this is bbc news. i'm lucy grey and these are the headlines... the bbc apologises for changes to sports programme schedules after presenters and pundits pull out in support of gary lineker. the sports presenter has been suspended for criticising government asylum policy on twitter. the corporation's director general insists impartiality rules need to be upheld. the opposition labour party accuses bosses of bowing to government pressure. the us treasury has moved to reassure investors after the largest bank failure since the financial crash of 2008. the collapse of silicon valley bank triggered a share sell—off in other banks linked to the tech sector. officials in the german city of hamburg say the gunman — who shot dead seven people

at a jehovah's witness meeting hall — was a former member of the religious group who left on bad terms. of the religious group who left and of the religious group who left there is the latest h you're watching bbc news. now it's time for talking movies: oscars preview special. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello from california. i'm tom brook. and welcome to talking movies. and a preview of hollywood's biggest night of the year, the oscars ceremony. will the ensemble absurdist

sci—fi action comedy everything everywhere all at once dominate the proceedings? will the german language anti—warfilm all quiet on the western front make an impressive oscar night showing? a smorgasbord of films up for best picture. big budget blockbusters like top gunzmaverick and avatar: the way of the water. and small arthouse movies such as tarjostling for the top oscar prizes. out on hollywood boulevard, differing views on which picture will win. i would like avatar to win. top gun to win best picture. it was great. tom cruise did an awesome job. i would like everything everywhere all at once to win. i just loved the storyline because i could relate to it. a lot of uncertainty in the race for best actor. will it be austin butler, brendan fraser or colin farrell? and with the actresses, michelle yeoh seems to have the edge in everything everywhere all at once. but cate blanchett, who plays a power hungry conductor in tar, has been picking up most of the significant pre—oscar awards. are you waking up saying, i want that oscar right now,

or are you being quite reflective about it? look, i don't think anyone really says that. i mean, i think if you look at all the movies that have been made since the pandemic, they're so idiosyncratic and so wildly different. and that's certainly the case with tar, is in the end that it helps it find an audience, which is the most important thing. last year, will smith's transgressive oscar night slap of comedian chris rock became the story of the night. so, this year, the academy has put in place a so—called crisis team to try to ensure that such unforeseen events are handled better. the producers have brought in a crisis team so that it isn't a question of scrambling around looking for who's in charge. and at the end of the day, there's a group of people who have been put in charge of any kind of problem that could rise up. the organisers hope it will be a return to full post—covid oscars normality. asian representation is up this year, but women and black people

in the industry still see themselves as sidelined in this grand contest. and then there's the challenge of bringing in a decent sized viewing audience. but these concerns aside, there are some really strong films in the mix this year, and for movie fans, oscars 2023 promises to be a good night. seven years ago, on a very cold, wintry night at the sundance film festival, i went to the world premiere of a weird film called swiss army man. its main claim to fame was that it starred daniel radcliffe portraying a very flatulent corpse. it was made by two film—makers, daniel scheinert and daniel kwan, who've gone on to greater things. i met them at sundance, and now they're possibly going to become the kings of hollywood because they created everything everywhere all at once which, with 11 nominations, is the oscars frontrunner. these two film—makers, both 35, daniel kwan and daniel scheinert,

known collectively as the daniels, are poised to taste the full glare of oscar night glory, possibly taking home trophies for best picture, director and original screenplay. the film may well earn more. they began their careers as directors of music videos after meeting as students. after that first feature, swiss army man, starring daniel radcliffe, they each worked in television. everything everywhere all at once is their biggest achievement — and big it is, an independent film unveiled a year ago that has now grossed more than $100 million worldwide. it stars michelle yeoh as an overwhelmed laundromat owner in california struggling to pay her taxes, a woman who exists in different versions of herself in parallel worlds. it's a big—hearted, absurdist multiverse fantasy. the daniels have fashioned a film that audiences have embraced enthusiastically and personally.

it's always about the right place and the right time. and right now, the world has gone through a very bizarre collective trauma, both because of the pandemic, but politically, a lot of stuff is happening. social media has made it really hard for anyone to make sense of the global narrative and their personal narrative and how it all sticks together. and our movie was meant to kind of tackle all those things and in a cathartic way. and so i do think a lot of people are finding some bit of healing and catharsis in the chaos of our movie, which we were not expecting and we're so, so grateful for. the film is incredibly dynamic and adventurous. to your minds, how is it perhaps breaking new ground? my favourite thing is to talk about how we're not breaking new ground and that we're really paying tribute to so many inventive, dynamic storytellers that inspired us. but i do think that, like, our generation hasn't gotten to make that many feature films. and so, like, there's all these

