of being infected by the new corona virus while authorities in beijing hello there. we've got some very have banned large social gatherings strong winds indeed coming our way to control the outbreak. the number of deaths this weekend. from the epidemic has jumped to over 700, surpassing the toll from the sars outbreak two decades ago. democrat candidates trying to be the one to take on president trump will debate each other in new hampshire. all courtesy of storm ciara, which on tuesday supporters there will get will arrive on sunday. to choose which one they support. that's when we are going to see all eyes are on pete buttigieg the strongest winds, with met office warnings already in force. these could yet be updated and senator bernie sanders. through the weekend so make sure you stay in touch with the forecast over the course of the weekend. a key witness in president trump's impeachment now, storm ciara itself will develop inquiry, lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, under an incredibly strong jet has been sacked from stream, one of the strongest atlanticjet streams i've seen, with the winds in the jet stream 250 miles an hour. that is what will make this his white housejob. intense area of low pressure on sunday, which is storm ciara. before we get there, over the next few hours, another witness, us ambassador to we will see the winds pick up as well. it will become quite blowy. the eu, gordon sondland, issued a a band of rain pushes east in intensity, statement saying he was being followed by some blustery recalled from his post. showers across western areas. because it has been quite a windy start on saturday tv presenter phillip schofield has morning. temperatures revealed he's gay. between 4—8 celsius. the rest of saturday,

there'll be a fair bit he's been married for almost 27 of sunshine for a time, years and has two daughters, especially across england and decided to go public on social and wales, but further north across ireland and scotland, media as well as being interviewed the cloud will thicken through the afternoon. on the itv show this morning. outbreaks of rain and hill snow in scotland and strong gusts of wind. the presenter, who's 57, northern ireland and scotland. they could reach up to 70 miles an hour. strong enough to cause some disruption. says his sexuality had become from there it becomes very windy overnight as well an issue in his head and he needed across england and wales. to be honest with himself. here's our lgbt correspondent, ben hunte. live on morning television, phillip schofield is used to sitting and listening to other people, but, today, he became the story. first, a statement read by his co—host. a band of rain pushes its way in. with the strength and support storm ciara doesn't really start arriving of my wife and my daughters, until later on sunday. i've been coming to terms let's take a look at ciara, here it is under pressure charts. you can see how tightly packed with the fact that i am gay. the isobars are on this weather system, always a sign every person i tell, it gets a little lighter and a little lighter, but, at the same time, of strong winds. you know, i have made this decision, which is essential for me and essential for my head. the strongest winds will come along in two batches, but really, it is going to be windy support flooded social media. on sunday, pretty much ant and dec said: across the whole of the uk, with gusts for most of us in the range of dermot o'leary said something like 60—80 he "sends his love".

philip schofield began his career at children's bbc. he quickly became a household name. he starred asjoseph in the west end miles an hour. and he remains one of the most recognisable faces on british tv, presenting several programmes like dancing on ice we are going to see some and this morning, impacts, some disruptive weather, on sunday. the strongest winds for scotland, along through the afternoon, filmed at television centre. certainly on the southern flank of this area of low pressure. that is where we will see some people are questioning the sign of strong winds. why this matters. notice how that comes through, well, this is an important especially through the central belt, late in the day moment for lgbt people. for someone as famous as philip schofield to come out on sunday. and immediately receive such support from his colleagues here and elsewhere shows the amount that could cause problems. of progress that has been made further south for england in just a few decades. and wales we have got a cold front that is going to be bringing a squally band however, not everyone‘s coming out of heavy rain through, and that is ahead of this band of experience will be as positive. rain where we will get the strongest wind gust. the lg bt foundation in manchester says older people face particular challenges. they have memories of a time when being lgbt wasn't spoken about, or a time when homosexuality was illegal, for example, so i think there's the culture that has now changed, thankfully, but there is kind of the hangover from that and the stigma that people

