, smith smith and went down between will smith and chris rock, dunne had done in previous years so i feel they are being a bit disingenuous. they want people to watch, they what highlights, but they were, i think although they want to be headlines that they cannot have the headlines that they cannot have the headlines that match the controversy of last year. jimmy kimmel is hosting, safer pair of hands, he can take the evening. he copes with la la land, the debacle in 2017. i evening. he copes with la la land, the debacle in 2017.— the debacle in 2017. i remember that, when _ the debacle in 2017. i remember that, when they _ the debacle in 2017. i remember that, when they read _ the debacle in 2017. i remember that, when they read out - the debacle in 2017. i remember that, when they read out the - the debacle in 2017. i remember. that, when they read out the wrong name. hoping for no faux pas look like that. what is your favourite film, the film this year that you really want to see do well? i would have to say — really want to see do well? i would have to say the — really want to see do well? i would have to say the quiet _ really want to see do well? i would have to say the quiet girl - really want to see do well? i would have to say the quiet girl la -

really want to see do well? i would have to say the quiet girl la la - really want to see do well? i would | have to say the quiet girl la la and it has been nominated in the international category, an irish farm. if you have not watched it, please seek it out, if film and i hope that does go home with an tonight and i should also mention the first micro—documentary, up for an oscar, it won the bafta and i would expect it to win and my goodness it deserves to. —— the navalny documentary. now on bbc news, the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. it's a much milder day today, thanks to south—westerly winds. those winds have brought a big jump in temperatures. and for most of us, it was a cold day. today, temperatures widely into double figures, but that's set in place a rapid thaw. indeed, there's a lot of places that had snow yesterday where the snow is completely melted away, but it's still hanging on across northern scotland. monday, the worst of the rain clears through. it'll be followed by a day of sunny spells and blustery showers. very windy, though, gusts running

into the 50s miles an hour for england and wales. so gales developing quite widely. temperatures for the most part still into double figures, but it's getting colder in scotland. and here we'll see more hill snow developing through monday, some accumulating snow above 200 metres elevation, some of the higher hills, you could see 5 to 10 centimetres. and then through monday night, as the colder air pushes southwards, there is a risk of seeing a little bit of snow across some of the higher hills in northern ireland,

this is bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri, and these are the headlines. talks continue to try to resolve the dispute between the bbc and the football presenter gary lineker — in a row over impartiality after the sports presenter criticised the government over its asylum bill. but the bbc�*s football shows continue to be affected for a second day running — after presenters withdraw in support of gary lineker. there's been be a reduced coverage of the women's super league and the same will apply to match of the day 2. british prime minister rishi sunak

says he recognises the "anxiety" over the collapse of silicon valley bank and insists his government is working to find a solution to secure customers�* liquidity and cashflow needs. leaders from the uk, us and australia will meet for talks on defence — including the plan for australia to get us nuclear subs. 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 oscar ceremony. will 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 gun:maverick 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 in the right time. and right now, the world has gone through like 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 to stick 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 this 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 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 for at least for the next few movies. and, you know, wejust hope

that we get to rise to that occasion because we know how incredibly rare that is. this is crazy. 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's 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 be 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 as ke huy quan is 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,

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 give acting another go. 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 at 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 1a 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 1 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. i think 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 to 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 0&a 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 this q&a

and meeting this audience. 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 down 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 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.

hello. it's a much milder day today, thanks to south—westerly winds. those winds have brought a big jump in temperatures. yesterday, for example, just three degrees in balmoral. and for most of us, it was a cold day. today, temperatures widely into double figures, but that's set in place a rapid thaw. indeed, there's a lot of places that had snow yesterday where the snow is completely melted away, but it's still hanging on across northern scotland. we do have some colder air that's going to hang around here for much of the week ahead with some snow in the forecast as well. now, overnight tonight, outbreaks of rain will push northwards across the country. it's going to be quite a windy night and very mild temperatures, double figures for most. but notice the colder air hanging around in northern scotland, where we're looking at some frost. tomorrow, the area of low pressure

still with us, bringing a windy spell of weather. the winds coming in from a south westerly direction. the rain easing to blustery showers, but with gale force gusts of wind quite widely across england, wales, that could be strong enough to bring down one or two tree branches. now, temperatures with those south westers still on the mild side, 10 to 13 degrees, england and wales, about eight for northern ireland. but notice colder air sinking southwards again in scotland. and indeed we are going to see some further hill snow here with some significant accumulations above 200 metres elevation. some of the high hills could see 5 to 10 centimetres. and then as we go through monday night, the cold air moves southwards. we see a risk of a few centimetres of snow over the hills of northern ireland, northern england and wales as well, leaving a legacy of icy conditions into tuesday as this colder air dives southwards across the uk. so, tuesday will be a really cold day compared to the last couple. plenty of sunshine around, a few wintry showers across north western areas. some accumulating snow again

in the hills of northern scotland. but the temperatures is what you'll notice. we're not looking at double figure temperatures. instead, 2 to 7 degrees, but feeling colder than that in those brisk winds. wednesday, a cold, frosty start again. there should be some sunshine, a few snow showers for northern scotland, but then a band of rain moves in off the atlantic and you might see a spell of hill snow here working across northern ireland and potentially through wednesday night and into thursday. hill snow for a time across northern england and scotland, although impacts may be limited because it will eventually turn milder and any hill snow will eventually turn back to rain as milder air works in.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories: the row over bbc impartiality continues after the sports presenter gary lineker criticised the uk government over its asylum bill. this has been a tough time for the bbc and we care about our audiences and we want to get the right outcome for this. we are working very hard to get that done and i would like to see gary lineker return on air. gary lineker, who was ordered to "step back" from his duties by the bbc this week, remains tight—lipped about his future. have you spoken to tim davie yet, mr lineker? i’m have you spoken to tim davie yet, mr lineker? �* , ., ., �* ., ., lineker? i'm my dog and i'm going to do my showing _ lineker? i'm my dog and i'm going to do my shopping so — lineker? i'm my dog and i'm going to do my shopping so would _ lineker? i'm my dog and i'm going to do my shopping so would you - lineker? i'm my dog and i'm going to do my shopping so would you mind i