Heads Up Hollywood

Tom Rothman and Bill McNick's relationship sucks.

After Tang En fired Bill McNick, the relationship between New Universal and Twentieth Century Fox in the film business increased significantly. They are even negotiating recently, intending to launch "Wedding Crashers 2".

Tang En was not polite to him, and said bluntly: "You know "Crash", right?"

"The Lionsgate movie?"

"yes."

"Is this movie not on the nomination list for the Golden Globes?"

Tang En said coldly: "There is no nomination for the Golden Globes, but that doesn't mean there is no chance for the Oscars! They have prepared 200,000 DVDs and plan to distribute them to the Oscar judges during the awards season."

Tom Rothman pretended to be surprised: "There is such a thing? This is too much!"

Tang En said: "Yes, this is a serious violation of Hollywood's current system and Oscar's fair standards. I have reason to regard this action as a provocation by independent filmmakers to our seven giants!"

Tom Rothman couldn't help curling his lips again and again.

Where is it all?

It's so captivating!

Lionsgate is not stupid, dare to challenge the seven giants of Hollywood? Isn't this courting death?

It's just to compete for the Oscars and become famous.

After all, Lionsgate is now so famous and its performance is getting better and better, but it has never been recognized by the Oscars, and it lacks in honor.

Tom Rothman was not sure what Tang En meant, "What do you mean?"

Tang En said in a deep voice: "For these independent filmmakers, we are too conniving! We want to give Spielberg face, but what can Lionsgate do? They dare to openly distribute 200,000 DVDs, isn't that true?" Is it a slap in the face of the current system in Hollywood?"

"This is not easy." Tom Rothman was very embarrassed.

What 200,000 sheets?

That's the rumor.

Of course, Lionsgate has already distributed 100,000 DVDs. This is a fact, and it is enough to attract the attention of the industry.

But this kind of behavior of distributing DVDs in large quantities, almost every movie company is doing it. It would be unreasonable to punish Lionsgate alone.

Tang En said: "This violates Oscar's principle of fair competition!"

"The Oscar matter should be handled by the academy and the Oscar committee." Tom Rothman really didn't want to be involved in this kind of thing.

He is not stupid.

I figured it out in a flash.

This incident was simply Tang En's desire to suppress Lionsgate. Rather than saying that the seven Hollywood giants sanctioned independent filmmakers, it is better to say that they want to consolidate the position of the new giant Legendary Films, suppress competitors of comparable strength, and demonstrate their authority.

Tang En said lightly: "Oscar's side naturally needs to communicate, but I think it's best for us to come up with a charter internally and send it in the name of MPAA. This will be more authoritative, what do you think?"

Tom Rothman felt bitter.

Well!

It was obviously Tang En's own business, but he wanted to use the name of mpaa, which was obviously a public weapon for private use.

"this……"

Tom Rothman took a deep breath, embarrassed in every possible way.

Tang En said: "The film "Crash" was screened in Canada as early as 2004. At the Toronto Film Festival, it was picked up by Lionsgate and bought the copyright. But because of the art that year There are too many films and too much competition, and Lionsgate has adjusted its strategy and delayed its release in Los Angeles for a year in order to participate in this awards season."

According to Oscar's regulations, a film must be screened in Los Angeles for a full week before it can participate in the second year's awards season selection. "Crash" came out in 2004, but for this awards season, it was not released in the Los Angeles area until September 2005.

This is taking advantage of Oscar's loophole again!

Tom Rothman couldn't help him, so he had no choice but to say: "It seems... Lionsgate Films is indeed suspected of speculation. It is true that the Oscar system is not perfect, but Hollywood film companies must have their own moral standards. And industry constraints. Lionsgate started with the support of a Canadian consortium, and it seems... they don't follow the rules."

Tang En said with satisfaction: "That's right, we can't let outsiders ruin Hollywood's reputation!"

Tom Rothman said solemnly: "In this case, 20th Century Fox agrees to apply to the Oscars, asking "Crash" to avoid this Oscar selection as a punishment! 200,000 DVDs... Oh! What a big deal! "

Tang En smiled and said: "Tom, you made a very correct choice. Oscar's future will become brighter because of your decision."

Fool it!

Tom Rothman muttered to himself.

However, between New Universal and Lionsgate Pictures, he will not have any hesitation, and the object to be abandoned must be Lionsgate Pictures.

"By the way, there is one more thing I want to say."

"What?"

"Brokeback Mountain has caused a lot of trouble. Judging from my 30 years of experience in the industry, the chances of "Brokeback Mountain" at the Oscars this time may not be great, at least the best picture is unlikely."

