Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion Chapter 580

Chapter 580 Awards Season and Chrissy Liu

“Margarita, get up quickly and don't roll on the ground.”

Ivaca shouted.

"Ouch!"

The little guy rolled around a few times. Seeing that Selena was getting up, he slowly stood up with his little **** stuck out.

After playing at the private skating rink for more than an hour, the group took a car and went to the next children's playground. In the past, when there were no children, Link, Ivaca and Taylor would go to movie theaters, concert halls, shopping malls and bars to chat when they went out to play. The topic is all about love and love. After having three little ones, most of the time we talk about the children.

After wandering around several lively neighborhoods in Manhattan, the group returned to their Yorkville apartment to rest until Sanxiao was tired and fell asleep in his arms.

After Christmas, Taylor stayed in New York for a week and continued to promote the album.

Now her album "1989" has sold 3.52 million copies in the United States, making it the highest-selling album in the United States last year and the only album besides the "Frozen" movie album to sell more than 3 million copies.

Overseas, after more than two months of publicity and promotion, the total sales of "1989" have exceeded 10 million, which is a pretty good result.

After the holidays, Link and Iwaka did not immediately return to Los Angeles and continued to stay in New York to handle various tasks.

At the end of December, the shortlist for the 72nd American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards was announced. This year, Lionsgate Pictures has six films shortlisted, with a total of 21 nominations.

Among them, "Birdman" and "American Hustle" both received 7 nominations at this year's Golden Globe Awards. They are the two films with the most nominations among all the shortlisted films, including Best Picture Musical Comedy, Best Actor, and Best Director. , Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Score, etc.

"Gone Girl" has four nominations, including Best Director, Best Actress in a Drama Series, Best Screenplay, and Best Score.

1 award for "Breaking Drummer", Best Supporting Actor.

"The Grand Budapest Hotel" won 1 award, Best Film - Musical Comedy.

"The Hunger Games 3" 1 award, Best Original Song.

Accounted for 3/10 of all nominations.

In the past few years, Lionsgate's films have received more than 10 and 20 nominations every year. This time Lionsgate received 21 more nominations, which caused little sensation in the media. It seems that everyone has been used to this for a long time. thing.

If Lionsgate didn't get more than ten nominations, it would be big news for the media.

This year's Golden Globe Awards did not give Link a nomination, but invited him to be the presenter. Link refused. He does not lack exposure, and does not need to go to the award ceremony to gain a sense of presence, nor does he want to be popularized by the Golden Globe Awards. , when used as a tool to improve ratings.

In addition, when chatting on Christmas night, Taylor said that he is now a big boss and should keep a low profile, appear less in public, and expose his private life less, which can increase his mystery in the public mind, such as Bill Gates, Rockefeller, and Rothschild. A member of the De family.

Although Taylor said these words because he wanted him to be a dad at home with peace of mind, the purpose was not simple, but there was some truth in it.

After deciding not to participate in the Golden Globe Awards, Link took care of his baby training at home. By the way, on New Year's Day, he participated in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra's performance at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. As a pianist, he performed the music "Victory" in conjunction with the music scene.

After the New Year, the Philharmonic Orchestra played 12 performances in four cities, and the venues were full.

Link also changed from a simple singer to a musician and a famous pianist.

And every time he performed, Ivaca would watch from the audience and send him flowers and applause, as if he was more proud of being a pure music player than a singer.

Taylor was rather jealous that he could perform with the Philharmonic Orchestra. When he called, he asked him not to forget who he learned his piano playing skills from.

Link's answer was rather rude, asking her to come back soon and wanting to have **** with her, even on the piano.

Then he was scolded severely by Taylor.

While in New York, Link also dealt with some academic issues.

Last year, he successfully graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in sports management.

Because he had good grades in professional courses while in school, he also did well in subject research and papers. He took the boxing industry as his research object and published many articles in top economics journals such as "Econometrica" and "RES".

The school suggested that he continue his studies and study for a master's degree and a doctorate.

After thinking about it, Link refused. The reason why he took the SAT test and entered New York University was to get a diploma so that others would not regard him as an illiterate who had not finished high school, and to experience college life.

