Chapter 7 The Show (1)
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The show is produced and hosted by Oprah Winfrey, the queen of American talk show, and is the most watched talk show in American history.
Host Oprah Winfrey is a legendary black woman. Historically, her achievements have been multifaceted: she has mastered more than $1 billion in personal wealth by holding shares in Harp Entertainment Group; the TV talk show "Oprah Talk Show" hosted an average of 33 million viewers per week and ranked first in similar programs for 16 consecutive years; a TV reading club program launched by Oprah in 1996 set off a reading craze in the United States.
She used her spare time to play a cameo role in the movie "Purple" by the great director Spielberg, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress of the Oscar that year. People who like Oprah even believe that if she runs for US president, she will have a great chance of winning. The University of Illinois in the United States also offered a course dedicated to studying Oprah.
It can be said that Ike was invited to participate in "The Oprah Show" because of his growing influence and the excellence of "Juno" itself.
Ike considered "The Oprah Show" is a highly rated interview program. Participating in this program can increase your attention and lay a good foundation for new movies.
After making a decision, Ike temporarily put aside the creation of "The Walker of the Insular" and began to prepare for this trip to Chicago.
The TV station also notified Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Mike Voy, Kate Beckinsale. At the request of Ike, Coty also participated in the interview. She originally belonged to Chicago, so she could go home to check it out this time.
After everything was ready, except for Anne leaving from New York, Ike and the crowd in Los Angeles stood up and headed to Chicago.
This is the second time Ike has come to Chicago, although he didn't stay for a long time last time. The TV station arranged the hotel for the crew of "Juno".
The day before the video, Oprah invited Ike and his group to go with coffee to get familiar with each other. After seeing Oprah, Ike greeted her enthusiastically, and Oprah also politely shook hands and hugged everyone every day.
Oprah off the stage did not wear makeup and dressed casually, giving people a relaxed feeling.
"You are so young." After sitting down, Oprah said with a smile, "When I was as old as you, I didn't know what it was like to make a movie, so I could only watch it silently in the theater."
"Haha." Ike smiled, "Ms. Winfrey, you're too modest. We all grew up watching your show."
"I can see your interviews in the UK. It's amazing. I really didn't expect to participate in the Oprah Show one day," Kate said.
"Yes, my family likes you very much." Anne Hathaway echoed.
"Omg, you guys are so good at talking." Oprah shook her head and smiled. She picked up the coffee and continued, "Come and taste the coffee in Chicago together."
Although it was the first time we met Oprah, her easy-going and friendly personality and humorous and cheerful words quickly left everyone without a restrained atmosphere. The table was drinking coffee and chatting happily.
Oprah introduced the characteristics and process of this program to Eke and his party, and told everyone not to be nervous. Her program is a relaxed conversation program. When everyone is in the studio, they can speak freely, just like here.
After the gathering before the video, Ike and his party returned to the hotel. The official video time was 2:30 pm tomorrow. Ike returned to his room, turned on his laptop and looked at Oprah's data with interest.
Oprah—— Charm: 75, Appearance: 46, Acting: 59, Communication: 80, Audience Like: 78, Media Follow: 79...
Wow, Oprah’s data is really high, especially the communication has reached 80, no wonder she is called the “talk show queen”.
Just as Ike was looking at his laptop, someone knocked on his room door again. He quickly put away the computer and got up to open the door.
"Alba." Ike saw Jessica Alba standing at the door, "Please come in quickly." Ike flashed over and asked Alba to go to the room.
"What are you busy with?" Alba asked Eke with a smile after entering the room.
"Oh, nothing, sit, Jessica." Ike asked Alba to sit down. Today, Alba wore a purple cardigan and casual pants, and looked very free and easy.
Alba sat on the sofa and gently stroked her brown hair, "What are you busy with recently? Do you have plans for a new movie?"
Ike leaned against the window and said with a smile, "Where are you thinking about a new script? What are you? What are you busy with?"
