Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 234 The actress who does not steal the scene

   On March 31, the Oscars were postponed a day later because of the shooting of the great commander.

  Because of the 3-hour time difference with Los Angeles, viewers in New York can only see the live broadcast at 9:00 pm.

   But Aunt Karen and Donna still waited early in front of the TV to watch ABC's live broadcast.

   A drum sounded, "Audience friends, here is the live broadcast of the 53rd Academy Awards Gala broadcast by ABC TV for you. We are outside the door of Dorothy Chandler Hall, and the stars are shining tonight.

  The fans have been waiting outside for their idol since this morning..."

  The opening music sounded, which was a scene of the stars entering the stage earlier. Every star appears, the host will add a broadcast introduction. If it is nominated this year, it will also add the name of the nominated award and the film.

   "Where's Ronnie? Did I miss it?" Aunt Karen was a little anxious, and hadn't seen the footage of her relatives.

"This was edited from an earlier scene. Ronnie is not an actor or a big-name director. The audience doesn't know him, so I guess he won't be here. We'll have to wait until he's nominated." Donna knew a little more and set up the video recorder. After that, I sat back on the sofa and ate potato chips.

   "It turns out that this is how the stars can appear in advance. This is the first time I watched the Oscar broadcast." My aunt sat on the sofa and sipped black tea.

   She suddenly thought, "Will Diane appear in the camera? She doesn't want to be a star's female companion."

"Timothy Hutton, he won the Best Supporting Actor nomination for 'Ordinary Man', there should be." Donna didn't tell her mother that Hutton had a conflict with his cousin Ronnie. This kind of conflict between stars Karen didn't quite understand, and Ronald told his aunt not to worry.

   "This is the Best Supporting Actor nomination for 'Ordinary Man'..." said the TV's background commentary.

   "Is it him? So old?" Aunt Karen asked her daughter.

   "It's not him, this is another Best Supporting Actor nominated for 'Ordinary Man', for playing a psychiatrist." Donna flipped through the list of nominations on the Daily Variety Show.

   "This is, this is Hutton." After a few seconds, Donna pointed to the TV and said.

   "This is Timothy Hutton, the Best Supporting Actor nominee for 'Ordinary People', with him... um, let's take a look at the handsome Hutton."

   The one who appears on the TV screen below is Timothy Hutton. He is really handsome, with blue eyes and a good-looking image, which is very useful to people of Aunt Karen's age.

   "Is that Diane next to me?"

Donna wasn't sure either. She stood up and walked over to the TV. "It seems to be her. She has a small scar at the corner of her eye. Why doesn't the TV give her a close-up view? ."

  ABC gave Hutton about ten seconds of entry, but the frame was oddly not framing Diane Lane's face with Hutton's. Only Hutton's female companion can be seen, a woman wearing a white coat and white skirt, with a white lace hood on her head.

   In the end, the camera flashed the woman's profile a few times before Donna was sure that it was Diane.

   Everything in the picture, the host continued to broadcast: "The following are the singer and the beautiful Diana Ross who played the leading role in the 'New Wizard of Oz' the previous year, and the handsome Michael Jackson. Their careers in the music world are more successful."

   "It's not easy to appear at the Oscars." Aunt Karen sighed.

   "That's not right, all the previous stars gave shots of male and female companions." Donna didn't know why.

  The time went back to two hours ago.

  Diane joins her father Burt and joins Timothy Hutton for the Dorothy Chandler Hall at the Oscars. Today they will walk through the camera as each other's male and female companions.

   A large number of guests gathered in the drop-off area opposite the concert hall, walked across the road in pairs, and entered the award hall.

  Diane Lane wore an all-white dress today, fully expressing the purity and beauty of the little girl. A white dress, a white coat, a white bag, and white sandals on the feet.

   She took Timothy Hutton's arm and looked up. Hutton is gentle, and looks like a talent. Not knowing why he and Ronald were at odds, Diane thought maybe there was some misunderstanding between the two.

   While waiting, Diane wanted to know more about this male companion. So I tentatively asked Hutton's plans for the next movie, whether it will be a sequel to "Grease" as rumored.

   "I haven't announced it publicly yet, but I'm going to shoot 'Lights Out'. The sequel to 'Grease' is really not a good script. That scriptwriter is terrible."

  Dai Anxin thought that there was a deep conflict between the two, but Hutton seemed very personable, so he further probed, "I saw Ronald, the screenwriter of the Grease sequel, who was nominated for an Oscar for best screenplay."

