Ace Hollywood

Kirk Kerkorian stood at the very center of the Hollywood stage. Under the spotlights, his every movement was clearly revealed, and was interpreted by the media in turn. (Baidu search gives you the fastest and most stable update on Wenxue.com) [\\/\\/Novel update fast, no pop-up window, please search]

After DD Films and Sony both offered 4.8 billion quotations, Kirk met with Dan Taylor——Taylor is the chief financial officer of MGM and an important person who connects MGM and Sony. After Gaomei is acquired by Sony, Dan Taylor will lead the thinned MGM film company-because Sony does not plan to retain other production departments except for the studios of 007 and Red Panther, which means With massive layoffs.

That's Sony's weakness.

Opposite Daniel is Jeff Robinoff of Warner Bros.

They understand that even now that DD Pictures has surpassed Sony in many hardware conditions, and the offer is not inferior, MGM's first possible choice is still Sony.

If DD Pictures joined Time Warner, it might be different.

Regarding Jeff's complaints, Daniel just laughed it off. Even if this huge acquisition failed in the end, it was of great significance to DD Films. There are several independent studios in Hollywood that can compete with Sony to acquire MGM—of course, they may have no intention of doing so. But in any case, it is enough to make dd film industry no longer ordinary.

We need to do something more. Daniel frowned and returned to the original topic, DD Films does not plan to lay off employees on a large scale, this must be a bargaining chip. More people can know this, especially the employees of MGM .”

Kork doesn't necessarily need the support of those people.

As the largest shareholder with a 74% stake in MGM, Cork really rarely needs to consider others.

Daniel twitched the corner of his mouth, Maybe he's still planning to buy back MGM. It's always good to win people's hearts.

...

Shanying released an industry report at this critical moment.

The report provides a detailed introduction to the two sides of the MGM acquisition. Of course, the large-scale content is still the public's attention and expectations on this acquisition.

The composition of the Sony consortium, in addition to Sony Group, also includes private equity group Providence Assets Partnership, Texas Pacific Group, and DLJ Commercial Bank Partners, a private equity operation company under Credit Suisse First Boston, of course. Media giant Comcas Te is also one of them, but the symbolic meaning of its shareholding is stronger.

Because the two sides reached an agreement, if the Sony consortium finally succeeds in acquiring MGM, Comcast will open a new channel in its own cable network. Used to play movies belonging to the Sony family of studios - about half of all American movies.

The consortium led by DD Films includes DD Films, Plutos Investment Company, John Elliot Fund, KKR Equity Group, and Time Warner.

After this brief introduction, Shanying showed a hint of interest in digging down.

Sony is not the largest contributor to the Sony acquisition consortium. In other words, it is used to acquire MGM. Sony does not bear the greatest pressure. This is a good thing for both Sony and MGM. News, because of Sony's retreat in the global electronics market, it is obvious that the Japanese electronics giant is not so easy now. They are interested in expanding their territory in the global private independent animation, television and home entertainment industries to ease the pressure on other industries. However, it also raises a question whether they have convincing solvency. The MGM brand has been reduced to the point where it has to be sold step by step in the past few decades. It should be difficult for the market to believe it. MGM was able to quickly become a very profitable company after being acquired by Sony.

Then, the report makes no secret of its leanings.

Relatively speaking, the assets of Plutos Investment Company, which holds more than 62% of the shares of mb company, are estimated to have exceeded 10 billion, and the financing channels are very smooth. The cash holdings of DD Films are expected to exceed 500 million U.S. dollars, and Pirates of the Caribbean The 30% investment rights of the series, the copyright of the Chain Saw series and several works that sold well at the box office this year are also high-quality assets that attract banks. The John Elliott Fund under the Boston Consortium and KKR Equity Group are not the main contributors Fang, DD Films included them in their team, most likely with the help of their public relations capabilities in the capital market. As for Time Warner, the public still doesn’t understand how they cooperate, and direct funding is unlikely.”

Comparatively speaking, Sony, which is huge in size, has been doubted about its solvency and late-stage development fund provider. The dd film consortium is relatively simple. It has abundant funds and develops rapidly.

It would be impossible for Shanying Company to choose to release the industry report at this time without the promotion of DD Films.

In the case of Greek Wedding, Shanying Company is also one of the partners. Many people still remember this point, so it is not particularly unexpected that DD Films can get Shanying Company to endorse it.

What's more, at the same time that Shanying Company's report was released, news spread that DD Pictures would retain at least 70% of MGM's jobs. Once DD Pictures completed the acquisition. Will start shooting several new films immediately, including the new work of the 007 series. The news is certainly appealing to MGM's lower- and middle-level staff, and while they have no direct influence at the top, Kerkorian cannot completely ignore the union's pressure.

Sony's countermeasures followed. This protracted acquisition station seems to have reached the last moment, but the mystery may still be revealed until April. The differences between the US market regulator and MGM's shareholders and creditors, It is difficult to achieve unity in a short period of time.

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On February 27, the Kodak Theater in Hollywood is star-studded.

In the past two months, one of the few major entertainment events that could squeeze out the acquisition of MGM, obviously attracted the attention of the media who wanted to change their taste.

Will Daniel Sandler have three consecutive fights? The Oscar judges may also have a collective outbreak of plague. Hilary Swank, a young non-beauty capable faction, will she be mentioned twice, so that she may hope to become the second Katherine Hepburn - not beautiful enough, but always winning awards. In the best director, David Fincher and Eastwood met each other. This time, both of them took the main theme line. The improved version of The Social Network focuses on struggle, innovation, and dreams-this is the essence of the American dream. Endorsement movie. And Million Dollar Baby is an obvious career inspirational movie-the female boxer's road to championship. Compared with Mystic River, which was defeated by Daniel last year, Eastwood's new work this year is obviously more in line with Oscar's appetite.

