Chapter Forty-Four Oscar 1

  Holding Nikki's hand, Ryan walked into the theater and soon found the crew. After greeting David Fincher, Al Pacino, and Harvey Weinstein, he sat down quietly to wait for the start of the awards ceremony.

  In fact, he didn't think that he and Ni could get the little golden man, although the Oscars are not as crazy as the Grammys, and you can more or less see the judges' standards, but it's really hard for people with shallow qualifications to win.

  Ryan specifically watched the performances of several other Best Supporting Actor nominees in their respective films, and aside from Joaquin Phoenix, he was confident that his performance in "The Sixth Sense" would be slightly better than the others. If Harvey Weinstein were to operate ten or even five years later, it wouldn't be difficult to take down a Best Supporting Actor award. After all, this guy will make Gwyneth Paltrow a star in just a few years and create the first post-90s movie star after entering the new century.

  As for Nicole Kidman, Ryan felt that she had a lower chance than himself. Firstly, she was not a standard American - despite having an American nationality. Secondly, she was a blonde beauty. Even if her acting skills and looks were equally praised, in the eyes of those conservative old men, wanting to win an award would still require queuing for a few years.

  It's also good this way, it can be used to accumulate enough experience for future peak climbing.

  The loud music started, interrupting Ryan's thoughts. After the usual comedy sketch, Billy Crystal jumped onto the stage. The guy with a sharp tongue kept talking non-stop, teasing Kevin Costner and Arnold Schwarzenegger among others, until he finally stopped his increasingly off-color jokes amidst a chorus of boos from the audience below.

  "Alright, I know I've gone on a bit, and you're all thinking 'Hey, Billy, say more, the Academy isn't going to give you a little gold man, so just get off already.' But honestly, no joke is needed, just look at that face and you can't help but burst out laughing. And now, the next award will be for Best Supporting Actress!"

  Some were unexpected and immediately wanted to award heavyweight prizes.

  When Billy Crystal stepped down from the stage, the guest who came up from behind was a bit surprising. According to Oscar's convention, the presenter of such an important award is usually last year's winner, but at this time, standing on the stage was a slightly short creamy young man - Tom Cruise, who has already entered the ranks of superstars!

  But whether it's the guests on stage or the audience in front of the TV, after a slight astonishment, everything returned to normal. Although Oscar is not like Grammy who often has brain cramps, occasionally having a seizure is quite normal, isn't it?

  Ryan's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, to know that Nicole had refused Jingtang's pursuit many times in the past year, which was not a secret in the circle, and many tabloids had reported on it. Now the college let him present the Best Supporting Actress award, almost representing that Nicole had no chance at all.

  Of course, it is also possible that this was done intentionally by the college, with enough sensationalism to get high ratings.

  "Don't worry, Ryan. I'm already satisfied with just being nominated!"

  Nikki stretched out a hand, two slender fingers, and lightly tapped the boy's brow, smoothing out the frown in just a few touches.

  "Nominated for Best Supporting Actress are..."

  Tom Cruise glanced over at the beautiful and statuesque woman, but after catching Ryan's playful gaze, he subconsciously looked away and continued reading, "Uma Thurman, 'Ghost'. Annette Bening, 'The Grifters'. Laura Branigan, 'Thief of Hearts'. Nicole Kidman, 'To Die For'. Mary McDonnell, 'Dances with Wolves'."

  "And the Best Supporting Actress is..."

  Ah Tong Ge raised his head, revealing his signature smile, which drew a chorus of boos from below.

  Ryan felt a sudden tightness in his hand, even a slight tremble. Having been an actor for two lifetimes, he was extremely clear that who wouldn't want to stand on that stage, who wouldn't want to win an Oscar statuette, and who wouldn't want the highest honor of recognition!

  "Wow! Gordon Bunker, 'A Ghost Story'! Congratulations!"

  As expected, just like in his previous life, the chubby black woman won the Best Supporting Actress award with her stunning performance in that romantic tear-jerker. Tom Cruise, who was presenting the award, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief - after all, giving an award to a woman who had repeatedly rejected his advances would have been too embarrassing!

  In such a public setting, no matter how unwilling to lose, the vast majority of people will maintain the necessary courtesy. What's more, these big stars with superb acting skills, Ryan and others also clapped along with the crowd, but what they thought in their hearts, only they themselves would know.

  "Believe me, Nicole, in at most ten years, you will be standing on the highest position!" As soon as Ryan finished whispering into her ear, Nicole Kidman's blue eyes glanced at him sideways. Although it had been four years, she was increasingly unable to understand this little guy she had adopted. Seeing his raised eyebrows and playful expression now, she could only coldly warn him, "Shut up, Ryan, what about your manners!"

