Chapter 842 Christmas of 1995

On the night of the 21st, the premiere of Tears in Star Dreams was held in New York. Song Ya and Mariah Carey held hands like golden boys and girls, and greeted people at the entrance of the theater as the host of the ceremony.

"Is it cold? I'll ask Taraji to get a coat..." Song Ya waved to his two fans on one side while caring in a low voice.

"Now? Impossible!"

She was so beautiful and frozen in the cold wind that she refused resolutely, "Don't think that every time you come out, you just care about the little things in my stomach, right?"

"What a little thing, it sounds so ugly..."

The two were still complaining about each other one second, and the next second they were smiling and hugging Spike, "Thank you for coming to Spike, this is director An Li, right?" A refined Chinese came to shake hands.

"Yes, we have collaborated in 'Joan's Barbershop' in 1983, when I was his classmate and photography assistant." An Li laughed.

"Haha, and our last name is Lee." Spike Lee laughed.

It seems that the two have a good relationship. Now An Lee has achieved higher achievements in all aspects than Spike Lee. After all, even Hollywood is willing to hand over the guide tube of the famous novel of reason and emotion to him. The father's trilogy, Pushing Hands, Wedding Banquet and Food and Beverage Men and Women's artistic achievements and awards are all top-notch.

His Sense and Emotion has also started filming, and he is on the way of award-winning art films. In the past few weeks, it has been firmly suppressed to 70 theaters in the whole meter.

Besides, An Li can speak Mandarin, so it seems that Wanwan is called Mandarin? He can chat with himself better than Stanley Tang.

"I like your movie very much. Is there a chance to cooperate next time?"

"must."

The two chatted for a long time. Mariah Carey didn't understand at all but she couldn't stop her from staring at An Li, her eyes shining, "Can you bring him to work with me next time? Is it true that someone like him won't win an award?" As simple as eating and drinking water? Are you good at praising actresses?" When the two directors of 'Li' walked into the theater, she came up with another idea.

"I need to act."

"Um!?"

"There is a chance, there is a chance, I will find a way to see if I can cheat...ah no, can I make an appointment with him." Song Ya dealt with it casually, and then diverted her attention with words based on her experience in dealing with her, "After tonight, The ban on the film review of Tears in Xingmeng will be lifted, you have to be mentally prepared for tomorrow's media reaction.

"

"Hmph, I know."

With the deepening of screenings, she now knows the true level of tears in Xingmeng, otherwise, how could she change the premiere location back to New York and increase the intensity of publicity to the black group? He refuses to admit it, but in order not to lose to Whitney Houston at the box office, it is too ugly, we must respect objective facts and adjust corresponding countermeasures.

Now her template for Star Dream Tears is the "neighborhood boy", expecting that she and Patti Labelle, two generations of African-American divas, will play mother-daughter gimmicks in the movie, marketing and currying favor with the black group.

Song Ya personally feels that this goal is also a bit whimsical. She overestimated her influence on urban blacks, and the main audience of her previous adult lyrical music was still white after all.

"Huh? Mariah Carey is black?"

After the grand premiere, she went on stage to conduct on-site interviews with the male protagonist Jude Law and the director. Song Ya stayed alone in the auditorium, and a middle-aged white man in the back row asked a question in a surprised tone.

These days, many ordinary people who don't care much about gossip news really think she is white, but after this movie, there should be no more misunderstandings.

"It's just a movie," said a middle-aged Caucasian friend.

"Autobiographical movie." The middle-aged white man retorted.

"Uh...that might be a mixed race." His friend was not sure either.

Invited to the premiere, the voices of the people who can reach my ears are all New York celebrities, and even some people in this group can't figure it out, which is very telling.

Celebrities always pay attention to how the gossip media talks about themselves, but that doesn't necessarily mean what most people think. Celebrities are not as important as they think.

Song Ya looked at Mariah Carey in front of her. She was chatting about her past on stage, talking excitedly about which movie plots happened and when, and what was the real name of a certain character in the movie at that time. The premiere ceremony was over, "Come up, come up!" She called an old friend to the stage loudly, and let the other party talk about how she was struggling at the time and how hard she was working on her singing career.

The old friend complimented, saying, 'I knew Maria was going to be a superstar ever since then', which got her giggling on stage.

‘Whitney Houston once again dedicates an extremely natural acting skill in Waiting to Waking, which is a great improvement over Bodyguard. The film uses an all-African cast, which marks a major social shift. '

'Although the plot is full of escapist fantasies until the time of waking up, it still gives the female audience a lot of room to think, 'How should I face the problems she encounters', and from cars, houses, wardrobes, men , or even the wrong man, to enjoy everything good and bad in life. '

'Waiting to wake up is a perfect example of African American women exploring real relationship issues! '

Early the next morning, the film critics were freshly released. She lost to Whitney Houston without incident. The film critics praised her when she woke up from the dream. At least 80% of them were exaggerations. Come here...

'We are honored to see yet another diva who is a strong candidate for next year's Razzies, Mariah Carey, who was disastrous in the movie Tear Down. '

'A shallow story with a good soundtrack, that's all. '

‘Singer autobiographical movies are inherently clichéd, kitsch, and busy with nothing. They are there for grand singing and dancing scenes, and some rote and lively plots are forced into them. '

'The first half is not good, the second half is not bad, because Mariah Carey is less and less in the film. '

‘The newcomer director Steve Ron Mitchell has a big problem with his narrative ability, but the picture and editing are well controlled. '

"Jude Law's related plots have been cut to pieces. Apart from being handsome enough, his acting and behavioral logic are weird. It's hard to imagine that he just won Laurence Olivier Best Newcomer the year before. Award, the British star's road to Hollywood suffered a head-on blow. '

The film critics who had public relations before all shrunk, and said a few innocuous good words to a high score and pretended to be dead.