It's just that I have been busy with work in the past few years. Apart from taking exams and participating in sports meets, I rarely come to school, and I have no chance to experience campus life.

There is no need to further your education.

In early January, his negotiating team also helped him obtain 100% equity and land ownership of the 222 Fifth Avenue Building in Manhattan. The total cost was as high as 1.85 billion U.S. dollars, which was 30% higher than when the Kunas family acquired it in 2006. More than 100 million US dollars.

After taking over Building 222, Link did not move in. The building was built in the mid-1980s. For more than 30 years now, the annual maintenance cost alone has reached more than 5 million U.S. dollars. For this reason, he spent another It was renovated with a cost of US$200 million and named LINK Building.

LINK Tower has 41 floors and is 145 meters high.

Although the height is not as high as the Rockefeller Building and my father-in-law's building, the building's foundation covers a larger area, with a total area of 696,000 square feet.

After renovation, the main part will continue to be used as an office building, the lower floor will be used as a hotel restaurant, and the upper floor will be used as high-end apartments. If it is operated properly, it can earn tens of millions in rental income every year.

After finishing all the work at the beginning of the year, Link took a private flight to China just like last year. On the one hand, he dealt with work, and on the other hand, he spent the Spring Festival with the little ones, fulfilling some of his father's responsibilities, and by the way, he also paid attention to this year's Golden Globe Awards.

This year's Golden Globe Awards will still be held at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel. After the Golden Globe Awards began, websites such as Sina Sohu broadcast live broadcasts through text and graphics mode.

The biggest winner at this year's Golden Globe Awards was "Boyhood," which won two awards: Best Picture in a Drama Series and Best Director.

The film is directed by Richard Linklater, director of the "At Dawn" trilogy. He spent 12 years filming "Boyhood" starting in 2002.

When the movie started shooting, the male protagonist Ethan Hawke was a 32-year-old handsome young man. When the movie was finished, he turned into a middle-aged man with wrinkles. The actors who played his son and daughter also recorded their growth on camera. No need to Makeup was applied, and the actors were not changed.

This kind of movie is very rare in the history of world cinema, and it is well deserved to win the best film in the drama category.

Several Lionsgate movies are also doing well.

"American Hustle" won Best Picture, Musical Comedy, Best Actress - Amy Adams, "Birdman" won Best Actor, Musical Comedy - Michael Keaton, Best Supporting Actress - Emma Stone, Best script.

"Crunch" won Best Supporting Actor - J.K. Simmons.

Got 6/14 of all awards.

This result is not bad. In terms of TV series, last year "House of Cards", "Orange is the New Black", "True Detective" and "American Horror Story" co-produced by Lionsgate and Netflix received a total of 8 nominations and won two awards.

Weinstein Pictures also had two films nominated for the Golden Globe Awards this year. "The Imitation Game" and "Big Eyes" received a total of six nominations. Unfortunately, there were too many good movies this year, and these two films failed to win any awards.

On the third day after the Golden Globe Awards, the shortlist for the 87th Academy Awards was announced.

This year's Academy Awards has a total of 24 regular awards, 2 honorary awards and 5 science and technology awards.

A total of five films released by Lionsgate were shortlisted and received 35 nominations.

"American Hustle" leads this year's Academy Awards with 10 nominations, winning nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actor, and Best Supporting Actor and Actor.

"Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" ranked second with nine nominations.

"Crackling Drummer" received six nominations, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Screenplay.

"Gone Girl" received one nomination, Best Actress.

After the shortlist was announced, the number of award nominations for Lionsgate's films also aroused the amazement of many media.

Although the 35 nominations are not the most in history, the most nominations were at the 75th Academy Awards in 2003. Miramax Pictures won the nomination for films such as "Chicago", "Gangs of New York" and "The Hours". 40 nominations.

It was also from that year that Harvey Weinstein was known as the King of Oscars.

However, the movies released by Lionsgate have been nominated for more than 20 Academy Awards for three consecutive years since 2013. No film company has been able to achieve this for the time being.

In addition, there are 8 films nominated for Best Picture this year, 4 of which are from Lionsgate. In the awards such as Best Actor and Actor, Supporting Actor and Actor, almost all of them are actors from Lionsgate films.