wild, cool stories on youtube, vimeo, social media, whatever, that haven't been translated to this format that many times. and that's the new ground, is just that like we're some of the first of our friends and our community of artists that got to like jump out onto this platform and people are like, "whoa, you can tell a story like that?" and we're like, "yeah, yeah." we've been doing it for a while. with everything everywhere all at once, the daniels have added zest to the oscars race to bring audiences a very inclusive film featuring asian and lgbtq characters. it's also adventurous. it mixes up genres, quite a refreshing contender. you have got so many accolades for your film. has that opened up a lot of new film—making opportunities for you? are people really coming to you now saying, "we would like you to make this"? i feel like that happened maybe six months ago for us. every door was open,

every meeting was possible. and then, with this oscar nomination, which has been amazing and overwhelming, the opposite has happened. now people... hate us? no, no. they're giving us... they're giving us space and respect in a way that we have never thought was possible within this industry. we know this industry is very hard and there's a lot of politics involved. and so to get to a place where people actually respect our boundaries and allow us to say like, "oh, they allow us to do what we want to do and do what we need to do" is really beautiful and not something that any film—maker ever thinks they're going to have. and so we're in this place where we are allowed to do whatever we want at least for the next few movies. and, you know, wejust hope that we get to rise to that occasion if things go well for

everything everywhere all at once on oscars night, it could win for best picture, best director and in the acting categories as well. emma jones has been to meet two oscar—nominated actors from everything everywhere all at once. and the actor goes to michelle yeoh. it might feel like everything, everywhere is happening all at once for michelle yeoh. a recent screen actors guild award for best actress has made it much more likely she'll also get the best actress oscar. wow. but she's been on her own journey through time, in her case a quarter of a century to reach this level of international acclaim. from appearing in the 1997 bond film tomorrow never dies to ang lee's crouching tiger, hidden dragon, the multi oscar winning fantasy epic from the year 2000. but despite its crossover success at the time, the film was a one—off. now the time seems right for academy voters to perhaps recognise

the length and scope of yeoh�*s career. what's really changed, right, is the inclusivity that, you know, there's more acceptance that people like me. the more stories that have been told, it doesn't have to be only the storytellers that come from asia or china. but we can tell each other�*s stories. we just have to be mindful and respectful of each other. especially after crazy rich asians, it sort of lit the fire, and then the fire became a bonfire with shang—chi. and then, you know, when everything everywhere came out, it was like, it's the norm. it should be the norm. why have we not been able to do something like this? everything everywhere really is a hollywood dream. it came out more than a year ago as an independent picture, more than made its box office back to become a blockbuster and is

now really the favourite to take the best picture oscar home. the issue of lack of asian representation in hollywood or any other film industry is one yeoh is using her platform to talk about, including at the recent screen actors guild awards. this is notjust for me. this is for every little girl that looks like me. and the time for recognition may also have come for everything everywhere�*s ke huy quan, favourite for the best supporting actor oscar. he found fame as a child actor in 1984's indiana jones and the temple of doom, only to step away from acting as an adult due to the lack of roles available for an american—asian actor. there was just not a lot of opportunities for asian actors. stepping away wasn't an easy thing for me to do. i was lost. i was very confused for quite some years.

i buried the acting bug for a long, long time. and until i saw a little movie in 2018 called crazy rich asians. these people aren'tjust rich. they're crazy rich. i noticed the landscape was changing. and one night, you know, i had this conversation with my wife. i told her that, you know, i wanted to get back into acting. and when the fear of regret overwhelmed any fears that i had of coming back, that's what, that was when i decided i have to do this. and little did i know, two weeks later, i got a call about everything everywhere all at once. and while the point of everything everywhere is that all moments, at all times are meaningful, a win at the academy awards will probably stand out as one of their greatest ever moments to these actors. the oscars spotlight has also shone

strongly on the irish this year, who've collected a record number of nominations. dublin native and talking movies reporter al moloney has been to meet some of the irish film talent up for academy awards. from banshees to quiet girls, ireland has had a truly unprecedented oscar year. a record number of 14 nominations have been awarded to irish talent, spread across a variety of categories. the banshees of inisherin, martin mcdonagh�*s black comedy about a broken friendship on a fictional island off the coast of ireland, leads the pack. the film has nine nominations, with mcdonagh up for best director and best original screenplay. it's a movie that has attracted a mainstream audience as well as critical acclaim. why aren't you talking to padraic? that wouldn't be a sin. no. no, but it's not very nice either, is it? it's kind of a sad story in a lot

of ways, but i think somehow connected with people, and i've been surprised by that. but it's nice. it's nice, those connections. i've been surprised and humbled by it. brendan gleeson, kerry condon and barry keoghan have all been nominated in the supporting actor categories. both condon and keoghan took to the winner's stage at the royal festival hall at london's baftas ceremony last month. but it would be a major surprise if any of the supporting cast left the academy awards with an oscar in tow. us actors ke huy quan and angela bassett are generally seen as the local favourites in these categories. amazingly, a quarter of this year's acting nominees are irish, and there are two in the best actor category. colin farrell will be hoping he can follow up his golden globe triumph for his role as the jilted companion whojust can't come to terms with the end of his long—term friendship. it's a performance that allows farrell to show off comedic and dramatic skills,

