The list of nominations for the 76th Academy Awards was released on January 24, and this year's awards ceremony will be held earlier than the end of February.
"The Queen" won a total of 5 nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. Frankly speaking, Angela is only about 50% sure of winning the best director.
Among the four competitors, Sofia Coppola and Peter Weir can be ignored. Although the former's "Lost in Translation" is very good, if it wins the best director, fans will definitely tear down the awards without mercy. Ceremony; as for the latter, "Fight the Sea" is good, but it doesn't get to the point where Peter Weir can secure the best director. So the biggest opponents are the old man Clint Eastwood who directed "Mystic River" and... Peter Jackson!
It seems that although Eastwood is threatening, the ending of "Mystic River" is a little more sensitive, which greatly reduces the chance of him getting a statuette, and besides, he doesn't have a statuette like Martin. So, the biggest threat should be Peter Jackson. This has something to do with the New Zealand Fat Man "once" winning the best director with "The Lord of the Rings", but more because of the influence of the "Lord of the Rings" series of novels, the title of the originator of fantasy novels is not casual It can be used, not to mention that the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is a rare hit and applauded, winning the praise of 99% of book fans.
Therefore, even if Angela has 6 consecutive nominations, the halo of 5 consecutive losses is still not sure that she can win Peter Fatty. But she didn't take it to heart. It's still the same sentence. It's a very good thing to get it, but if you can't get it... They're looking for their own way of death!
On the morning of February 12, the international flight diverted to Shanghai Pudong landed at Los Angeles International Airport. After saying goodbye to Alice with a tired face, Angela carefully instructed her to be careful about her body and her mental state before she was in the bodyguard. Under the cover, he quietly got on the car to pick him up and drove towards home.
"It's almost there, make a small adjustment to the script, and then you can start preparations." Angela, who was leaning on the seat, murmured with her eyes closed, "Alice's state seems to have been repeated, it is best to let Balfe The professor gave her a few more psychological counseling sessions. It’s better not to ask her to be a film consultant, but it’s a bit of a problem to only serve as an honorary consultant… Whatever, it’s my freedom to invite whoever I want to be an honorary consultant, as long as the film…”
Just then the phone rang, Angela opened her slightly tired eyes and pressed the answer button: "Hi, I'm Angela... Hi, Annie... It's not bad, it's just that the time difference is not adjusted, my plane is I'm used to it, but I'm not used to the airliner... Is it? Well, I'll... get back to him as soon as possible, so... Is it? When? Well, I know, I'm on my way now, and I'll be back soon. "
After closing the phone, Angela stared at the phone in her hand in a daze for a while. After a while, she put the phone back in her handbag, pinched the bridge of her nose with a complicated look, and closed her eyes again.
It didn't take long for Angela to return to her mansion in Beverly Hills. Annie stood at the door as early as before and waited for her, but the smile on her face was gloomy. In fact, this gloom was present at the end of last year, only now it is becoming more and more obvious.
"Is the house okay?" Angela hugged her butler gently as usual.
"It's all okay." Annie nodded, hesitated, and then whispered: "Xia Xia called a few times, complaining that you didn't turn on your mobile phone when you went to China, and asked when you were coming back and when you were going to London again."
Angela, who was about to go inside, stopped. She turned her head to look at Annie for a few minutes, and then shrugged: "I have important things in China, of course I can't let the phone disturb you. I will call her back as soon as possible. of."
Annie seemed to have something to say, but in the end she just frowned worriedly while watching Angela's back and sighed.
"Angie?" After walking into the living room, a figure stood up from the sofa in surprise. The tight jeans showed the curves of her hips and legs very well. The loose white T-shirt was covered with a fitted jacket, which was much shorter than before. The brown hair hung down in small curls. Make her look very charming.
"Hi, Kayla, how many days have you been here?" Angela walked up with a smile and hugged each other gently.
"It was almost three days. I wanted to wait for the fragmentary shots in the studio to be finished before I came to you, but I didn't expect you to go to China. Fortunately, Annie said that you will be back soon, I can Live here." Kayla said with a smile, and then looked at Annie at the door a little embarrassed.
"Then I really have to thank Annie, don't I?" Angela turned her head to look at Annie with interest, the latter said nothing and walked inside with a calm expression.
"By the way, how was the filming?" Angela did not continue but changed the subject.
"It's... not bad." Kayla sighed exaggeratedly in a long voice.
"What do you mean?" Angela raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"It's really bad to put the scenes of the two movies together. I feel like I'm almost like a top spinning, and as long as there is a slight pause, someone will come over and move it." Keira Some helplessly waved his hand, and the eyes staring at Angela suddenly flashed a trace of unnaturalness.
