Chapter 185 The actress who does not steal the camera
On March 31, the Oscars were postponed for one day due to the Tong Tong shooting incident.
Because of the 3-hour time difference with Los Angeles, viewers in New York can only watch the live broadcast at 9 p.m.
However, Aunt Karen and Donna still waited in front of the TV early to watch the ABC live broadcast.
A drumbeat sounded, "Friends in the audience, here is the live broadcast of the 53rd Oscar Awards broadcast for you by ABC TV. We are outside the Dorothy Chandler Hall. The stars are shining tonight.
Fans have been waiting outside for their idols since this morning..."
The opening music started, and it was a shot of the stars entering the venue earlier. When each star appeared, the host would add an introduction. If they were nominated this year, they would also add the name of the nominated award and movie.
"Where is Ronnie? Did I miss it?" Aunt Karen was a little anxious because she hadn't seen the footage of her relatives yet.
"This is edited from earlier footage. Ronnie is not an actor or a big-name director. The audience doesn't know him. I guess there won't be one here. We'll have to wait until he is nominated." Donna, who knew a little better, set up the video recorder.
After that, I sat back on the sofa and ate potato chips.
"It turns out that stars can appear in advance. This is my first time watching the Oscar broadcast." My aunt was sitting on the sofa, taking a sip of black tea.
She suddenly thought, "Will Diane appear on the scene? She is not going to be the female companion of any celebrity."
"Timothy Hutton, he got a Best Supporting Actor nomination for 'Ordinary People', so he should be there." Donna didn't tell her mother that Hutton had a conflict with her cousin Ronnie, this kind of conflict between stars.
Karen didn't quite understand. Ronald had told her not to worry her aunt.
"This is the Best Supporting Actor nomination for 'Just Ordinary People'..." the TV station's background commentary said.
"Is that him? So old?" Aunt Karen asked her daughter.
"It's not him. This is another Best Supporting Actor nominee for 'Ordinary People', who plays a psychiatrist." Donna looked through the nomination list on the daily variety show.
"This is, this is Hutton." After a few seconds, Donna pointed at the TV and said.
"This is Timothy Hutton, Best Supporting Actor nominee for 'Just Ordinary People', and with him is...well, let's take a look at the handsome Hutton."
The person who appears on the TV screen below is Timothy Hutton. He is really handsome, with blue eyes and a good-natured look, which is very popular for people of Aunt Karen's age.
"Is that Diane next to you?"
Donna was not sure, so she stood up and walked to the TV to see carefully, "It seems to be her. There is a small scar at the corner of her eye. Why doesn't the TV show a close-up of her from the front? It's blurry from such a distance."
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ABC gave Hutton about ten seconds of entrance footage, but the frame was very strange and did not allow Diane Lane's face to be in the same frame as Hutton. Only Hutton's female companion could be seen, a woman wearing a white coat and
A woman in a white dress and a white lace hood on her head.
Finally, the camera flashed the woman's profile several times, and Donna was sure it was Diane.
With everything on the screen, the host continued to announce: "Here are the singer and the beautiful Diana Ross, who played the leading role in "The Wizard of Oz" the year before last, and the handsome Michael Jackson. Their careers in the music industry are more successful."
"It's not easy to appear on the Oscars." Aunt Karen lamented.
"No, that's not right. Stars in the past all gave shots of male and female companions." Donna didn't know why.
Time went back two hours ago.
Diane, along with her father Bert, joined Timothy Hutton at the Dorothy Chandler Concert Hall where the Oscars were held. Today they will walk across the camera as each other's besties and besties.
A large number of guests gathered at the drop-off area opposite the concert hall, walked across the road in pairs, and entered the awards hall.
Diane Lane wore an all-white dress today, which fully demonstrated the purity and beauty of the little girl. The white dress, a white coat on the upper body, a white bag, and white sandals on the feet.
She held Timothy Hutton's arm and raised her eyes. Hutton was gentle and talented. She didn't know why he had a conflict with Ronald. Diane thought there might be some misunderstanding between the two.
While waiting, Diane wanted to know more about her male companion. So she tentatively asked Hutton about his next movie plan, whether he would make a sequel to "Grease" as rumored.
"I haven't announced it publicly yet, but I will be filming 'Lights Out.' The sequel to 'Grease' is really not a good script. The screenwriter is terrible."
Diane thought that indeed there was a deep conflict between the two, but Hutton seemed very personable, so she further probed, "I saw that Ronald, the screenwriter of the Grease sequel, was also nominated for an Oscar for best screenwriter."
