[US Entertainment] Popular all over the world

Unknowingly, Christmas in 1995 arrived.

The crew took a few days off according to the statutory holidays, and Josie chose to stay in New York for the holidays. She personally decorated a two-meter-high Christmas tree, because this was her first Christmas with Frank Horton, for this Dorota also temporarily returned to the apartment where she had worked for many years.

"Wait, you should wear this hat!" Dorota chased Josie down the white marble stairs.

Josie stepped on her high heels, and was soon caught by Dorota at the landing, "But it's going to mess up my hair," she said.

"Keeping warm is more important." Dorota emphasized, "Even on a date, you can't risk catching a cold!"

In the living room, Frank, who was wearing a nightgown, pretended to be fascinated by the article of the Wall Street Journal. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw his daughter dressed up, and silently lowered the newspaper in front of him.

"Dad, you don't have a party tonight?" Josie accepted the scarf obediently, and Dorota was helping her dress it up.

"No, I prefer to rest at home." Frank thought it was better to keep a low profile in the past few years, after all, he had done a lot of things before.

He noticed that Josie was only wearing a thin black half turtleneck and thin jeans, and she looked chilly, so he couldn't help frowning.

"Honey, don't you feel a little cold?" Frank asked.

No.

How can a teenage girl be cold?

Besides, she has already put on long-sleeved trousers, and she is not wearing a skirt.

"It's fine if you don't go outside." Josie replied, while putting on a milky white water ripple cashmere jacket that was almost ankle-length, and a Christmas-style ruby ​​brooch pinned to the collar, "What do you think, Dad?" ?”

"Elegant and generous, beautiful 'frozen' person." Frank commented truthfully.

"Just be pretty." Josie waved her hand, and walked briskly to the elevator, "I'm going out, I won't be back tonight!"

She was wearing a wine-red beret and scarf, and she had a pair of lambskin gloves of the same color in her hands. Her blond hair was permed into beautiful curls and was dancing with her steps.

With a ding, the blonde beauty entered the elevator with a bright smile: "By the way, Dorota, your Christmas present is at the end of your bed. See you tomorrow!"

Dorota waved her hand, and the elevator closed and went down.

Frank in the living room turned his attention back to his column in the Wall Street Journal.

Dorota walked into the door and couldn't help sighing: "Sir, don't you think Miss is getting more and more cheerful?"

Without looking up, Frank replied, "Oh, yes? That's fine."

He stopped talking, and focused his eyes on the newspaper in his hand. The columnist on it was exaggeratingly advocating Sharon Stone's performance in "Casino", as if he had forgotten how many movie reviews this porn star had received. people's criticism.

The fireplace in the living room was burning brightly.

Arthur Miller was sitting in a rocking chair by the fire, a slate-gray checked blanket over his knees, his lips drawn into a straight line.

His daughter, Martha Miller, changed into a less formal everyday outfit, holding a cup of hot coffee and leaning against the cushions of another sofa, sipping slowly with her head down.

The flames of the fireplace jumped and made a slight sound.

Arthur Miller raised his eyes, his gaze penetrated the glass of the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, and fell on Martha's strange but familiar face.

It was Martha's first Christmas at home in New York as an adult.

It seems that since she knew that she had another brother who lived in the nursing hospital since birth, when she looked at him as a father, the glorious admiration faded away and turned into an unbearable resistance and resentment.

It is precisely because of this that since puberty, this daughter has deviated from Arthur Miller's control little by little. Not only did she escape from New York when applying for college, but she even chose the ridiculous pedagogy as her major.

It's a pity that he and his daughters have a love of theater or movies in their blood, even if she may not want to admit it.

Martha Miller escaped from the cage of New York, but could not escape the strong artistic atmosphere of Southern California and Los Angeles. Finally, she chose to enter the mailroom of CAA after graduation, and worked hard for her career as a Hollywood agent.

She does have a real eye for it, too.

A trace of pride rose from the bottom of Arthur Miller's heart, but there was no expression on his face, he just said: "James Cameron talked with the Cruise couple for half an hour at the Christmas party tonight, Ni Ko Kidman will be auditioning soon."

Hearing this, Martha Miller raised her head immediately.

