Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 713 - 518: Golden Globes Awards Ceremony

After the New Year, at the beginning of January, the list of nominees for the 70th Golden Globe Awards in the United States was announced, with Lionsgate Films receiving nominations for 19 awards.

"Argo" nabbed five nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Score.

"Zero Dark Thirty" secured four nods, for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Best Screenplay.

"The Master" received three nominations, for Best Actor in a Drama, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.

"Beasts of the Southern Wild" obtained three nominations as well, for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Screenplay.

"Untouchable" garnered one nomination, for Best Foreign Language Film.

"The Hunger Games" was nominated for one award, for Best Original Song.

"The Vow" received one nomination, for Best Original Song.

"Buried" picked up one nod, for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Last year, Lionsgate Films released a total of 20 movies, with 8 making it to the Golden Globe nominations and securing 19 nominations. This accounted for 19 out of the 70 movie nominations, more than a quarter, a rather decent achievement.

Meanwhile, the competitor Weinstein Company also earned five nominations with "Django Unchained," adding up to a total of eight nominations when including "The Master."

Compared to last year's nominations, Weinstein Company has been significantly outpaced by Lionsgate.

This year's Golden Globes ceremony was held at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Invited to attend were Link, Ivanka, Taylor, Catherine, Jennifer Lawrence, and others. Among them, Link received two nominations, for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Original Song; Taylor received one, for Best Original Song.

Link and Taylor are nominated in the same category this year, once again becoming competitors, also making for an interesting piece of news before the Golden Globes.

"Hey, Link, didn't expect to see you here, it's quite magical."

At the Golden Globes banquet, Leonardo patted Link's shoulder vigorously as if taking revenge.

"Why is it magical?"

"Haha, isn't it magical for a boxer to be nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role?"

Leonardo shrugged his shoulders and laughed.

"No, I also won for 'Midnight in Paris' last year. This is the second time, which shows my acting is good. It has nothing to do with being magical. By the way, what brings you here? I don't remember seeing your name among the lead actor nominees."

"I'm nominated for Best Supporting Actor. You even sent me a text to congratulate me. Have you forgotten?"

Leonardo asked with a dark expression.

"Oh, yes, congratulations!"

Link responded with a light smile, also ready to pat Leonardo's shoulder.

Immediately, Leonardo changed his expression and stepped back a fair distance.

"Very nimble of you, you'd make a great boxer."

Link complimented, and seeing director Quentin Tarantino approach, he proactively greeted him and offered his congratulations; Tarantino's "Django Unchained" was also one of the movies with the most nominations at this year's Golden Globes.

However, while he was conversing with director Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Weinstein happened to come by and caught sight of them talking amicably. Harvey couldn't help but change his expression, eyeing the two with a dangerous gaze.

After Link left, he hurried over to Quentin and asked what he discussed with Link.

Quentin casually replied that it was just small talk.

Harvey let out a sigh of relief. After Meryl Streep, Ben Affleck had also been swayed by Link, producing a movie that was a hit with both critics and the box office. Affleck had also praised Link on multiple occasions in public, which greatly irritated Harvey.

Seeing Link and Quentin chatting just now, Harvey was very worried that Link was once again 'digging his corner.'

"Did Link mention anything about making movies to you?"

Harvey asked nonchalantly.

"Yes, Link said that if there are suitable projects in the future, he can be approached for collaboration."

Quentin Tarantino said.

Harvey's eyes twitched, "Quentin, Link is an amateur, he doesn't understand cinema. Working with him is not a good idea."

"Link, an amateur? How is that possible? This year, Lionsgate Films has 8 movies nominated, almost one-third of all nominations, this is too exaggerated. Media says that in the future, Lionsgate's films will sweep all awards, which also shows that Link has a very good eye for film investment and production."

Quentin Tarantino said earnestly.

Harvey's face turned ugly to hear this, wanting to say something more, but the awards ceremony began.

This year's Golden Globes were hosted by the famous comedians Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who teasingly joked about everyone with humor, including Link. They complained that this year's Golden Globes seemed like an annual meeting for Lionsgate, where all the present film crews and actors belonged to Lionsgate, including the two of them.

After warming up the audience, the awards ceremony began, starting with the Best Foreign Language Film, which was won by the French movie "Amor."

