Chapter 598 Oscar Ceremony

In early February, the list of nominees for the 88th Academy Awards was announced, with a total of 27 awards for this year's Oscars.

Lionsgate had 11 films nominated for this year's Academy Awards, receiving 48 nominations, accounting for more than 1/3 of all nominations.

Among them, "The Revenant" led this year's Oscars with 12 nominations, and "The Martian" received 7 nominations, ranking second.

"American Sniper" and "Carol" received 6 nominations, and "Foxcatcher" and "The Big Short" received 5 nominations.

"Inherent Vice" and "Wild" received 2 nominations, and "The Butler", "Creed" and "Maleficent" each received 1 nomination.

Among the 8 films that won the Best Picture, 5 were from Lionsgate.

All 5 films nominated for Best Actor were from Lionsgate, and the nominated actors included Link, Leonardo, Matt Damon, Joaquin Phoenix, and Steve Carell.

In the awards for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay, Lionsgate films accounted for more than half.

After the announcement of the shortlist, many media outlets hyped that Lionsgate dominated the Oscars and won all the important awards.

It's just that the Oscar shortlist was voted by more than 6,000 judges of the Academy of Oscars. The large number of judges guarantees the fairness of the award selection to a certain extent.

In addition, the nominated films of Lionsgate are of good quality and are eligible for the Oscars.

This also leaves many competitors who want to take the opportunity to make trouble without an excuse.

On February 28, the 88th Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. The host of this year's Oscars was Chris Rock, who was later slapped by Will Smith.

During the performance of this year's Oscars, Vice President JB was invited to attend and sang the song "Till It Happens to You" with Lady Gaga. After the singing, dozens of people who had been sexually assaulted appeared. Lady Gaga held hands with them and called for opposition to sexual violence on the Oscar stage.

Link watched the performance on the stage and smiled. The vice president's appearance here was obviously related to the election. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He came here to participate in the performance and also to support the Democratic Party to win votes.

There is also the issue of opposing sexual violence. In February last year, Obama said in a speech that "one in five women in the United States is a victim of rape or attempted rape."

Subsequently, anti-sexual violence activities were launched in all walks of life in the United States.

Among the scandals involving the entertainment industry, Kesha sued her boss Dr. Luke, claiming that she was violated by him; Bill Cosby, a black comedy star known as the "American Dad", was accused of sexual assault. In December last year, more than 40 women went to court and claimed that they were violated by him.

In December last year, Italian model Ambra called the New York police and claimed that she was molested by Harvey Weinstein. The case is still under investigation.

Last year, more than a dozen celebrity sexual violence scandals were exposed by the media. Against this background, Lady Gaga's performance today seemed meaningful.

"Brother, what are you laughing at? I feel like you have some bad intentions."

Selena leaned over and stared at him with her bright eyes.

Link restrained his expression and glanced at her, "Focus on the show, why are you looking at me?"

"Brother, what do you think of watching Lady Gaga's show?"

Selena smiled sweetly.

"It's a good idea, a very meaningful show."

Link said.

"Yes, there are many scandals of women being used in the entertainment industry now, and they have a great impact on the parties involved after being exposed. Emmmm, brother, I think you should be careful at this time, and don't expose bad things."

Selena said.

"Don't think too much, although I am a little fickle, I never use hidden rules, and I have restrained myself a lot now, okay?"

"Really?"

Selena asked with a blink of her eyes.

"No, with my conditions, I can pick up girls just by waving my hand. Why do I need to play with unspoken rules?"

Link shook his head. Since his debut, he has never had intimate relationships with strange women. If a woman takes the initiative to throw herself into his arms, he will record and take photos to leave evidence, so there is no need to worry about this happening.

"It seems so."

Selena thought for a while, nodded her chin, and continued to watch the performance on the stage.

After the warm-up performance, the award ceremony entered the stage of awarding various awards.

First, the best original screenplay and best adapted screenplay were awarded, and these two awards were won by the movies "Spotlight" and "The Big Short" respectively.

The best supporting actor was won by Mark Rylance, an actor in the movie "Bridge of Spies", and the best supporting actress was won by Alicia Vikander, a movie actor in the movie "The Danish Girl".

"Mad Max 4" won 6 technical awards in a row, including Best Sound Effects, Best Makeup and Hair Design, Best Sound Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Film Editing.

"Ex Machina" won the best visual effects.

"The Revenant" won the best photography.

The Hateful Eight won the Best Original Score.

Singer Sam Smith's "Writing's On The Wall" for "Spectre" won the Best Original Song Award, and before the Oscars, the other party publicly announced the cabinet.

The other party also became the first out winner in the history of the Academy Awards.

In the technical awards, Lionsgate performed mediocrely, winning only one Best Cinematography.

When it came to the most valuable awards, Lionsgate's films won awards one after another.

The Best Actress Award was won by Cate Blanchett, the leading actress of "Carol". The other party was very excited on the podium and thanked Catherine many times.

"Carol" is a movie produced by Palm Beach Pictures, and Catherine served as the film producer.

In addition, Link also greeted Blanchett before the awards ceremony, and it was best not to mention himself to avoid misunderstandings.

After Cate Blanchett stepped down, Julianne Moore, the winner of the last Oscar for Best Actress, came on stage to present the Best Actor Award.

The five male actors nominated this year are Link in "American Sniper", Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Revenant", Steve Carell in "Foxcatcher", Matt Damon in "The Martian", and Joaquin Phoenix in "Inherent Vice".

After the Oscar nominees were announced, many media believed that Link had the highest chance of winning this year, because all five films were produced and distributed by Lionsgate. As long as Lionsgate invested more in public relations, Link's chance of winning would increase infinitely.

