Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion Chapter 598

Chapter 598 Oscar Ceremony

At the beginning of February, the shortlist for the 88th Academy Awards was announced. There are a total of 27 awards for this year's Oscars.

Lionsgate Pictures has 11 films nominated for this year's Academy Awards, receiving 48 nominations, accounting for more than one-third of all nominations.

Among them, "The Revenant" leads this year's Oscars with 12 nominations, and "The Martian" received 7 nominations, ranking second.

"American Sniper" and "Carol" received six nominations, and "Foxcatcher" and "The Big Short" received five nominations.

"Inherent Evil" and "Into the Wild" received two awards, while "The Butler", "Creed" and "Maleficent" each received one award.

Out of the eight films that won Best Picture, five were from Lionsgate.

The five films nominated for Best Actor are all from Lionsgate. The nominated actors include Link, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Joaquin Phoenix, and Steve Carell.

In terms of awards such as Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay, Lionsgate films accounted for more than half of the awards.

After the shortlist was announced, there was a lot of media speculation that Lionsgate Pictures was dominating the Oscars and winning all important awards.

It's just that the shortlist for the Academy Awards is selected by voting by more than 6,000 Oscar Academy judges. The large number of judges ensures the fairness of the award selection to a certain extent.

In addition, the films nominated by Lionsgate Pictures are of good quality and are eligible to be nominated for Oscars.

This also gives many competitors who want to take the opportunity to cause trouble no excuse to cause trouble.

On February 28, the 88th Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. The host of this Oscar was Chris Rock, who was later slapped by Will Smith.

During this Oscar performance, Vice President JB was invited to attend and sang the song "Till It Happens to You" with Lady Gaga. After the performance, dozens of people who had been sexually assaulted appeared on the stage, and Lady Gaga held hands with them on the Oscar stage. Call against sexual violence.

Link looked at the performance on the stage and smiled softly. The vice president's appearance here was obviously related to the general election. The other party was from the Donkey Party. He came here to participate in the performance and also canvassed votes for the Donkey Party.

There is also the issue of combating sexual violence. In a speech last February, Obama mentioned that "1 in 5 women in the United States is a victim of **** or attempted rape."

Subsequently, anti-sexual violence activities were launched in all walks of life in the United States.

Among them are scandals involving the entertainment industry, including Kesha's lawsuit against her boss Dr. Luke, claiming to have been assaulted by him; Bill Cosby, a black comedy star known as "American Dad", was accused of sexual assault in December last year. More than 40 women went to court last month claiming to have been assaulted by their partners.

In December last year, Italian female model Ambera called the New York police, claiming that she was molested by Harvey Weinstein. The case is still under investigation.

Last year, there were more than a dozen celebrity sexual violence scandals exposed by the media. Against this background, lady Gaga's performance today seemed meaningful.

“Brother, what are you laughing at? It feels a little malicious.”

Selena next to her leaned her head over and stared at him with big bright eyes.

Link calmed his expression and glanced at her, "Concentrate on watching the show. What are you looking at me for?"

“Brother, what did you think when you watched lady Gaga's show?”

Selena smiled sweetly.

“It's a very meaningful program with a good intention.”

Link said.

"Yes, there are many hidden scandals about women in the entertainment industry. After being exposed, it has a great impact on the parties concerned. Emmmm, brother, I think you should be careful at this time and don't expose anything bad. thing."

Selena said.

“Don't think too much. Although I'm a bit carefree, I never engage in unspoken rules. And I've restrained myself a lot now, okay?”

“Really not?”

Selena blinked and asked.

“No, based on my conditions, I can just pick up girls if I want. Do I still need to play with unspoken rules?”

Link shook his head. Since his debut, he has never had an intimate relationship with a strange woman. Women who take the initiative to embrace him will also record and take photos to leave evidence, so there is no need to worry about this happening.

“It seems like this.”

Selena thought for a moment, nodded her chin, and continued watching the performance on the stage.

After the warm-up performance, the awards ceremony entered into the presentation of various awards.

The best original screenplay and best adapted screenplay were first awarded, and these two awards were won by the movies "Spotlight" and "The Big Short" respectively.

The Best Supporting Actor award was won by Mark Rylance, actor in the movie "Bridge of Spies", and the Best Supporting Actress award was won by Alicia Vikander in the movie "The Danish Girl".

“Mad Max 4” won 6 technical awards in succession, including Best Sound Effects, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Film Editing.

"Ex Machina" won the best visual effects.

“The Revenant” won best cinematography.

"The Hateful Eight" won Best Original Score.

Singer Sam Smith's “Writing's On The Wall,” written for “Spectre,” won the award for Best Original Song and was publicly announced ahead of the Oscars.

The other party also became the first winner in the history of the Academy Awards to come out as gay.

In the technical awards, Lionsgate Pictures performed mediocrely and only won one for Best Cinematography.

When it comes to the most valuable awards, Lionsgate's films have won awards one after another.

The Best Actress Award was won by Cate Blanchett, the heroine of "Carol". She was very excited on the podium and expressed her gratitude to Catherine many times.

"Carol" is a film produced by Palm Beach Pictures, with Katherine serving as the film's producer.

In addition, Link also greeted Blanchett before the award ceremony. It is best not to mention him to avoid misunderstanding.

After Cate Blanchett stepped down, Julianne Moore, the winner of the previous Academy Award for Best Actress, came on stage to present the Best Actor Award.

The five male actors shortlisted this year are Link in "American Sniper", Leonardo in "The Revenant", Steve Carell in "Foxcatcher", and Matt Damon in "The Martian" , "Inherent Evil"-Joaquin Phoenix.