"Hey, what's the matter with you? Say something nice to that bastard?" Hutton raised his hand impatiently, broke away from Diane's arm, and asked, "Last time at Jane Fonda's party, you
Just be with him, what's your relationship?"
Diane frowned, this man's temper was not as good as shown on the screen.
"I know his cousin's family and we are very good friends."
"A bunch of mothers @#$%!" Hutton swore obscenities and cursed Ronald and his family.
"Hi, their family is my friend." Diane got angry and asked him not to insult his friends.
Timothy Hutton sneered, "I will definitely win the Best Supporting Actor. The actor in 'Ordinary People' who was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actor has long given up on public relations to win the award. Paramount has decided to guarantee me the award. You
Think about it, who should you rely on in Hollywood? A star or a screenwriter?
If you don't want to walk into the show with me, Elizabeth McGovern is over there. It's not too late to change now. You can go to that Ronald. Oh, I forgot, the screenwriter didn't do the show in front of the camera... ha
Ha ha."
Diane felt very uncomfortable. She adjusted her white hood and politely took Hutton's arm. It was not easy for her agent to find this opportunity, so it would not be appropriate to fall out on the spot.
She has a very good friendship with Donna, and Ronald has helped her many times. Therefore, she feels very disgusted with this male star who is dirty inside. It shows in her body language, and she keeps a distance from Hutton when walking past the camera.
distance.
The on-site cameraman also knew that Hutton was the first important award to be awarded tonight and was the favorite for Best Supporting Actor. He zoomed the camera to a close-up and gave many close-ups of Hutton's face. All of a sudden, Diane's face was framed in the frame.
outside the box.
"Strange, how come this actress is so far away from Hutton and doesn't steal the shot?" The cameraman muttered in his heart, zoomed out further, and added a blurry shot of Diane at the end.
Ronald entered the awards hall earlier than Diane. From a distance, he saw his teacher, Best Director candidate Marty Scorsese. Marty was surrounded by four FBI agents for safety, and no one else could
near.
Ronald called "Marty". Scorsese shrugged to him, indicating that he was helpless. Ronald waved to him and his wife Isabella, wishing him good luck. He found the back row.
Take a seat.
Next to them are Roger and Julie Coleman, and there are three more empty seats.
"Where are the cultural attaché and his wife from the embassy?" Ronald asked Coleman.
"He hasn't arrived yet. He just called and said that maybe only one person can attend. The Soviet Union has some strange rules for officials to attend capitalist occasions."
"Hey, if I had said it earlier, I could have sold the seat." Ronald thought, Coleman must have felt regretful about this.
After a long time, the hall was filled with celebrities one after another. The lights dimmed and the music started playing.
A beam of light shines on the stage, and tonight's host appears in front of everyone, Johnny Carson.
Ronald and everyone started applauding at the signal of the staff.
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all.
I'm sure you've all heard why our awards show was postponed 24 hours. Organizers from ABC Television and the Academy felt it was inconvenient to hold a celebration last night when the situation was unstable.
The news today is very exciting. The Grand Commander is doing very well, has started working in the hospital and signed a bill..."
Everyone started clapping again, and Ronald looked around. This time it was spontaneously from the audience. The new commander was quite popular among the people, and many people were sincerely happy to hear that he was safe and sound.
Next to me, Mr. Cultural Counselor of the Soviet Union Embassy, who came alone later, also politely clapped twice.
"As a former member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the President recorded a speech for this Oscar. Two hours ago, the White House specifically confirmed with us that the President wanted us to play this speech of his.
In addition, he insisted on putting a TV in the hospital room so that he and the first lady could watch the Oscars broadcast."
The audience applauded again. This kind of movie-style hero's behavior of not caring about pain is very suitable for American tastes.
Johnny Carson continued, "In fact, the commander-in-chief is recovering well. I almost couldn't help but call him and ask if he could lend me some of his jokes to use at the awards show..."
"Hahaha..." The audience laughed. The cultural attaché obviously understood the humor, and the corners of his mouth turned up.
The figure of the commander-in-chief began to appear on the big screen on the stage.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen.
Like Nancy, I am very interested in the Oscar awards being announced tonight...
Movies are the spirit of America...
Thank you to all the film's directors, actors, technicians, distributors, and audiences...
Movies live forever. My own (poor) performances have also been recorded in certain movies and will live forever. As a former member of the Academy, Nancy and I invite you to watch tonight's awards show."
"Your commander-in-chief's real acting skills are better than those on the screen." Mr. Cultural Counselor applauded and said to Ronald in English with a Russian accent.