still feel around it. so why did he decide that this was the right time? i was getting to the point where i knew i wasn't honest with myself. i was getting to the point where i didn't like myself very much because i wasn't being honest with myself. and, so, you know, when is the right time? when is the right time to do it? a very personal announcement and campaigners hope that this moment may help others struggling to come to terms with their own identities. ben hunte, bbc news. now on bbc news, in a special edition, talking movies reports from hollywood previewing the 92nd annual academy awards. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories:

growing anger in china. quarantine squads detain people suspected of being infected by the coronavirus. democrats descend on hello from the soon to open academy new hampshire, where the presidenital candidates will debate who is now best museum in los angeles, a globalfilm positioned to take hub celebrating the art and science on donald trump. of cinema. ontong broke and welcome to our special programme previewing the 92nd annual academy awards. we recently went on a tour of the museum, which is priming itself for an unveiling later this year after several delays stop is 02 a brief hello and welcome to bbc news. overview of the oscars race. the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mainland china had reached 722, that's up by 86 headlines this year, very close best director and best picture contest from the previous day, and there have been more at. nobody is quite sure which film than 3,000 new infections. will win. will it be the irishman or once upona will win. will it be the irishman or once upon a time in hollywood or will the south korean picture parasite triumph or will it be the british war epic 1917?” parasite triumph or will it be the british war epic 1917? i think right now the race is pretty divided between 1917 and parasite, but i have hope parasite will win. time

and time again the parasite crew and directors and actors have been hollywood popular royalty during this race, so i think it will prevail, but certainly there is so much support for 1917 and i think it is really the front runner right now. what may help 1917 capture the crown is it breathtaking cinematography, designed to immerse audiences. it looks as if the movie is one continuous unbroken shot, although there are hidden edits. this technical achievement could help ring britain's 111 time nominee, his second trophy. we had to rehearse months and months before we shot because we had to rehearse before the sets were built, because everything had to be designed to the shot and there's a danger doing all that that everything becomes very mechanical. i'm kind of glad i don't feel the film feels mechanical, it

feels quite organic, even though there was so much prep and thought put into it. in the eyes of many, the academy has brought shame on itself or not being sufficiently inclusive with 19 of the 20 acting nominees being white and once again, nominees being white and once again, no female filmmaker was nominated for best director. i think the huge push from the academy to increase the diversity of its membership has been very successful and very pointed, but the kind of old boys network of hollywood is so entrenched. after all, let's not forget the oscars were invented to salute themselves, and that network is very deep and old. the academy is a movie industry spectacle but it's also a television ceremony, and there is massive pressure to increase ratings. a downward trend was temporarily arrested last year. the decision not to have a host may have actually helped halt the ratings slide, so expect the same format this year. as an institution,

the oscars is struggling to stay culturally relevant. yes and no, the day after oscar story always performed very well on our site, i can performed very well on our site, i ca n attest performed very well on our site, i can attest to that, but there is less respect or interest in watching a whole three, three .5 hour ‘s and more tuning in the next morning, the monday after, to see what won, what last, what people should be paying attention to board next year and what they might have missed the year before. as far as caring about the p°mp before. as far as caring about the pomp and circumstance of the ceremony, i don't think the same interest exists as much as it used to. when you review this year's list of nominated films, it appears academy members may be guilty once again, critics say, of gender bias. the charges made of pictures with themes particularly thought of as masculine, such as war, violence and organised crime win more oscars.

well, is this true? emma jones has been finding out. last man standing. the saying, "may the best man win", seems particular the appropriate at this year's oscars. war, cars, old school mafia and tara ntino. this year's oscars. war, cars, old school mafia and tarantino. this yea r‘s school mafia and tarantino. this year's nominee list it seems to play to traditional male interests. i'm working on a novel, it is a story of my life and my sisters. there is also one film about four 19th—century heroines based on one of the most popular books of all time. six times nominated little women is up for best picture too, but it's director, greta gerwig, isn't in the all—male best director category. and parasite, bong joon—ho. nice, you did it. thank you so much. congratulations. and finally...

