"This should be the most surprising nomination list in Oscar history, but at the same time it is not the most controversial nomination list! Because we all know that Miss Angel has created countless miracles from the late 1990s to the present, making all the Everyone became numb, and even if she swept all the nominated awards, it would not cause any waves, she seemed like a joke from God, and she exists on purpose to make Hollywood feel at a loss..."
This is "Empire"'s comment on the 81st Oscar nomination list. The reason for this feeling is that this list is indeed a bit stunned. Angela not only broke the single-person, single-term nomination record set by herself again. !
She has won a total of 7 nominations, and the nomination for best director is definitely not going away, in addition to best supporting actress, best original screenplay, best adapted screenplay, best editing, best soundtrack and best Art Direction! For almost the first time, the same person has been nominated for both Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay! For the screenwriter, this should be considered quite an honor. It's a pity that Angela is not only a screenwriter, so what's even more surprising is that she has occupied the two best director spots by herself!
That's right, it's true. The five best directors nominated for the 81st Academy Awards are: Danny Ball, director of Slumdog Millionaire; David Fincher, director of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Avatar director James Cameron and "The Mist" director Angela Mason, "Our Lives" director Angela Mason!
No wonder some people exclaimed: Angela has already set the best director for this Oscar!
Well, if that's enough, skip all that and focus on Best Movie, four of the five nominations are related to her! Needless to say "The Mist" and "Our Lives", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was co-financed by Pixar and Paramount, and "Avatar" was co-financed by Pixar and Fox.
As a result, almost all studios are complaining that Pixar is starting to monopolize the best movies again.
"Is there anything you can't do, Angie?" Kate asked Angela, who was leaning against her thigh, while watching the TV.
Angela didn't answer the question, just opened her mouth and shouted, "I want to eat grapes, Kate."
Kate shook her head, reached out and picked a grape from the fruit bowl on the coffee table, peeled it off, and put it into Angela's mouth. She chewed and swallowed it, then she took Kate's hand and spit out the grape seeds into her palm, and then said to Jessica on the other end: "Go up, Jesse, you can be stronger. "
"Is it here?" Jessica, who was massaging her legs in her arms, then moved her hands up a little, she was still that gentle, gentle and well-behaved look.
"That's right, where... Oh, Jessie, your massage skills are really good." Angela hummed in comfort.
Kate, who was watching TV, glanced at Jessica, who was doing her best to serve Angela. She sighed in her heart and reminded, "Aren't you going to hear what they say, Angie?"
"It doesn't matter, no matter how they comment, they can't affect the judges of the Film Academy. I just need Sparrow and the others to do a good job in public relations." Angela waved her hand indifferently.
"I didn't expect you to be so confident, maybe we can celebrate in advance?" Kate couldn't help but stabbed a little jealously.
"I didn't say that, dear Kate," Angela replied languidly, "the old guys sometimes like to play out of line, so it's possible to get upset - don't worry, by the end of the month. understood."
Speaking of which, she suddenly remembered something and asked: "By the way, Nat hasn't come back yet? I have to discuss with her about voting today. If the operation is done well, she may win a best actress for her. "
Although "The Mist" was released relatively early among several popular nominated films and lacked an advantage - Oscar's judges don't watch every film, most of the time they just pick the highlights and combine those The film critics of famous film critics make judgments, and they cast their votes after exchanging opinions with the judges who are familiar with them. In this way, those films released closer to the end of the year have an advantage.
Even so, the film still won seven nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Cinematography! Angela was surprised when she first got the nomination list. She picked 7 items at random and reported to the Film Academy, but none of them were nominated.
It's not surprising if you think about it carefully. The three acting award nominations are undoubtedly well-deserved. Both Natalie and Will Smith have performed very well, not to mention Angela. There are less than two in total. The ten-minute performance was very popular at first. Although this film ironically satirized certain things, it was hidden in the depths of the story, and it did not deviate too much from the main theme - this was the sequela she left behind in order to make "John Rabe" well. So it's normal to have nominations for best director and best picture. As for the best adapted screenplay, just because the original is a second- or third-rate suspense novel, it should definitely be nominated, and only the best cinematography belongs to Tim.
Jessica suddenly coughed twice at this moment. Before Angela could react, Kate had already laughed and joked: "Okay, Jesse, you can't just cough up your throat."
Jessica's face suddenly turned red, and the hand holding Angela's thigh couldn't help but get a little heavier.
"Hey, Jesse, Kate said that! Not me!" Angela hurriedly shouted.
Jessica's face turned even redder, but she stopped anyway, Angela quickly sat up and rubbed the sore spot and glared at Kate, who was gloating at the misfortune, and then pressed Jessica's shoulder to comfort her. : "Okay, Jesse, although your acting skills are indeed inferior to Natalie's, it doesn't mean that you don't have the chance to be nominated for Best Actress. Every actor will have a moment when a dazzling light illuminates the whole sky, you Of course there are no exceptions. Also, it doesn't matter if the film school approves or not, as long as we think you are very good."
"Got it, Angie," Jessica had calmed down by now, she grabbed her hand and smiled, "don't worry, I was just a little jealous."
"It's normal, just like I sometimes get jealous that Manny's breasts are bigger than mine." Angela started running the train with her mouth full again.
Both Kate and Jessica burst out laughing, and then there was a knock on the door, and the door was opened before anyone inside could speak. A familiar figure appeared at the door, no need to say who it was, there was only one person in the entire villa who could knock on the door without waiting for an answer.
