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HOLLYWOOD WHAT IF
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Hollywood What If Chapter 320
January was not much and there were few events that people remembered. Such as 50 Cent winning the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video and Best New Artist in 2003 and Billboard Song of the Year in 2003.
Another major event this month was Super Bowl XXXVII, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won against the Raiders.
As expected, there were few big movies released this month. In fact, only two movies crossed the $100 million mark at the worldwide box office. Those two movies were Just Married and The Recruit.
Just Married was a romantic comedy starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy. Ashton Kutcher was cast in many romantic comedies in the early 2000s.
The Recruit was a thriller suspense film starring Colin Farrell and Al Pacino. Two great actors in one movie.
Except for these two movies, most of the movies released this January were mediocre. Hollywood was probably cooking up something for the summer season.
Speaking of Hollywood, an important award show will be held this month. It was none other than the 60th Golden Globe Awards.
The show was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California. Just one month after the nominations were announced, the Golden Globes were already preparing the show for the winners and their guests.
The network that covered the show was NBC (National Broadcasting Company).
Kazir and Angelina attended the show together. Angelina wore a white gold sheath, a straight dress that fell from the hips.
As for Kazir, well, he was wearing a gray blazer, white shirt and black pants. He looked formal as always.
"I didn't expect you to wear anything gold... Does that mean something?"
Kazir whispered to Angelina as they posed in front of the cameras taking their pictures. Angelina smiled slightly and leaned closer.
"I think you will get something golden tonight." She giggled.
Kazir smiled. Well, maybe tonight he would get the Golden Globes trophy. The trophy only cost about $800, and it was made of marble and zinc and plated with 24-karat gold. But the value of the trophy was important to someone like Kazir, who was working to gain recognition in the industry.
After the hustle and bustle, the two slowly made their way to the entrance of the Golden Globes. As they found their seats, Angelina whispered to Kazir.
"By the way, I'm actually wearing a golden g-string tonight."
"..." Kazir's lips went stiff like another part of his body. He turned to Angelina, only to see the woman smiling beautifully.
The camera was pointed at the couple and Angelina immediately used her perfect smile. As for Kazir, he realized that Angelina was making fun of him, so his reaction was slow.
When he saw the camera, his smile was still stiff. As if he had heard something interesting.
'... Well, the golden G-string is not so bad. I can sniff it once in a while... Ahem, what am I thinking?'
Tonight he lost to Angelina.
A few minutes later, Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz appeared and sat down at the table with Kazir and Angelina. This table was set up for the crew of The Revenant (the people who were nominated).
It was not easy to get an invitation to the Golden Globes because the space of the venue was limited. However, CAA and both Kazir Grey and Tom Cruise had strong connections in the industry, so they successfully got invitations for Angelina Jolie and Penelope Cruz.
The table next to them was also for the crew members of The Revenant, Harold Witsend was also at that table.
"I think we have a chance tonight," Tom told Kazir.
"Confidence is a must," Kazir replied.
Their movie was now being recognized by the media. God knew how many movie critics and shows they had to bribe to get positive reviews. Well, bribing was not the best term, it should be giving gifts.
The box office performance of The Revenant was also great. After almost three months in theaters, the movie had already grossed $429.83 million worldwide.
A few minutes later, all the guests and nominees found their seats and the ceremony officially began. Presenters like Tim Allen, Simon Baker, Halle Berry and other celebrities took the stage to announce the winners of each category.
The winners were given a few minutes to speak and express their gratitude. One by one, the celebrities accepted the trophies they had worked so hard to earn.
Finally, Jack Nicholson accepted the award for Best Actor in Motion Picture - Drama for his performance as Warren R. Schmidt.
Tom Cruise held his expression when one of the cameras was pointed at him. He knew this could happen, so he was prepared. Showing dissatisfaction on camera could affect his image. Of course, deep down, Tom Cruise was actually sad. He didn't win Best Actor in Motion Picture.
To make matters worse, his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, actually won Best Actress in Motion Picture - Drama!
He watched as Nicole gave him a slightly smug look as she gave her speech.
He suddenly felt that his PR team had betrayed him. Because Pat Kingsley and her team also worked for Nicole Kidman. Currently, Pat Kingsley is still Nicole Kidman's agent and it seems that the female agent preferred Nicole more than Tom Cruise.
Tom thought about changing an agent for a second before he deleted the idea... At least not now. He understood that the real battle was at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes were nothing but a practice game. Once he got the Oscar statue, nothing else would matter.
Besides, he had already won two Golden Globes, so no big deal.
Still, it was a little painful. After all, he worked hard for the movie and he felt he deserved an award.
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January was not much and there were few events that people remembered. Such as 50 Cent winning the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video and Best New Artist in 2003 and Billboard Song of the Year in 2003.