two years after the #metoo movement and five years after oscarssowhite, the oscars still seem to reward so—called male tales, films either made by men all films that pursue the interior life of men. cynthia erivo may have a best actress and best original song nomination for harriet. theme: emancipation, but the film itself is ignored. can you be more sensitive. what do you want from me? to scream at you? so other box office hits by other female directors, fairwelled, family, and hustlers, strippers. beautiful day in the neighbourhood, kindness, gets a nomination for tom hanks. why don't you get along with the boys? you are sexy but too much work. i have a whole less. will other women come forward? bombshell, directed by a man, theme sexual harassment in the workplace,

is awarded only in acting categories. sweetheart, this is an island of safety a nd sweetheart, this is an island of safety and truth. bea safety and truth. be a man! sometimes we look for the oscars to reflect our times and be a gauge of what's going on in the wider cultural scale. this year it looks like it's about ageing, the end of an era, it looks like it's very much about men being preoccupied with politics and war and we live in bogus times, you've got trump and borisjohnson. your back bogus times, you've got trump and boris johnson. your back to these very masculine people leading in their sort of politics, and may be their sort of politics, and may be the films we're choosing are reflected those times. we've got orders to cross here. that is the german frontline. hold back! but perhaps nominations are also more reflective of the actual age and priorities of academy voters, which, in 2012, was 63, and even now is 7296 which, in 2012, was 63, and even now is 72% male. the press reported twice as many women as men were

coming to early academy screenings of little women, but the public box office tells a different story. i'm so sick of people saying love is just all women are fit for, i'm so sick of it! generations of readers have loved little women, the story of the march sisters, and this particularfilm adaptation has been awarded with six oscar nominations. and having made more than $100 million at the box office, surely some of these are going to the film too? i've had guy friends see it, we had a new york romeo with friends not in show business, doesn't see a lot of movies, and i looked over and he was fully weeping and he's a good test for me because he has no reason to lie or anything. this is a movie not as much about female empowerment and struggles of being a woman at the time and today but also the pursuit of artistry, and ifeel... i don't wa nt to of artistry, and ifeel... i don't want to personalise this but i didn't have the little women with

growing up with my sister and her friends basically. that should be more ok. the little women caste is represented in the oscar acting category masoe is garlettjohannson twice in the british baftas, margot robbie and johannson were both nominated twice. that left no places in the awards for actresses from more diverse films, such as hustlers and the farewell. although these films have been commissioned, they aren't being recognised, and the one woman who won an oscar, kathryn bigelow for the hurt locker, made a film about war. i believe because kathryn bigelow is the only woman to win best director and it being a film about war means we have a lot of work to do. obviously she deserved that nomination and that win, but we have to really consider other stories about women and girls and all the other people who live on

this planet, everything isn't about war disaster, some of the most dutiful stories come from the heart and there about human connection and positivity and other things that aren't considered by the academy at this point. what the academy considers important is increasingly at odds with the demographic going to the movies. when they come to consider best picture, there is at least one choice left that's a middleweight familiar to both genders, netflix‘s marriage story about divorce. let's look a little more closely at the oscar—nominated south korean picture parasite from director bong joon—ho, a personal favourite. picture parasite from director bong joon—ho, a personalfavourite. it could have a big night at the academy awards, it's certainly the favourite to win for best international feature. it's a dark comedy thriller in which a poorfamily in seoul

it's a dark comedy thriller in which a poor family in seoul insinuates itself into the lives of an extremely rich family, with all kinds of unexpected consequences. it's a story of class warfare cowritten and directed by 50—year—old modern master of south korean cinema bong joon—ho. translation: we currently live in an area of capitalism, i think it's inevitable to tell stories about the rich and poor, notjust me, but directors all over the world. bong joon—ho has a very accomplished track record stop his first film, a dark comedy of errors, barking dogs never bite, was released in 2000. he followed it up with a critically acclaimed crime drama, memories of a murder, and were arriving three yea rs murder, and were arriving three years after that was his first big commercial success, the monster movie the host. other hits have included his first english lag which film, snow pso, set on board a train ina film, snow pso, set on board a train in a dystopian future where passengers are rigidly divided by class and then there's the celebrated poacher, a fantasy

