Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion

Chapter 717 - 522 Academy Awards

At 8 PM on the 24th, the 85th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Link, Ivanka, and Catherine all invited to the evening's ceremony.

At the same time, he and Taylor will continue to serve as presenters, awarding the Best Original Song. From this, tonight's Best Original Song winner must be Adele; The Academy wants to see these three top music artists together, contributing some topics and ratings for tonight's live broadcast.

The host of this year's Oscars is the famous director and comedian Seth MacFarlane.

He is the director and screenwriter of the blockbuster movie "Ted," which last year made a global box office of 540 million US Dollars from a budget of 50 million, making it one of the most profitable movies of the year.

Seth MacFarlane also performed the catchy tune "We Saw Your Boobs" live, listing over ten actresses who have exposed their breasts in movies.

Including Naomi Watts in "Mulholland Drive", Angelina Jolie in "Original Sin", Anne Hathaway in "Brokeback Mountain", Halle Berry in "Monster's Ball", Nicole Kidman in "Eyes Wide Shut", Kristen Stewart in "On the Road", Charlize Theron in "Young Adult", Helen Hunt in "The Sessions", Jessica Chastain in "Lawless", Jodi Foster in "The Accused", etc.

Among them, Kate Winslet was named the most, ten times, and Nicole Kidman eight times.

The content of the song was quite bold, and the named actresses all showed embarrassed expressions on camera.

"Is this type of song fun?"

Taylor asked with a twitch of her lips.

"Quite fun, I didn't even know those movies had so many revealing scenes, I'll have to check them out sometime."

Link said.

"You rascal!"

Taylor snorted lightly, bumping Ivanka next to her, "He's being so vulgar, aren't you going to do something about him?"

"It's quite interesting, I'll watch them with Link when I have time."

Ivanka said with a lifted corner of her lips.

Taylor rolled her eyes, finally understanding why she lost to Ivanka; it was because Ivanka was too lenient with Link, whereas she always wanted to control Link. From this point, she realized she also had a strong desire to control.

"Aren't you afraid he'll turn bad?"

"Not afraid, he has strong self-control, he can't be too bad."

Ivanka said with a smile.

Taylor scrunched up her nose bridge and secretly pinched Link from behind, but before she could pull her hand back, it was firmly grasped by Link, and she couldn't pull it free.

Clap clap clap!

Seth MacFarlane and the Los Angeles Gay Men's Chorus finished their grand performance, followed by a lively round of applause.

The opening performance ended, and the award ceremony began.

The first award presented was the Best Supporting Actor, which was unsurprisingly won by Christoph Waltz for his role in Django Unchained.

He was also the highest-voted nominee for this award on the Rotten Tomatoes website.

Following that, technical awards were presented, including Best Cinematography, Visual Effects, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound and Sound Editing, Best Documentary Feature/Short and Foreign Language Film, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay, as well as Original Score and Best Original Song.

Among these awards, Lionsgate Films only won three: Argo took Best Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay, and Zero Dark Thirty won Best Sound Editing.

In the Best Supporting Actress category, Anne Hathaway won for her fine performance in Les Miserables, beating out Amy Adams, Helen Hunt, and others, marking her first win of this award. She appeared very excited on the stage.

In the Best Actor category, Daniel Day-Lewis, with his mesmerizing performance in Lincoln, triumphed over Hugh Jackman, Joaquin Phoenix, Denzel Washington, and John Hawkes to clinch the award.

This is also his third Oscar Best Actor win following his 1990 My Left Foot and 2007 There Will Be Blood, making him the only one in the history of the Oscars.

The Best Actress award was won by Jessica Chastain for her role in Zero Dark Thirty.

In this category, her competitors included Emmanuelle Riva in Amor, Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild, Naomi Watts in The Tsunami Miracle, and Helen Mirren in Hitchcock.

On the Rotten Tomatoes website, French veteran Emmanuelle Riva received a support rate of 38.27%, with Jessica Chastain ranking second at 33.82%.

However, with strong public relations efforts by Lionsgate, Jessica still secured the award.

When last year's Best Actor Jean Dujardin announced Jessica's name, many people in the audience turned to look at Link, with complex expressions on their faces.

"Damn, what are the Oscar juries thinking, knowing that Link is using this award to get girls, why would they still vote for Jessica Chastain?"

In the Django Unchained crew area, Harvey Weinstein muttered angrily in a low voice.

Though the Weinstein Company's films did not receive a nomination for this award, just to thwart Link and not let him succeed, they had the media hype up news about Jessica Chastain's un-filial behavior during the second round of voting.

Since most of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' jurors are 'old white men,' and Jessica's biological father is also an old white man, such manipulation could provoke the jurors' 'empathy' and dislike towards Jessica.

