Although "Working Girl" only won one award for Best Original Song at the Oscars, Ronald was disappointed. But in the eyes of some people, it was already a huge success. For example, Dane, the president of Columbia and TriStar Pictures
· Steele.
She is the second president of the seven major studios with real power after Shirley Lansing briefly took charge of 20th Century Fox in Hollywood. She likes to play the feminist card very much. When she started working as executive vice president at Paramount, she was the most powerful president.
I like to work with female directors, actors, and producers. I also highly appreciate Ronald's "Working Girl", which reflects the career of women in the workplace.
Seeing that the domestic box office has exceeded 70 million US dollars and is still going up. Dane Steele is very envious. Her biggest problem is that the production vision is not good. She is also a female film "Pear Blossom"
, only received 32 million US dollars, and lost money to earn Jodie Foster a movie queen.
But this is of no benefit to Dane Steele herself. She is not Foster's agent. It would be best if she could make money, promote feminism, and support female directors and actors. That would be the best thing.
the best.
Dane Steele has decided to give full support to Ronald's new film "When Harry Met Sally". It would be best to ask Ronald to recommend some suitable films for women. Otherwise, if this continues, she will
Your career may come to an abrupt end.
Ronald agreed to meet with Dane Steele to discuss cooperation. It was also good not to win the Oscar, so that others would not cooperate with him because they were afraid of asking too high a price or demanding too much after he won the trophy.
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A record of consistently making money in Hollywood is the key to opening the door to cooperation.
"Let's go to Blockbuster and take a look. There are so many Oscar-nominated films. I don't know how many of them have been released on video tapes. I haven't watched many of them yet." Diane, like most actors with the right to vote, the Oscars are over.
I haven't seen half of the movies, so I voted based on impressions and word-of-mouth.
"Okay, we can watch one tonight..." Ronald and Diane walked to the nearby Blockbuster video rental store. This is the largest Blockbuster near Hollywood, and it has a lot of inventory.
In addition to Hollywood movies, there are also many movies from Hong Kong and other parts of the world, which are very popular with nearby residents (most of whom are also film professionals).
"Yo, man..."
Ronald, who was waiting at the traffic light across the road from Blockbuster, was suddenly startled when a black man wearing a coat and sunglasses jumped in front of him.
"What are you going to do?" Ronald's whole body tensed up. This black man was tall, with long hands and feet, a little taller than Ronald. He looked like a college basketball player. He didn't seem to have a suit underneath his coat, but
A pair of Lakers sports shorts and red and black basketball shoes.
The coat didn't fit well, exposing a long calf. In addition, the sunglasses covered his face, and his chest seemed to be bulging to hide something. Ronald was suddenly reminded of the past when he was robbed by a black man in Los Angeles.
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He blocked Diane behind him, stretched out his hand against him, and kept a distance. The hairs all over his body stood up nervously. If he took out a small pistol...
"Hey, man... I don't mean any harm, do you want a pirated movie? It's much cheaper than Blockbuster's..."
It turned out that he was selling pirated video tapes. Ronald was relieved. The other person faced him and quietly opened his coat. There were many hand-sewn pockets inside, which contained many popular video tapes. Once he opened it, they all faced Ronald.
Nader, a clear view.
"No, I have a Blockbuster membership..." Ronald refused with a smile. He was a director, how could he buy pirated copies.
"Hey, brother, why are you buying expensive stuff? I copied it with a good machine, and the effect is great. It's exactly the same as the original one..." The other party didn't let Ronald go, and even took out a few videos to give to Ronald.
Nader looks at ET, Top Gun, and 9 and a half weeks.
"I really just rented one and watched it at night..."
"Brother, you're a pretty girl. Do you want to watch something exciting? I also have short movies of Hollywood stars. New stuff that just came out. Do you want it? It's cheaper for you... It's very exciting..."
Ronald was afraid of causing problems if he continued to entangle himself, so he quickly handed over twenty dollars to the other party, accepted the "Star Movie" and a plate of Love You for Nine and a Half Weeks, and pulled Diane away quickly.
