Hollywood Road

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"The 84th Oscars ceremony will begin soon, and anyone with a discerning eye should be clear: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and many other Hollywood scumbag stars are actually A veritable secondary commodity, the big boss who really dominates the overall situation, is the fat guy hiding behind the pile of people-Harvey Weinstein!"

"Because, a very serious fact is: from last year's "The King's Speech" kicked "Social Network", all the way to the best actor, best director, best film three awards, to this year "Artist" It almost completely replicates the glorious road to the Olympics of the'King', and it is bound to be invincible and win a lot of glory!

"The ownership of the Oscar awards is dominated by Harvey Weinstein's invisible big hands. It has become a clear rule that can be written into publications. From today onwards, perhaps every Hollywood actor should follow Harvey Weinstein. Enstein has meat' as a life creed!"

Putting down the newspaper in his hand, Howard Rodman shook his head and said to an old friend next to him, "Oscar is about to change his surname to Weinstein."

"Is it such an exaggeration?" The old friend was a little disapproving.

"Isn't it?" Howard Rodman reminded. "Recall how much controversy Harvey Weinstein has caused Oscar since "The English Patient"?"

The man sat there thinking for a while, and finally nodded, "A few times, Oscar turned into a joke."

Howard Rodman put the newspaper on the table, "Oscar is not named Weinstein, and never has the last name of anyone!"

After thinking about it for a moment, Howard Rodman said to his friend again, "Oscar can't go on like this. If we go on like this, the Weinstein brothers will become Oscar spokespersons. I will mobilize people on my side to refrain from voting as much as possible. Tickets for Weinstein Pictures."

The old friend took a look at the newspaper and said, “The above statement is very reasonable. Many actors have no limit to flattering the Weinstein brothers in order to get the Oscars. The authority of the academy has never been placed on them. In my eyes, isn't Oscar from the academy, but really becomes the Weinstein brothers?"

After a cold snort, he said again, "I'll leave first, I want to go back and talk to people."

"Okay." Howard Rodman nodded, "I won't see you off, I'm going to make a few calls."

Since 1989, he has become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and has the right to vote. As the vice president of the American Writers Association, he is a representative figure of the screenwriting rights organization in the academy. It can be said to be a very influential person within the academy. One of the core figures.

In addition to private activities, Murphy joined forces with 20th Century Fox to instigate this wave of media coverage, but unlike Harvey Weinstein's smearing of him and "Diego Rose", the media reported on Wei The Enstein brothers sang their praises and listed his achievements in the past Oscars one by one, reminding many members of the academy, especially those old men who cherish feathers more and more, that Oscars are no longer their Oscars, but have changed their surname to Wayne. Stan.

Under the instigation of Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox, some media praised Harvey Weinstein to a considerable height.

"Harvey Weinstein, the one who can really determine the Oscar's ownership!"

"What factors can make a film a big winner of the Oscars? It is not difficult to find that following Harvey Weinstein, you can win the Oscars by analyzing the past two decades!"

"Oscar changed his surname to Weinstein, who can explain the secrets that can't be told?"

The remarks on these traditional media can affect the Oscar judges, especially those old school conservatives who cherish the Oscar feathers.

In addition to the paper media, as the live broadcaster of this year’s Oscars, ABC TV, affiliated to Walt Disney, also broadcasts the Oscar preview program for two consecutive nights in the prime time of the highest-rated channel in the United States, focusing on the analysis of the Weinstein Brothers. The brilliant record of previous Oscars proves that Oscars are really about to change their surname to Weinstein.

"Harvey Weinstein's trial and error in Oscar public relations has led those global fans who know more and more about Oscars to produce the terrible misunderstanding that the Oscar judges are all idiots: from the earliest "The British Patient" "Swept the Oscars, by the end of the century, "Shakespeare in Love" beat "Saving Private Ryan", and then "Chicago" surprised four people, Harvey Weinstein is always playing with public relations tricks!"

"Of course, you also have to admit that Harvey Weinstein's way of manipulating Oscars is also advancing with the times: when "The English Patient", he liked to advertise his movie as the'greatest moving work in years', but When running "The King's Speech", he publicly expressed his dislike of this type of label propaganda, alluding to the impetuous self-promotion of "Social Network"; in "Chicago", he was keen to attack competitors on the side, and when canvassing votes It’s ugly to give a gift, but after seeing "The Hurt Locker" encountering the producer’s email canvassing incident, he immediately narrowed his ambition to win the prize, and just keep an eye on the best supporting actor."

