Hollywood Hunter

Tonight’s 60th Oscars ceremony will begin at six o’clock in the afternoon Western time.

Janet rushed over from Malibu less than five o'clock and helped Simon tidy up in the office of Daenerys Pictures' headquarters. Together, the two drove to Los Angeles in the extended courtesy car prepared in advance. The Sacred Citizen Auditorium in the center.

Due to the screenwriter’s strike, although it is the 60th birthday of the Oscars, many aspects of this awards ceremony have been simplified. At about 5:30, Simon and Janet arrived outside the Hall of Sacred Citizens. The red carpet in front of them was only a short section of less than 20 meters, leading directly from the side of the road to the entrance of the auditorium.

The courtesy car stopped at the entrance of the red carpet. Just after Simon and Janet got off the car, the media reporters and guests on both sides of the red carpet noticed the two. The dense flashing lights accompanied by the shouts from the stands on both sides, will hover in the red. Many guests on the blanket attracted their eyes.

Pat Kingsley, who arrived early, also walked over at this time and stayed beside Simon to remind him and Janet to stop and take pictures with the media.

After a while, Simon heard some sounds from the stands on both sides again, turned his head to look, and Sandra Bullock in a white strapless evening dress walked towards Simon and Janet with the skirt corners.

The media reporter who had already filmed enough footage saw Sandra appear, and suddenly became commotion again.

Noting that Simon only hugged Sandra lightly, he planned to take Janet to move on, and a reporter immediately shouted: "Simon, Sandy, take a picture together?"

Before Simon could speak, Sandra nodded in agreement, and then looked at Janet who was holding Simon's arm. Janet smiled and let go of Simon's arm, stepped back aside, and Sandra pulled it up.

With a stiff smile on his face to take pictures with the reporters, Simon slightly twitched the corners of his mouth while changing his posture and said to Sandra in a whispering voice, "You really want to see Jenny cook me?"

When Sandra heard the words, she leaned closer, even leaning her head on Simon's shoulder, and greeted the reporters' visibly more excited shouts, and replied unconsciously: "Yes."

Simon can only sigh for being unfair to others.

Finally, after the photo was taken, Simon stopped staying and took the two women across the red carpet and went straight into the auditorium. I was a little lucky that the red carpet tonight was short enough, otherwise something might happen.

Although it was the box office champion of the year last year, "Lola Run" only won a dispensable nomination for best editing. Therefore, only Simon and Sandra were invited to the entire crew, and they will also be the guests of the best photography award tonight.

Oscar's important guests can naturally bring their partners, Simon brought Janet, but Sandra came here alone.

Entering the auditorium, Simon once again found that the Oscar organizer, who was obviously afraid of the world, had deliberately connected the seats of the three of them. Simon was in the middle, and Janet and Sandra were left and right.

There was still some time before the award ceremony started. Simon spent more than ten minutes chatting with some familiar guests in the auditorium, but still had to return to his place. Originally wanted to let Janet sit inside, the woman smiled and shook her head, pushing him into position.

When Simon sat down, Sandra immediately leaned in casually: "Simon, are you ready to give your acceptance speech?"

Simon was a little puzzled: "Huh?"

"Nominated for Best Editing?" Sandra reminded, and lightly patted him on the shoulder: "You deliberately pretended to be stupid, right?"

Simon did not expect this, and shook his head: "This kind of nomination with almost zero chance of winning, there is nothing to prepare for."

"Maybe you can win the prize," Sandra said, and quickly said with a somewhat unequal tone: "The ones that could get more nominations for "Rola Run" are those old-fashioned."

Simon smiled and made a silent gesture, winked at the surroundings, and said, "Be quiet, I won't be nominated even after being heard."

"Haha," Sandra smiled indifferently, but added: "If you really win the prize, remember to thank me."

"no problem."

Sandra nodded in satisfaction and said: "By the way, how do you arrange after the awards ceremony?"

Simon said: "Go home and sleep."

"No? It's so boring, like an old man," Sandra said, glanced at Janet on the other side, and said, "Or, let's go to Warner's party together?"