Another major event this month was Super Bowl XXXVII, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won against the Raiders.
As expected, there were few big movies released this month. In fact, only two movies crossed the $100 million mark at the worldwide box office. Those two movies were Just Married and The Recruit.
Just Married was a romantic comedy starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy. Ashton Kutcher was cast in many romantic comedies in the early 2000s.
The Recruit was a thriller suspense film starring Colin Farrell and Al Pacino. Two great actors in one movie.
Except for these two movies, most of the movies released this January were mediocre. Hollywood was probably cooking up something for the summer season.
Speaking of Hollywood, an important award show will be held this month. It was none other than the 60th Golden Globe Awards.
The show was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California. Just one month after the nominations were announced, the Golden Globes were already preparing the show for the winners and their guests.
The network that covered the show was NBC (National Broadcasting Company).
Kazir and Angelina attended the show together. Angelina wore a white gold sheath, a straight dress that fell from the hips.
As for Kazir, well, he was wearing a gray blazer, white shirt and black pants. He looked formal as always.
"I didn't expect you to wear anything gold... Does that mean something?"
Kazir whispered to Angelina as they posed in front of the cameras taking their pictures. Angelina smiled slightly and leaned closer.
"I think you will get something golden tonight." She giggled.
Kazir smiled. Well, maybe tonight he would get the Golden Globes trophy. The trophy only cost about $800, and it was made of marble and zinc and plated with 24-karat gold. But the value of the trophy was important to someone like Kazir, who was working to gain recognition in the industry.
After the hustle and bustle, the two slowly made their way to the entrance of the Golden Globes. As they found their seats, Angelina whispered to Kazir.
"By the way, I'm actually wearing a golden g-string tonight."
"..." Kazir's lips went stiff like another part of his body. He turned to Angelina, only to see the woman smiling beautifully.
The camera was pointed at the couple and Angelina immediately used her perfect smile. As for Kazir, he realized that Angelina was making fun of him, so his reaction was slow.
When he saw the camera, his smile was still stiff. As if he had heard something interesting.
'... Well, the golden G-string is not so bad. I can sniff it once in a while... Ahem, what am I thinking?'
Tonight he lost to Angelina.
A few minutes later, Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz appeared and sat down at the table with Kazir and Angelina. This table was set up for the crew of The Revenant (the people who were nominated).
It was not easy to get an invitation to the Golden Globes because the space of the venue was limited. However, CAA and both Kazir Grey and Tom Cruise had strong connections in the industry, so they successfully got invitations for Angelina Jolie and Penelope Cruz.
The table next to them was also for the crew members of The Revenant, Harold Witsend was also at that table.
"I think we have a chance tonight," Tom told Kazir.
"Confidence is a must," Kazir replied.
Their movie was now being recognized by the media. God knew how many movie critics and shows they had to bribe to get positive reviews. Well, bribing was not the best term, it should be giving gifts.
The box office performance of The Revenant was also great. After almost three months in theaters, the movie had already grossed $429.83 million worldwide.
A few minutes later, all the guests and nominees found their seats and the ceremony officially began. Presenters like Tim Allen, Simon Baker, Halle Berry and other celebrities took the stage to announce the winners of each category.
The winners were given a few minutes to speak and express their gratitude. One by one, the celebrities accepted the trophies they had worked so hard to earn.
Finally, Jack Nicholson accepted the award for Best Actor in Motion Picture - Drama for his performance as Warren R. Schmidt.
Tom Cruise held his expression when one of the cameras was pointed at him. He knew this could happen, so he was prepared. Showing dissatisfaction on camera could affect his image. Of course, deep down, Tom Cruise was actually sad. He didn't win Best Actor in Motion Picture.
To make matters worse, his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, actually won Best Actress in Motion Picture - Drama!
He watched as Nicole gave him a slightly smug look as she gave her speech.
He suddenly felt that his PR team had betrayed him. Because Pat Kingsley and her team also worked for Nicole Kidman. Currently, Pat Kingsley is still Nicole Kidman's agent and it seems that the female agent preferred Nicole more than Tom Cruise.
Tom thought about changing an agent for a second before he deleted the idea... At least not now. He understood that the real battle was at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes were nothing but a practice game. Once he got the Oscar statue, nothing else would matter.
Besides, he had already won two Golden Globes, so no big deal.
Still, it was a little painful. After all, he worked hard for the movie and he felt he deserved an award.
+++++
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Weird place to end the chapter... who got the award for best movie? Not sure I am reading this right, and the perspective is all over the place from director to narrator to tom cruise without any real stage directions to understand what is going on...
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Hollywood What If Chapter 321
As for Kazir, well, he didn't do well either. He didn't win anything! All the big awards went to the others. Kazir had three nominations, but he didn't win any of them.