as well as an opportunity to reunite with writer—director martin mcdonagh. why did i want this role? because martin thought i was right for it. and i always trust martin more than i trust myself. the script is extraordinary — loneliness, community, the need for solitude, the need to be part of a friendship. what happens to the broken heart when a friendship is dissolved? the irish acting line—up is completed by paul mescal, perhaps best known for his role in the tv show normal people. mescal gives a beautifully nuanced performance in the father daughter drama aftersun. come on. however, perhaps the film that has caused the most excitement in ireland itself is the quiet girl. the film is the first irish language film to be nominated in the international feature category and has made over a million euros at the british and irish box office. a stunning achievement for an irish language film. the simple and beautiful story about a young girl sent to live

with distant relatives down the country has been building oscar buzz since its premiere at the berlin film festival last year. the irish language film has become a tremendous source of pride for the irish people. it's a monumental thing for the irish language community. you know, the irish language, in a way, is kind of the quiet character in our society. it's this, you know... there's less than 2% of people in ireland speak irish on a daily basis. it's of enormous importance in every sense, on a personal level for myself and for other irish speakers, but also on a political level, because, you know, a language like ours, it needs government support, it needs investment, it needs belief. and projects like this and moments like this are invaluable in that regard. isn't your mammy good to you? while the quiet girl may

have a tough time of it against bookies' favourite all quiet on the western front, its remarkable oscar run is testament to its heartbreaking story and ability to connect with audiences, whatever their native language. irish fans will be staying up late into the night, hoping that the movie can upset the odds and cap an already historic yearfor the booming irish film industry. many of this year's oscar nominees would have travelled thousands of miles to come to los angeles to attend the ceremony. so what's it like to be an oscar nominee? to perhaps actively campaign to influence academy members so you might end up with a golden statuette? well, to find out, we caught up with belgian film—maker, oscar nominated lukas dhont in new york

when he was en route to los angeles. # i'm in a new york state of mind.# 31—year—old lukas dhont is one of this year's chosen oscar's people and nominated film—maker from belgium today. he's 3,600 miles from his hometown of ghent, but happy to be in new york. the first time i came to new york i was 20 and ijust remember being completely overwhelmed by it. i remember seeing shame by steve mcqueen and having this deep impact of it. i mean, west side story. so, yeah, i think new york came to me first through the different ways it was filmed by different directors. while in america, he's been swept up in the oscars campaign for his nominated picture close, a well received, very emotional story of friendship between two young belgian boys that goes awry.

the film is about a beautiful, intimate, tender friendship between two 13—year—old boys, leo and remi, who have spent, i mean, nearly their whole lives together. and as they go through high school together, their closeness gets questioned by schoolmates. and we actually see the impact of that questioning on their beautiful, tender relationship. as a result of his film getting nominated, lukas dhont has already attended the oscar's nominees luncheon, spent time doing q&as, question and answered sessions at screenings, talking to the media, trying to influence oscar voters. essentially, he's selling his film, his own artistic creation. ifeel like i can be authentic in it.

i feel like we're doing all these q&as and meeting these audiences, and it's incredibly beautiful to hear them talk about the film because in many ways, it reconnects me to it. every nominee this year is with the oscars participating in an entertainment spectacle that is diminishing. a few years ago, the academy awards was routinely watched by audiences of a0 million or more in the us. last year, it had fallen tojust 15 million. a big effort is under way to create a show that will boost the ratings. the oscars will have rihanna performing this year. so maybe they were like, huh, the secret formula! i would tune in to see rihanna perform in any show. so i think that's a very smart move. today, we take lukas to a british tea shop in new york. tea and sympathy. now i'm pouring tea. does anybody else want tea? what about a scone? you want a scone? it's a chance to ponder what all this oscars hoopla really means. the exploration of male friendship and intimacy, as expressed in his film, is, he maintains what really matters. awards are nice, gifts are nice additions,

but it's really not, i suppose, what it's... what it's about for us. i think it's about pointing the camera at something we felt it hadn't been pointed at and opening up the conversation around intimacy and masculinity and how those two too often haven't been shown in the same frame. that is, for me, what it's really about, that golden statue seems nice and shiny and beautiful, but it's a golden statue. now is the time for me to stick my neck out to prove to you just how clever i am, as i predict who's likely to win in the key oscar categories. of course, i run the risk of making a total fool of myself. so, starting with best animated feature film, that trophy will go to guillermo del toro for his pinocchio. best documentary feature... it looks like the story on russian opposition leader alexei navalny will be the winner.