This time Angela finally noticed it. She was about to ask what was going on, but involuntarily opened her mouth and yawned.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, Angie, I forgot that you just got off the plane." Kayla said apologetically, "Go and rest in your room first."
"Okay, wait for me to take a nap and talk." Angela nodded and didn't insist.
I slept soundly this time, and when Angela woke up, the sun had already poured in through the window curtains, and it was almost 2 o'clock in the afternoon. She rubbed her eyes and was about to get up, when she suddenly found someone lying beside her.
Angela, who was still in the haze, was startled, but she woke up immediately, then twitched the corners of her mouth and couldn't help but laugh out loud. Kayla lay on her side and curled up beside her, with a thin blanket over her arms and chest, a book of poetry clutched in the other hand over her belly. Well, these are not the reasons for wanting to laugh, the key is that Kayla's mouth is slightly open, and a glittering saliva drips on the quilt.
It's really... cute girl, if you shoot it with a camera and put it on the Internet, it will definitely surprise many people, right? Angela supported her face with one hand and looked at Kayla who was sleeping soundly with interest.
Fortunately, I didn't leave "criminal evidence" before... As soon as this thought came up, Angela's face changed slightly, and some familiar images suddenly burst into her mind, and she couldn't help grasping the quilt covering her.
After returning to Los Angeles from London at the beginning of the new year, Angela attended the "Transformers" celebration dinner. As expected, Jessica did not show up, and it was only after I asked Cameron that she found out that she declined because of physical discomfort.
Angela's face changed for a while, and finally there was a flash of frustration, and she looked at Kayla, who was sleeping soundly beside her again. After staring again for a long time, the corners of her mouth finally turned up slightly, and then she picked up the mobile phone by the bedside and adjusted it, taking a picture of Kayla's indecent image with a click.
"Well... what's wrong?" Kayla, who was awakened by the sound of the shutter, raised her head and looked at Angela, who was sitting on the head of the bed beside her, with a smirk and shaking her phone for a long while, before wiping the corner of her mouth and realizing it suddenly come over.
"How can you do this!" The furious Kayla immediately stretched out her hand to grab it, and her blushing face, which had been blushing because of her sound sleep, became more and more rosy.
"Why, can't I take a photo as a souvenir?" How could Angela let her grab it, holding the phone high and laughing, and at the same time pressing the shutter, Kacha Kacha took a lot of photos regardless.
After a long fight, the two stopped, and then went to the bathroom to wash up a little.
"It's just sleeping and drooling, it's no big deal." Angela comforted Kayla, who had always been a little sad because she finally kept those photos.
"My image is completely ruined." Kayla, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, said sullenly.
"Do you think you still have an image in front of me, Miss Knightley?" Angela said, narrowing her eyes.
Kayla's face flushed instantly, and Ai Ai turned her head away for a while and stopped talking.
"Okay, actually when I slept before, if my posture was bad and pressed my face, I would drool." Angela waved her hand, and then said deliberately with emotion: "Fortunately, the mobile phone couldn't take pictures at that time, otherwise it might be Evidence will be left."
Kayla snorted disdainfully, a hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes, then raised her chin and asked in a nonchalant tone, "So, Angie, have you ever had a girlfriend before?"
Angela was stunned for a while, and then laughed needlessly: "You know, some scandals are not all baseless."
"Understood," Kayla nodded, then continued, "So, how many girlfriends did you... have before?"
Angela was silent for a few seconds, watching Kayla's eyes flicker for a while and then shrugged: "Several, I think you will know who it is by thinking about your smartness. But now that they have broken up, some... When we meet again and again, some have intersections, and usually when we meet, I will tease them a few times, which is very interesting."
"Is that so?" Kayla lowered her head and reached out and gently stroked her nose. She didn't know what she was thinking, and the room suddenly fell into a strange silence.
Fortunately, after a few minutes, she raised her head again: "Tell me about other things, such as... What is China like?"
"Let me think about it," Angela said after thinking for a few seconds: "It's an interesting country..."
The topic started from China, and the two girls chatted again, as if the strange silence before did not exist. When it comes to interesting places, both of them will giggle and laugh, but it is not always a good thing to be in high spirits. Once a dispute arises, it can easily turn into a "full martial arts".
Fortunately, this "full martial arts" lasted only a few seconds. After Angela swooped on him fiercely, Kayla, who was about to dodge, screamed and fell on the bed.
"What's wrong?" Angela quickly supported her.
"My feet are numb." Kayla said while grinning and sucking in the cool air, Angela suddenly gloated, "Ha, deserve it."
"Hey, how can you talk like that." Kayla gave her a dissatisfied look.
"Isn't it? It's not me who is sedentary for a long time." Although Angela said this, she sat on the edge of the bed and carefully lifted Kayla's numb foot, and put it in her arms. Massage up.