involving a young girl and a genetically engineered pig. critics see parasite in keeping with his body of work. i would say that thematically it fits in with what he's really devoted his career to, which is this idea of individuals who are just in danger of or about to be crushed by these giant, impassive systems, you know? he's always been really interested in the ideas of capitalism but also in, like a large systems and the ways in which individuals are lost in them. this story has really resonated powerfully with audiences around the world. in what way of making an impact with people? translation: in what way of making an impact with people? translationzlj in what way of making an impact with people? translation: i don't think it is necessarily because of the universal story. i think it is really because of the amazing charm

that our actors have, their and gestures, physicality they express, andi gestures, physicality they express, and i think that is why it has become so popular. some people have complained that the film is excessively violent, particularly at the end. what is your response to that? so, the violence is, you know, pa rt that? so, the violence is, you know, part of a big tragedy that happens in the end, and if i explain further it will spoil the film so i would like to refrain. parasite has been ona like to refrain. parasite has been on a winning streak from the time it came out of the gate to windy palm d'or, the prime prize at cannes in may. it is now going to hollywood's most coveted trophy, best picture. it has certainly come to the forefront of the race, and i also think that the industry loves it. you know, when you see bong joon—ho and his actors at these awards shows, take a standing ovation. everyone wants to meet him. i think it just shows everyone wants to meet him. i think itjust shows how much this film has kind of swept up hollywood. whatever

happens at the oscars, parasite will definitely have an afterlife. a version of it in black and white has already emerged and a parasite television film series is going to be produced by the american cable and satellite network hbo. parasite is becoming much more than a critically acclaimed arthouse film from south korea. it is a box office phenomenon, a multimedia spectacle and a possible oscars night sensation. one academy award category where women do dominate this year is in the best documentary feature race, where four out of the five films up for an oscar were directed or codirected by a woman. tristen daly has been looking at one of them, called american factory. it is the first film released by former president barack obama and michelle obama's production company. our town, where we live, dayton, ohio, has lost so much. people have lost

theirjobs. because of that, they have lost their homes, their sense of being part of the community, part of being part of the community, part of the middle class. it was this sense of empathy for fellow citizens afflicted by the 2008 economic downturn that drove codirectors stephen bogner and julie richert to make the netflix documentary, american factory. —— steven bognar and julia reichert. in american factory. —— steven bognar andjulia reichert. in the american factory. —— steven bognar and julia reichert. in the wake of the recession, a factory which served as a gm plant shutdown. it had previously employed thousands in ohio, leaving many without the means to support themselves. for a year and heart, i didn't have anything. we lost our home, we lost our vehicle. american factory picks up in 2015 when hope arrives to the heartland of america in an unexpected way. a chinese billionaire came along and bought a gm plant that had been abandoned by general motors. he bought it. we we re general motors. he bought it. we were all very excited and we thought, well. this has never happened in our hometown. we are not

even sure if it has happened in the us. that was so much hope. they were so us. that was so much hope. they were so much excitement forjobs finally coming back to our little town, and thenit coming back to our little town, and then it got really compensated. when i started out fuyao i was thankful, i was blessed, i wasjust on my knees thanking god that i had something. this former factory for american cars was transformed into a leading windshield manufacturer called fga, or fuyao glass america. though the workers were first happy to have employment, obstacles abound. the chief among them seemed to be the culture clash of a chinese company attempting to manage an american workforce, which culminates ina american workforce, which culminates in a vote on whether or not to form a workers union. the chinese billionaire chairman of fga prefers not to have unions interfering with the profitability of his business. here in los angeles, american factory faces stiff competition in the american —— academy awards documentary category. however, one

thing it does have going for it is its topicality, which might help netflix when an oscar trophy. american factory resonates as a deeply relatable story for us citizens, as it deals with obligated relations between the united states and china. it has way more topicality than we ever thought when we we re topicality than we ever thought when we were making the film. because of course we have a new president who started a war, a trade war, with china. and ourfilm takes place partly in china and partly here. so people look to us, look to our film, to say, like, how can we understand globalisation? how can we understand what is going on for our working class ? what is going on for our working class? the conditions are not favourable. this documentary is bringing oscar voters, many of whom live privileged lives, a vivid portrait of working—class america. this is partly due to the fact that the filmmakers got incredible access, not only documenting personal struggles of the american worker but also private corporate