The second award was Best Supporting Actor, won by Christoph Waltz for his role in "Django Unchained." Leonardo was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor for this movie, but he missed out on the award.

The third award was Best Supporting Actress, taken by Amy Adams for her role in "The Master."

Link and Taylor were invited on stage to present the award for Best Original Score, which was won by the composer Mychael Danna for "Life of Pi."

The Best Original Song award was won by Adele for her performance of "Skyfall," the theme song for "007: Skyfall," bringing three top music industry figures together on the Golden Globes stage.

In the category for Best Actor in a Drama, the nominees included Daniel Day-Lewis for "Lincoln," Joaquin Phoenix for "The Master," Richard Gere for "Arbitrage," and Denzel Washington for "Flight."

The winner turned out to be Daniel Day-Lewis, who had previously won two Oscars for Best Actor and was also the hot favorite for this year's Oscars.

In the category for Best Actress in a Drama, Jessica Chastain from "Zero Dark Thirty" won, beating Helen Mirren from "Hitchcock," Naomi Watts from "The Tsunami Miracle," Rachel Weisz from "Deep Blue Sea," and the young actress Quvenzhané Wallis from "Beasts of the Southern Wild."

For Best Director, Ben Affleck secured the award, surprising many by defeating Steven Spielberg for "Lincoln," Ang Lee for "Life of Pi," Quentin Tarantino for "Django Unchained," and Catherine Bigelow for "Zero Dark Thirty."

Additionally, "Argo" won Best Picture - Drama and Best Screenplay.

Winning 3 out of its 5 nominations, "Argo" became the biggest winner at this year's Golden Globes.

Lionsgate Films' releases took home five awards that night, including Best Picture - Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress in a Drama, and Best Supporting Actress. Out of 19 nominations, securing 5 awards was still considered a decent achievement, especially in some of the more significant categories.

The Weinstein Company's releases, however, only secured one award for Best Supporting Actor, which made Harvey's face turn dark. He was very displeased. The Golden Globes and the Oscars used to be his stage, but now Link seemed to be taking the lead.

Although Link didn't win any awards that night, he was thanked four times, which felt like a slap in Harvey's face.

"Harvey, there are cameras around, don't look so moody. Others might think you can't take a loss well, and that's not good."

Bob reminded him from the side.

"Damn it, this is all your fault."

Harvey said resentfully in a low voice, "If it weren't for your own decisions to invest the money in 'The Master,' how could the company not have the funds to invest in Ben's 'Argo'? This is all your fault."

Harvey was very pained each time he thought about this situation.

Just over two years ago, the company had over ten million left. If that had been used to invest in "Argo," not only could they have made a lot of money at the box office, but they could also have won some awards. Unfortunately, that money was invested in "The Master" by Bob.

Since its release last year, "The Master" had a worldwide box office of only 29 million. The production and marketing costs for this movie were 32 million. To break even, it needed a worldwide box office of at least 40 million.

This project led to a loss of over 6 million for The Weinstein Company.

Meanwhile, "Argo" had a North American box office of 102 million US dollars and an international box office of 66.3 million US dollars. The estimated worldwide box office would be around 250 million US dollars.

As one of the producers and distributors, Lionsgate Films would make at least forty to fifty million US dollars from this movie. If The Weinstein Company had produced and distributed it, not only could they have earned a substantial amount of money, but they also could have overshadowed Lionsgate Films in terms of awards. In the end, all was spoiled by the foolish actions of Bob.

"I... Alright, it's all my fault."

Bob shrugged his shoulders with a helpless expression.

He was the one who proposed investing in "The Master" the year before last. Produced by Palm Beach Films, the movies used to sell well, and he thought it was a good opportunity. Unfortunately, it ended up being a loss, and they missed out on the profitable opportunity of "Argo."

He admitted his mistake with that decision, but even with the investment in "The Master," Harvey did not object. And about "Argo," Ben Affleck had approached Harvey several times for investment, but Harvey, fearing a failure, turned it down under the pretext of lacking funds.

Now that "Argo" had made money, Harvey was unwilling to admit his misjudgment and pushed the responsibility onto him.

Bob shook his head, not wanting to argue any further.