Chapter 840 Unprecedented

Billy Crystal teased all the nominated films with a hilarious mix of songs, and the awards ceremony began.

The veteran Hollywood actress Julie Andrews, who has participated in "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music", took the stage first to present the Oscar honorary award to Hollywood director Michael Kidd. Eric did not know the more than eight-year-old actress. The veteran director of ten years, but remembers the last honorary award winner, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas's father.

Then the second award involved "Titanic", the best costume design.

Julia stepped on the podium as the guest of honor and began to introduce the nomination list. The atmosphere in the auditorium seemed to be much quieter at this moment.

Although almost everyone predicted that "Titanic" would be the biggest winner of the night, the results did not settle for a minute, and variables and suspense always existed.

The degree of sophistication in the costume design of the nominated films is obviously not comparable to that of "Titanic". If "Titanic" cannot get this 'good start', then it will be the final result of the remaining 13 nominations. will also be overshadowed.

"The Oscar nominees for Best Costume Design are: Sandy Powell, Shakespeare in Love; Paul Brown, Cyan Storm; Ruth Myers, Emma; Blaney, Hamlet and Deborah Scott, Titanic."

The gorgeous costume clips of the corresponding movies flashed on the big screen. Immediately, Julia opened the envelope in front of her and glanced at the result, but instead of approaching the microphone immediately, she subconsciously looked towards Eric with a smile on her face. With an inviting smile.

Eric immediately understood, and before the live camera swept over, he made a random gesture to Julia.

Although some people in the field noticed this short-lived detail, except for Eric himself, most people only subconsciously regarded this smile as a congratulations.

After receiving Eric's prompt, Julia immediately approached the microphone nonchalantly and announced, "Oscar will belong to Deborah Scott, Titanic."

As expected, the auditorium immediately burst into warm applause.

In the back of the auditorium, a woman in her early forties stood up excitedly, hugged her husband, and walked to the front row where the creators of "Titanic" were sitting, shaking hands and hugging everyone. Eric, who was sitting in the middle of the third row, also stood up and reached out to shake hands with Deborah Scott in the aisle to congratulate him.

With the opening of the best costume design, "Titanic" won three consecutive technical awards for best editing, best sound effects, and best visual effects. In just half an hour, it has already won four small golds people.

After another award for Best Foreign Language Film that has nothing to do with "Titanic", the gentle Pierce Brosnan took the stage and introduced Celine Dion to perform "My Heart Will Go On", the theme song of "Titanic".

The heavenly music reverberated in the Holy Citizen Auditorium. Eric thought that the organizer would present the best original song next, but Nicolas Cage took the stage and introduced the best actress nomination.

Among the five nominees this year, there is no overwhelming nominee.

In this case, if it weren't for "Titanic", with Miramax's strong public relations ability, Julia might have a great chance to reach the throne of the actress.

However, under the strong performance of "Titanic", Miramax gave up public relations for "Shakespeare in Love" in order to save money and network resources, and the possibility of Julia getting the actress has plummeted.

As for Rachel Weisz, although her performance in the movie is much better than that of Xiao Lizi, for such a newcomer to Hollywood, the nomination of an Oscar for best actress is already the most important thing for her. Great reward, want to get the prize,

The odds are even slimmer than Julia.

Firefly's PR strategy didn't put too much effort into Rachel's nomination.

In the end, the best actress award went to Frances McDormand, the heroine of "Frozen". The Hollywood actress made her debut with "Blood Labyrinth" in the Coen Brothers movie. Years later, Once again, winning the Oscar for best actress for a film by the Coen brothers is also a good talk.

In the next few awards, the best art direction and the best original screenplay once again added two golden statues to "Titanic".

When Cameron walked into the backstage with a golden statue in hand amid the warm applause of everyone, Eric raised his hand and looked at the table below. The awards ceremony took place exactly one hour.

It seems that the organizers have put a lot of thought into the order of awards this time for the sake of ratings.

Eric couldn't help guessing that the best original song award related to himself might be awarded at the time point of one and a half hours or two hours.

With Eric's thoughts, on stage, the next presenter, Courtney Love, began announcing the Best Makeup nominee.

Eric also immediately cheered up.

Because of this award, it is crucial for "Titanic" to break the 11 Oscar records that "Ben-Hur" won that year.

Among the 14 nominations for "Titanic", apart from Rachel's nomination for the best actress, there is basically no hope. According to the initial assessment, there are two other factors that affect whether the final number of awards for the film can break the record of "Ben-Hur". A variable, one is the best supporting actress, the other is the best makeup.

