As the car door opened, the cheers grew even louder, and the clicking of camera shutters intensified, because two people were stepping out—the two main stars of tonight's movie premiere.
"Mr. Cowell, many critics have given positive reviews after the pre-screenings, what is your opinion on this?"
"Do you think your performance meets the critics' expectations? Do you think Miss Charlize does?"
The reporters' voices rose and fell amid the screams of the fans, and their cameras flashed incessantly. This was the first time the media mogul and superstar director appeared on the red carpet at a premiere arm-in-arm with a woman. Not that he hadn't done this before, but it was usually after the actress had arrived on the red carpet. Today, however, he got out of the car with Charlize and entered the theater with her—was this a sign that the former secretary was special?