Best Picture in Drama went to The Hours.
Best Director was won by director Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York.
Best adapted screenplay went to Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman - Adaptation.
Three nominations and he got nothing, such a sad life... Well, at least he got something golden tonight to make him feel better.
The show went pretty fast and nothing special happened... Except for the fact that Richard Gere used the Golden Globes as a platform to speak the truth about Tibet.
"Terrible, terrible human rights situation."
Yes, Richard Gere spoke that sentence and millions of people witnessed it. What happened in Tibet a few decades ago...
Actually, Richard Gere was brave for what he did, and many people praised him. But Hollywood was a spineless organization, cowards pretending to be virtuous.
What Hollywood did was to blacklist the actor. Since then, Richard Gere could only accept a few projects and his career slowly deteriorated. But Richard Gere didn't falter, he was still true to his intentions.
Hollywood: "How dare Richard Gere stand up for what is right! Fuck you Richard Gere!"
After that, the awards ceremony ended with neither Tom nor Kazir winning anything. They returned to their respective homes disappointed.
Luckily, Angelina was there for Kazir and made the man happy... The woman kept her promise to give Kazir something gold.
.........
......
...
Stella Willow opened her eyes after a night's rest. She had an apartment near the building where Grey Pictures did business... The company still rented the building for obvious reasons.
The company decided to think about buying the building, or building one instead, once Grey Pictures and one of the Big Six signed the contract.
So far, five of the Big Six were interested in the company. This inflated the net worth of Grey Pictures to $10 billion, although its real value was only around $4 to $5 billion.
The acquisition made Grey Pictures important. It showed that the Big Five were interested in the company.
Well, a single studio that could make revenue of more than $1 billion a year was worth their attention.
Stella Willow was active in this part. She now had a stake in the company, so she considered this deal important.
When she opened the door, she noticed that there were already three newspapers from different publishers lying on her front door. She decided to start with the Los Angeles Times.
After skimming through some of the useless gossip and information she already knew, her eyes stopped on one particular article. It was about the results of the Golden Globes last night, Stella Willow already heard from the phone that The Revenant won nothing despite having 6 nominations. It was very sad news... The fact that they invested millions in PR and yet it was pretty useless.
As expected, Miramax's PR team is the winner this time. They know how to keep the old foggies interested.
Miramax had already solidified its position in the industry in terms of making Oscar-worthy movies.
In fact, if Stella Willow hadn't known about the bad blood between Kazir and Harvey, she might have recommended that Kazir work with Miramax instead. After all, Miramax had distribution channels.
If Kazir and Harvey worked together, winning an Oscar would be a piece of cake, no problem at all.
Well, things happened and Miramax and Grey Pictures would never get a chance to work together, not in a million years.
The article said that Chicago won 5 awards, the biggest winner last night.
About Schmidt, Gangs of New York, Adaptation and The Hours also won 2 awards each.
Chicago, Gangs of New York and The Hours were all distributed and invested in by Miramax.
Obviously, Miramax was the biggest winner at the 60th Golden Globes. All they had to do was put "Award Winning Movie" on the covers of the DVDs and people would be interested in buying the DVDs.
That was the way Miramax made money. Since they could not compete with the Big Six at the box office, they used the DVD market instead.
Miramax had a chance to compete with the Big Six in the late 80's and early 90's. However, they failed to expand their business and Walt Disney slowly acquired shares until Miramax became a dog under Walt Disney.
Stella Willow dropped the newspaper and started to eat breakfast. She had something else to do today.
Kazir and the management of Grey Pictures were planning to start a TV show this year. Stella Willow was a little excited. After all, Stella Willow had been the head of production management at NBC before she joined Grey Pictures. She knew how to make TV shows and how to sell them to the masses.
Grey Pictures had never dabbled in TV shows before, so their plan needed some polishing. Luckily, Stella Willow was there to help.
Kazir gave them two projects to choose from. The director was known as a top screenwriter, so management knew Kazir would come up with something.
Now Stella and the management had to think seriously. They knew they didn't have enough budget to work with two projects, so only one could be produced this year.
The choices were:
A Song of Ice and Fire.
Breaking Bad.
Stella knew about A Song of Ice and Fire. She hadn't read it, but its popularity increased after the release of Lord Of The Rings and Harry Potter.
Fantasy novels became the most popular genre, and A Song Of Ice And Fire was the best of the genre when it came to dark fantasy.
As for Breaking Bad, Stella easily understood that this project was an original script created by Kazir Grey.
Both were promising, but both had their pros and cons.
+++++
[The poll on TV shows is closed. However, I would like to hear your opinion on which TV show you prefer. Is it Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones?]
