on his three oscars for moonlight with three more academy award nominations for his new film, if beale street could talk. it's an adaptation of the novel by the acclaimed writer james baldwin, who chronicled the african—american experience and struggle for justice in the 20th century. barryjenkins has been talking to our arts editor will gompertz. are you ready for this? i've never been more ready for anything in my whole life. if beale street could talk is a love story, complicated by a teenage pregnancy... we are drinking to new life. tish gonna have fonny's baby. and a racially—motivated wrongful arrest. he's about to pay for something he didn't do. it's based on a novel by the great 20th—century african—american writerjames baldwin. why this book, barry — why now? well, this book in particular, itjust really succinctly blends the two voices of james baldwin. the one voice that was obsessed with sensuality and romance, the other voice that was just as obsessed with systemic injustice and the laws of society, and how those things can be manipulated to disenfranchise the lives and souls of black folks.

i want to hold you in my arms. but i've got to hold our baby in my arms. we'll find a way. several of the movies which are around now are dealing with racism in america. all set in the late ‘60s, ‘70s — not set in the 21st—century. well, we can talk about today, absolutely. but i think, in a certain way, i'll be brutally honest, it's more embarrassing to show, well, this was 45 years ago. and yet you walk down the street and you see the same thing happening every day. so, we can have a conversation where we talk about how far we've come, or we could also illuminate how much farther we have to go. james baldwin wrote the novel in france, inspiring barryjenkins to go to europe to write the screenplay. i was in a time of my life where i was trying to find some new energy. not in my career, butjust in my creative life. i thought, you know, i adore this writer. it worked for him, maybe it'll work for me? so, let me go to europe. and it did. because you got moonlight over the european trip as well, didn't you?

i did, i did. 11 academy awards nominations across six weeks of screenwriting's not too bad. at some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you want to be. you can't have nobody make that decision for you. are you disappointed that this hasn't had the same recognition as moonlight in this year's oscars? i'll say this. when the announcement came out, it's like, "best adapted screenplay: barryjenkins, adapted from the novel by james baldwin." baldwin was obsessed with cinema. so to see his name associated with the academy just means the world to me. but a little disappointed, maybe, that you didn't get best director, best film? no... come on, barry! i think i'd have to be greedy to be disappointed, in a certain way. to now have expectations. because if i'm disappointed, it means i expected a certain result to happen. still, three academy award nominations isn't too shabby. and with regina king hotly tipped to win for this performance... the child ain't got nothing to do with that! ain't none of us got nothing to do with that! it could bejenkins turns baldwin's 1974 novel into 2019 oscar gold. will gompertz, bbc news. that's it from us. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm sarah mulkerrins — your headlines tonight. jimmy anderson inspires an england fightback on day one of the first test against west indies in barbados. there was delight forjermain defoe scoring on his rangers debut, but it wasn't enough to beat kilmarnock in the scottish premiership. and serena williams loses four match points as karolina pliskova advances england's cricketers have begun their test series

with the west indies in barbados — the home side—are battingf‘rst and started well on day one, % pulled things around for england. david ornstein was watching for us. kensington barbados, a better place to escape when turned back home you will struggle for the give way to the ! year iay to who got here. and it was knowing ali who got them going, how key a role he could bat ball bat - ball in the coming play with bat and ball in the coming months. so to ben stokes, l 2018 months. so to ben stokes, in 2018 less forgettable for the all around her, he seems intent on making headlines from the right reasons this time around. although west indies are not what they once were,

the new generation can cause damage, england were being worn. that is exactly when you should hand the new ball to james anderson, and he did what he does. the pivotal scout was that of frost and chase, the first of four wickets to fall for just 2a runs. and wendy's were blown away by anderson, though the final say on the day went to ben stokes, marking his 15th tenth —— the day went to ben stokes, marking his 15th tenth --15th the day went to ben stokes, marking his 15th tenth —— 15th test and style to put his country in control. manchester city are unsurprisingly through to the league cup final after completing their two legged semi—final against league one burton albion. pep guardiola's men lead nine nil from the first leg at the etihad. that saw eight changes and city's youngest eleven in over a decade. the holders could only add a solitary goal to their tally through sergio aguero to make it 10—nil on aggregate. burton's best chance was this from will miller. city will face either chelsea or tottenham in the final at the end of february. juventus striker gonzalo higuain has completed his loan move to chelsea this evening.

the 31—year—old argentine had been on loan at ac milan and where he scored eight goals this season. chelsea do have an option to buy him for £31 million. the club failed to register him by midday today though, so he can't play against spurs in the league cup semi—final tomorrow night. in my first season in naples he did very well, and he scored 36 goals in 35 matches. this season he scored 39 goals. he did very well. for sure he is one of the best strikers in my well ahead of that league cup semi final between chelsea and tottenham, mauricio pochettino has spoken about his compatriot emiliano sala. the cardiff striker is still missing after the plane he was travelling on disappeared near the channel islands on monday night. wa nt to