"Ok?"

"You know, I took the "Dangerous Relationship" by Warner."

"Oh."

Simon nodded, thinking of the film based on a French epistemic novel that was also a popular Oscar nominee next year.

Some time ago, Sandra asked him to read the script. Simon remembered that the role she got should belong to Michelle Pfeiffer, and Michelle Pfeiffer won an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress.

After random inquiries, Simon learned that Warner had actually intended Michelle Pfeiffer to play that role. However, things have to go back to the beginning of the year when WMA vice president Ed Limato took Mel Gibson and a large number of stars to ICM. Then, WMA easily used resources to grab this role. Warner compared the popularity of Sandra and Michelle and made a decisive choice.

Of course, as an ancient costume literary film, it is still a supporting role. Naturally, Sandra can't ask too much. This kind of script is used for nomination.

Sandra heard Simon oh but didn't respond, and touched him with her shoulder again: "Go?"

Because only one nomination was received, Daenerys Pictures did not prepare for the party, but Simon also received invitations from companies such as Warner, Orion, etc., but did not intend to attend. At this time, listening to Sandra's questioning, Simon had to look at Janet on the other side and repeat Sandra's question: "Go?"

"Go," Jenny gave Simon a white head, and looked at Sandra who had just treated her as air: "Sandy, haven't you thought about finding a boyfriend?"

Sandra made no secret: "I'm working hard."

Janet leaned over to Simon, baring her little white teeth and threatening in a low voice: "You will be scratched if you do this."

Sandra shrugged indifferently, and moved closer to Simon, and whispered: "In that case, I can only rely on Simon for the rest of my life."

Janet glanced at someone on the back of the chair pretending to be non-existent, and said, "I scratched his face, do you want it?"

Sandra smiled and said, "I want to cook him."

Janet narrowed her beautiful eyes and teased: "Are you keeping it for the winter?"

Sandra nodded: "Well, remember to add more salt when cooking."

Simon saw the two women next to him laughing and saying something that made people spine-chilling. He raised his hand and made a gesture of surrender, begging for mercy: "Should we change the topic and be positive."

Janet and Sandra rolled their eyes at him at the same time, waiting to continue. Now the staff began to remind the guests to sit down, and the two women calmed down.

At six o'clock, the award ceremony officially began.

After the opening song and dance and a speech on the 60th anniversary of the Oscar by the chairman of the Academy, Robert Wise, the host of this awards ceremony, Chevy Chase, stepped onto the stage.

Chevy Chase was one of Hollywood's most famous comedy stars in the 1970s and 1980s. He was born in "Saturday Night Live" and became famous with his 1978 annual box office third place "Animal House".

However, it may still be due to the screenwriter’s strike. Chevy Chase’s performance on the stage seemed lackluster. The five-minute talk show-style opening remarks were basically just a flat introduction to the various nominated films of this year, occasionally mixed. A few cold jokes that are obviously not too funny.

Compared to Chevy Chase's humorous hosting style, Simon still prefers Billy Christo. However, in my memory, Billy Christo will take a few years to host the Oscars.

Although this award ceremony basically has nothing to do with Simon, feeling the hot atmosphere on the scene, and occasionally chatting with the two women beside him about some interesting things, Simon did not feel boring.

After more than half an hour, Simon and Sandra left their seats and entered the backstage near the award of the best photography award.

Simon didn't participate in the rehearsal in advance, but got a warm-up line. Under the guidance of the staff, Simon and Sandra took the envelope containing the award results, and stood in the back court at the exit of the stage.

Looking at the winner of the best animated short film who was speaking on the stage, Sand stretched his hand over to take Simon's arm, and raised the envelope in his hand and said: "You should have been included in this nomination. It is really unfair. ."

Simon smiled and said, "Actually, I really like this unfair world, Sandy, only the people at the bottom of the pyramid will pursue or imagine fairness."

"Are you really not angry at all?"

"I find that I rarely feel angry, or many other emotions," Simon shook his head and said, "This may be a lack of emotion or something."