best international feature film. well, that prize will go to the german language all quiet on the western front, which may pick up other awards as well. best adapted screenplay will be given to sarah polley for women talking and best original screenplay will be martin mcdonagh�*s prize for the banshees of inisherin. best supporting actress — that will go to angela bassett, who was the best thing in black panther: wakanda forever. best supporting actor, that seems like a virtual lock for ke huy. best actress. sorry. cate blanchett, you are brilliant, but this is michelle yeoh�*s time to be rewarded, and best actor, i think brendan fraser will squeak in to win in a very tight race for his brilliant performance in a rather flat film, the whale. and i think best director and best picture will go to the daniels for everything everywhere all at once. the night, i think, will belong to them. well, that brings our special preview of the academy awards to a close.

we hope you enjoyed the show. please remember tojoin me and my colleague peter bowes on oscars night when we'll be commenting on the academy awards, the results, as they come in live. we'll be at the hollywood roosevelt hotel. 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 my favourite nominated best original song. and, yes, it's going to win.

following the destructive snow on thursday and friday, we have been left with something more wintry wonderland to start the day. plenty of snow on — wonderland to start the day. plenty of snow on the _ wonderland to start the day. plenty of snow on the ground, _ wonderland to start the day. plenty of snow on the ground, plenty - wonderland to start the day. plenty of snow on the ground, plenty of. of snow on the ground, plenty of sunny skies. saturday, the cloud second and the return of some snow fall into the north of wales. as far as the amount of snow we still have lying around, snowdonia, 22 centimetres of snow. in the staffordshire moors, not far behind that. a bit more snow to come on saturday night. if you centimetres over the hills. but ultimately milder air is following. and that is what we have with us on sunday. so there will be a significantjump upwards temperatures and a significant thaw of that lying snow. we will be starting on a bright note with a bit of sunshine but it will turn quite cloudy through the afternoon without mix of rain starting to move in, and especially

across western areas. look at these temperatures. 10—14 widely. it is good to feel quite mild. the only exception is the northern isles of scotland. lerwick, just four. further outbreaks of rain and increasingly through the night the winds will start to strengthen, with gales expected. temperatures actually stay up well into double figures for most. although there will be a frost across the far north of scotland were wins start to turn around to a bit more of a northerly direction. heading from sunday into monday, this area of low pressure is going to be bringing heavy outbreaks of rain. the rain easing to showers, strong winds around, gale force at times. notice wins start to come back to a northerly direction in more of scotland. with that comes the risk of some snow ever higher ground. about 200 metres elevation or so. a windy day for all of us. gales and 250 mph is, could blow down one or two tree branches. it stays mild for many of us, a cold

air limited in its extent over northern scotland. but it is not going to stay there. as we had to tuesday and wednesday, northerly winds dive southwards across the country, dragging that colder maritime air flow back across the uk. they will be some snow around on tuesday, particularly for northern scotland. accumulations mostly in the hills above 200 metres elevation. a bit of hheell mixed in with some of those. but also some sunshine. despite the sunny skies and some of you will see, it is going to feel an awful lot colder with temperatures dropping back into single figures. and they will be a shock for us to start the day on wednesday. some further snow showers for northern scotland, one or two wintry once elsewhere, and a band of rain moves in from the atlantic. that looks like it could bring some snowfall for a time into northern ireland through wednesday afternoon. we will need to keep a closer eye on how that pans out. the risk of extends across parts of england and scotland for a time, and then milder air works in scotland for a time, and then milder airworks in any scotland for a time, and then milder air works in any snow will work back into rain. as i say, for most places

not lasting, will turn back to rain. temperatures again reaching around nine or 10 celsius, so double figures back across parts of the cell. cold air still hanging on to a degree over northern areas. friday on the weekend, the weather pattern looks like it is going to be rather unsettled. expect some further outbreaks of rain. mulch for quite a few of us, but it? over whether cold air returns to these far north of scotland. we are not sure about that details just yet.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lucy gray. our top stories... the bbc says it is "working hard to resolve the situation" after a number of sports presenters pulled out of programmes this afternoon in a show of solidarity with the presenter gary lineker, who's been suspended for criticising government asylum policy. the bbc director general insists impartiality rules need to be upheld. but the opposition labour party accuses bosses of bowing to government pressure. as editor in chief of the bbc, i think one of our founding principles is in partiality, that is what we are delivering. the is in partiality, that is what we are delivering.— are delivering. the bbc is not actina are delivering. the bbc is not acting impartially _ are delivering. the bbc is not acting impartially by - are delivering. the bbc is not acting impartially by caving i are delivering. the bbc is not acting impartially by caving inj are delivering. the bbc is not i acting impartially by caving in to

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