As for the finale Best Picture. Miramax's two The Aviator and Finding Neverland are not very hopeful. Martin Scorsese's three views have never been correct, and the latter's subject matter is really special, even though it is a film Semi-autobiographical film. But the content is full of magic - and that's not a good thing to say.

In general, at this time, Miramax can make two films nominated for the best picture at the same time, which is enough to prove their strength. After all, now their most energy should be on the conflict with Disney.

Saying this. The Weinstein brothers' insistence on releasing Mike Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 really offended Robert Iger.

Disney has always had a good relationship with the U.S. government, and generally speaking, the big studios have a good relationship with the government. Fahrenheit 9/11 is clearly not a film that meets the appetite of the government, despite his big show in Cannes. So Disney asked Miramax to refuse to release the film, but the Weinstein brothers rejected Disney. They persisted and did exactly that—bringing Fahrenheit 9/11 to the big screen.

As a result, the relationship between the two parties deteriorated sharply.

Knowing this background, you know how difficult it is for The Aviator and Finding Neverland to be shortlisted for the best film, best actor and other important awards at the same time.

When Natalie Portman walked onto the red carpet holding Daniel's arm, the scene erupted in applause that surpassed Leonardo's appearance.

It's not easy.

Because Leo's dress this year is Gisele Bundchen - the most expensive supermodel today, in the United States, supermodels are definitely the most attractive material - which is why so many big names end up with models get together. Take Leonardo as the ultimate representative.

Natalie Portman and Daniel's hand in hand. That's eye-catching enough in its own right—it seems like something out of the ordinary that Daniel never held hands with an actress he didn't work with on the Oscars red carpet. In addition, as a blockbuster return to Hollywood, Daniel is the most watched star today-even though he had two hit movies Bourne Shadow 2 and The Social Network released last year, if you count the New Year's Eve The Return of the King, that is a full three. In addition, he has also won the Oscar for Best Actor, and suddenly has tens of billions of assets, and now he wants to buy MGM, but even so. He did take a break from Hollywood last year.

Daniel is not wearing Burberry clothes, the tailored suit is handmade in Italy, no brand, but he also wears a limited edition Royal Oak series watch - which is not a big deal. Now he is carrying a sack of dollars on the red carpet, and it will not surprise people.

Portman was dressed in a light gray dress, but the deep V design told the photographers that this was definitely not an innocent design.

The first step of the two on the red carpet attracted most of the shots.

In front are Johnny Depp and his wife Vanessa Padillas. Johnny Depp is also shortlisted for Best Actor. But the attractiveness is much less than that of Daniel, and Depp, without Captain Jack beside him, seems to have no particularly charming temperament.

...

They got it?

Two lesser-known entertainment tabloid reporters got together to discuss gossip. They were too far away from Daniel, and they needed to take a few photos carefully if they got closer.

How could they have the time to do it? Didn't Portman go to Israel to study? The rest of the time is on the set. One of them was named Mike, and he didn't quite believe that the two of them were getting together.

It's not easy for these celebrities to meet. The last time Portman stood up to cheer for Daniel, have you forgotten? How long has Daniel's real girlfriend not appeared?

He also attended Collins' birthday party this year—oh my God, what's going on. Mike suddenly exclaimed.

What—oh

Now all the journalists on the red carpet have the same psychological activities as them, but this is quite an exciting scene.

After Natalie Portman and Daniel Sandler took a few steps, Scarlett Johansson in a black off-the-shoulder evening dress took two quick steps and stood on Daniel's left, although Daniel was quick He held Scarlett's hand, but still couldn't hide that it was an accident.

While the photographers on both sides of the red carpet were stunned, the shutters did not hesitate.

It's a pity that whether it's Natalie, Daniel or later Scarlett, the expressions on their faces are very natural, it seems that Scarlett was really just one step behind.

Ghost letter!

Mike's cell phone rang suddenly, and the three of them were taking pictures of the person opposite them with their backs, so he quickly connected the phone.

Mike, did you catch it?

What, boss, what did you say?

Daniel, did you get the photo of Scarlett rushing up just now?

...Uh, oh, boss, Daniel came over, I'll talk to you later. Mike quickly hung up the phone.

He was gossiping with that colleague just now, and he didn't raise the camera at all. The three of Daniel reacted too quickly, how could they possibly get a photo.

It's over now. Mike prayed secretly for himself for a while, and then quickly pointed his camera at the three of them, hoping to take some good photos to alleviate the boss's anger a little.

The protagonists on the red carpet showed nothing on their faces, showing everyone what it means to be calm.

But only they know that it was decided just now that Natalie and Daniel walked the red carpet together—because Daniel planned to film Natalie's famous work Black Swan after the acquisition of MGM, so he didn't refuse Natalie. A surprise proposal from Tully's mom and manager. As for Scarlett's sudden attack, it was even less unexpected.

As Kusa's only current client, a golden boy and a jade girl, with unlimited potential, it is normal to walk the red carpet together. It's just that without mentioning it in advance, the attack at the door caught people by surprise.

Fortunately, after dealing with those old foxes in the business world for a long time, Daniel is much calmer than before. Otherwise, tomorrow's newspaper will definitely be full of close-up photos of all kinds of strange expressions.

This accident made Daniel the undoubted focus of the red carpet.

However, the following media interviews may be a headache for a while. (To be continued.) WWW.GEILIWX.COM happy reading every day