King of Hollywood

“Every Thanksgiving I think about how to create a new arrangement, which is not easy, especially when the family is growing. But, in general, the past few years Thanksgiving was pretty good, so I'm still pretty good, right?" As Adrian was chattering, a sharp razor was on his throat.

"Shut up, Ed, if you keep talking, I'll swipe across." Kate, who was stuck under him, said fiercely.

Adrian immediately fell silent, and raised his hands in agreement. Then, Kate, who was kneeling in front of him, shrank slightly, and carefully shaved off the white foam on his chin again.

"It's refreshing, your technique is still so good, Kate," Adrian rubbed his chin in the mirror after shaving, "but... I don't think there is any need to keep this old-fashioned razor Now, of course, I'm not talking about switching to an electric one, but it might be a good idea to go with a short handle."

"Come on, Ed, you know I won't really cut it off," Kate said teasingly as she rinsed the razor beside her, "although sometimes I do have such thoughts."

"Okay, then should I thank Princess Anna or Goddess Selena and Miss Crawford for not killing me?" Adrian hugged Kate from behind teasingly, and put his shaved chin on the back of her neck Rubbed.

Kate rolled her eyes, turned around and grabbed his collar: "You know, Ed, I can sue you for sexual harassment just because of your actions."

"Oh?" Adrian opened his eyes wide, "Are you sure? You know..."

"But we're not married," Kate sneered. "In order to play Josie well, I not only read her experience repeatedly, but also learned about the relevant legal provisions on sexual harassment. In addition, the current definition of sexual harassment is more comprehensive than the original one. More detail is required."

"Okay, okay." Adrian had to raise his hands again to cooperate. Satisfying her petty sense of superiority is fine.

"Go on, if it takes too long, they will think I'm stealing." Kate gritted her teeth and walked out immediately, but stopped and turned back after a few steps, reaching out to hold Adrian's face carefully Take a look.

"I think you can try growing a beard, maybe it will make you a little sexier," she said.

Rubbed his chin. Adrian nodded: "It can be considered."

Coming down from upstairs, the living room is a lively scene, Lily is running around with Deva and Juliet making a fuss, Eleanor is following behind, waving and giggling, and she is 1 year younger than her. The year-old Mary sat on the ground with her mouth pouted and no one paid attention to her. Patricia and Aibo were crying loudly, and Evelyn was sleeping soundly. Even in this environment, Carlisle No, probably taken away by mother to nurse.

And their respective mothers. Better ones like Sophie, Monica or Blanchett, just chatting on the sidelines. The little ones are left to the nannies and servants, who only grab them and talk to them when they need it. Worse, it's like Jessica, Julia and Gwyneth, who have to spend time coaxing their own children . Not only that, but accidents happen every now and then, like something gets knocked over, something gets broken. A certain little guy fell, a certain little guy hit someone, etc. If there were not a lot of nannies and servants, the house would definitely be in chaos.

Even so, it is not easy to relax. When the children come, the mothers will not stop coming, and Charlize, Sarah, Ivanka and Yukie all live here, so... In short, even if Whoever gets the first slice of Ed's turkey is likely to lead to a silent confrontation, especially this year when Nicole and Naomi are also pregnant.

This is Thanksgiving at the Kewell family, noisy, secretly fighting, and it will come again at Christmas time, sometimes it is really asking for trouble, but Adrian never wants to cancel idea.

"I don't deny it, but this is family life, understand?" Adrian said, stroking Lily's head who was about to go to bed.

"But, you and your mother are not married, nor are you married to your aunts." Lily made a face directly, "That's why those guys at school often make fun of me."

"Oh?" Adrian raised his eyebrows, "Who is laughing at you?"

"Don't worry about it," Lily waved her hand indifferently, "Since I punched a certain guy, such remarks have disappeared. Of course, I guarantee that even if the teacher finds out, he will only stand on my side." Here."

"Well, you are indeed my daughter, but there is only one thing you have to do now, and that is to go to sleep!" She squeezed her daughter's face, then covered her with the quilt and turned off the bedside lamp, He kissed her forehead again and said good night as before, before leaving the bedroom.

That's right, family life, which is why Adrian risked monthly mother-to-mother gatherings and pulled them together on major holidays. However, even family life can't stop some things, and it can even be said to contribute to the flames.

"What you want is ready." After coming out of Lily's bedroom, Yukie who was already waiting outside bowed immediately.

"Very good," Adrian nodded, "I'll go there when the little ones are asleep."