She put down the mug in her hand, and frowned slightly with her slender and raised eyebrows, "I thought he would at least wait until the Christmas holiday was over."

This is really not a pleasant news.

Just tonight, James Cameron met the first actress for his new movie, Titanic, and they talked about auditioning.

Arthur Miller shook his head: "Cameron is planning to do that, but Nicole can't wait, this Australian girl can't bear to continue to be Tom Cruise's vase wife, she desperately wants to be the actress Nicole Ke Kidman."

In 1990, this tall and glamorous Australian girl came to Hollywood. The first movie she starred in was "Ambition of Thunder" with Tom Cruise.

"Ambition of Thunder" had a mediocre response, but Nicole Kidman reaped her superstar husband on Christmas Eve that year, and then became famous overnight as Mrs. Cruise.

Afterwards, "The Edge of Body Heat" and "Batman Forever" respectively proved the actress' acting skills and beauty, and the industry gradually recognized her as an actor.

In fact, this year Nicole Kidman also starred in a good movie "Whatever It Takes", which was released in October and has now joined the PR activities of the awards season.

The Australian girl doesn't hide her longing for the statuette.

As the chairman of this year's academy and a playwright with great influence in the contemporary era, Arthur Miller is of course also one of the key targets of the other party's public relations.

Martha is noncommittal.

"What advice do you have?" she asked. "I was doing yoga with the wife of Fox production executive Jim Ganopoulos. Through her, I met Fox production executive and "Titanic" "Executive producer Grant Hill. We're going to go the Fox way."

"Jim Ganopoulos and Grant Hill?" Arthur Miller found the names of these two people in his mind, "No, it's just that these are not enough, neither of them has the right to speak about casting ...I know they will choose Mary Finn as the casting director. She has a very good relationship with Miss Holden's friend Brad Renfro, and this relationship is the key. In addition, it has been confirmed that she will play a The veteran actress Gloria Stewart is Miss Horton's high school alumnus, why don't you try to contact her?"

Martha replied: "Ms. Gloria Stewart, we have already connected, and she is privately guiding Josie to perform..."

"Acting? You let the actress who is actually playing the same role direct your girls?" Arthur Miller prepared Martha's words aloud, "For God's sake, do you know that you are trying to To destroy an actress with experiential talent, and force her to work hard in the wrong direction?"

"I..." Martha bit her lip and forgot to explain, feeling unsure of herself in an instant.

Arthur Miller adjusted his breathing, and ordered in a deep voice: "Stop immediately! What you need is that at this stage, only she knows what James Cameron wants, and the content of their conversation!"

"I..." Martha lowered her eyes and whispered, "I see, I will go."

She couldn't say anything in rebuttal.

Just like she had been facing Arthur all along.

In fact, Ms. Gloria Stewart's energy is low, and her guidance is more to help Josie check for gaps than to teach her how to imitate.And the old man's memory is not very good, and she occasionally turns upside down. In fact, she is not very clear about the specific characteristics of herself that James Cameron wants most.

And Josie is a highly subjective person. She has her own understanding of character creation, and she is more willing to explore herself than directly giving a result.

At this time, Arthur Miller emphasized again: "Brad Renfro!"

Martha thought for a while before remembering the seemingly quiet boy, and subconsciously frowned.

He is not an easy character.

Although Brad Lanfro was only 13 years old, he was discovered in the juvenile detention center back then. Before that, he had already smoked and drank heavily, and he was almost a low-grade gangster.

But this little gangster has a very deceptive appearance and a unique acting talent.

However, Martha did not like such a person.

"I don't understand why you know him, Arthur." She took out her notepad and wrote it down.

"Because your mother ordered the damn book "NOW." Arthur Miller let out a cold snort through his nasal cavity, and continued: "James Cameron, I think you must have heard of it. This is An arrogant and conceited perfectionist, but also a genius who is used to controlling the overall situation, the most Fox network can get is one audition opportunity, Miss Horton must conquer is James Cameron himself."

"We have already prepared for this." Martha said lightly, "The problem is that no one can understand what James Cameron really wants. It is useless to be young and beautiful, you know, otherwise he will directly Just choose a plastic surgeon with the best skills based on the resume photos of the actors in the public audition.”