  Ryan closed his mouth and put on a standard gentlemanly appearance, just as Nicole had said, that if he wanted to be, he was the perfect little gentleman.

  A series of technical awards were then presented, and "Dances with Wolves" was destined to be the big winner of this year's Oscars, winning Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Score. Although it lost Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction, it went on to win Best Adapted Screenplay.

  The foundation of a great film is a great script. Every great script embodies the countless efforts and dedication of its screenwriter...

  Tommy Lee Jones droned on and on before finally saying, "Let's take a look at the nominees for Best Original Screenplay at this year's Oscars: Bruce Joel Rubin for 'Ghost', Peter Weir for 'Green Card', Robert Benton for 'Nobody's Fool', Richard LaGravenese for 'The Fisher King'..."

  "Darling, you don't look nervous at all."

  Nicole Kidman looked at the boy and saw that he was in a state of ease, couldn't help but praise his mental quality.

  "Obviously!" Ryan pointed at the figure in the middle of the big screen, "The Sixth Sense can't beat Ghost!"

  Sure, here is the translation:

  "Sure enough, Tommy Lee Jones opened the envelope on stage and read out the winner. 'And the winner of Best Original Screenplay is... "Ghost" by Bruce Joel Rubin!'"

  The crew let out a low sigh, so far all the awards they had been nominated for had slipped through their fingers, were they going to leave empty-handed tonight?

  Ryan didn't look half as disappointed, as the crowd applauded, the script of "The Sixth Sense" was indeed innovative, but it's a thriller script, although it crushed "Ghost" at the box office, obviously not favored by the Academy, besides, it's not a few years later, the Academy won't easily bow to commercialism.

  Harvey Weinstein quietly wiped the sweat, looking a bit tense and lost, completely unlike the calm public relations god of later years.

  The next award caught Ryan's attention, Best Foreign Language Film.

  Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film are "Journey of Hope", " Cyrano de Bergerac", "I'm Not a Girl, I'm a Cloud" and "Ju Dou"...

  Chrysanthemum bean? Ryan was a bit dazed and didn't remember seeing Lao Mouzi and Gong Mei Ren.

  My gaze couldn't help but sweep around the theater in a circle, the place was too big and I couldn't see clearly.

  "And the winner is... Journey of Hope."

  As the last result was read out on stage, Harvey Weinstein let out a sigh of relief, Ryan blinked his eyes and thought of something, "Chrysanthemum" was introduced by Mira Max from Japan to North America, having little to do with the old strategist.

  Ryan shrugged and sat up straight, the next award to be given out was Best Supporting Actor. The presenter who walked out was surprisingly Jodie Foster, and as she stood at the microphone, the camera began capturing shots of the nominees, as if not wanting to lose face, it's better to behave.

  What is the Academy doing today? Why are the presenters getting weirder and weirder, who doesn't know that Judy Foster and Nicole Kidman are BFFs, let her present Best Supporting Actor, isn't that representing...

  Some people have already started looking back frequently, looking towards the location of the "Sixth Sense" crew.

  Nicole Kidman glanced at the boy beside her, sighed, she had lived with him in London for a long time, and had even hired the most famous etiquette teacher for him, as long as he wanted to be, he was the perfect little gentleman.

  The big split ends she kept just for acting in Terminator 2 were so annoying to her, if it weren't for Ryan's strong request, as his guardian, she would never let him go through the torture of filming.

  "A great movie is always inseparable from the brilliant performance of supporting actors..."

  Jodie Foster didn't ramble like Al Roker, she simply said a few words and read out the nominees for Best Supporting Actor: "Bruce Davison, 'Love's Companion'. Joe Pesci, 'Goodfellas'... Ryan Jenkins, 'The Sixth Sense'..."

  As Judy Foster read out the list, the crew members sitting around Ryan were slightly tense. Nicole gripped Ryan's slender hand tightly, and Harvey Weinstein, who was in charge of production, began to sweat again. After all, for the fledgling Miramax, every small golden statue had extraordinary significance.

  In fact, everyone understands that among the four nominations with weight obtained in "The Sixth Sense", Best Supporting Actress has already been awarded to others, Best Director and Best Picture are almost impossible to get, the only hopeful one, which is also the award that Miramax Company is vigorously promoting, is Best Supporting Actor.

  "And the winner of Best Supporting Actor is..."

  Tickets and collections, ah~~ kneeling and begging! Received a backstage message, next week there will be two recommendations, although the location is not very good, but I'm so touched that I've shed tears by the river... Lately, it's been quite busy, previously I could write 4 to 5 chapters in one day, now even 2 chapters are difficult...