this is bbc news. the headlines... as queen elizabeth celebrates 70 years on the throne — she says she wants the duchess of cornwall, to be known as queen consort when prince charles becomes king. india begins two days of mourning as one of the country's most famous singers lata mangeshkar dies aged 92. british prime minister borisjohnson announces new appointments to his backroom staff following a wave of resignations over lockdown parties held at number 10. a five—year—old moroccan boy freed after being trapped in a well forfour days has died. as we've been hearing, today is a significant milestone in british royal history — as the queen has now been reigning for exactly 70 years. she was in the middle

of kenya when her father — george the sixth — died on the sixth of february, 1952. anne soy has been looking back at that moment, and the queen's ongoing bond with africa. the royal visitor stepped off into the hot sunshine of nairobi. it was just a week ago today. no one knew then that the girl would arrive here as princess elizabeth, with leave again five days later as queen. iii again five days later as queen. if the queen were to come to kenya again five days later as queen. if the queen were to come to kenya today, again five days later as queen. if the queen were to come to kenya today, this again five days later as queen. if the queen were to come to kenya today, this is again five days later as queen. if the queen were to come to kenya today, this is probably again five days later as queen. if the queen were to come to kenya today, this is probably where again five days later as queen. if the queen were to come to kenya today, this is probably where she would stay. at the high commissioner's residence, and it is here in kenya that the then princess elizabeth learned of her father's death and that she would succeed him. things are quite different back then. it took some time for the news of the king's test to come from britain to this remote royal lodge in central kenya. it was prince

philip, her husband of five years at the time, that broke the news to her. she has come here to represent her. she has come here to represent her father. her. she has come here to represent herfather. he had been too ill to travel. but she took it in her stride. you'll make the queen who is here, too, is head of the commonwealth to which africa has recently returned... 0f commonwealth to which africa has recently returned... of the past 70 years, she has built a strong relationship with africa and the commonwealth, and left quite an impression on those she met. you are new to certain — impression on those she met. you are new to certain people _ impression on those she met. you are new to certain people in _ impression on those she met. you are new to certain people in the _ impression on those she met. you are new to certain people in the world. . new to certain people in the world. then thereafter, you say, well, i have made it. i had the privilege of meeting her in my life. it have made it. i had the privilege of meeting her in my life.— meeting her in my life. it was one ofthe meeting her in my life. it was one of the queen's _ meeting her in my life. it was one of the queen's gifts, _ meeting her in my life. it was one of the queen's gifts, it _ meeting her in my life. it was one of the queen's gifts, it was - meeting her in my life. it was one of the queen's gifts, it was flown | of the queen's gifts, it was flown out from — of the queen's gifts, it was flown out from windsor. she of the queen's gifts, it was flown out from windsor.— out from windsor. she said she admire the _ out from windsor. she said she admire the queen's _ out from windsor. she said she admire the queen's love - out from windsor. she said she admire the queen's love for. out from windsor. she said she - admire the queen's love for horses, herfarming and leadership. the encounters were brief but they rubbed off on her. for

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hello from los angeles, and welcome to our talking movies award season look—ahead. i'm tom brook. in today's programme, on the eve of the oscar nominations announcement here in the world's movie capital, we speculate on the likely contenders. will one film take the lion's share of the nomination? are we going to have to leave belfast? will the academy once again choose best picture candidates which have been little—seen? i can't stay with you for the rest of my life! also in the programme, the picture the deaf community views as a landmark movie that's firmly in the oscars race. and the musical films that could get nominated by the academy — we focus on one of them. # what does it take? all that and more in this special award season look—ahead edition of talking movies from los angeles. as some 9,500 eligible 0scars voters here in los angeles and around the world cast their ballots, the big question is, will the academy once again end up nominating films for best picture that

very few people have seen? this is an important issue, because if only arthouse movies with limited appeal are nominated for best picture, it will limit the ability of the all—important academy awards telecast to bring in an audience. and in recent times, the ratings for that show have been in a freefall. in los angeles and elsewhere, 0scar voters have been making their choices, determining what this awards season will look like. 0ddsmakers predict that among the ten best picture nominees will be steven spielberg's west side story, jane campion's the power of the dog, paul thomas anderson's licorice pizza, denis villeneuve's dune, and kenneth branagh's belfast. but on hollywood boulevard in conversation with movie fans, it's clear that there isn't much familiarity with this year's likely 0scar contenders. movies like belfast will probably get multiple nominations, what do you know about that?