As for Kazir, well, he didn't do well either. He didn't win anything! All the big awards went to the others. Kazir had three nominations, but he didn't win any of them.
Best Picture in Drama went to The Hours.
Best Director was won by director Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York.
Best adapted screenplay went to Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman - Adaptation.
Three nominations and he got nothing, such a sad life... Well, at least he got something golden tonight to make him feel better.
The show went pretty fast and nothing special happened... Except for the fact that Richard Gere used the Golden Globes as a platform to speak the truth about Tibet.
"Terrible, terrible human rights situation."
Yes, Richard Gere spoke that sentence and millions of people witnessed it. What happened in Tibet a few decades ago...
Actually, Richard Gere was brave for what he did, and many people praised him. But Hollywood was a spineless organization, cowards pretending to be virtuous.
What Hollywood did was to blacklist the actor. Since then, Richard Gere could only accept a few projects and his career slowly deteriorated. But Richard Gere didn't falter, he was still true to his intentions.
Hollywood: "How dare Richard Gere stand up for what is right! Fuck you Richard Gere!"
After that, the awards ceremony ended with neither Tom nor Kazir winning anything. They returned to their respective homes disappointed.
Luckily, Angelina was there for Kazir and made the man happy... The woman kept her promise to give Kazir something gold.
.........
......
...
Stella Willow opened her eyes after a night's rest. She had an apartment near the building where Grey Pictures did business... The company still rented the building for obvious reasons.
The company decided to think about buying the building, or building one instead, once Grey Pictures and one of the Big Six signed the contract.
So far, five of the Big Six were interested in the company. This inflated the net worth of Grey Pictures to $10 billion, although its real value was only around $4 to $5 billion.
The acquisition made Grey Pictures important. It showed that the Big Five were interested in the company.
Well, a single studio that could make revenue of more than $1 billion a year was worth their attention.
Stella Willow was active in this part. She now had a stake in the company, so she considered this deal important.
When she opened the door, she noticed that there were already three newspapers from different publishers lying on her front door. She decided to start with the Los Angeles Times.
After skimming through some of the useless gossip and information she already knew, her eyes stopped on one particular article. It was about the results of the Golden Globes last night, Stella Willow already heard from the phone that The Revenant won nothing despite having 6 nominations. It was very sad news... The fact that they invested millions in PR and yet it was pretty useless.
As expected, Miramax's PR team is the winner this time. They know how to keep the old foggies interested.
Miramax had already solidified its position in the industry in terms of making Oscar-worthy movies.
In fact, if Stella Willow hadn't known about the bad blood between Kazir and Harvey, she might have recommended that Kazir work with Miramax instead. After all, Miramax had distribution channels.
If Kazir and Harvey worked together, winning an Oscar would be a piece of cake, no problem at all.
Well, things happened and Miramax and Grey Pictures would never get a chance to work together, not in a million years.
The article said that Chicago won 5 awards, the biggest winner last night.
About Schmidt, Gangs of New York, Adaptation and The Hours also won 2 awards each.
Chicago, Gangs of New York and The Hours were all distributed and invested in by Miramax.
Obviously, Miramax was the biggest winner at the 60th Golden Globes. All they had to do was put "Award Winning Movie" on the covers of the DVDs and people would be interested in buying the DVDs.
That was the way Miramax made money. Since they could not compete with the Big Six at the box office, they used the DVD market instead.
Miramax had a chance to compete with the Big Six in the late 80's and early 90's. However, they failed to expand their business and Walt Disney slowly acquired shares until Miramax became a dog under Walt Disney.
Stella Willow dropped the newspaper and started to eat breakfast. She had something else to do today.
Kazir and the management of Grey Pictures were planning to start a TV show this year. Stella Willow was a little excited. After all, Stella Willow had been the head of production management at NBC before she joined Grey Pictures. She knew how to make TV shows and how to sell them to the masses.
Grey Pictures had never dabbled in TV shows before, so their plan needed some polishing. Luckily, Stella Willow was there to help.
Kazir gave them two projects to choose from. The director was known as a top screenwriter, so management knew Kazir would come up with something.
Now Stella and the management had to think seriously. They knew they didn't have enough budget to work with two projects, so only one could be produced this year.
The choices were:
A Song of Ice and Fire.
Breaking Bad.
Stella knew about A Song of Ice and Fire. She hadn't read it, but its popularity increased after the release of Lord Of The Rings and Harry Potter.
Fantasy novels became the most popular genre, and A Song Of Ice And Fire was the best of the genre when it came to dark fantasy.
As for Breaking Bad, Stella easily understood that this project was an original script created by Kazir Grey.
Both were promising, but both had their pros and cons.
+++++
[The poll on TV shows is closed. However, I would like to hear your opinion on which TV show you prefer. Is it Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones?]
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