Although "Titanic" has an overwhelming advantage over other nominees in terms of costume design, the advantage in actor makeup is not obvious, because there is another very important competitor in the same period, and that is Universal Pictures last summer. In the release of "Professor Fat Guy", Eddie Murphy, a black male star with a standard body, brilliantly performed a big fat man with more than 200 pounds through makeup in "Professor Fat Guy".

There are only three films nominated for best makeup, "Titanic," "Professor Fat Man," and "Star Trek: First Contact."

After introducing the nominated films, Courtney Love opened the envelope in his hand, and Eric couldn't help shaking the little hand of the girl next to him.

"Then, Oscar will go to," Courtney Love paused with a smile, bought a small pass, and then read out the list of winners: "Tina Earnshaw, Gray Cannon, Simon Thompson , "Titanic", congratulations."

Applause broke out again in the auditorium, and the three award-winning makeup artists walked to the stage one after another.

This is already the seventh Oscar statuette of "Titanic". The guests at the scene are already in a state of numbness. Most people don't know what this statuette may mean for "Titanic".

After Eric and several core creators of the film congratulated the three makeup artists, they sat down again, including Cameron, and the two producers Jon Landau and William Stewart all looked at him, Several people exchanged glances excitedly.

The six statuettes before the Best Makeup Award completely illustrate that the Oscar jury has made a compromise to the huge commercial success of "Titanic". The biggest suspense of "Titanic" at this awards ceremony is whether it can break the 11 Oscar-winning records that "Ben-Hur" once created.

When the most uncertain golden person of the best makeup is in hand, most of the guests present and the audience who are eagerly waiting for the final result in front of the TV may not understand what this award means, but in the public relations stage, it has gone through countless results. The main creator and public relations team of "Titanic" are deduced, but they are very clear about the meaning of this award.

Winning the best award almost means that "Titanic" will probably eventually win 12 statuettes, creating a new record in the history of the Oscars.

As Eric had guessed, two hours into the ceremony, veteran Hollywood actress Goldie Hawn took the stage to present the award for Best Original Song.

Eric initially wanted Cameron, James Horner and the three of him to sign the award.

After all, he just wrote the lyrics and scores at the beginning, and the arrangement and recording of the songs were entirely done by Cameron and James Horner. At Eric's current status, he can't care whether he has an Oscar statue alone. However, when applying for the award, both Cameron and James Horner declined to sign the award, and the public relations team also felt that Eric It is more beneficial for the public relations and later publicity of the award to sign by Gram alone. Therefore, he is the only one on the list of final declarations.

Before this award, Madonna just took the stage to perform "You Must Love Me", the most threatening song to "My Heart Will Go On" in the movie "Mrs. Veron". Obviously, this is a link that the Oscar organizers deliberately created in order to create suspense. , but the result is not in any suspense.

Goldie Hawn quickly opened the envelope and announced the results: "Oscar goes to Eric Williams, My Heart Will Go On."

There was the warmest applause since the opening of the award ceremony, and there were even cheers from some people.

Eric got up with a smile, hugged the girl next to him, left his seat, and greeted Cameron, Jon Landau, William Stewart, Rachel and others one by one, and then stepped lightly. on stage.

Taking over the golden statuette handed over by Goldie Hahn, Eric hugged the first-generation American sweetheart with the same style, and walked to the microphone.

As Eric stood in front of the microphone, the applause that had fallen back became warm again.

"Thank you, thank you everyone," Eric politely expressed his gratitude, waited patiently for the applause to stop, then weighed the little golden man in his hand, and joked: "I think I should make a statement in advance, in fact, I am a director ."

After a short silence, the guests at the scene quickly understood the self-joking in Eric's words and laughed.

Eric is a director, and no one doubts that he is definitely one of the best directors in Hollywood.

However, plus now, standing on the Oscar podium twice, Eric's awards have nothing to do with the best director at all, which has to be said to be a very interesting thing.

While delivering his acceptance speech, Eric couldn't help but think of the joke he made with the girl when he was trying on clothes two days ago. Will he really win the Oscar's corner awards, although the performance awards, Eric certainly doesn't have much hope, and he is not very interested in these awards, but in addition to the best screenwriter, the best soundtrack, the best editing and other technical awards, he is still confident to attack.

After a simple speech, Eric walked backstage with Goldie Hahn.