"Hey, what's the matter with you? Say something nice to that bastard?" Hutton raised his hand impatiently, broke away from Diane's arm, and asked, "Last time at Jane Fonda's party, you Just with him, what is your relationship?"

   Diane frowned, this person's temper is not as good as it appears on the screen.

   "I know his cousin's family and are good friends."

   "A group of Mother@#$%!" Hutton uttered obscene words and scolded the Ronald family.

   "Hi, they are my friends." Diane got angry and told him not to abuse his friends.

Timothy Hutton sneered, "I will definitely win Best Supporting Actor. The actor who was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 'Ordinary Man' has long since given up competing for the PR award. Paramount has decided to recommend me for the position, you Think about it, who should you rely on in Hollywood? A star or a screenwriter?

  If you don't want to walk the show with me, there's Elizabeth McGovern over there. It's time to change now. You can go to that Ronald. Oh, I forgot, the writer didn't walk the catwalk in front of the camera...hahaha. "

  Diane felt very uncomfortable, she adjusted her white hood, and politely took Hutton's arm. It is not easy for his agent to find this opportunity, and it is not very appropriate to turn his face on the spot.

   She and Donna have a good friendship, and Ronald has helped him many times. Therefore, my heart hates this male star who is filthy inside. It shows in body language, keeping a long distance from Hutton as he walks through the camera.

  The on-set cameraman also knew that Hutton was the first major award to be given out tonight, the favorite for Best Supporting Actor, and zoomed the lens to a close-up, giving Hutton a lot of close-ups of his face. Immediately frame Diane's face outside the frame.

   "Strange, how come this actress is so far away from Hutton and doesn't steal the scene?" The cameraman muttered in his heart, zoomed the camera farther, and added a blurry shot of Diane at the end.

   Ronald was in the awards hall earlier than Diane. Seeing his teacher from a distance, best director candidate Marty Scorsese. Marty was surrounded by four FBI agents and kept safe from anyone else.

   Ronald called "Marty." Scorsese shrugged at him, signaling he couldn't help himself. Ronald waved to him and his wife Isabella and wished him luck. Find your own back seat and sit down.

Next to    are Roger and Julie Coleman, with three more vacancies.

   "Where's the embassy's cultural counselor and his wife?" Ronald asked Coleman.

   "He hasn't arrived yet. I just called and said that there may only be one person to attend. The Soviet Union has some strange rules for officials to attend capitalist occasions."

   "Hey, if I said earlier, I could have sold the seat." Ronald thought, Coleman must be quite sorry for this.

   After a long time, the hall was filled with stars one after another. The lights dimmed and the music played.

   A bunch of lights shone on the stage, and the host of the night appeared in front of everyone, still Johnny Carson.

  Ronald and everyone started applauding at the signal of the staff.

   "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all.

  I'm sure you've all heard why our awards show was delayed 24 hours. ABC TV and the academy's organisers both felt it was inconvenient to hold a celebration at a time of uncertainty last night.

   Very happy news today. The commander-in-chief is doing very well, has started working in the hospital and signed a bill..."

  The applause started again, Ronald looked around, this time spontaneously from the audience. The new commander is quite popular among the people, and many people are happy from the bottom of their hearts to hear that he is safe and sound.

Next to   , Mr. Cultural Counselor of the Souvelle Union Embassy, ​​who came alone later, also gave a polite round of applause.

   "As a former member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the commander recorded a speech for this year's Oscars. Two hours ago, the White House specifically confirmed to us that the commander wanted us to play this speech.

   Plus he insisted on putting a TV in the ward so he and the first lady could watch the Oscars broadcast. "

  The audience applauded again, a cinematic hero who doesn't care about hurting behavior, which is very American.

  Johnny Carson continued, "Actually, the commander's body is recovering very well, I almost couldn't help calling him, can I borrow some of his little jokes to use at the awards party..."

   "Hahaha..." The audience laughed. The cultural counselor clearly understood the humor, and the corners of his mouth turned up.

  The big screen on the stage began to show the figure of the great commander.

   "Good evening ladies and gentlemen.

   I'm as interested as Nancy in the Oscars announcement tonight...  

  Film is the spirit of America…

  Thanks to all the film directors, actors, technologists, distributors, and audiences…

  Movies live on forever. My own (poor) performance, which has also been recorded in some films forever, as one of the former Academy members, Nancy and I invite you to watch tonight's awards show. "

   "Your commander-in-chief, the real acting is better than the screen." Mr. Cultural Counselor applauded and said to Ronald in English with a Russian accent.

   (end of this chapter)