But Link knew it was impossible.

When selecting the leading actors and actresses, the Oscars are very demanding on the actors. Actors with superb acting skills and who sacrificed a lot during filming have the highest chance of winning. Doing so will give people a sense of "hard-won" and enhance the status of the Oscars.

Especially in the Best Actor Award, the Oscar judges seemed to abuse the majority of male actors with this award, which is why there are many "weight gainer and weight loser maniacs", "gays", "disabled people", etc.

Among the five actors nominated this year, Leonardo can be said to have taken "self-abuse" to the extreme.

He became fat and ugly, was enthusiastic about public welfare, actively participated in the activities of environmental protection organizations, invested in the filming of several environmental documentaries, dated the black female singer Rihanna, and risked his life to play against a big brown bear in the play, etc.

Except for not playing a disabled person or being gay, he did everything he should do, and made great sacrifices.

This year is also the fourth time that Leonardo has been nominated for the Best Actor Oscar.

Since the 2014 "The Wolf of Wall Street", some media claimed that the Oscar owed Leonardo a Best Actor statuette.

So it was no surprise that this award was won by Leonardo.

When Julianne Moore read out "Leonardo Dicaprio "The Revenant"" on the stage, Leonardo stood up excitedly, tugged at his suit, and rushed to the podium happily without waiting for others to congratulate him.

"Hey~ Link, look here, this little golden man is mine."

Leonardo shouted at Link with the little golden man.

Link clapped his hands and gave him a thumbs up.

For many actors, winning an Oscar is a great achievement, equivalent to an athlete winning an Olympic gold medal.

For him, the Oscar statuette is just a small honor.

You can strive for it, and you don't need to force it.

After receiving the award, Leonardo thanked many people on stage, including many directors he had worked with, such as James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, and Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Finally, he thanked Link in particular, saying that the two had known each other since 2008 and lived in the same apartment in New York, one upstairs and the other downstairs. When he met Link in 2008, Link was just a boxer who had just become famous.

Leonardo joked that he was a big star at the time, and when Link greeted him in the elevator, he didn't want to talk to Link, and now he asked Link out to chat, but Link didn't like to talk to him either.

This caused a burst of laughter at the scene.

Leonardo continued to say that he originally thought that the two had different professions and would not have much intersection in life.

But later he found that Link was so capable of crossing careers. After becoming the world boxing champion in 2008, he crossed careers to become a singer in 2009 and became a superstar in the music world. Later, he continued to cross careers to become an actor and joined Lionsgate in 2011.

The two of them interacted more and more, and became partners and friends.

Leonardo thanked Link for his help at the end, saying that he knew Link also wanted to win an Oscar, and that he would teach Link how to win the Oscar for Best Actor after the awards ceremony, and promised to help him win the little golden man.

Link smiled and clapped his hands.

After Leonardo left the stage, the Best Director Award continued to be presented on the stage.

Those nominated for this award included Clint Eastwood, director of "American Sniper", Alejandro González Iñárritu, director of "The Revenant", George Miller, director of "Mad Max: Fury Road", Adam McKay, director of "The Big Short", and Thomas McCarthy, director of "Spotlight".

Four of the five nominated directors are directors of Lionsgate films.

The final winner was Alejandro González Iñárritu.

After winning the Best Director Award for "Birdman" last year, he won the award again, and he is also the only director in Oscar history to win the award for two consecutive terms.

Both films were made in cooperation with Lionsgate.

Lionsgate is now considered the "mentor" of many filmmakers.

Some media claimed that if you want to win an Oscar and realize your dream in the film industry, the best way before 2011 was to work with Harvey Weinstein, and after 2011, it was to work with Lionsgate.

The award for Best Picture was presented in the end.

This award was won by "American Sniper" because it fits the theme. Chris Kyle is an American hero. This movie represents the American spirit and praises those who defend this spirit.

"American Sniper" deserves this award.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the Oscars ceremony ended. Lionsgate Films' 11 films won 6 awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Cinematography.

48 nominations and 6 wins, which is much worse than last year's 35 nominations and 11 wins. However, this year Lionsgate Films won the most valuable awards, which are more valuable than several awards last year.

Afterwards, many media also spoke up for Lionsgate Films.

They believed that the Academy of Oscars was obviously limiting the number of awards Lionsgate Films won.

Otherwise, with classic films such as "The Revenant", "American Sniper", "The Martian", and "Carol", it would be impossible to win only 6 awards, which is as many as "Mad Max 4".

Lionsgate does not intend to dwell on this. The 88th Oscars have passed, and the company should look forward to getting more nominations and awards at next year's Oscars.

In the more than one month before and after the Oscars, the 11 films nominated for the Oscars under Lionsgate have increased in box office.

The current North American box office of "The Revenant" is 212 million US dollars, and the global box office is 584 million US dollars, an increase of more than 30 million US dollars.

The current North American box office of "American Sniper" is 392 million US dollars, and the global box office is 668 million US dollars. The increase in overseas regions is large, exceeding 20 million US dollars.

There are also movies such as "The Martian", "Carol", "Foxcatcher" and "The Big Short" that have good box office growth.

The distribution department estimates that the total box office increase is about 200 million US dollars.

This also proves that Lionsgate's spending on public relations Oscar awards is worthwhile.

After the Oscars, Link was a dad at home, training boxing, and preparing for the upcoming four boxing defenses.

The 31st Summer Olympic Games will be held in August. He is a member of the US swimming team and will train in the swimming pool when he has time to prepare for the Olympics.