Oscar Ceremony

On the other side of the red carpet, Kim

Basinger had just withdrawn her gaze. Her husband Alec Baldwin noticed this and couldn't help but let out a cold snort.

In order to build momentum for Kim Basinger's Oscar, since this year's awards season started, they did not miss Eve Thompson. Of course, at that time, the whole Hollywood was not optimistic about "Titanic". Like everyone, they also thought the ship was going to sink, and so will the career of this young girl. Everyone thought she was going to be a short lived star like Dew Barrymore, Stella Rossum, etc.

They don't have a direct feud with Eve Thompson, but the relationship is also not a good one. Both Eve and Kim are natural blondes and hence, there are a lot of similarities in their careers, but the difference are also not small. On one hand, Kim is approaching fifties, her fame is decreasing and her career has started to die. While Eve on the other hand, she is young, more popular, and her career has just started.

Anyone with discerning eyes can see which side is more worth investing, and no one of the big six is a fool. Studios would definitely prefer the young, more beautiful and more popular Eve Thompson, rather than someone like Kim who has long passed her peak.

Therefore such comparison already puts them in an opposite, and even hostile camps. That's why, when there was negative news surrounding the "Titanic" and its crew members at the beginning, their public relations team joined the seige and did not hesitate to pour dirty water on her.

Especially at the beginning of the release of "Titanic", the national public opinion was negative, but the popularity of the movie increased instead of decreasing. At that time, they got a lot of exposure and pushed hard on the movie and its heroine.

Then, the bloody big ship set sail, and it didn't sink!

Not only did it not sink, but it also created an eye-popping box office miracle. Up to now, its box office has broken through a terrifying one and half billion dollars, and the whole world is crazy about it.

For God's sake--

Is the box office trend really so exaggerated even if the data really exist?

Are those hotheaded teenagers crazy!

And where did they get the money to watch this movie over and over again?

Just like all Hollywood filmmakers, their problems come one after another, none of which can be explained by normal logic, and they are facing more troubles, because in order to promote "L.A. Confidential", the manuscript and negative comments they posted on the media has not been collected.

So now, they have suffered a huge blacklash.

Those crazy fans not only wrote piles of protest letters to magezines and newspapers, but they also organized internet discussions and criticisms on those who spreaded negativity about the "Titanic" at the beginning.

[ Why doesn't she play the roles which are more in line with her age? Although I admit that Kim Basinger is well maintained even at the age of almost fifty, but I still can't get myself to watch an old woman playing a young female fatale.]

[And Partlow, who does she think she is? I guess starring in a movie like "Emma" gave her the confidence to criticize Eve. She should remember the fact that "Emma's" box office is not even one-twentieth of "Titanic".]

Not surprisingly, tonight's Best Supporting Actress award was announced first.

When the last Oscar's Best Supporting Actor, Cooper Gooding Jr, stepped onto the stage of the awards ceremony, this year's Oscars ceremony had just begun, and the ratings ushered in a small peak.

The movie clips of the five nominated actresses began to be played on the big screen of the stage.

"This part is really good." Gloria Stewart, who was also a nominee, was sitting next to Eve, and she was already open-minded, "Now is the time for young people to win the Oscar."

She was quite surprised when she got the call from young actress whom she worked with on "Titanic", to walk the red carpet together. But she didn't reject the offer as she also didn't had someone to walk the red carpet with, and she also likes this girl a lot. She's such a polite and lovely child.

"I don't care if l get the prize for best actress or not, but you should get the prize, Gloria." Eve applauded along with the crowd, and faced the live camera with a smile.

"What should Oscar do?" Gloria laughed at herself. "Academy is the most realistic and hypocritical club for retired old white men."

Obviously, the actress who has been in the film industry for a very long time, she knows how the things work here. She is already old and doesn't have much energy to spend on award campaigns.

Just as Gloria predicted, the presenter announced the name which most of the people present were expecting.

"The award for the best supporting actress in movie category goes to Kim Basinger, for LA Confidential."

Kim Basinger took a deep breath, adjusted her mood, and started her award speech with great excitement.

The Oscars that night almost turned into a celebration party for "Titanic" in advance. The film finally won eleven awards, tying the award record of "Ben-Hur" that year. When James Cameron read that famous words "I am the king of World", everyone tonight had become the best foil for "Titanic's" success celebratiion, wether they like it or not.

As a result, the ratings of this year's awards ceremony have climbed to a record high of 90 million, which is the highest in history of Oscars. You must know that last year's highest ratings were only 60 million. Approximately, hundred million people around the world watched this scene on TV.

But many fans and audience still doesn't seem to be satisfied with the results yet. On the internet, angry fans and audience started to curse the injustice they felt.

[I'm so pissed off, what happened to the Best Supporting Actress award? Isn't Gloria Stewart the most worthy?]

[My poor Leo, he didn't even got a nomination. He must be so sad because of this. I hate you Oscars.]

[In my opinion, Eve is the most deserving for the best actress award. Its her second time getting nominated. She should've won.]

Although many young fans argued that Eve should have won, but adult people still didn't support them. They also know that Eve's performances was Oscar worthy as she was nominated, but they knew it was only going to be a nomination. They have seen it through countless examples before.

The youngest best actress Oscar winner till now is Marlee Matlin, which she won for "Children of a lesser God" at the age of 21. Therefore, even if this is Eve's second nomination, the chances of her winning were never high.

Most of the industry knows, Oscars are a game of money and PR.

Therefore, to win an Oscar, you must have strong PR which is hired by money, and one of the following conditions: Either you have enough seniority in industry. Second option is that your performance outruns all the other nominated performances by a very large margin, which is a very very difficult thing.

And lastly, you have many previous Oscar nominations. In the last case, Acedmy will give you the award if there is no performance like second case in your competition. It can be considered as a kind of compensation.

it is a flawed system, but that's how it works.