For this reason, many envious Lionsgate peers spoke out in the media during the second round of voting for the Academy Awards.

Ask the Motion Picture Association to launch an antitrust investigation into Lionsgate.

If we ignore the fact that Lionsgate films occupy the majority of the Oscars every year, the Oscars will be renamed the Lionsgate Awards in a few years, and all film award selections will be made by Link alone.

There are also some filmmakers with ulterior motives who have publicly made suggestions, hoping that the Oscar judges will not vote for Lionsgate films and condone Lionsgate's arrogance.

In response to this rumor, Lionsgate Films made a strong counterattack. On the one hand, it set up a best movie voting system on the Netflix website, inviting all Netflix members to participate in voting and select the 10 best art movies last year.

On the other hand, a spokesman for Lionsgate criticized famous filmmakers including Harvey.

These people are criticizing Lionsgate out of jealousy, not because Lionsgate has made any mistakes. Lionsgate hopes they can make more good movies in the future and compete with Lionsgate in the film market. Competition, rather than making trouble by spreading rumors verbally.

During the second round of voting for the Oscars, the promotional department of Lionsgate Pictures spent more than 20 million U.S. dollars on publicity in numerous media, claiming that Lionsgate Pictures' movies will win the love and support of the audience because they are good enough. Because it is excellent and classic enough, it won the support of most judges and received 35 nominations.

If you don't vote for Lionsgate because of the jealousy and slander of your peers, this is a tarnishment of the Oscars, a tarnishment of the film art, and a tarnishment of excellent films. It is also a disgrace to the hard work and sacrifice of the film workers.

Lionsgate Pictures expressed its belief that the Academy Awards are an award established to encourage outstanding films and outstanding film workers, and are not established for some losers, speculators, and people who only play tricks in the dark but cannot make good movies. Consolation prize.

During the promotion period, Netflix also selected the top ten art films of the year. "American Hustle", "Birdman", "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "Punchline" and "Gone Girl" were all ranked in the top 20.

Among them, "Birdman" ranked first, with 312,557 members supporting it.

"American Hustle" was ranked second, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" was ranked fifth, "Punch" was ranked tenth, and "Gone Girl" was ranked 16th.

Although many people have objections to this selection result, they believe that Lionsgate and Netflix are the same company, and the selection on the Netflix website is unfair.

But this selection is highly consistent with the New York Times' latest list of the top ten movies of the year. "Birdman" was ranked first among the top ten movies of 2014 by the New York Times, and "Budapest" ranked third.

The New York Times is considered the most credible media in the United States, and the top ten movies selected every year are also highly recognized.

This time the opponents had nothing to say.

Through several lists, Lionsgate Pictures vigorously promoted several of its films. During the Oscar selection period, several of Lionsgate Films' nominated films achieved good growth at the box office.

It can be considered a relatively successful wave of hype.

“How many awards are Lionsgate planning to win this year?”

In the courtyard, Chris Liu asked while flipping through the newspaper.

"At least 10 items, no upper limit."

Link smiled as he hugged the girl's slim waist.

"There are only 24 awards in total, and Lionsgate won half. After the Oscars, those competitors will say that Lionsgate has a monopoly."

Chris Liu smiled slightly.

"It doesn't matter. Our movies have made money and won awards. It's okay to be jealous. We can't be afraid to be good just because we are worried about being jealous."

"This is our difference. We prefer the golden mean, which is to make a fortune silently."

Chris Liu said while holding her hair with her white jade fingers.

"This is difficult. After all, Lionsgate has now become the number one film industry in the world, both in terms of box office and awards. It is difficult to keep a low profile."

Link said with a shrug.

"Don't be too complacent. You must know that the wind will last forever, and the showers will last all day. That is to say, strong winds and heavy rains cannot last long. We must learn to develop slowly and sustainably."

"I am the peak when I reach the highest point, and I will do the rest after I reach the top."

Link shook his head and kissed the girl's hair.

Chrissie rolled her eyes at him and moved to stay away from him.

(End of chapter)

Chapter end

Report