hollywood melon man

Chapter 456 Weird Hobbies
Gilbert Jr. does have some plans for the SuperSonics, and David Stern privately promised it after the team is renamed the Thunder next season.

As long as the Thunder can reasonably play badly and fall into the lottery zone, David Stern will make some arrangements to help the Thunder get the top three draft picks.

Saying that it is the top three picks is just a surface statement. The real pick is the No. 1 pick, but it is not easy to say it clearly.

Gilbert Jr., however, thinks there is no need to rush and just play with Ray Allen as the core first.

If my memory serves me well, many future NBA stars emerged in 07, 08, and 09, such as Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, and Harden.

With a little guidance from Gilbert Jr., the SuperSonics immediately became a strong team in the playoffs.

Of course, he is very busy with his own work, and the specific operations and operations still need to be handed over to the uniform team to complete.

The general manager of the Supersonics also rushed to Los Angeles to report to Gilbert Jr. and express his loyalty, and also talked about the team's plan for this season and to make the playoffs.

Little Gilbert just listened and didn't make any comments.

Currently, the Sonics team is operating autonomously and nothing will go wrong, so Gilbert Jr. said he is relieved.

We are still in contact with Arsenal, but the slightly tricky thing is that Arsenal, like Time Warner, has many shareholders.

Anna said it was not feasible to take over shares from so many shareholders at one time.

Now she has found three or four shareholders who are willing to sell their shares in Arsenal. As long as the board of directors agrees, Gilbert Jr. can immediately become a shareholder.

But that's not what Gilbert wants. He wants to control Arsenal and at least get more than 50% of the shares.

Although this has been widely reported in the outside world, the world of football has heard about it.

But Professor Wenger still managed to stabilize the team and continued on the road to the championship. The Red Devils Manchester United led by Sir Alex Ferguson could only look at Arsenal's exhaust.

Sir Alex Ferguson responded: "Well, that old man is doing it for their new boss to see."

The assistant was puzzled: "Sir, why do you say that? Director Gilbert Jr. hasn't become the new owner of Arsenal yet!"

"Isn't it obvious?" Sir Alex Ferguson said: "Football is no longer pure football now. Arsenal and Gilbert are in love with each other."

At this point, Sir Ferguson thought of Manchester United's stingy boss again, which really gave him a headache. Why couldn't he meet such a generous boss?

Ferguson and Wenger are old rivals and old friends, and they often compete with each other.

Now, the Frenchman is about to find a good backer, and the old Scottish man is a little jealous.

Not to mention football and basketball, December has arrived in North America and the weather in Los Angeles is gradually getting colder.

The filming of "The Invincible" went very smoothly. After a brief run-in, the progress was rapid. The most important thing was that Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks had a good chemistry.

The two of them acting together will immediately attract the attention of everyone on the set.

Tom Cruise was inspired by Tom Hanks' brilliant performance, and once they were in the right state, the two of them acted very smoothly.

Every scene and every shot was almost passed in just one or two takes, so smoothly that even little Gilbert himself couldn't believe it.

Of course, there were also times when two Best Actor winners... no, three Best Actor winners were not satisfied.

It's a scene where Charlie Decker, played by Tom Cruise, executes Crahan Ross, played by Dustin Hoffman, with Iddo Dash, played by Tom Hanks, standing by.

When the three movie kings are acting on the same stage, naturally no one wants to be outshined by the other. They all want to show their better side and outdo the other two.

So, even though little Gilbert thought it was good enough, the three of them still managed to take more than twenty takes.

Although Charlize Theron also won the Best Actress award, she was still a little scared when she saw this acting show.

She couldn't help but say to little Gilbert: "It's terrible, can't you stop it?"

Gilbert Jr. said he wanted to watch the fun: "Why should I stop it? It's so good, just watch the fun."

Charlize Theron was speechless. Such acting scenes were rare even in this crew and were indeed very lively.

After the scene was finally over, the three movie kings reconciled and praised each other commercially.

Gilbert Jr. also stepped forward and said, "It's really wonderful. I think this scene is rare in Hollywood."

Dustin Hoffman no longer had the heart to argue, and laughed, "Indeed, it's not easy to have two Toms meet in the same movie."

Tom Hanks, who has a good temper, was the first to say: "I have learned a lot from Charlie during this period, especially the action scenes, which have benefited me a lot."

Tom Cruise also praised her: "I think Ido's eye acting is very good and her performance is very delicate. I learned a lot from it."

"Okay, okay," Little Gilbert clapped his hands and said, "I know you are very capable. After work today, my Chinese friend mailed me a box of Moutai.

Let’s go wine tasting together.”

The three movie stars readily agreed: "Okay, okay, I've been thinking about the Moutai you mentioned for a long time. I wonder what it feels like." Looking at the backs of the four people leaving, Charlize Theron complained: "They are all alcoholics..."