"Well... I have invited me to audition for two shows, but there is no result yet." Alba said, "I still think it's interesting to film with you."
"Haha." Ike shook his head and smiled, "Your acting career is just beginning, and you have to learn to contact different directors. This will be of great benefit to your future expansion of your acting career."
"Thank you, I will. By the way, is Lee Theron your girlfriend? I saw you at the premiere of "Titanic"... well... the relationship is very good."
"Yes." Ike replied affirmatively, feeling that there is no need to hide from his friends from reporters like that.
After hearing this, Alba nodded silently, and then said softly, "I wish you all the best."
Ike looked at Alba's face, and a trace of loss passed through her face...
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At 14:30 p.m. the next day, the recording of the latest "Opra Show" began.
At the beginning of the show, Oprah appeared in the audience's enthusiastic applause. She wore a black long skirt, V-neck and iconic curly hair. Many viewers on the scene knew that today was the crew of "Juno", and they were all playing the top cards of their idols. Of course, Ike Lee had the largest number of fans.
This was the first time he appeared in front of the TV camera and had a close distance of conversation with fans. Before he could appear, the scene had reached its boiling point, and some viewers were already screaming.
Oprah made a downward pose with her hands, signaling the audience to calm down first, and then started today's program with a smile.
"Ok, OK! I think everyone already knows that just over the past year, a new director appeared in Hollywood, who reinterpreted the concept of "phenomenon" to us. He filmed three movies in a year, each with different themes, each of which is very good. The box office of the three movies has exceeded 450 million US dollars worldwide, and the production costs of the three movies are only 500,000 yuan. As long as you don't live on Mars, you will definitely know the madness this director has brought us! Yes, this person is not George Lucas, or Steven Spielberg, he is Ike Lee, who is called the "mad director" by people!!!"
"Wow!" The applause at the scene was thunderous, accompanied by high decibel shouts.
"Low, we invite Ike Lee and the crew of "Juno" to play..." Oprah said in a long voice.
Ike and Li made a brilliant debut with the exciting music on the scene. They waved their hands to greet the fans while walking, and the atmosphere suddenly reached the explosive point!!
"Wow." Ike and others hugged Oprah one by one. After they sat down, Ike said in amazement, "Ms. Oprah, your audience is so enthusiastic."
Oprah smiled, "Li, you know they are all your fans, right?" After she said that, she waved her hand and there was another thunder in the scene.
Ike and the others looked at each other and smiled and waved to everyone again.
"What do you think of the nickname 'madman' that people give you? It seems you enjoy the word," Oprah asked with a smile.
The rest of the crew of "Juno" laughed when they heard Oprah's question.
"Well...hehe," Ike smiled, shrugging, "in a sense, well, I really enjoyed the word, it's not a derogatory word anyway."
The audience also laughed. "Actually, in my opinion, this word is very suitable for you." Oprah said.
"oh?"
"I don't know what year the last director achieved the same results as you in a year, or no, don't you think you've been crazy enough in the past year?" Oprah said.
"Well...why? Maybe I'm lucky." Ike spread his hands and said, "plus the efforts of our entire team."
“Did you graduate from the New York University School of Art?”
"Yes."
"Oh, that's a university with many talents." Oprah said with emotion.
"Well... Indeed, the Art Academy has produced many excellent filmmakers, and they are all my predecessors." Ike took over and said.
"I would like to ask, what was your original intention for filming the movie "Juno"? Few people involved in this subject, and where did you find these excellent actors?" Oprah directed the topic to "Juno".
"Well, that's it." Ike thought for a while and said, "In fact, the topic of unmarried girls' pregnancy has always existed in society, but people are not willing to mention it or are more taboo. Of course, the purpose of the movie is not to encourage girls to get pregnant, but to express their voices. This is actually part of their growth. I think whether it is family or society, they should give them more tolerance and understanding, rather than blame or criticism."
Chapter completed!