"What star movie?" Ronald returned to the long-term rental hotel room and thought of this videotape. The length of the tape that could be seen through the transparent window was very short, and it seemed that it only had less than half an hour of content.
After stuffing it into the video recorder, Ronald turned on the TV. He had never seen a video tape made by such a crude underground workshop. If this kind of thing could be sold, he would use some professional people to produce it for the video tape market.
A batch, I think I can supplement the production line of Daydream.
"What the hell is this..." Ronald was shocked when he saw it. This was a live video tape shot by a Sony home video recorder placed aside.
What appeared on the TV screen was a very beautiful white man. He walked to the camera and adjusted his position.
"Isn't this Robert Lowe?" Diane also recognized that the person on the TV was the member of the Brats gang who worked together on "The Kid".
"Today is the night of the Donkey Party's national convention. I'm at the Hilton Hotel, followed by Parsons and Siebert, two beauties..."
"Um...", Rob Lowe. This is a video taken by Rob Lowe when he went to the Donkey Party conference last year when he was campaigning for Dukakis. Ronald found the remote control and pressed fast forward. The following content
It was very explicit, and it was shot from a fixed camera position and it was ugly.
At the end, the two women took advantage of Robert Lowe's sleep and quickly went through his wallet, took away a stack of money, and finally took away the video tape.
The video tape stopped abruptly here, and the TV turned into large snowflakes. Ronald and Diane looked at each other in confusion. How could this kind of video tape be circulated and still be peddled by pirate dealers?
"Richard, I have something here, come and take a look..." Ronald called Richard.
"Do you have this too? I watched another video in the office today..." Richard knew about this before the two of them. He took out another video tape from his briefcase and showed it to Ronald.
This section is a different scene. Rob Lowe seems to be in the country... In addition to another beautiful woman, there is also the back of another man.
"Today, several videos of Rob Lowe have appeared on the pirated market across the country. The incident occurred in Atlanta, Georgia. It is said that Fox TV 5 there bought the copyright from the victim and will play a recording...
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"What is this?" Ronald suddenly felt that the popularity of Sony's home video recorders seemed to bring some troubles that he didn't have before. "I was forced to buy them by a pirate seller. How do you have these video tapes?"
of?"
"Rick gave it to me. He and Paula went to deal with Tom Cruise's matter. They need to carefully check Cruise's schedule and the shooting time of this video to completely rule out any involvement in the video of Lai Guo.
The man is Tom..."
Among the several male actors in the Kid Gang back then, only Rob Lowe maintained a personal friendship with Tom Cruise. The two even participated in a four-person date organized by others and were photographed together.
The final result of the investigation was that Tom Cruise was filming "Rain Man" during that time, so Niceta and Paula went to clarify with various media who came to inquire, in order to completely nip this matter in the bud.
In the evening, Fox 5 in the south finally couldn't resist the temptation of ratings and released part of the video footage they purchased.
Because the remaining part was too disgusting to be shown on TV, the reporters from these TV stations used the technique of grafting on the story to compare Rob Lowe in 1984 with Jodie Foster and Natasha Kings.
Key's stills of "New Hampshire Hotel" were used as illustrations.
Above, the current actress and Nastassja Kinski, wearing white bathrobes, hugging the overly beautiful Rob Lowe from left to right, were shown on the screen for more than half a minute.
Fortunately, Paula Wagner worked very efficiently, otherwise the photo of Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise might not have escaped being used as a background photo by the TV station to explain the Atlanta segment.
"Rob Lowe refused to be interviewed. His agent said that this was shameless hype and extortion. The two ladies at the scene were actually suspected of theft and stole Mr. Lowe's property..."
As soon as this big scandal came out, no one paid attention to the Snow White incident at the Oscars. All TV stations and newspapers were pursuing this biggest gossip.
Just when Rob Lowe was autistic and refused all interviews, and his agent stated that he would pursue the legal responsibility of the two girls, another bombshell exploded.
"One of the two girls was only sixteen years old when the video was taken last year..."
In Georgia, where the Donkey Party convention is located in Atlanta, the minimum age of consent for both men and women is fourteen. So what Rob Lowe did on the night he gave Dukakis a platform at the convention did not violate local law.