"By the time of "The King's Speech" last year, he knew that film critics were quite annoying guys, so he publicly stated that'Oscar judges have their own aesthetic judgments, and of course they will not be influenced by the taste of film critics.' This is both touted. The people from the Academy of Film and Television have spared their energy to get the three major trade union awards and achieved the ultimate comeback of this film."

"Furthermore, this year's "Artist" debut, you can almost see a strategizing Harvey Weinstein, implemented a more perfect plan than ever before: never advertised this film as a tribute work; declared never Fighting opponents to raise oneself, but when the union award is awarded, people completely forget the "Diego-Ros" and "Tree of Life" touted by film critics, and passed them again and again. The media said that he is a person who respects the art of film. "

Just like the media said that Murphy has a connection with drug cartels, this is indeed the truth. Murphy can't explain it, even if he has no economic relationship with Ross, let alone exchange of interests, he does not explain clearly, and will Harvey Weinstein. The other party couldn’t explain everything he did in the past. The more Harvey Weinstein stepped up and explained, the more members of the academy would see his unreasonable influence on the Oscars.

This kind of influence is fine in the dark, but on the bright side, those old men who are conservative and have strong self-esteem are definitely not happy.

Among the several old judges that Murphy came into contact with, some people even had this idea. Are we all a group of old fools at the mercy of the Weinstein brothers?

Although the effect was faintly seen, Murphy did not stop, and the voice of Harvey-Weinstein in the media was praised throughout the voting period.

Especially in the influential Hollywood Reporter, after the voting time entered the middle, Murphy directly spent a lot of money to buy important pages one after another to continue to report on Harvey Weinstein's Oscar career.

"The Artist, Harvey Weinstein's tailor-made gift for Oscar!"

What the core members of the academy hate most, maybe everyone is different, and there is no way to guess, but there is something in common. They have always hated the unusually obvious behavior of attacking Oscars in order to attack the Oscars.

"As early as last May at the Cannes International Film Festival, Harvey Weinstein discovered that this film was a tailor-made gift for voters at the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with an average age of 56 years old. : Black and white, silent, simulating the gestures of Hollywood stars in the classic era, the logic is simple and the 100-minute film length is just right, which is very suitable for him to carry out the Oscar operation."

"More importantly, the time difference between the screening day and the public screening day is also set to be exactly the same as "The King's Speech": the praise of "The King's Speech" was issued from the Toronto Film Festival in September of the previous year. However, the large-scale release is scheduled before the Oscars, and its rival "Social Network" has already been dried up; "The Artist" also did a long public opinion warm-up, and then gradually expanded the scale of the screening before the awards. The audience rushed into the theater and found that it was a silent film, and they were fooled to request a refund, but the news itself was a selling point, which further made voters feel: Oscars still need to pay attention to grades, and ordinary audiences have no literacy..."

"Harvey Weinstein has now become the manipulator behind the Oscars. If you want to know the hottest Oscars in advance? It's very simple. Investigate the project schedule of Weinstein Pictures, and it will be clear.

At the same time, Murphy did not ignore the influence of critics on Oscar.

The famous critic Stephen Colbert publicly ranted in the "Bert Time" program hosted by him, accusing "The Artist" of being "disgusting" flattery. The film changed the original intention of shooting in order to show good to the academy. Edit the movie into a black and white silent movie!

Subsequently, professional film critics in the Los Angeles area, led by Todd McCarthy and Kenneth Turan, also criticized the film "The Artist" in their columns.

"The "Artist" was full of inclination to send to the Hollywood Academy throughout the process, and its work itself did not meet the consistent selection criteria of the Oscars!"

"If I were to pay to see black and white literary works, I would rather choose to read the "New York Times". If the Oscar awarded the "Artist", it would be better to award it to "Transformers", at least it is more enjoyable."

All kinds of fancy hype lasted until mid-February. With the deadline for the academy voting, the media and Hollywood suddenly became quiet, and everyone was waiting for the start of the Oscars.