Chapter 842: Thumbs Down
When the time entered the second half of April, with the cooperation of Walt Disney, the pressure on News Corporation suddenly decreased. The action is also proceeding in an orderly manner, and without Disney fanning the flames behind the scenes, the pressure from the political circles of the United Kingdom and the United States is also much less, especially their initiative to split up, which also satisfies the interest demands of many people in London and Washington .
What remains unchanged is that the internal struggle of News Corporation is still fierce, and Murdoch's sons and daughters are ready to move. In the next few years, the battle for production will be a curse that plagues News Corporation and Fox Group. After the split of the two companies, Murdoch will also Impossible to use the arms and fingers like before.
On April 25, the Los Angeles District Court made a verdict that Anthony Pelicano was found guilty of a total of 78 counts of wiretapping, computer fraud and telecommunication fraud, and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
The tapping door incident that made Hollywood stars feel at risk came to an end, and Hollywood's nightmare was awakened.
Anthony Pelicano is a smart man. He did not choose to appeal. He kept silent in the face of the media, and he has repeatedly stated that he will never betray his customers, never sell his story, and secrets will always be secrets.
This is a very sensible approach. If he deals with the media, many people will find a way to make him shut up completely, otherwise Michael? Douglas' son in prison will be his signature.
New York Fang [Long] [Feng Mian, the editor-in-chief and several editor-in-chiefs of the New York Post will also face more than ten years in prison. They have been completely abandoned by News Corporation, and naturally become Murdoch to eliminate Rui En's angry scapegoat.
In London, although James Murdoch was exempted from prosecution, he was expelled from the country by the British government and declared him a persona non grata. Murdoch's youngest son had no chance with the UK so far and could only return to New York. And this is exactly the situation that Ryan wanted. In the battle for property within the Murdoch family, another force has joined, and it must be more intense in the future.
James Murdoch was freed from prison, and Murdoch's goddaughter Rebecca Brooks became the scapegoat for Britain's tapping gate. She will face at least 15 years in prison.
Subsequently, the Fox Group voluntarily exposed a list, claiming that professional film critics including Roger Ebert, David Denby, and Jr Jones were attacked by former 20th Century Fox Tom Tom ? Rothman's instigation, Fox Group has relieved Tom? Rothman of all positions. I would like to sincerely apologize to the crew of Avatar for this matter.
Well-known former film critics won't admit it, but the Fox Group produced a list of bills and transfers in which seven-figure sums were wired to Roger Ebert's studio account, and more than that, the twentieth century Fox also exposed private dealings with professional film critics such as Roger Ebert in the 1900s.
Yes,
This was Ryan's request, and it was also Murdoch's intention. After the news was exposed, most of the public's attention was shifted to film critics. To a considerable extent, the pressure on News Corporation has been weakened.
Professional film critics are once again at the center of the film industry, but their reputations have become so rotten.
It turns out that they haven't even been relatively fair...
I'll never trust film critics again.
Sure enough, as Ryan and James Cameron said, professional film critics are a bunch of greedy vampires!
There is a lot of excitement on the Internet. Professional film critics are directly equated with liars, moths and disgusting vampires.
A profession that was once able to stir up the film market has completely stepped into the sunset. The profession of professional film critics has become a place that is cast aside by the public. The future is bound to be an era of public commentary on films.
Also during this month. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also held a press conference, announcing the cancellation of the membership of a group of film and television critics headed by Roger Ebert and David Denby, and claiming that they would never be welcomed by the Oscars.
This is extremely rare in the history of the college. The professional film critics headed by Roger Ebert have also been written into the history of Hollywood.
Maybe it was stimulated by the continuous blows, or maybe it was a relapse of an old illness. A few days later, Roger Albert's condition suddenly worsened, but in one night, he said goodbye to this world.
To the relief of Roger Ebert's family, thousands of movie fans attended Roger Ebert's funeral, but what happened at the funeral made them astonished and angry. Jay Albert gave a thumbs up, but the direction of the thumb was facing the ground!
Among them, the words written on the posters of Optimus Prime held up by some fans of Transformers most appropriately reflect the general movie fans' perception of Roger Ebert.
