Hollywood Road

The handsome James Franco strode onto the stage and stood in front of the microphone with a charming smile. He was definitely a handsome guy.

"The five actors competing for the best supporting actress have different voices and styles. However, four of them were selected for the Oscars for the first time, and they all have indelible talents."

James Franco turned slightly, looked at the big screen behind him, and said, "The finalists for the best supporting actress are: Bergenice Beggio-"Artist", Jessica Chastain-"Help" , Octavia Spencer-"Help", Melissa McCarthy-"Bridesmaids", Margot Robbie-"Diego Rose"."

Murphy glanced at Margot Robbie, who was clutching Gal Gadot's hand tightly, looking very nervous.

For an actress born after the 1990s, if she can win an award for best supporting actress at this age, her career will inevitably take a big step forward.

Originally, Murphy was not optimistic about Margot Robbie winning, but the academy looked for James Franco to award the award instead of the one who won the best supporting actor last year. There must be a reason, will it? Out of the relationship between the winners?

"The Oscar winner is..." James Franco opened the envelope and read the answer directly, "Octavia Spencer-"Help!"

The theater was quiet for a second, and then burst into applause.

Margot Robbie exhaled. Since he was mentally prepared before, he was not particularly disappointed, and he clapped with Gal Gadot next to him.

Seeing the award-winning older black women walking to the stage, Murphy could only sigh, Oscar is still Oscar, always so politically correct, always so respecting and loving.

If you read it right, Octavia Spencer is the oldest of all nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Think about the nickname of the Best Supporting Actress. Isn’t she the most won?

The Oscar's Best Supporting Actress Award has a nickname-the old consolation award!

Octavia Spencer is old enough to be black...

Losing the best supporting actress who was not in the plan, the crew of "Diego Rose" seemed to be possessed by bad luck. In the next few awards, they lost the best makeup and best art direction. Xiang Quan lost to "Hugo" directed by Martin Scorsese.

Then came the award for best original screenplay.

Angelina Jolie stood on the stage and announced loudly, "The one who won the best original screenplay is... Michael Hazanavisius-"The Artist"!"

As soon as this result came out, the "Artist" crew was cheered. They had already won the best soundtrack and the best sound editing. Together with the award for the best original script, the number of golden guys they took away reached three!

Murphy noticed that Harvey Weinstein looked here again. After all, he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for "Diego Rose", and now directly overwhelmed him in this award, that Jewish The big fat man's eyes were obviously a little proud.

However, compared to the people around him, Murphy seemed very calm. He directly met Harvey Weinstein’s gaze, without fear and retreat. Even if he loses this session, he can make a comeback later, even if it is. With age, he can also kill Harvey Weinstein!

Harvey Weinstein took the initiative to look away. There is no need for him to have a sharper look with a loser. Now the ratio of the "Artist" crew to the "Diego Rose" statuette is three to one, Murphy Stan Except for an award at the beginning, Dayton has no performance and has already lost three nominations.

"It seems that the academy is going to let him accompany him on the run again." Bob Weinstein next to him whispered, "So I threw one of the best photographs to the "Diego-Ros" crew as a comfort."

Harvey Weinstein nodded his head, "This possibility is very high."

The award ceremony is still going on. Many people in the Internet discussion forum are complaining. On the one hand, they are dissatisfied that Murphy’s crew did not win the award again. On the other hand, the award ceremony has now become the old tune of the past. Somewhat boring.

"After the first fifteen minutes, except for Billy Christo's jokes, it was absolutely boring."

"It's politically correct, and it's comforting the elderly. Are there any mistakes? This is Hollywood's most important film award, and it's not an association for respecting and loving the elderly!

"The academy talks about changes every year, but it's always the same, changing the way to nostalgia. Who remembers those old movies!"

Seeing this, Daisy thought for a while and wrote in the discussion area, “There is another reason that the nominated films are too unfamiliar, such as "Hugo", "Descendants", "Tree of Life", "The Artist"... how many have you seen?"

Many responses followed.

"I haven't watched any of them, so I don't feel much about the awards."

"I have watched "Descendants", but I left before watching it. It was so boring."

"Yes, I've seen it too. It's slower than Diego Rose."