Sandra was stunned and asked: "Then, do you love Janet?"

Simon nodded without hesitation: "Love."

"Do you love me?"

"do not love."

"But I love you."

"Thank you."

"Asshole," Sandra snapped on Simon's arm and said bitterly, "I won't let you go."

The two whispered, the winners on the stage finished their speeches, and after the sound of the music, Chevy Chase's voice sounded again: "Hollywood has always been a place full of miracles. In the past year, miracles happened. It seems to be more frequent than ever. Someone personally acted as a director, screenwriter, photography, lighting, etc. to complete a very good movie. Someone shot the first movie and won the annual box office championship, and some people finished the movie. In a blink of an eye he became the youngest billionaire in the world. The most miraculous thing is that the creators of these miracles are actually one person. Welcome Simon Westero and Sandra Bullock."

In the warm applause, Simon and Sandra walked to the stage together and stood before the microphone.

When the applause fell, Simon looked at the dense layers of people in the auditorium, waited for a moment, and found that Sandra hadn't started speaking, and quickly raised his hand and gently patted her back comfortably.

Feeling Simon’s actions, Sandra recovered and stabilized her emotions, saying: “The photographers are always the first group of people we know after joining the crew. For the actors, maybe we want them to I shoot myself more beautifully, but in fact, they can do more. Even if you just run for more than an hour, they can perfectly show your running on the big screen through countless ways."

Amidst the chuckle under the stage, Simon continued: “A great film always has an excellent photographer. They have made an indelible contribution to establishing the artistic style of a film. So, this year’s Oscar’s best The best photography nominees are:"

"Alan Davio, "Empire of the Sun."

"Vittorio Storaro, "The Last Emperor"."

"Michael Bauhaus, "Broadcast News."

"Philip Russlot, "The Glorious Years."

"Haskell Wexler, "The Rage Front."

After alternately introducing the five nominees, Sandra passed the envelope in her hand to Simon. Simon smiled and opened the envelope, took a look at the result, and announced into the microphone: "The winner is, Vito Rio Storaro, "The Last Emperor"."

There is no suspenseful result.

Vittorio Storaro stepped onto the stage to a round of applause and took the statuette from Simon. Oscar left a short speech for technical awards. After a simple speech, Simon and Sandra soon accompanied Vittorio Storaro into the background.

The staff greeted Vittorio Storaro to install nameplates and take photos for the Little Golden Man, and Simon and Sandra were free.

Because of the initial mistake, Sandra's mood was still a little tense, Simon did not rush back to the hall, pulled her to find a sofa in the backstage to sit down, asked for a bottle of water from the staff and opened it. , Asked: "How do you feel?"

Sandra drank a few sips of water before she said a little worried: "Simon, did I mess up?"

"Of course not, you just reacted a little slower," Simon smiled and shook his head, and said: "Moreover, what if you mess up, as long as you remain a big star, you will definitely have to continue to invite you to be the guest of honor after the Oscar. "

"I thought it would be a very easy thing, you know, I played a stage play in New York," Sandra recalled the situation just now, said: "However, I have never seen a sudden appearance in front of my eyes. So many people."

Simon did not pay attention to the number of spectators at the scene, but judging from his memory just now, there were at least two thousand people in the entire hall of the Holy Citizens. Coupled with the fiery atmosphere of the entire award ceremony, Sandra was on this stage for the first time. It’s not that strange to feel nervous.

After drinking a few sips of water again, Sandra finally relaxed, glanced at the man next to him, and asked, "Aren't you nervous at all?"

Simon wondered: "Why should I be nervous?"

Sandra couldn't help but punched him: "Well, you really are a guy with lack of emotion."

Simon smiled and continued to chat with Sandra for a while before he said: "Then, if you are okay, let's go back and stay here Jenny will think I'm affair with you."

Sandra was about to nod subconsciously, catching a certain joking word in Simon's words, rolling her eyes, glanced around, and suddenly came closer.

Simon felt the woman's cool lips kiss the corner of his mouth, immediately thought of the last experience, and quickly said, "Don't bite."