After spending a few months together, Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise discovered that they had a common interest, which was red wine.

When Nicole Kidman came to visit the crew, she complained to Charlize Theron about Tom Cruise's wine cellar, which she usually treasured very much.

If Tom Cruise is at home, he won't let anyone in and he will do the cleaning himself.

Charlize Theron didn't expect that Tom Cruise also had a taste for cleaning wine cellars. But it's not surprising that Hollywood stars have their own weird hobbies.

Angelina Jolie likes to keep spiders as pets, and Meg Ryan has a donkey. I heard that she kept one because the donkey's thing is long.

But Charlize Theron said that she has seen it before, where the more you eat, the fatter you get, but you don’t feel full after eating!
Looking at Little Gilbert again, well, Little Gilbert is still better, not only is it long, but it is also full, making me eat it with relish...

Stallone raised a kangaroo. It was said that kangaroos were very good at boxing, so Stallone would box with kangaroos when he was angry.

There are many other stars who raise snakes, crocodiles, and even cockroaches.

In comparison, it seems that Tom Cruise's bad taste in cleaning the wine cellar is normal.

Little Gilbert was even more normal. When Charlize Theron asked him about his hobbies, he said he liked beautiful women, which left Charlize Theron speechless for a long time.

Isn't this nonsense? Who doesn't like beautiful women?

If Charlize Theron had watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics 20 years later, she would have doubted her conclusion. It seems that not everyone likes beautiful women.

Taking advantage of his love of wine, little Gilbert reconciled the relationship between the two Toms.

Although they won't become friends, at least they won't fight within the crew, allowing the crew to operate smoothly.

The plot of the drama "Wushuang" is very complicated, but the shooting is not complicated. By December, the shooting was basically finished and it is expected to be completed before Christmas.

However, there have been no major changes in the North American film market. The biggest winner this year is "Finding Nemo", produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Disney.

This film not only earned $3.5 million in North America, but also $9.28 million worldwide, once again breaking the rule that animated films cannot achieve high box office results.

Coupled with the popularity of "Finding Nemo" peripherals, it is not surprising that Pixar Animation Studios is in high demand.

Although no longer the biggest winner this year, Gilbert Jr. is undoubtedly one of the big winners thanks to an original "Pirates of the Caribbean".

"Pirates of the Caribbean" grossed $3.28 million in North America and $7.61 million worldwide, which cannot be considered bad, and can even be said to be excellent.

Some media may say that "Pirates of the Caribbean" is not as good as "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King". But the question is, how many movies in the world are "The Lord of the Rings"?
It is obvious that "Pirates of the Caribbean" has achieved quite good results. If it were any other director, they would have been able to brag about it. But for Gilbert Jr., it became a downhill journey.

This is easy to understand. After all, the results in the past few years were too outstanding. It is normal for people to think that the situation is declining if it is slightly worse than before.

Disney and Warner Pictures don't think so. Instead, they held a grand celebration party for Gilbert Jr. to celebrate their good results this year.

During the filming of "Wushuang", Gilbert Jr. also showed up at the celebration party with several leading actors to make his presence felt.

"John, how did you become like this?" At the celebration party, Gilbert Jr. met Johnny Depp.

It's just that Johnny Depp's look is a bit weird, with gauze wrapped around his face and wearing monocular glasses. He really looks like a pirate captain, except for the iron hook.

Johnny Depp said nonchalantly: "I fell off my motorcycle, but it's not a big deal."

Johnny Depp likes motorcycles and has collected quite a few of them. He had previously planned to give one to Gilbert Jr., but Gilbert Jr. declined.

Little Gilbert was speechless after hearing this: "Even though motorcycles are cool, you still have to pay attention to safety. You are Captain Jack."

This is out of concern for Johnny Depp, after all, he and the crew signed a trilogy contract. If he died, it would be difficult to replace Captain Jack.

This is not an exaggeration. There are many people in Hollywood who like to play with cars, including motorcycles. There are even several stars who have died because of this.

Therefore, during the contract period, the star himself is also an important asset of the crew, and body shape and image management are very important, not to mention life.

Johnny Depp has a peculiar personality, but he cannot afford to offend a big shot like Gilbert Jr.

So he would just nod his head and accept whatever little Gilbert said, not even daring to talk back.

Come to think of it, he had finally climbed to the top of Hollywood with "Pirates of the Caribbean", and he didn't want to be replaced by Gilbert Jr.

Gilbert Jr. also has ideas about the sequels to "Pirates of the Caribbean". The subsequent sequels have already been planned, and it's just a matter of finding a director to take over.

Gilbert Jr. has recommended Stephen Sommers to direct the subsequent series. This director has previously directed "The Mummy" series and is very good at this type of subject matter.

After all, it's not a series of movies like "The Lord of the Rings" or "The Dark Knight". Gilbert Jr. can just start and then leave it to other directors to control.

(End of this chapter)