Then he thought of something, looked at Yuki Hui for a few times, smiled and asked her to turn around in front of him a few times, and finally slapped her: "I changed my mind, Yuki Hui, 2D animation is still a bit too ethereal in comparison. So, I need you to play Xayah in A, no problem? Don’t tell me that there are no props, don’t think I don’t know you bought them.”

"So, is it Xia who is in love, or Xia who is in prison?" Yuki Hui asked with a soft smile after being surprised.

Adrian didn't speak, just looked at her meaningfully, Yukie waited for a few minutes, and then bowed again: "I see, I'll go get ready."

She was always so sweet and winky that whenever the women were feuding at parties, Adrian would stay with her and play tricks. On this point, the women also acquiesced. First, Yuki Hui always had a low-browed and pleasing appearance, and never offended anyone; second, she was the only Asian here. Adrian and her Overnight did at least seem fair.

Leaving aside the family matters, 2005 came to an end like this, without the competition from the media. All major film companies breathed a sigh of relief and got a lot of box office. Even so, "Enchanted" released after Thanksgiving even canceled the animation format of the opening and ending credits, but still achieved a good box office. Liv, as a vase, was once again praised or criticized by film critics.

"That's it, Liv, keep working, the job of princess is very suitable for you." Someone teased.

besides. There is also a new Disney movie that has something to do with Adrian, which is an adaptation of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by British writer Lewis. New Line's Robert Shea was the first to aim at this series of novels. Although there is no "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, New Line has fully improved financially under Adrian's care.

But that didn't satisfy Shay. What company executive wouldn't want to make more and more profitable movies? Especially seeing that Miramax, which is also a media subsidiary, has made huge profits on "Pirates of the Caribbean", Shay couldn't sit still anymore. This time he didn't fancy "The Golden Compass", but this time he did. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

However, this kind of thing usually requires a greeting from above, so Adrian stepped forward to suppress it. Then recommended to Disney and made a small deal.

"There is no denying that Lewis's series of novels are very good. But they are not suitable for adaptation to support movies-or fully adapted to movies. You have good vision, Robert, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" is a good choice, as long as the movie At the usual level of Hollywood, the box office is not a problem. The real problem is that the next one, a little careless. A little deviation, the next movie will fail, this is my judgment. This series is relatively connected to each other It’s still a little less.” Facing Shay, who was angry but not easy to attack, Adrian explained in this way.

Then, he gave another sweet date to the other party: "Okay, Robert, I know your thoughts, I can give you a series next year, the cost is not high, but the return will be amazing, if it works properly."

Shay heard what he meant, and nodded after struggling for a few minutes: "I will follow up."

Because of Adrian's attention, a certain series of novels has been officially published in the second half of this year through its publishing company. If the situation is good, it will not be a problem to start film preparations next year. It happened that New Line needed a series of movies, and Adrian also planned to give them one. This series with low investment but high returns is theirs.

But there will be no pie in the sky. If this bloody series of movies wants to get a high box office, in addition to attracting a large number of fantasy-loving young people, it also needs a lot of commercial operations. Therefore, Adrian must send representatives to follow up, in order to remind a few key points, and intervene in the internal affairs of the new line by the way.

After all, although the media bought New Line, Shay still has some equity in his hands, and because the original agreement has always been in the position, New Line has always had a semi-independent flavor. Therefore, even though Shay has always been honest and diligent, the media still has not given up the idea of ​​controlling the new line, and this time is a good opportunity.

Xie Yi also understands this. Although he is reluctant, the media has always been quite disciplined, and the film resources are basically fair. He has also seen the development in the past few years, so he said, "I will follow up. ", as long as Adrian doesn't go too far, he will probably turn a blind eye.

2005 has passed like this. Although many filmmakers are happy that there is no schedule for media competition, they soon stopped laughing, because at the end of December, several films were held in order to impact Oscar. films, such as Paul Haggis' Babel. This film is very similar to his "Crash", which won the best film last year, in terms of approach and editing, so much so that some film critics who participated in the film ridiculed him, thinking that he has no innovative ability at all, but he just upgraded the scope of the story from Los Angeles to the whole world. world, but most people still gave good reviews.

"Maybe when you watch it you get the feeling that Haggis is compulsively putting these coincidences together, but there is no doubt that they are all portrayals of the helplessness of human beings in their plight. The whole film is both depressing and shining. , and Dennis Knight and Jennifer Aniston also gave the best performance ever, Haggis deserves another statuette." Some people praised it.