You never mind using the most vicious language to attack the results of years of hard work of others. You are like an insatiable mosquito, lying on others to suck blood in the dirtiest and despicable way, and at the same time Laugh at those who offered you blood!
Of course, this is all spontaneous behavior of movie fans. Even if Ryan and Disney have time, they will not continue to care about such a group of small people, a group of people who are destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame in North American film history.
After the official acquisition of Lucasfilm, Walt Disney ushered in one good news after another.
After nearly half a year of screenings, the North American box office of Avatar officially broke through 800 million U.S. dollars. In some remote countries and regions, the last vestiges of profits are slowly being harvested.
As a follower of Avatar, the North American box office of Alice in Wonderland exceeded 350 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office also easily passed the 1 billion U.S. dollar threshold.
In short, stimulated by this series of good news, Disney’s stock price climbed rapidly. By the end of April, Disney’s overall market value had risen to more than 103 billion US dollars. Group of thrones.
As for the News Corporation and the Fox Corporation, although they have retained their vigor, they are in great trouble. If it were placed in the 1960s and 1970s, I am afraid that several of Murdoch's sons and daughters would buy murderers.
After taking over Lucasfilm, Disney will definitely not give up the Star Wars series, and the preliminary preparations for the seventh Star Wars movie will soon begin.
Most of Lucasfilm has high-quality assets such as Industrial Light and Magic and Skywalker sound effects, but there is also no shortage of tasteless departments such as Lucas Animation and Lucas Games. Driven by Ryan, Lucasfilm On the basis of retaining a certain degree of certainty, the industry has also been optimized. Lucas Animation and Lucas Games were sold by Disney to Summit Entertainment at a package price of 95 million US dollars.
Regarding the animation of Star Wars, it was transferred to DreamWorks Animation Studio.
Ryan himself and Walt Disney are undoubtedly the winners of this war. Not only did they successfully weaken the strongest competitor, Disney also got what they wanted. More than a dozen of his own foundations, even through short selling news The group's stock has received a huge sum of money.
Daddy! Daddy! Sandy ran all the way into the garden.
Her curly blond hair was tied neatly behind her head, with a big bow tied on it. Under her smooth and white forehead, there were deep eye sockets, and a pair of azure blue eyes were as bright as stars.
Facing the sea breeze in Malibu, Sandy ran in front of Ryan, and pointed to Taylor who was following behind, My sister said that we defeated the villains, is that true?
That's right, the big villain surrendered. Picking up his daughter, Ryan put her on the small chair beside him, lowered his head and kissed her small forehead, Honey, he lost a lot to daddy, these future It belongs to you and your sister.
What is it? The little guy blinked quickly and asked curiously, Is it fun? Can it be eaten?
Enough to buy you the best toys and the most delicious candies in the world. Taylor came over and sat next to Nicole, Dear Sunny.
oh……
Sandy, who was about to turn four years old, didn't have a specific concept. She bit her finger and pondered for a while, Should we throw a party to celebrate, Taylor?
Honey, who do you want to invite?
Nicole, who had been drinking tea, put down her cup, I can call you.
Um... April, Lily.
Hearing Nicole's words, the little guy immediately jumped off the chair and happily ran to his mother, Elizabeth, Terris...
Many people's names popped out of her little mouth, basically the children of Ryan and Nicole's friends.
Elsa. Ryan said to the housekeeper sitting on the other side, Let's prepare a children's party. Sunny hasn't seen April and Lily for a long time.
After finishing speaking, Ryan looked at Taylor again, You can call Scarlett, and your other friends.
Scarlett is not in Los Angeles.
Seeing that Ryan was a little surprised, Taylor said, You busy person must have forgotten that The Avengers will be released soon, and Scarlett is not like you who always have privileges. She and the crew are running around the world to announce, advertise.
Unknowingly, it turns out that another summer vacation is about to kick off.
In recent months, Ryan has been busy dealing with Murdoch and News Corporation, almost completely putting aside the film business, and as the chairman of Disney, no one will take the initiative to ask him to cooperate with the crew to promote.
That... Taylor scratched his face, Will the matter between me and Scarlett affect the movie?
Don't worry. Ryan picked up the juice from the table and handed it to Sandy. Surprise has made some changes to the Black Widow. There will definitely be some impact, but they are all minor problems. (To be continued...)
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