viktor walks down a hall, passing the dining room, where kent is working on a computer. kent smiles blandly.
viktor waits in an opulent drawing room. despite the eighty degree temperature outside, a fire burns in the hearth. elaine enters, waving a thick studio file. viktor's face falls, expecting a less business-related conversation.
elaine, kent and lainey watch the tv interview in elaine's mansion with eager anticipation.
kent, referring to simone, forgetting or not caring that elaine is in the room.
elaine's face drops, slightly hurt.
we cut between the two sides of the conversation -- elaine on the phone, kent still watching post-interview analysis on the
the front page of "variety" is dominated by a large photograph of simone giving her acceptance speech via satellite. however, elaine is gazing at a small inset picture of viktor, herself and lainey arriving at the oscar ceremony.