what movie? belfast. i've never heard of that in my life. what about west side story? nothing, don't know that. so what movie do you think should get nominated for best picture? best picture? i don't know — spider—man. ever since i got bit by that spider... spider—man: no way home has been a huge hit. it could earn a best picture nomination, but it's not thought likely. its fans would love to see it included. if the academy has long favoured rewarding arthouse fare in recent years, smaller pictures have been the big best picture winners. some movie fans aren't too happy with the academy. i think that they're losing touch, and it's notanything, um... it's a lot of people that are more... pompous, i don't want to say pompous, but people who consider themselves these art, or these film... how do i say it? just educated film people. that's not the way

that it should be. with the academy likely to hand out its big prizes once again this year to talents from lesser—seen movies, it will be a challenge to bring in an audience for 0scars television ceremony. advertising monies from the telecast are a vital source of revenue. last year the audience shrank tojust 10.5 million domestically in the us, the lowest—ever ratings. much of america and beyond just wasn't interested. i worry about the future of the oscars a lot. i think they're going to diminish over time. because a lot of young people don't care about them. i think that the oscars have become something for older people, and for people who care about movies, and movies are no longer the kind of lingua franca that they used to be. like everyone in the industry, the academy's chief executive officer, dawn hudson, would like to see a vibrant, flourishing 0scars telecast. you know, movies have had competition!

for every, uh... they've had competition from other forms of entertainment. there's, you know, people can — there's gaming, and wonderful television, and there's just simply... and there's social media. so i think there's a lot of distraction now for our attention that didn't exist 50 years ago or 30 years ago, when you were watching the oscars growing up. but i think what they stand for is still primary in our culture. but clayton davis, films awards editor at variety in los angeles, thinks the oscars show really needs to be changed. so we have this new generation, the tiktok generation, instagram, they consume content differently. they're watching a lot of these movies from home, on their couch, on their phones. how can you put on an awards show that will excite people and get them interested to tune in for the event? you can still have belfast

and power of the dog nominated, but if you put on a good, fun show, with a big, great host, people are going to tune in. it won't matter if they haven't heard of the movies before. the show will do its job, and that is what the focus needs to be on. make no mistake — the academy, despite its problems, will end up nominating some great cinema this year. the sci—fi epic dune is expected to garner multiple nominations, as are belfast, the power of the dog, and west side story. so excellent cinema will be rewarded on hollywood's biggest night of the year, even if the audience for the oscars tv show is significantly smaller than it was a generation ago. this year, academy members have several musical films they can choose from to nominate for best picture. among them, steven spielberg's west side story, cyrano and tick tick. . . boom.

that latter film really shows off the fine acting talents of its star, andrew garfield. tristan daly reports on tick, tick...boom and its 0scars chances. i'm jonathan larson. tick, tick...boom is an adaptation of an autobiographical musical by the latejonathan larson, who's known for creating rent, a widely celebrated musical that opened in 1996. three, two, one! andrew garfield plays larson. he's about to turn 30 and he feels like if he doesn't achieve a certain thing by this time, then his life may have been for nothing. he hears a ticking. he literally has a ticking clock in his head. he's trying to figure out what it is. he feels a real urgency to sing his song, to write his musicals, to get the recognition and to get his work into the world. larson lived and worked in new york city, crafting songs for his theatrical endeavours, and working as a waiter in a diner here in lower manhattan.

this film succeeds in turning his songs meant for stage into cinematic sequences, and painting a portrait of a man writing as if he's racing against the ticking clock. and that ticking clock turned out to be larson's sudden death at the age of 35, caused by an aortic aneurysm, just before the opening night of his hit rock musical rent. lin manuel miranda, award—winning composer, playwright and actor, made his directorial debut with tick, tick...boom. # why should we blaze a trail? he has a personal connection to larson's work. i saw rent for my 17th birthday. i sat in the back row of the mezzanine of the nederlander theatre, and it was the most diverse cast i'd ever seen on broadway, it was the most contemporary music i'd ever heard on broadway. it was the most home—made feeling show i'd ever seen. it was the show that gave me permission to write. i never understood that one

could write a musical until i saw rent. can i hear it? any day now. some see miranda's direction of the cinematic adaptation of tick, tick...boom as the combination of a decades—long journey, but he's not a favourite for best director nomination. there is a possibility that the movie could land a best picture nomination, but its best chances are in the sound and actor category. many have praised andrew garfield for portraying jonathan larson's passion and energy on screen. # what does it take # to wake up a generation? singing to him was like breathing. the key to that was accessing the character, letting the character move through me, and move me, wherejohn wanted me to go, ijust followed him. # fear or love, baby, don't say the answer... a few months ago the actress kristen stewart was being hailed as a favourite to win in the best actress category at the oscars for her portrayal of diana, princess of wales, in the movie spencer.