Indeed, not long after Haggis' version of "Babel" was completed, Adrian watched it in a special screening room. Although, as in Sideways, the cut-out footage bears little connection to the original, Haggis brings the story to life in his own way. The mastery of the plot is more complete than that of "Crash", and the expression of the theme is not inferior to the original version.

It is worth mentioning that although the plot in Japan has been modified, Yuki Hui played quite well, especially when she was deaf and couldn't keep up with the rhythm when dancing, and finally let another woman snatch away the man she had finally hooked up with , the kind of loss and resentment with self-destructive tendencies are quite strongly transmitted to the audience.

Too bad this is America. Critics' attention was on Dennis and Aniston, who were equally good, especially when compared to Mr. and Mrs. Smith, so Yukie was left out. But it doesn't matter, anyway, Adrian's goal has been achieved, what's next...

Originally, Haggis could have been the last topic in 5 years, if it wasn't for another movie that was screened, yes, Adrian directed it. "Out of Control" with Natalie as the absolute protagonist.

The publicity of this movie was not high, and the trailer was not released until the middle of December. At this time, everyone was busy preparing for Christmas, and "Babel Tower" had large posters posted everywhere two months ago. Even so, it still attracted a lot of attention in the first place. Who told the famous Miracle director to direct and produce this movie? At this time, the halo brought by "The Pianist" and criticizing European filmmakers is still shining, not to mention the new star actress Natalie Portman.

"This is an indescribable, atypical Marvel director's work. Adrian has made a movie with a female protagonist. In "The Devil", which made Gwyneth seal the title, he has already Tried it - and frankly, I've always thought it was one of Marvel's worst films. But it's a first for a single heroine in the thriller-suspense genre. Unsurprisingly, Adrian continues his The precise grasp of the plot and the shots, except for the slight delay in the first ten minutes and thirty to forty minutes, the overall is basically compact, there are not too many gorgeous shots, and the suspense is revealed at the last moment, which makes people sigh.

Natalie's performance is also unexpectedly wonderful, and the enthusiasm and unrestrainedness of Joan Carter is completely absent here. She is just a poor girl who has been hurt and sunk in her own chaotic inner world. She is so committed, almost integrated into the role, she deserves all applause, maybe, she can achieve higher achievements. "

--Richard Henson, The New York Times

Good reviews are indispensable. Although it is a semi-original script, Adrian has accumulated countless experiences after all, and he has been conceiving it for a long time, so he maintains an average level on the whole. And Natalie, because most of the characteristics of this role are almost her portrayal, and Adrian's training in the filming, she played a 150% level in it. It is strange that there is no praise.

However, despite the positive comments from film critics who have watched it, more people focus on the other side, not those guys who yell "you can guess the ending when you see the beginning", their eyes are all on the on the heroine.

"Unsurprisingly, Adrian will always come out with another film at the end of the year, with at least one actress in it."

"Natalie's performance is indeed wonderful, and Adrian once again let her play extraordinary strength."

"This is the third time that Natalie Portman has collaborated with Adrian, and it is also a minority among the Wonder Girls."

Ridiculous, teasing, envious, jealous, gnashing of teeth, etc., directed by the director of Miracle, the wonderful performance of the heroine, and the records of the past few years are enough to explain what Adrian is thinking.

This is ridiculous! Who does he think he is? Does he really think that the film academy listens to him alone? ! Many people are thinking in their hearts with anger or hatred or jealousy.

But I want to return to my thoughts, but when it comes to reality, I can't help feeling a little downcast. Similar things have happened more than once or twice, and every time it seems that he can't succeed, but every time he has the last laugh. Among other things, look at the theme of "The Pianist" he launched in Cannes this year, how many years since the victory of World War II this year, and how he shaped his image after that, maybe the probability is not 100%, but in this case What is the difference between down and one hundred percent?

However, Adrian doesn't have much pride in this. He is already sure about the result of "The Pianist", but for the other one, there is still some work to do to get it done.

But he was not in a hurry, anyway, "Out of Control" hadn't been officially released yet, so after explaining the matter, he spent the New Year leisurely, and took his daughters to New York to visit his uncle as usual. Of course, being reprimanded is also indispensable, and the daughters seem to like to see their father being reprimanded. The uncle seems to be aware of this, and after the initial comments about the business, he began to play tricks, and at this time, led by Lily A group of little guys came around, smiling and watching Dad deal with it.

The aunt who had always defended him didn't say anything at this time, and even teased with a smile: "It's nothing, Ed, you know, your uncle loves you."

"Yes, I know." At this time, Adrian could only try to squeeze out a smile.