Arthur Miller also said in a flat tone: "The poor boy and the rich girl, then she must be a bird in a cage. The male protagonist not only inspired the precious humanity in her stagnant life, that is Love is more a symbol of her self-pursuit of freedom and art. She is not in love with this person, but in love with the completely different world that this person represents."

Martha looked at him suspiciously, and couldn't help asking: "Arthur, have you read James Cameron's complete script by some means...?"

"You and your girl are not worthy of me doing that." Arthur Miller's eyes were a bit disgusted, but he was suppressed by himself, he cleared his throat and said: "The talented poor boy left his hometown, Entering the first-class cabin of a completely unfamiliar ship alone, I was lucky enough to get the favor of a goddess who advocates art and freedom—if you think about it carefully, does this story seem familiar? What if the goddess is replaced by the god of movies?"

"I understand what you mean." Martha's expression was indescribable.

She thought to herself: Those who engage in artistic creation have rich imaginations, and James Cameron himself may not necessarily know that he still has such a mental journey.

But it also seems to make sense?

"Probably the more talented an artist is, the more narcissistic he is." Arthur Miller suddenly felt a little weary, "Fated attraction, enthusiasm and madness—but what can she understand. Oh, madness is a precious talent, most people waste their lives..."

Who ever said the same thing?

That seemed to be an incomparable blond beauty, and it was also one of the few very irrational behaviors in his extremely planned and purposeful rational life.

Arthur Miller's heart ached, and he said coldly: "I'm tired. Go back to your Los Angeles tomorrow. I'll make a call with the New York Times, but in any case, I should only get one PR for you." Nominated for a Golden Globe in the music category, Nicole Kidman wants to win this year."

Yes, this year Nicole Kidman's "Whatever It Takes" is indeed a good movie. Her performance and temperament are very suitable for this femme fatale who did not hesitate to kill her husband in order to get ahead, and she has frequently made publicity during the awards season It also exposed her ambitions, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Music, which is easily swayed by public relations, is almost in her pocket.

But the problem is that the Oscars are not a place where you can definitely win an award based on how good your acting skills are, and there is no precise criterion for judging "acting skills".

Just like the Hollywood circle, winning awards is based on personal connections, public relations and a little bit of insignificant but very critical luck. A standard performance in a movie is just a stepping stone to get nominated, and the subsequent awards season is the real battleground.

And awards don't matter as much as people think.

Tom Cruise is not very favored by the group of old white men in the college, but this does not affect him at all as the well-deserved leader among the four college students, and his own strong box office appeal.

It is precisely because of Tom Cruise's lack of connections in the academy that he can help Nicole Kidman is actually very limited.

Moreover, he himself is not very supportive of his wife running around for public relations throughout the awards season.

"Nicole, take it easy." In a mansion in Beverly Hills, Tom Cruise was on the sofa, massaging the back of his wife who arrived home at two o'clock in the morning. We can take our time. Let’s go to Colorado in a few days to see how the new house is doing.”

The young Australian girl has a shocking face, blue eyes containing some rare tiredness and worry, but she refuses her husband's proposal without thinking, "No, my dear, I feel that this time my Olympic success Chances are good that there will be at least one nomination, and they all think my performance is fantastic..."

Tom Cruise smiled lightly, "Yes, they even think that Sharon Stone can win an Oscar."

Aren't film critics all public relations guys who can pout their ass and sing praises?

He doesn't think those people's comments are worth paying attention to. Real box office results and back-end income are the key to Hollywood's success.

However, Nicole is now just like the character she played in the movie, she only wants to get what she wants, such as the Oscar statuette.

"Anyway, this time is my chance." Nicole Kidman ignored her husband's words, but held her husband's hand, smiled and said, "Will you always support me, dear?"

"Of course," he replied.

The author has something to say: The heroine's red carpet debut is coming~ but there are still some transitional plots in the middle

感谢在2020-10-3016:37:49~2020-10-3120:07:09期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 Abaibai;

Thanks to the little angels of the irrigation nutrient solution: 33 bottles of Lucky Cat; 30 bottles of Asakawa Liang, 5 bottles of each; 1 bottles of Moonrise;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!