Tom Rothman thought that Twain was trying to suppress "Crash" to increase the chances of winning "Brokeback Mountain".

Tang En smiled indifferently, "I see."

From a realistic point of view, "Brokeback Mountain" is indeed unlikely to win the best picture, the politics are very incorrect, and Protestantism is not so open. Maybe in another 20 years, "Brokeback Mountain" will undisputedly win the best picture Oscar, but not at this point in time.

Tang En didn't care about this.

The main reason is to suppress Lionsgate and curb its ambitions!

Now, 20 is Fox's convincing, and Disney must be fine. Together with Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures, among the seven giants of Hollywood, four votes have already been collected.

The minority obeys the majority, and then they can protest to the Oscar Organizing Committee in the name of MPAA, demanding a severe punishment for Lionsgate's tricky handling of "Crash" and its excessive behavior during the awards season.

Besides, does "Brokeback Mountain" really have no chance in the Oscars?

The real environment does not work.

There are also unrealistic means!

Twain also has a sunglasses system, and there is a "stealth for prizes"!

...

On January 16, the Golden Globe Awards dinner began.

The best film award in the drama category went to "Brokeback Mountain" without any suspense. The Golden Globe Awards are voted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. These foreign journalists don't know how to talk about American political correctness.

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy went to "Walk With the Song," starring Reese Witherspoon. At the same time, she personally won the best actress for this film.

It is worth mentioning that the famous George Clooney finally won an award - Best Supporting Actor.

Such an award really does not match his personal fame.

Influenced by his family, George Clooney is very famous and has a very high coffee position!

In Hollywood, all scripts are first sent to three people when choosing a leading actor-Tom Hanks, George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Good scripts are chosen first by them.

They pick what's left before it's the turn of the other actors.

The well-known data analysis company David Brown has launched a statistical method to calculate the fame and popularity of Hollywood stars, focusing on "attraction", "attention", "creating trends", "influence", " "Trust", "Advocacy", "Exemplary", and "Famousness".

On this dbi website, the current top five in the latest rankings are Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Morgan Freeman, George Clooney and Mel Gibson.

Why no Leonardo?

No way, too much gossip.

As a result, his public credibility and role model are far worse. By comparison, George Clooney is almost a model man, with a great reputation and a great reputation.

With George Clooney winning the Best Supporting Actor award, it was announced that the recent hot film "Crash" missed the Golden Globe Awards.

This year's Golden Globe Awards, "Crash" only got two nominations, one for Best Screenplay and the other for Best Supporting Actor.

The previous best screenplay award belonged to "Brokeback Mountain", and now the best supporting actor award belongs to George Clooney.

The crew of "Crash" can only return disappointed.

Of course, Chinese films are even more disappointing.

Among this year's Golden Globe nominations for best foreign language film, there are two films selected - "Kung Fu" and "The Promise"!

Two out of five!

The chances of winning are high!

Director Chen Da, in particular, is likely to lift the Golden Globe again after "Farewell My Concubine".

Unfortunately, things backfired, and Palestine's "Paradise Now" became a big winner.

It is worth mentioning that when awarding the best musical comedy series, there were some minor accidents.

Because of some emergency accidents at the home of the award presenters, they were not able to come to the scene.

The award presenters are fixed and cannot be changed temporarily.

Therefore, the production team of the awards dinner and the Golden Globe Awards Organizing Committee discussed a new way of awarding awards.

When the awards were presented, no award presenters came out, but the big screen at the back was lit up, and a pre-recorded video was played.

The award presenter, Lord, apologized first, and then quickly announced the winning result: "Desperate Housewives!"

This TV series produced by Global TV and aired on abc TV won an award!

Reese Witherspoon, who was sitting next to Tang En, was very curious and couldn't help asking: "Will this be leaked in advance?"

The Golden Globe Awards dinner was produced by a department under Universal Television, and Tang En really knew about it.

Tang En smiled and said, "No leak."

Reese looked in disbelief, "How is it possible? This must have been recorded in advance, and the award presenters knew about it. Can you guarantee that he didn't tell anyone?"

Tang En said: "You are stupid, the shortlist for the best drama series in the musical comedy category has a total of six works, let this guest record six times, and record every possible result once. When the lottery is drawn, the live director will select according to the results of the awards. Play the correct one."

Reese Witherspoon suddenly realized and couldn't help laughing, "If it's wrong, it's fun."

Then came the last film award.

Ann Lee has won the Golden Globe for Best Director!