meetings among higher—ups. despite the culture clash that takes shape between the managers and the workers in the american factory, the filmmakers hope that viewers and oscar voters see a bigger picture. well, i think it reveals that there are different managerial styles between the americans under chinese, but i think it also reveals something about and about power. and that no matter what economic system you are coming from, workers are a lwa ys you are coming from, workers are always going to get squeezed by the machine. nothing in america has changed in terms of working people working hard. what's changed in america was rich people deciding they wanted to rewrite the rules to ta ke they wanted to rewrite the rules to take advantage of people. they wanted to rewrite the rules to take advantage of peoplem they wanted to rewrite the rules to take advantage of people. it is time to stick my neck out and try to predict which films and individuals will be going home with the top oscar prizes. in the acting race, there is a clear favourites, oscar prizes. in the acting race, there is a clearfavourites, but thatis there is a clearfavourites, but that is not so in other categories.

these screenplay categories are the ha rd est to these screenplay categories are the hardest to figure out. my guess is the best adapted screenplay will go to steven zaillian for his work on the irishman. but in a year when women were shut out of the best director race, most notably greta gerwig, the academy may be inclined to compensate by giving her the adapted screenplay prize. best original screenplay will probably go to two—time oscar winner quentin tarantino, but don't be surprised if thon maker bong joon—ho steals that price from him for his work on parasite, a film that is very popular with academy members. with the best animated feature, many think toy story four will pick up the oscar. we never give up on the americanjourney. to the oscar. we never give up on the american journey. to me the oscar. we never give up on the americanjourney. to me that the oscar. we never give up on the american journey. to me that would be un—american. best documentary feature, well, the oscarfor that could go to american factory, the story of a chinese multinational which takes over an abandoned car

plant in ohio. best international feature, almost everyone is putting that bong joon—ho's south korean hits parasite will take that trophy, having picked up just hits parasite will take that trophy, having picked upjust about hits parasite will take that trophy, having picked up just about every pre— oscar award, it will be very surprising if it doesn't win. the race in the best director category isa race in the best director category is a little uncertain, with the conventional wisdom being but the price will go to britain's sam and as for his very accomplished world wari as for his very accomplished world war i epic 1917. —— mendes. but that trophy might also go to quentin tarantino or bong joon—ho. it is a close contest. can you tell me a little more about what's going on? because part of what we are going to do together is telling your story. best supporting actress, well, it will be laura dern's turn to when an oscar for playing a tough divorce lawyer in marriage story. she is the definite favourite. you hitch up and

down burbank boulevard all day until somebody says they are driving to chatswood? so is brad pitt supporting actor category, is expected to take home an oscar for his betrayal of a stuntman in once upona time his betrayal of a stuntman in once upon a time in hollywood. # somewhere over the rainbow...m the top acting categories for actress in a leading role, that prize has to go to rene zellweger for her spellbinding portrayal of judy garland. when did you become convinced that you had got it right? that you had actually made it work? that's never happened! that's never happened. no, just keep trying and trying and trying, that's all. and best actor, well, joaquin phoenix is expected to take home that trophy for playing the dc comics villain in the film joe ofahengaue. —— the film joker. and finally, the best picture category. 1917 is probably going to

walk away with the oscar top award, but don't be surprised parasite steals the ground. it very well could. —— steals a crown. well, that brings a special oscar's preview addition of talking movies to a close. we hope you have enjoyed the show. please remember you can always reach us online at bmc .com/ talking movies, and you can find us online on facebook and twitter. from me, tom brook, and the rest of the talking movies action team here in los angeles, it is goodbye as we leave you with the oscar—nominated song from toy story four.|j leave you with the oscar—nominated song from toy story four. i want you 00:25:39,997 --> 2147483051:49:36,722 to meet froky! he's a sport. yes, i 2147483051:49:36,722 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 know.