future, many stars will thank them on social media when they are nominated for the Golden Globe Awards, and they will pay no less attention to them than Oscars.

This year, Eve's public relations team gave the judges a three-year Netflix membership card in terms of public relations, so that the judges can receive various DVDs at home without leaving home.

If it is a disc of their own movie, many times the judges are too lazy to watch it, they will only watch the movie they are interested in, but this type of movie does not necessarily send a disc.

Netflix's membership card just solves this problem, and the judges don't need to pay extra, they just need to operate on the website.

It not only expands Netflix's popularity, but also helps with public relations. It is the most practical gift during the awards season.

Eve is not high-minded enough to make an enemy of the world, she is using all the means and methods that should be used, and she has truly integrated into Hollywood.

Every year when the nominations for the Golden Globe Awards are announced, celebrities are invited to announce them. Originally, the Golden Globe Awards Organizing Committee had contacted Eve, but unfortunately, Eve would have to compete in the awards season by herself. To avoid suspicion, she had to withdraw to avoid announcing her name.

Now Eve and Keanu are leaning on the back of the sofa, staring intently at Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan inside. Both of them are familiar faces of American audiences, and there are definitely enough seats.

"If you can enter the nomination list for the Golden Globe Awards, then the Oscars will basically be stable. There are no European actors or British actors this year, and those ticket positions should be dispersed."

Hollywood is the center of the world's movies, and filmmakers from all over the world gather here. The Oscar judges have various camps and are divided into different ticket warehouses.

If it is divided by geographical type, it is the local ticket warehouses in North America and Europe, Australia, and the United Kingdom. If it is divided by industry type, each trade union also has ticket warehouses.Especially the Actors Union and the Editors Union. As long as they get these two major unions, the number of voters will never be small.

There are also votes for blacks, elderly red-neck whites, Jews, Irish, Italians, etc. The relationship is complicated, so professional public relations are needed to coordinate vertically and horizontally.

Keanu is not optimistic about being included in the list. His focus is on commercial films, and he can see it clearly now: "The Golden Globes and the British Olympic Games are the most important. We have a great chance."

Nicolas Cage has not yet become the king of bad movies. He looked at the envelope in his hand and read out your name and my partner's name one by one.

"The nominees for best film, drama: A Beautiful Mind, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, An Unholy Love, Lost in Translation, Little Miss Sunshine."

"Nominees for Best Picture, Musical Comedy: Moulin Rouge, Gosford Park, The Notebook, Shrek, BJ's Diary."

When Cage pronounced the name of "Lost in Translation", the director also gave him a close-up of his face. The Oscar winner had a doting smile on his face, because he was actually a Coppola, Sofia Coppola La's cousin.

Just looking at this list of nominations, who wouldn't say it's awesome?

Eve's own film was nominated for three films, and her director's film was shortlisted for one, making the Golden Globes seem like she organized it!

However, film critics, industry insiders and film lovers have no way to say that this is a shady scene, because every film is nominated for its name!

"Shrek" is the annual champion of the North American box office. It was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.

"The Notebook" is the real surprise. Musical comedy movies are almost aimed at this kind of love movie. The performances of several leading actors are all Oscar-level. -Bell also nominated the best actor in the music category.

Eve's gains were even greater, and four related films were shortlisted.

Among them, "Lost in Translation" and "Little Miss Sunshine" have several awards that overlap, namely Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Soundtrack.

In the actor department, the two films are perfectly staggered, without fighting each other.

After "Lost in Translation" nominated Best Actor and Best Actor, Keanu Reeves and Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine" were nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the same time, and Toni Collette, who played her mother Female supporting award here.

Although Miley Cyrus, who played the protagonist Little Olive, received a lot of praise and was praised for her aura of acting, she still failed to succeed in the nomination contest for best actress.

The main reason is that now Oscar has canceled the Best Teen Award, otherwise Miley can compete for this award like Shirley Temple.

The competition for drama movies is very fierce, while musical comedy is much more relaxed. Eve not only has to compete for the double best actress in the acting department, but also joins the battle for the best director.

This time, the Golden Globes directly put two female directors on the nomination list at the same time, and let her and Sophia face three male directors, Lang Howard, Peter Jackson, and Baz Luhrmann!