but her fortunes appear to have gone in a rather different direction. recently the screen actors guild, with its nominations — often an indication of what might happen at the oscars — snubbed her completely. she didn't appear on their shortlist. and this has been the case for some other awards bodies. so what lies ahead for kristen stewart this awards season? emma jones has been finding out. yes? she is late. it's a much discussed portrayal of diana, princess of wales. kristen stewart has been a frontrunner for an oscar nomination since chilean director pablo larrain's spencer was revealed last year. they know everything. it is a career defining role for the actress, an internal portrait of one of the icons of the 20th century, as diana spends a christmas with the royal

family. stewart invested heavily in the character right from the start. i knew about it for like a year and a half, i watched everything, i tried to absorb her as best i could... in a kind of spiritual way and not get so fixated and debilitated by trying to do a perfect, perfect impression, because she felt so alive and felt so spontaneous and earth shaky, that the only way to really do herjustice would be to learn the accent and stuff technically, but then forget about it and be free. stewart's performance has been nominated by many international critics�* circles, but when it came to the sag awards, there was no mention of her name. dun dun duuun! so exciting, ok, here we go. kristen stewart did not get nominated for a sag award — this is bad news in terms of the oscar nominations historically, why?

you don't win an oscar without getting at least nominated for a screen actors guild award. so unless we are in a history making scenario, kristen stewart's diana might be looking down the barrel of defeat. this kind of stuff just doesn't exist. kristen stewart's career hasn't been a standard one. she achieved globalfame as a teen icon opposite her then boyfriend robert pattinson in the vampire franchise twilight. after that the actress has mainly made arthouse film choices, most notably in french directer 0livier assayas ghost story personal shopper. i'm a personal shopper. it's very high profile. but any perceived snub in the run—up to the oscars may be down to spencer itself. while her performance was noticed, pablo larrain's film as a whole hasn't been. emma corin's success as the princess in netflix�*s the crown means stewart's performance may have been overlooked. this version of diana's story, the actress admits, can polarise audiences. it is such a controversial subject, very commonly in these kind of interviews, especially in the longer format interviews, it is like... "well, who is the bad guy,

who is the good guy, "what are you trying to say about the monarchy "and the trajectory of it, and where we are going, "and the value of it, and how to fix it all?" this movie has no answer. i think it's a divisive film, and a divisive performance of a much loved figure. i think she'll be disappointed, because i think there was a lot of thought about her, this was a career move for her to finally shed the sort of teenage...scream queen elements of twilight. but now perhaps the current uncertainty surrounding the previous favourite for a nomination will work on the actress's favour come the oscars. stewart is certainly never afraid of being classed as an outsider. the 0scar nominations announcement being eagerly anticipated by fans of the film coda, in particular by members of the deaf community who see the picture as a major step forward in terms of how deaf people are represented in cinema. with its groundbreaking

casting, it has three deaf actors in primary roles. the view is that if coda earns a best picture nomination, it could lead to more films like it being made. noah gittel reports. you are the girl with the deaf family? for decades, playing a disabled character was a surefire way for an able—bodied actor to find themselves in the awards conversation. in this way the awards buzz for coda, in which three deaf characters played by actual deaf actors, seems like a watershed moment. even before it was released, coda was praised for its casting of deaf actors marlee matlin, troy kotsur and daniel durant in key roles. director sian heder says the authenticity of their performances is crucial to the film's success.

i think the performances were everything in this movie. i think from the moment i wrote the script i felt like i had to find the right people to play these roles, and the movie was going to live or die basically off these performances. for the actors, coda offered the rare opportunity to play well—rounded deaf characters who are not defined solely by their disability. it's hearing protagonist is constantly embarrassed by her parents, not because they are deaf but because they are unashamed about their physical attraction to each other, even after 20 years of marriage. the actors who played those parents relished the chance to betray a different side of deaf culture, to show through american sign language or asl that deaf people can engage in but vulgarity too. it is easily transferable by intercourse. i'll give you an antifungal cream, but you have to keep the area dry and avoid sex for two weeks.