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hibs and hearts who both lost. david beckham is set tojoin phil and gary neville, nicky butt, ryan giggs and paul scholes as co—owners of non league side salford city. the class of ‘92 bought the club in 2014 and have overseen three promotions in four seasons. subject to approval from the fa beckham will take a 10% stake. singapore businessman peter lim is the largest shareholder géf—leezee £ie§£egr¥2:—’§§ix:ywr .,,, w, five years of trying to get the team in going, and new; is five years of trying to get the team in its 1g, and new; is five years of trying to get the team in its way. 1d new; is five years of trying to get the team in its way. now 5 is five years of trying to get the team in - its way. now i g is five years of trying to get the team in - its way. now i am; five years of trying to get the team in - its way. now i am able five years of trying to get the team in - its ‘ seeing w i am able five years of trying to get the team in - its ‘ seeing the am able what the had done with the seeing what they had done with the cloud, the stadium and obviously having peter is a huge part of this. it isa having peter is a huge part of this. it is a special group of people. to not be part of this incredible team, it is going to be inside —— exciting. serena williams says she "did not choke" after missing four match

points to allow karolina pliskova to win a dramatic australian open quarter—final. williams lost the first set, but won the second to force a decider and was 5—1 up in it, but she turned her ankle on her first match point and went on to waste three more as we saw one of the great comebacks, the czech seventh seed storming back to win 6 games in a row to take the third 7—5. williams had been targetting a record equalling 24th grand slam by contrast, the men's quarter—final between novak djokovic and kei nishikori was something ft! 9 5557222? glee". the 95.2525; . player retired with a thigh strain — when a set and 4—1 down in the second set. nishikori had been taken to five sets in all but one of his matches up to the quarters and this appeared to be a step too far. and in the semi—final djokovic will face frenchman lucas pouille who beat 16th seed miloa raonic

in four sets. it's the first time that pouille has reached this stage of a grand slam forjamie murray who lost in the quarterfinals ofthemerr‘s doubles with partner bruno suarez. they were beaten by finland's henri kontinen and john perrs of australia, winners in melbourne two years ago. and it got even worse for murray a few hours later when he lost in the quarter—finals of the mixed doubles with partner, bethanie mattek—sands. they were beaten by astra sharma and john—patrick smith. britain's neal skupski though is into the semi—finals with maria jose martinez sanchez from spain. it's the women's semi final day tomorrow at melbourne park. first up on the rod laver arena petra kvitova takes on danielle collins — followed by the last two people to beat serena williams in a grand slam — karolina pliskova meets us open winner naomi osaka.

then finally on the showpiece court the first of the men's semi finals — the greek giant killer stefanos tsitsipas faces another goliath in rafa nadal. you can follow at the action via the bbc sport website and on 5live sports extra. there's been a boost for the ireland rugby union team, their talisman jonny sexton, the world player of the year, should be fit for the start of their six nations defence against england next weekend. the leinster fly—half hasn't played for a month because of a knee injury but will train fully tomorrow. head coachjoe schmidt says he's confident that sexton will be ready for their tournament opener in dublin. owen farrell is also expected to be fit for england. wales full back leigh halfpenny is in the squad but head coach warren gatland says he'll "miss the first couple of games" of the six nations. he was concussed during the autumn series and hasn't played since. now finally — let's

go back to cricket — spare a thought for wiltshire cricketer billy cookson who's been in hospital in australia since october. he was involved in a head on collision with a bus in victoria. he suffered punctured lungs, a torn liver and several fractures and has since undergone extensive surgery. he's now recovering, but a couple of his cricketing heroes got wind of his story and decided to send him a vey special video message. i hear you have had a bad accident. keeping ourfingers i hear you have had a bad accident. keeping our fingers crossed that you look back on the cricket field sooner look back on the cricket field sooner rather than later and bring that you love, playing cricket stop live politically next haplotypes —— sorry to hear about the terribleness and accident. they are glad to hear you are on and accident. they are glad to hear you are on the ninth. we hope to get better soon and get back to playing cricket. keep going with the

cricket. keep going with the cricket. you will never know, we might see you soon. literally anyone that you cannot picked out of all of the people on the television, they are the three people i have wanted. that is nabbed. thank you for that. i had to stop myself from crying. —— thatis i had to stop myself from crying. —— that is denied. —— that is mad. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist, rachel shabi, and the political editor of the sun on sunday, david wooding. another mixed bag of headlines, fleet street all shook

up about what should be the lead. the metro says the pilot of the plane which vanished with cardiff city's new signing emiliano sala on board, told friends he was "a bit rusty" with some of the plane's controls. the ft says the biggest audit firms are being warned against subverting eu rules, that require large companies to switch auditors every 20 years. a link between oral health and alzheimers is the is lead. it says the new evidence could transform medical understanding and treatment. the telegraph has an image ofjack shepherd, the fugitive who handed himself into police earlier. it also says thatjeremy corbyn has signalled that labour would join remain tories in blocking a no deal brexit. —— backing. a similar image on the times, which also reports on money being offered to drug companies for developing antibiotics to fight a superbug threat. the sun also focuses onjack shepherd, saying that he's still refusing to take the blame for charlotte brown's death.

and the mirror accuses the government of betraying the british steel industry, by only ordering 43 percent of its steel from struggling uk plants. a mixed bag that had brains there. we will start with the telegraph. rachel, avery pushing to postpone brexit, plus 1920 ministers have been beating, possibly thinking about resigning if no deal is not taken off the table. interesting developments with jacob rees—mogg as well today. the fear that perhaps on the remaining side we could be heading for a new belt brexit, and on the brexiteers side that we could be heading for a new referendum —— no—deal brexit. be heading for a new referendum —— no-deal brexit. it is printed a game of chicken on both sides. this story