After the Oscar shortlist was announced, many media believed that Link had the greatest chance of winning this year because all five films were produced and distributed by Lionsgate Pictures. As long as Lionsgate Pictures invests more in public relations, Link's probability of winning will increase infinitely. big. But Link knew it was impossible.

When selecting leading actors and actresses, the Academy Awards has very strict requirements for actors with superb acting skills and those who sacrifice a lot during filming have the highest probability of winning. Doing so will give people a "hard-earned" feeling and enhance the Oscar status. Award winning style.

Especially in the Best Actor Award, the Oscar judges seem to be using this award to abuse the majority of male actors, so there are many "fat and weight loss maniacs", "faggots", "disabled", etc.

Among the five actors shortlisted this year, Leonardo can be said to have achieved the ultimate in "self-abuse".

Get fat and ugly, enthusiastic about public welfare, actively participate in the activities of environmental protection organizations, invest in several environmental documentary films, associate with black female singer Rihanna, risk life in the play, and big brown bears in the play, and so on.

Except for not playing the role of a disabled person or being gay, I did everything else I should do, which was a huge sacrifice.

Also, this year is the fourth time Leonardo has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Since the time of "The Wolf of Wall Street" in 2014, some media have claimed that Oscar owes Leonardo a Best Actor statuette.

So it is no surprise that this award was won by Leonardo.

When Julianne Moore read "Leonardo DiCaprio "The Revenant"" on the stage, Leonardo stood up excitedly, tugged on his suit, and rushed happily without waiting for others to congratulate him. Get on the podium.

“Hey~ Link, look here, this little golden man is mine.”

Leonardo shouted at Link holding the statuette.

Link clapped his hands and gave him a thumbs up.

For many actors, winning an Oscar is an incredible achievement, equivalent to an athlete winning an Olympic gold medal.

For him, the Oscar statuette is just a small honor.

It can be fought for, there is no need to be too pushy.

After Leonardo received the award, he thanked many people on stage, including many directors who had worked with him, including James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, Alejandro Gonzalez... Director Iñárritu and others.

Finally, I specially thanked Link, saying that they had known each other since 2008 and lived in the same apartment in New York. One lived upstairs and the other lived downstairs. When I met Link in 2008, Link was just a boxer who had just become famous. hand.

Leonardo joked that he was a big star at the time. When Link greeted him in the elevator, he didn't want to talk to him. But now that he wants to chat with Link, Link doesn't want to talk to him either.

Cause a burst of laughter at the scene.

Leonardo continued to say that he originally thought that the two of them had different careers and would not have much intersection in life.

But later I discovered that Link was very capable of crossing industries. After becoming the world boxing champion in 2008, he switched to becoming a singer in 2009 and became a music superstar. Later he continued to work as an actor and joined Lionsgate Films in 2011.

The two communicated more and more and became partners and friends.

Leonardo thanked Link for his help at the end, saying that he knew that Link also wanted to win an Oscar. After the awards ceremony, he would teach Link how to win the Best Actor Oscar, and promised to help him get this statuette. .

Link smiled and clapped his hands.

After Leonardo stepped down, the Best Director Award continued to be presented on stage.

Nominated for this award are "American Sniper" director Clint Eastwood, "The Revenant" director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, "Mad Max: Fury Road" director ” director George Miller, “The Big Short” director Adam McKay, and “Spotlight” director Thomas McCarthy.

Four of the five shortlisted directors are directors of Lionsgate films.

The final winner was Alejandro González Iñárritu.

After winning the Best Director Award for "Birdman" last year, the other party won this award again. He is also the only director in Oscar history to win this award two consecutive times.

Both films are being produced in partnership with Lionsgate Pictures.

Lionsgate Pictures is now considered the 'boile' of many filmmakers.

Some media claimed that if you want to win an Oscar and realize your dream of making a movie, the best way before 2011 was to cooperate with Harvey Weinstein. After 11 years, it was to cooperate with Lionsgate Pictures.

The final award is for the best film.

This award was won by "American Sniper". The reason for winning the award is that it fits the main theme. Chris Kyle is an American hero. This movie represents the American spirit and also praises those who defend this spirit.

“American Sniper” deserves this award.

At around 10 o'clock in the evening, the Academy Awards ceremony ended. Lionsgate's 11 films won 6 awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. , Best Photography.

6 out of 48 nominations, which is much worse than last year's 11 out of 35 nominations. However, this year Lionsgate won the most valuable awards, which are more valuable than last year's awards.

Afterwards, many media outlets expressed their dissatisfaction for Lionsgate Pictures.

Believes that the Academy is clearly limiting the number of awards Lionsgate's films can win.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for classic movies such as "The Revenant", "American Sniper", "The Martian" and "Carol" to win only 6 awards, which add up to as many awards as "Mad Max 4".

Lionsgate doesn't plan to dwell on this. The 88th Oscars has passed, and the company should look forward to work and strive to get more nominations and awards at next year's Oscars.

In more than a month before and after the Academy Awards, Lionsgate's 11 Oscar-nominated films all increased in box office.

The current box office of "The Revenant" is US$212 million in North America and US$584 million globally, an increase of more than US$30 million.

“American Sniper” currently has a North American box office of 392 million US dollars and a global box office of 668 million US dollars. The overseas box office has increased significantly, exceeding 20 million US dollars.

There are also movies such as "The Martian", "Carol", "Foxcatcher" and "The Big Short" that have achieved good box office growth.

The distribution department estimates that the total box office increase will be approximately US$200 million.

This also proves that Lionsgate's expenditure on public relations for the Oscars is worthwhile.

After the Oscars, Link became a dad at home, training boxing and preparing for the upcoming four boxing title defenses.

The 31st Summer Olympics will be held in August. He is a member of the US swimming team. When he has time, he will train in the swimming pool to prepare for the Olympics.

(End of this chapter)

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