Unexpectedly, Jessica Chastain still ended up winning the award.

"Jessica's team clarified that her biological father abandoned their family when she was seven or eight years old, leading to her sister's early demise, and he was an utterly irresponsible man. She has a good relationship with her stepfather," Bob commented nearby.

Harvey snorted; he was of course aware of this, but he was still annoyed by Jessica receiving the award. Previously, he was known in the media as the 'Oscar Best Actor and Actress-making machine.' Now, for two consecutive years, the Best Actress award has been secured by the public relations department of Lionsgate.

Perhaps starting tomorrow, the media will begin to call Link the 'Oscar Actress-making machine,' prompting all of Hollywood's actresses to flock to Link, treating him as the new 'hot commodity', while leaving him unattended.

Every time he thought about this, he was extremely angry.

Harvey stared fiercely at Link's back of the head from behind, wishing he could blow his brains out with a single shot.

In the audience, Jessica Chastain, whose name was called, also showed an incredulous expression, hugged director Catherine Bigelow excitedly, and walked toward the award stage, lifting her dress.

With tears, she thanked many people, including director Bigelow, producers Megan Ellison and Catherine, her agent Susan Coworth, and also Eva and Link, praising them as the perfect pair and thanking them repeatedly.

"Did you sleep with her?"

Down below, Taylor clapped her hands and asked.

"Of course not."

"Really? Would you handle her PR for the Best Actress Award without having slept with her?"

Taylor blinked, asking suspiciously.

Link covered his forehead, "We handled Jessica's PR for this award because firstly, she acted well and deserved it, and secondly, successful PR would boost box office revenues, earning millions more, a worthwhile investment, unrelated to whether I slept with her. Jennifer Lawrence is the same."

"Haha, I might believe you about Jessica, but I don't believe it about Jennifer Lawrence at all."

Taylor said, scrunching her nose.

Link shrugged his shoulders, not stooping to argue.

"Next Oscars, who do you plan to promote as Best Actress?"

"You! How about that?"

"I'm not interested, I've got Grammy Awards, that's enough."

Taylor said, lifting her chin slightly.

At the recent Grammy Awards, Taylor won two Grammys with her fifth album "Red," bringing her total to eight Grammys.

She has the right to be proud.

"Hey, womanizer, you're so capable, how come you didn't even get an Oscar Best Actor nomination?"

Taylor asked with a half-smile.

Link did not answer her, instead placing his hand on the back of the chair and quietly pinching her buttock through the thin dress.

Taylor's face turned red, her white fists clenched tightly.

At the end of the award ceremony, the Best Director award went to Ang Lee for "Life of Pi." It was his second time winning this award and he was the first to win for a 3D film.

"The film that won Best Picture is..."

On stage, presenters Jack Nicholson and Michelle Obama looked at the card in the envelope and announced, "Argo!"

"Yay, damn!!!"

A cheer came from the crew of "Argo."

On the Rotten Tomatoes website, the highest fan-favorite rating for this award went to "Life of Pi" at 39.4%.

"Argo" was second at 22.7%, and "Lincoln," although mainstream, saw many issues under Spielberg's direction, only achieving a support rate of 10.3%.

The other seven films had less than 10% support.

Originally, "Life of Pi" was considered the likely Best Picture winner at this year's Oscars, but the award went to "Argo," with Ben Affleck and others appearing very excited.

Link also clapped his hands contentedly, as "Argo" winning this award would increase global box office receipts by tens of millions. As part of the film's distribution and production, Lionsgate Films would also make more money.

"Damn it!! How did they get this award."

Harvey said angrily.

"Lionsgate Films is getting more skilled at Oscar PR."

Bob said.

"Shut up! Many of Lionsgate's PR tactics are copied from mine, mine! With 'Argo's' win, that bastard Link is going to make tens of millions more; damn, this is your fault, Bob. If it weren't for your stupid decision to invest in 'The Master,' we could be celebrating victory with them right now instead of watching Link gloat," Harvey cursed fiercely.

Bob did not retaliate.

On the stage, "Argo" producer Ben Affleck, and Lionsgate Films producers Stacy Schneider and others gave their acceptance speeches, thanking the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as Link and Eva.

Link and Eva received thanks three times that night.

Clap, clap, clap!

Finally, host Seth MacFarlane and soprano Christine Kennoens performed "Here's To The Losers."

The 85th Academy Awards ceremony came to a close smoothly.

Considering they had children at home, Link, Eva, and Taylor didn't attend the Oscars dinner but drove straight back to their luxurious villa. On the way, Taylor reported to Eva that Link had harassed her and even threw a few punches at Link.