translation: when i first read the script, i really had _ an understanding that finally we had some dirty asl, finally some vulgar asl in the script and i was ready to finally show a hearing audience this part of deaf culture and what vulgar sign language looks like. it was so much fun. it's one thing for coda to be made, and to be a hit at last year's sundance film festival where it sold for a record amount. those are important victories for the film and for deaf representation. but winning an oscar is something different altogether. it would signal to the industry, and really to the whole world, that deaf representation matters, and that it is economically viable. deaf actors have long struggled to get mainstream work — the more success coda

has the more likely that is to change. actress marlee matlin, the first deaf performer to win an 0scarfor1986's children of a lesser god, could potentially score a best actress nomination for her role in coda as the mother who struggles to connect with her child. she is considered on the fringe of the oscar race at the moment, but troy kotsur, who plays the father, is considered a safer bet to be nominated for best actor and maybe even win. kotsur has worked steadily in film and tv for the last two decades, but coda is his biggest role yet and deaf and disability activists are rooting hard for his success. i think if troy kotsur were nominated and then went on to win, i think it would be a really remarkable turning point for the deaf community in terms of their representation in media. i absolutely think this movie destigmatises deafness, i think it does wonders for disability representation in general. there are previous films and tv shows that have featured deaf actors or deaf cast members, but i think the difference here is that to some extent, the film doesn't necessarily have deafness as

a sole focal point. of course, best picture of the biggest prize of all, and while coda is not considered the favourite, it stands a good chance of being nominated. if it does, it would be a game changerfor deaf representation, and make a real difference for deaf audience members who are struggling to find their place in the world. it hopefully will get hollywood thinking about the deaf community when making their movies and telling these stories, but also when you do have an opportunity to make a movie like coda, that you actually reach out to actual deaf actors. being both an effective dramatic film and a major milestone for deaf communities may give coda and edge in this year's crowded awards race. sing! # i've been really trying, baby... yes! it's not just american films that are being celebrated during this award season. it's also cinema from around the world. talking movies has picked five

films that we think will earn a best international feature film oscar nomination. adventurous filmmaking is really on display in denmark's flee, an animated documentary that tells the plight of a refugee fleeing afghanistan 20 years ago. willingly conceived and put together byjonas poher rasmussen, it should be shortlisted. he really wanted to use animation as opposed to making a conventional documentary. most of the story takes place in the past, so how do you make his childhood home in kabul come alive, how do you make afghanistan in the 80s come alive. and furthermore also with the animation, because it is really a story about trauma and memories, with the animation it allowed us to be more expressive, we could show things in a way that feels more true to the emotion than being realistic. italian filmmaker paolo sorrentino should get nominated for the hand of god,

a largely autobiographical tale, definitely his most personal film to date, inspired by his childhood growing up in naples in the 1980s. audiences have warmed to the film. i would love that the audience take away very simple idea that is inside the movie... that in spite of the pain that a person can face, there is always a chance to see the future in a different way. the norwegian dark romantic comedy the worst person in the world is also a strong candidate to get nominated. quite a crowd pleaser, it subverts expectations as it follows duly in her quest for love. she gets involved with different men and reveals her emotions. i think part of making human drama today, is to try to,

hopefully in a more sophisticated way, show how lost we feel, how vulnerable we can get. and iranian filmmaker asghar farhadi is back in the oscars race, representing his country this time with a hero, a morailty tale which looks at the ethical dilemmas of a man released from jail for two days who has to pay off a debt. farhadi says the story brewed in his mind for a long time. translation: this one goes back 12, 15 years maybe when i used - to collect local newspapers and work with my students to investigate these kind of stories. the japanese film drive my car is being touted by the movie that could win the best international feature film 0scar. it is a three—hour meditative drama that has become an arthouse sensation, about a theatre director who forms a bond with his driver. it has been voted best form of the year by numerous critics�* groups.

so that brings our talking movies awards season lookahead programme to a close. we hope you have enjoyed the show. please remember you can always reach us online, and you can find us on facebook and twitter. so from me, tom brook, and the rest of the talking movies production team here in los angeles, it's goodbye, as we leave you with the song, so may we start. it could earn a best original song nomination. it comes from the film annette, and it's performed by marion cotillard, adam driver, and sparks. # so may we start? # it's time to start # high time to start # they hope it goes the way it's supposed to go # there's fear in them all but they can't let it show # they're underprepared but that may be enough

# the budget is large, but still, it's not enough # so may we start? # may we start, may we, may we now start? # so may we start? # may we start, may we, may we now start? # it's time to start... hello again. looking at a much colder day with showers moving in. loss of sound.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as queen elizabeth celebrates 70 years on the throne, she says she wants the duchess of cornwall, to be known as queen consort when prince charles becomes king. i'm jane hill live at buckingham palace, as the queen becomes the first british monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee. india begins two days of mourning, as one of the country's most famous singers lata mangeshkar dies aged 92. british prime minister borisjohnson considers further changes to his top team, following a wave of resignations over

lockdown parties.