"Your enjoyment is over?" Alizee asked lightly.
"Are you saying this out of jealousy or envy?" Angela asked with a smile, then stretched out her arms to hug Jessica and Kate's waists and wanted to hug them from side to side, but it was a pity that they didn't get it lightly. Two fists that are not heavy.
"Don't think that everyone consoles you because you have achieved an unprecedented record, which means you can do whatever you want." Alize said calmly, looking at Angela, who was aggrieved and covering her head, with a slight smile on the corner of her mouth.
"Okay, what's the matter?" Angela spread her hands helplessly.
"What's the matter?" It's a pity that the smile disappeared immediately, and Alizee put on a mocking tone again, "I thought you should remember, Miss Angela, Pixar is waiting for you to answer today, what is the reason? Movie canvassing."
"Oh, yes, I remembered, and I'll call them right away!" Angela jumped up from the sofa, greeted Jessica and Kate, and hurried out.
The three remaining people in the room looked at each other and shrugged in unison.
It is also a hassle for a film company to have too many works competing for the best movie, which can easily lead to the dispersion of votes and thus make it cheaper for others. In fact, Angela has already made a decision on which movie to focus on canvassing tickets for. "The Mist" was released too early, and the subject matter is not very popular, so it can be passed; and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" " and "Avatar" are co-invested and co-published with other companies. Angela believes that Pixar, who has been spoiled by her, will definitely not want to share the honor with others. So which movie should be canvassed for is ready.
It's just that she forgot that Ed, Lasseter and others have a soft spot for computer animation, and "Avatar" is also an animation in a sense, and the CG technology is so exquisite, so it is inevitable that there will be The voice of canvassing for "Avatar". Angela didn't care, and let them discuss it first, for democracy.
She believes that Ed, as the company's CEO, must be aware of the disadvantages of "Avatar". A bit of a sharp point is that the judges of the academy will not have much interest in a CG animation, so Ed will definitely make the right judgment and convince everyone.
Subsequent developments proved that Angela's judgment was correct, and the news returned a few days later showed that Pixar had unanimously decided to canvass for "Our Life". As long as Angela confirmed, the propaganda machine would operate immediately. However, Angela forgot to reply because she was enjoying the service of congratulations from everyone. If it wasn't for Alizee's reminder, God knows when she would have thought of it.
"Okay, then that's it." It only took Angela a few minutes to end the call, and everything was basically what she expected, except for the two acting awards for herself and Natalie.
After thinking for a few seconds, she dialed the phone, which was quickly connected, but first there was a loud noise.
"Nat, what happened?" Angela asked quickly, it sounded like a lot of people were shouting.
Natalie didn't answer. It wasn't until a few seconds later that there was a heavy sound of closing the car door, and Natalie exhaled a long breath: "Hi, Angie, sorry, I was caught by the reporters."
"What did I tell you? Be careful on the street these days." Angela shrugged.
"It's the same for you." Natalie snorted in dissatisfaction.
"Are you sure? You are really sure." Angela asked half-jokingly.
"Please let me remind you, Angie, it's no secret that you have black hair and black pupils." Natalie continued to hum, "I can guarantee that you won't be able to walk two steps down the street with that look. There will also be enthusiastic journalists.”
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this." Angela quickly stopped the mess, "you better come back quickly, I still have important things to discuss with you."
"Well... What's so important? I'm going to hang out with Manny again." Although Natalie changed her words in time, the word at first betrayed her heart. The reason why she suddenly changed her words must be because Instigated by Manny who was staying by her side, Angela clearly heard her snicker here.
"Because I'm cold and lonely at home by myself, Weiwei and Liv ran to announce that Kayla recorded the show, can't you come back to accompany me quickly?" Angela simply resorted to the trick of acting like a spoiled child to stabilize them. , try to deceive them back, and then slowly settle accounts!
"Don't be pitiful, Kate and Jesse will definitely be with you at home. Even if they're not there, you still have a housekeeper and personal assistant." Natalie said in a lazy tone.
"OK, let's get down to business, I need to discuss with you how to vote for your Best Actress nomination, don't you want to come back with a golden statuette?" Angela said serious business.
"Understood, I'll be back soon, OK?" Natalie suddenly changed the conversation. "Speaking of which, have you ever thought about how to vote for your best supporting actress?"
"Come on, I've won the best supporting actress three times, unless the film school judges are collectively insane, I basically can't win it again." Angela shrugged, "That's it, come back soon, about I still have a lot to prepare for the Oscars at the end of the month."
"Um..." Natalie thought for a while, "Angie, aren't you going to be at the Oscars..."
"The scene? Well, this is a good idea, publicly announced in front of tens of millions of viewers, and then the next day, all the privacy is turned upside down by paparazzi big and small, and then all the parents who love their daughters will slam the door..." Angela said teasingly, and didn't stop until there was laughter over there, "Okay, Nat, don't think about it, don't guess, I'll give you a surprise."
After saying goodbye to each other, Angela put down the phone. Thinking about it carefully, it's actually quite good to propose at the Oscars. Anyway, since she has decided to make it public, she doesn't need to care about public opinion, just... It would be great if the parents had already been settled. Having said that, Nat almost got it right, and he has to keep his mouth shut and not make a mistake at the last minute.
With a wave of her hand to get these out of her mind for a while, Angela found her laptop and started looking for information. Because the time from the announcement of the nomination list to the official awards ceremony is much shorter than in previous years, the competition in February 2009 will be much more enthusiastic than before.