Daisy analyzed for these people, "You haven't seen movies, don't you think these movies are so good, naturally you are not interested in them winning or not, and you will be bored."

If it weren't for Murphy, she wouldn't watch the Oscars here.

In Dolby Theater, awards were awarded one after another. Films such as "Descendants", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", and "Midnight Paris" had their own gains, but the Oscar ratings have been declining.

It is undeniable that apart from the jokes, Oscars like nostalgia the most, which is in line with the appetite of the core members of the academy. Every Oscar award ceremony is always full of nostalgic plots for a long time.

For viewers who are not too old, this nostalgic plot is always the same.

The Nielsen Statistics Company has been monitoring the ratings of this year’s Oscars. When Sean Connery stepped onto the stage, the big screens and TV screens turned to black and white. When the awards ceremony was nostalgic again, the Nielsen Company A person in charge keeps reporting the number of viewers.

"The number of viewers in North America has dropped from 35 million to 31 million..."

After a minute, the program that missed the golden age was still being broadcast for a long time, and the person in charge reported again, "Now it is 29 million!"

Every minute, he will report the number of viewers. The number proves that it is really not very popular in the old time. It can be called the killer of the viewership. "28 million, 27 million, 26.5 million, 26 million, and it is about to break through the last ten years. The minimum number of viewers for Oscars!"

Fortunately, the show that missed the golden age lasted more than five minutes and ended, and the best supporting actor afterwards slowly increased the ratings.

The college is obviously not stupid. It is clear that the audience does not like this type of program, and it has specially arranged the best supporting actor award to save the field. At the same time, this also shows the stubborn and conservative side of the college, even if it knows that nostalgia is not welcome, Still stubbornly putting this type of program in the awards ceremony, it took more than five minutes.

At the moment when the gray-haired Christopher Plummer won the best supporting actor statuette with "Beginner" that most people had never heard of, the viewership of the Oscars finally returned to more than 30 million.

This can be said to be a very severe situation facing the Oscars since the new century. With the smooth flow of information and the increase in entertainment methods, the ratings of the awards ceremony have been declining, and even hit new lows since the 1970s.

In fact, it is not difficult to save the ratings of the Oscars. Choosing a movie with a wider audience can easily solve this problem. For example, since the beginning of the 1990s, the highest ratings are the 70th Oscars. , "Titanic" easily held up the ratings of the entire awards ceremony.

It's just made by the academy, and for most of the time, it runs counter to the general audience.

Although a best supporting actor dragged the viewership back to more than 30 million, he was unable to take it to a higher level. The task of saving this Oscar viewership is by no means that the number of viewers such as "Beginner" may not be reached. One million movies can afford it.

When it comes to the number of viewers and the box office, although "Diego Rose" has a box office of less than $60 million in North America, it is enough to outdo all the movies nominated for Best Picture.

After the next advertising time, the person in charge of Nielsen was surprised to find that the ratings of the awards ceremony did not decline, but began to rise, even faintly approaching the 35 million mark!

"The next award is the best editing." His deputy reminded, "Murphy Stanton is nominated!"

The person in charge suddenly woke up, "No wonder the ratings continue to rise. It turns out that Hollywood's best young director in the 21st century may be about to win!"

In the Dolby Theater, Murphy saw her on stage again, and Seth Rogen swayed to the microphone.

"The famous Hollywood director Ridley Scott once said that the cooperation between a film editor and a director is like a marriage."

Stanton’s members seem to have learned some of Murphy’s traits. Seth Rogen didn’t have any nonsense, and directly talked about the collusion prepared by the organizer, “Just like experiencing a marriage, they shrank in a dark room without windows. Sharing takeaways and watching other people's small movies."

He obviously made a small joke, and there was a burst of laughter from the bottom of the stage.

I have to say that this fat guy looks simple and honest, but his own talent for creating joy is really different.

After making a little joke, Seth Rogen took the initiative to step aside, looked at the big screen and said, "There are people nominated for best editing..."

On the big screen, clips of the nominated film began to play, "Michael Hazanavisius-"The Artist"."

Hearing this name, Murphy just remembered that "The Artist", like himself, is both a director and an editor.

The sound on stage continued, "Selma Skunmek-"Hugo", Murphy Stanton-"Diego Rose"..."