"Angangang!" She was so angry that she broke down and cried on the phone.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry, adjust your breathing, inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale..."

Song Ya secretly felt it was funny, if it wasn't for the fear that the pregnant woman's spirit would be hit, she would even want to say a few sarcastic remarks, telling you to be stubborn and not listen to me.

"You should have persuaded me at that time!" She began to throw the blame unreasonably, "Scumbag!"

"It's boring to talk about it, Mimi, we had a lot of quarrels about this before, who told you..."

"Heavy!"

"Okay, okay, don't cry, let everything pass, try your best to do what you should do, at least let your debut work not lose money. Adjust your mood, don't read the nonsense of those film critics, they don't understand you at all. Think Thinking about your music career, are you beating Whitney now? One Sweet Day is still winning consecutive championships, isn’t it? There are wins and losses, it’s a tie, a tie..."

Song Ya coaxed a few words, feeling that she could still stand it, so she hummed a song and hung up the phone, "Taraji, how is the box office performance of the cat and mouse game this week?"

"Being under the double attack of Game of the Brave and Thief, as well as the return of resources to the new father-in-law 2 theaters, the decline is relatively large."

Taraji reported: "It's down to nearly seven million at the box office."

"Whoa, the long Christmas holidays are going to be tough."

Next week, a large number of films will be screened together, including Waiting to Wake Up, Star Dream Tears, etc., and the pressure of competition will be even greater. Of course, Song Ya himself doesn't care anymore. The cat and mouse game will definitely make money, it's just a matter of earning more and earning less, and the number of moviegoers during the Christmas holiday will also increase significantly.

"The good news is that Buena Vista has agreed with Mr. Linton and the long-run project we submitted," Taraji said. "They also think we can achieve something in the awards season."

"of course."

The end of the year is the day when organizations such as the Film Critics Association and Screen Actors Union all over the country give out awards. The results of the cat and mouse game are good. John Malkovich has won many Best Supporting Actor nominations and awards including the Chicago Film Critics Association. The second in terms of quantity is the best film soundtrack co-signed by myself and the soundtrack, and the third is the best adapted screenplay award by myself, former well-known talk show host Johnny Carson and screenwriters such as Kunes.

The male protagonists Jared Leto and Amy Adams won some small acting awards for young people, and Ashley Judd won sporadic female supporting awards. It should be Harvey Weinstein who helped with public relations.

Therefore, the focus of public relations at the awards should be best supporting actor, best soundtrack and best adapted screenplay. There is no other competition. After all, director Ridley Scott is still angry. Now that the box office is so good, he...maybe more Are you angry...

"No matter what, I have my business."

In addition to accompanying Mariah Carey to carry out the publicity mission dutifully, Song Ya also took the opportunity of returning to Chicago for Christmas to reunite Tony and Connie, especially Connie.

Tony is rough but detailed, don't look at his usual open mouth, he really won't reveal too much about himself to his ex-girlfriends who just want to have fun, Connie is much stupider in life, and she is not good at feelings. She is more serious, although it does not affect the frequent change of men around her.

"Your taste is still focused on dancers ah?" Song Ya took the opportunity to tease her when the whole family was sitting at the dining table.

"Yeah." Connie also admitted that her boyfriend has changed several times from white to black, from thin to strong. "Sorry, I didn't know that guy would speak ill of you to the media." She asked cautiously: "You won't treat him..."

"Hmph." Song Ya snorted twice through her nostrils, "Not yet."

On Christmas in 1995, except for Aunt Susie, everyone at the table couldn't let go. Song Ya felt that they were all watching her, including little Emily, "What task did Matthew Norris arrange for you? "

"Practice songs, the intensity is very high, and learn how to deal with the media." Emily replied.

"Did foxy brown join you?" Song Ya asked.

"Just met, she can't get used to Beyoncé always acting like a princess, I think it's fun to watch." Emily seemed a little gloating.

"Really? What about her to you?"

Song Ya didn't expect this, and now thinking about it, it's a bit inappropriate to stuff a street girl into Destiny's Child, "You should be the glue of the team."

"We have a good relationship." Emily replied.

"Yeah." Song Ya nodded, "foxy brown is more popular than you, and has more experience, and she was born on the street, don't let her bully those four girls. She will release her debut album next year, and she will spend a lot of time with you More, let’s get used to it for now.”

"It's not sure who is bullying who, Beyoncé is the boss' daughter." Emily curled her lips.

"It's your boss's boss sister. You should stand up at this time."

After Song Ya finished speaking, why did I make the interpersonal relationship of this team so complicated?

"You have the final say." Emily is in the rebellious period, and she doesn't want to talk about her own affairs with the 'adult'.

"Where's Mimi? Don't we even spend Christmas together this year? I also want to teach her some experience in giving birth to babies." Aunt Susie asked.

"She is very busy, she has to promote the movie and hit the charts."

Song Ya hasn't told them about her going to divorce yet, "I still have to run commercial performances at Christmas, it's very hard, very hard."

"Her movie is not bad, I think it is not bad." Connie said: "I brought my little sisters to support it several times."

"Me too, I like Beyoncé and the others." Emily also echoed, "Is the plot between her and Jude Law true? Did she really have such a boyfriend before she became famous?"

"None of my business..." Song Ya didn't bother to explain.

"Will your boss who discriminated against nger step down?" Tony asked suddenly, "I remember that your relationship was not good before."

"He's an ass my boss."