"Hush- oh... tap it... yes... that's it, oh..." After the initial discomfort, after the blood circulation began to return to normal with Angela's massage, Kayla became much more comfortable.
"Hey, dear, I'm just massaging your feet, not elsewhere." Angela suddenly turned her head to look at Kayla and raised her eyebrows. This situation didn't last long and she screamed again, because Angela grabbed her delicate ankle and fondled her soles.
"Haha...haha...Angie...Please...don't..." Kayla, who couldn't escape the claws, cried and laughed again and again and begged for mercy.
"Damn it!" As soon as Angela let go, Kayla slapped her with resentment, but unfortunately she didn't have any strength.
"Why, do you want to come again?" Angela suddenly approached Kayla with a sneer.
Kayla, who was muttering in her mouth, shrank her neck. Although she didn't dare to speak, she stared at Angela with murderous eyes, which looked quite cute. Angela couldn't help but let out a low laugh, then stared at Keira, and after a while, leaned over and kissed her on the lips lightly. Keira's anger seemed to be instantly extinguished by the kiss, and she kissed Angela back after being stunned for a few seconds.
After the two touched their heads for a moment, Angela suddenly asked softly, "Is there any work to do next, Kayla?"
"What are you trying to say?" Kayla asked with a smile.
"If there is nothing else, would you like to stay in Los Angeles for a while?" Angela said suddenly.
"No problem." Kayla answered without hesitation.
A smile spread from the corner of Angela's mouth. She suddenly got out of bed and came to the elevating table to select from the pen holder: "Then, listen to me now, obediently take off your clothes and pose on the bed."
"What? It's afternoon now." Keira clasped her arms nervously.
Angela rolled her eyes bluntly, then put up the easel and stared at her fiercely: "You should be honored, few people are my nude models!"
Kayla blinked, and suddenly asked with interest: "So who has modeled for you?"
Angela couldn't help being stunned for a moment, then she became a little dazed, and the face in front of her overlapped with another one. Fortunately, she restrained herself in time and maintained her previous vicious appearance: "Don't be long-winded, take off your clothes!"
The next few days were quite pleasant. Angela stayed in the villa most of the time except for occasional announcements or charity receptions. Although the paparazzi started a new round of squatting because she was nominated for the best director for the sixth time in a row, they did not dare to swagger into the villa after all.
Since Kayla agreed to stay with her in Los Angeles, she has always been wherever she goes, except in some special circumstances. It even turned down several advertising contracts for this, and was complained by the broker for a long time.
"Why refuse?" Angela asked in surprise after knowing the situation.
"There will always be advertising contracts. In contrast, I think it's better to stay by your side." Kayla replied lazily, "Besides, don't you almost never accept any advertising contracts?"
"Idiot, do you think you can compare with me!" Angela said angrily, but Kayla just smiled and didn't think about changing her decision even if she was ravaged by her.
This made Angela, who was not very peaceful in her heart, become a little hesitant again.
Damn, here we go again. She thought anxiously.
The situation at Christmas suddenly emerged in her mind. She had planned to get Liv drunk and sleep with her, and even drank whisky for this purpose. Surprisingly, this time I drank whisky and did not appear to be unable to control myself as before, although I had impulses, desires and keen senses.
So when she was teasing Liv, she noticed Scarlett's fleeting eyes, that kind of eyes intertwined with jealousy, boredom and dissatisfaction made her feel inexplicably uncomfortable and longing, so even though she kept teasing Liv, she didn't. Never share a bed. And in the next trip to Woodland, whether it was Liv's eyes when he teased Scarlett, or Scarlett's eyes when he teased Liv, this feeling was even stronger.
So when Annie told her that he wanted her to be on the set as soon as possible, plus Kayla was around again and then a series of things, so she made that decision. Just do this...
"It's still a gorgeous space opera style, haven't you thought about making some changes, George?" Looking at the huge set in the studio, Angela, who put on a Jedi knight suit, said to George Lucas next to him. .
"Change? What kind of change? Let Master Yoda bring his apprentices wielding lightsabers and deliver an inspiring speech in front of the Sith King? Or pin his hopes on a few apprentices and let them destroy the Sith The energy of the emperor?" Lucas shrugged, pretended to think for a few minutes and then nodded solemnly: "This is a good idea, maybe the Film Academy will consider awarding me a golden statuette for the best director."
"Ha, someone is jealous." Angela raised an eyebrow at Lucas with a mocking tone.
"Do you think I need it?" Lucas said stubbornly, and then looked Angela up and down, "It's you, don't think that they will really award you the best director after five consecutive failed nominations."
"Okay, I'll write it down. If I can't win the best director this time, then I will definitely settle the account with you." At this point, her eyes caught the figure of a person, and her breath suddenly became short. stand up.