if you looked at the nominations for the m.t.v. v.m. a's this year the men didn't get much of a look in go is what the music industry is all about at the moment with taylor swift and ariana grande dominating the awards with 10 nominations each also the video vying god award went to rapper missy elliott so let's have a look at who took away the big prizes this year. taylor swift won the m.t.v. video of the year award for you need to calm down the artist called out the trump administration for not responding to the equality act petition for l.g.b. t.q. rights promoted in the video. rock icon missy elliott received a lifetime achievement award with the elliott is being on it's night she's one of my favorite entertainers of our time and i think that this honors overdue i never as a person she has made it hard but as an entertainer she was a game changer so i'm so excited to be the building. and as is

tradition at the m.t.v. awards there were plenty of fiction provident fashion statements. and a host of stones i. moved a lot but the big story of the evening was the triumphant return of taylor swift who also took home the video for good award and performed love from her new album. the venice film festival kicks off this week and that means locker room dollar crime of the film world a heading to italy to watch the biggest film premieres with the biggest stars and we're about to take a peek at some of the movies they'll be. looking at the festival is also considered

a romance of the academy awards next february to tell us all this means and to go read as through this year is movies david left. now the oscars a still haul for year why he did it so what is all the fuss about the other half a year away but they're also half a year away robin but in fact it's time for the studios to really go into overdrive crank it up and show the academy and all the other awards what they've got and that's what they're doing this is the kickoff to oscar season so i was a big movies primary and a festival that we should look out for what in terms of hollywood movies and big production values the number one movie i would say is add astro this is a deep space if i draw my story in brad pitt as an astronaut who goes to the edges of our solar system in order to save our planet of course but also to find his father who's also an astronaut played by tommy lee jones who's gotten lost out

there somewhere and who may have turned to the dark side as it were turned to the dark side ok let's have a quick look at that. psychological evaluation. describe your current commercial. ready to do my job so best my ability. to control the mystery. and system. space congolese my father some sponsible. serious thing seriously has oscar nomination written all over it great cast and director james gray said that he wanted to depict space travel the most realistic

that anyone had ever seen and any film to date of course yu-g.i. is just getting better and better and better so it looks like it may deliver on that yeah it does look good while his hollywood summing up well another big premiere at venice this year is joker this is a new take on the d.c. comics villain that we all know and love or hate this time with joaquin fever you know that you don't need me as something i no longer want to. i'm not going to pictures and i think we need to we were trying to see joker with watching phoenix well i'll tell you a little bit about it so this version of joker really has a psychological take on the villain with joaquin phoenix playing him as a stand up comedian and there we go stand up comedian who is exposed to the hard knocks of life and his psyche just sort of cracks and then he turns to chaos and the dark side as well now this is a role that's been played in recent years by a lot of big actors including jared leto heath ledger won an oscar for his

portrayal of joker so it's going to be exciting to see what joaquin phoenix. also a great actor brings to this chaos he's a great actor too but it's not all about hollywood what should we look at the festival now one movie i am excited to see that we actually just got a little look at there is called the truth this is by japanese director. but it takes place in france and he does something that no french director has managed to do he's brought together 2 of the big icons of french cinema that's going to be nice for the very 1st time in a film can you believe it took a japanese director to do that and a little bit about the movie. plays a big actress must come easy to her and she's just written her memoirs and place her daughter is not happy with what's in them let's have a quick look at 10. years that you'll need me as something of

a new long do you want to. i'm not going to have says you'll need anybody take me maybe. you can cut that week. company zealots russia home with a. loser and. people need to. know what you were got an exam and exam health at the end of the neighbors you might need to pull. teeth. to get you. so this is a record a does 1st movie outside japan now international audiences know him best for shoplifters the movie that won him the top prize at cannes last now we're talking of can this is the 2nd year the french festival refused to show netflix films and of course venice is benefits it's right there are going to venice last year the big the big talking point was of course of the film roma couldn't be played at cannes because it was a netflix movie that came to venice and it got 10 oscar nominations this year it

could be the same thing some very strong movies from netflix have gone not to count but again to venice and one of them is the movie laundromat starring meryl streep i think we've got some pics of that now netflix hasn't released any trailers of this and still under wraps here we go so these this is all we've got this is directed by steven soderbergh about the panama papers scandal this is actually opening the festival another movie from netflix is marriage story which is a comedy drama about marital issues and stars scarlett johansson and adam driver by the wonderful director know about this promises to be another corky family portrait which is what he does best venice once again clearly benefiting from cannes no netflix policy now the good news is also. venice has doubled the number of female driver. to this year as opposed to one last year yeah they came under huge

fire for this last year and the director of the festival said well there's not going to be a woman quota if they get in they get in this year to have gotten in a lot of critics say the festival is biased david as always like a few insights will have a cold war on the festival later in the week thank you. now brad pitt is actually going to appear briefly in this next report because he's a fan of hats made by fiona bennett here in berlin bennett is one of the people featured in. our alternative taurus guide planet len so about entrepreneurs who come to this city from abroad and have thriving businesses here. fiona bennett never feels properly dressed without a hat she creates exquisite headgear in her early inch judio. and steps back then is always on the go and that fascinates me.

fiona bennett has been designing ladies and men's hats for life glamorous moments since the late 1980 s. shop last in the central cheer cotton district is hirsch studio and shop in one she displays her creations like works of art classical whimsical or extravagant but where of all that sphere owner bennettsville. pad current collection is inspired by vintage kimonos. burners on only clients christina aguilera also was fiona bennett's creations so does not yet our money and hollywood star brad pitt he discovered her caps when he visited bella in in 2008 it had to die. i was lucky enough that he picked out the malcolm cap and then or nothing else but that for years and ordered more of them in pretty much every

fabric. stuff and the state. of bennett was born in 1966 in brighton england her 1st years in the elegant seaside resorts have stayed with her even after she moved to berlin with her family at age 6 as a little girl fiona bennett already knew she wanted to be an artist she trained as a millionaire in 1902 she started her own show jude. you know in downtown palin and right used eyebrows with off the wall fashion performances. later she provided film productions with creations and she's on the costumes for the rock group ramstein is very 1st told. if i'm one of a single mother my son was 2 years old when i opened my 1st shop and i didn't really have any other choice i told myself ok i'm going to conquer the world from berlin. fiona bennett's creativity seems to be

limitless working together with her partner in business and life back in burma she helped to design what may well be ballin most beautiful restrooms for the vintage pariah t. theater. staying alive and curious is fundamental to the artist. my name smart my motto is to remain flexible on this if you stay flexible nothing really bad can happen to you and i think the city of berlin can teach you to stay flexible enough to supply. someday maybe she'd like to live by the sea again but until then fiona bennett intends to remain true. more of an old protest from planet girl in a bit of a dot com slash planet volume about soul for this edition of arts and culture i leave you with music highlights from this year's m.t.v. v.m.

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