However, he videotaped it. Federal law stipulates that the minimum age requirement for filming this kind of for-profit video is 18 years old.
In other words, if Rob Lowe himself resold this videotape, his behavior would have violated a federal felony.
Fortunately, at the end of the video, the two girls were taken away privately, and Lao was cleared. But the girl's brother didn't think so. It was he who discovered the video and sold it to the local underground pirated video production industry.
He insisted that his sister was seduced by Rob Lowe because she might appear with a Hollywood star, so she agreed to have sex with him that night and agreed to videotape it.
"Don't you think the timing of this incident is too coincidental?" A few days later, Douglas Jr. also called and chatted about this gossip with Ronald.
"What do you mean? Is Rob Lowe planning to get a big role?" Ronald was puzzled.
"No, this video tape was shot last year. I have definite information. The local Fulton County District Attorney, Lewis Slaton, received a copy of this video tape in August last year..."
"Hiss...why..." Ronald asked as soon as he wanted to understand. There are many Donkey Party politicians in Atlanta, and this Lewis must be one of them. If Dukakis won the party's nomination at the convention
, the occurrence of this kind of scandal would have dealt a huge blow to his election last year.
George Sr. doesn't necessarily need to dig out his old account of letting go of death row prisoners and use it to attack him in advertisements. Just this incident can cut his approval rating in half.
"So, George Sr.'s campaign adviser, Roger Ailes, also told me that this matter looks very similar to the tactics they use to cover up real big problems..." Douglas Jr. called, and his biggest purpose was still
Remind Ronald not to get him into any big trouble.
"This... maybe..." Ronald thought to himself, if Little Doug's information is accurate, the district attorney received the tape last year and decided to cover it up, and now it is suddenly released all over the country. This kind of organizational ability
And his ability to manipulate the media is indeed very questionable.
"Think about whether someone wants to do something. Do you remember Roger Ailes's orchestra pit theory?" Douglas Jr. hung up the phone.
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“If there were two people on stage and one said, ‘I have a solution to the Middle East problem,’ and the other collapsed in the orchestra pit, who do you think would be on the evening news?”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "You mean, this is used to deliberately cover up Snow White's scandal?" Niceta received a call from Ronald, and her suspicions were raised.
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"I'm just saying that there is a possibility, and we can see what happens next... If Snow White's troubles are resolved quickly, and Rob Lowe's troubles get bigger and bigger, we have to be vigilant...
Not many people in Hollywood have such great influence..."
"I understand, let's wait a few more days and see..."
The two of them made a tacit agreement not to mention the name of the person most capable of such a conspiracy on the phone.
A few days later, breakthrough progress was made in both matters.
"The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has reached a settlement with Disney. The latter withdrew its indictment for alleged infringement of the image of Snow White at the Oscars. The president of the Academy expressed his apology in front of the media." NBC kept a low profile on the news.
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"Fulton County District Attorney Lewis Slaton, who investigated the circumstances surrounding the making of the tape, said that if charges (sexual exploitation of a minor) were to be filed against Rob Lowe, the young actor could be sentenced to up to
Twenty years in prison and a fine of $100,000..."
Regarding the accusation of receiving the video tape in August last year, District Attorney Lewis Slaton did not say that he had no comment and emphasized that he would seek justice for the victims. However, his past series of responses to this matter have been inconsistent.
Unable to hide..."
Fox TV station began to report on the video scandal in series, and was following up on the latest developments every day.
"I also read the Fox News report, and now the situation is very clear..." Ronald and Niceta began to discuss countermeasures.
As they expected, it was Michael Ovitz who did it. Niceta had privately learned about CAA's various recent transfers of media resources. All clues pointed to Ovitz, the president of CAA.
On the morning of the latest week, Ovitz invited many CAA partners, including Niceta, to his home as usual to watch him practice Aikido. Niceta also discovered that there were four more paintings on the wall of his living room.
Silkscreen paintings by Dee Warhol.
A large number of the late "artist's" creations are in David Geffen's art collection warehouse...