After sitting in the auditorium for two consecutive hours, the taste was not very pleasant for anyone. Eric did not rush to go back. After ordering the nameplate for the little golden man and accepting a short photo interview, Eric came. lounge.

There are also many guests in the lounge who were lazy and did not rush to the auditorium. Oscar has a special seater who will occupy the original seat when the guests leave, so as not to make the vacant seat appear abrupt. Therefore, as long as they do not pay special attention, the audience will not notice a certain person. The situation where a guest slipped away halfway.

After Eric appeared, everyone gathered eagerly to say hello. After all, Eric's current identity is not just a director, even if he is familiar with him, he will gain unexpected benefits in the future.

Eric had just chatted with Al Pacino for a few words, when he thought of a soft female voice behind him.

"Hey Eric, congratulations."

Eric turned around and saw that Madonna, who was performing "You Must Love Me" on the stage just now, had put on another light dress and was standing behind him with a smile.

Eric politely stretched out his hand to Madonna and said, "Thank you, Miss Ciccone, your performance just now was also very wonderful."

Madonna held Eric's hand and said with some dissatisfaction, "Oh, Eric, you can call me Maggie."

Maggie...

Eric sweated slightly in his heart, this nickname, how good it is to directly call Her Lady Queen.

Feeling the palm of his hand being slightly scratched a few times, Eric suddenly realized that he was inexplicably distracted, noticed that Madonna was looking at him with a beaming smile, slightly embarrassedly released the other's hand, and shrugged: "Sorry, Mai... um, Maggie."

No matter in the past life or now, Eric's knowledge of Madonna is limited to complaints like "Auntie, let's put on the clothes properly", so he has no special feelings for the actress.

Madonna was obviously interested in him, pointed to the sofa in the corner of the lounge area, and said, "Eric, how about sitting there?"

Eric was about to refuse subconsciously, and suddenly remembered the matter of the Yahoo Music Store, and nodded in agreement.

Not to mention other things, this one is definitely the first sister in the European and American music circles who is on the same level as Michael Jackson. If Yahoo Music Store can get the online sales copyright of Madonna's music, it can definitely make the development of the music online sales platform go a lot forward. step.

The two sat down on the sofa in the corner, Madonna instructed the assistant beside him to pour the coffee, and then looked at Eric with interest again, looked at his empty-handed appearance, and smiled: "Eric, your little gold. What about people?"

"Oh, the assistant helped me put it away," Eric pointed to Peter Rich who was standing not far away.

Madonna joked: "Hehe, if I win the prize, I will definitely hold the golden statue all night and not let go."

Eric joked: "So, you go to bed with a bunch of trophies after every Grammy?"

Madonna gave Eric a charming glance, and said carefully: "Do you want to see me on the bed with a pile of trophies?"

Eric immediately shook his head: "I don't want to."

Madonna was stunned for a while, then burst out laughing and said, "It's really sad, Eric, speaking of which, "My Heart Will Go On" will definitely be the big winner of next year's Grammys, and maybe you will be invited by then. Or, since six years ago, you should have been invited, that 'new-divide', I have the single record of that year now. It's a pity that you don't seem to care much about it all the time."

"That's your territory, I'm not going to join in the fun," Eric said. He didn't want Madonna to keep the rhythm of the conversation. He was about to take the initiative to mention the Yahoo Music Store. Slight commotion.

Peter Ritchie hurried over and said, "Mr. Williams, Ms. Stewart has won the award, Best Supporting Actress." ︽②miào︽②bi︽.*②Ge︽②,

Eric stood up in surprise. After winning the Best Makeup Award, Eric didn't expect too much for Best Supporting Actress.

After all, Lauren Bacall, a legendary actress in the Golden Age of Hollywood, is competing with Gloria Stewart for Best Supporting Actress at the same time. Gloria Stewart is far from being able to compete in terms of qualifications and fame. Compare with Lauren Bacall. Moreover, if "Titanic" can get 12 statues and break the historical record, everyone is very satisfied.

Unexpectedly, this Best Supporting Actress with Rachel's Best Actress nomination is not much more likely to win.

After calming down a bit, Eric asked Peter Ritchie, "How many awards has one won?"

"Ten," Peter Ritchie said, and added: "The next thing about Titanic is the three nominations for Best Score, Best Director, and Best Picture."

James Horner's best score nomination, Cameron's best director nomination, and the ultimate best picture nomination, these three, at this point, is there any suspense?

There is no doubt that this means that "Titanic" will eventually get an unprecedented 13 golden statues!