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in her last years german chancellor when you bring your uncle out man call and you've never cut have a surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves them part of who talks to people who follow along the way admirers and critics alike how is the world's most powerful woman shaping her legacy joining us from eccles law stops. on the show an iconic singer who refused to be silenced we'll find out why and today could win an oscar for her role in the united states versus be holiday also coming up. as the world beats good bye to the u.k.'s prince philip we ask why the push will family is so copied. here in germany. and do anything the

british hostage and singer he's empowering messages sent to poppy fields i'm making her a star. welcome the oscars are almost upon us and on arts and culture when looking at some of the contenders for the golden statuettes and today's stars in the united states versus believe holiday it's the grammy nominated singers 1st major acting role and she threw herself into it even taking up smoking to make a voice sound more gravelly the result is a degree of authenticity and passion that's winning her accolades. please if you really believe. orders keep asking me who i do things you do this when i tell. a. single 100 day praise jazz i can believe holiday studies 1st ever film role and it's burned her

a well deserved golden globe and an oscar nomination she. actually didn't want to do it. and i kept trying to get out of. the reason i didn't want to do it was because i looked and i was like why would her story so. why would we hire someone who's not an actor to do this was the story of part of the journey from poverty to frame and back again hands being traumatized before but this film explores a little known chapter in the 1914 is her song strange fruit about the lynching of black people in the american south and f.b.i. target black bodies a good. sad. breed. strange shrewdly hany. sad. pab

cheese this holiday woman's cause a lot of people think. those lyrics provoke people ya gotta plan she's a drug addict exactly. ambitious black f.b.i. agent jimmy fetzer uses holidays drug addiction to end trap she's sentenced to a year in jail for heroin use and banned from performing let me say no well no crafts no money no no. i mean fast. calico face a cut street for i want to sing a damn song really good. i figured out why her comeback concert she sings the controversial song. to be a stage. that. the 1st thing i want to do is understand that she was not tragic and she was not

a waste like she was a fighter and you know she shouldered the so it's relevant because her fight allowed us right the civil rights movement as we know it. all of us. old enough to do it. united states versus billie holiday is an unflinching portrait of a courageous fighter under diet plays the role with heart breaking intensity it's the story of a charismatic woman who in the end even won over the black f.b.i. agent sent to bring her down. the list so you can assure you that. multiple push towards an grammys and a platinum deb you album there's no. denying the talent of do at least the singer from london describes her style as dark pop album future nostalgia is released this

year the book the melodies reminiscent of the disco era and not just good for adults they have an empowering feminist message. to walk on the bottom of the nose down down but. there's a. bit of the night out. there funny. the message to women i think in general you know push strength and empowerment and confidence in fighting for equality everyday making sure that our voices high standing up for women's rights you know speak up for women that maybe don't can use they have voice the way that they would want to. the song boys where we boys is seen as a condemnation of toxic masculinity. else as women we've been dealing with that you know our whole lives you know it's something self policing ourselves and each other and making sure we get home safely and make sure you send me the your location and

make sure you know all these little safety precautions that we do this is something that's very 2nd nature to us but it would be nice to not have to fear for our lives you know when leaving the house. you may be able to go saying if you will if those hits the message to the forest is creo respect our founder. was deafening. you know take on that it could show. you a little parents who are kosovo albanians they. students when war broke out in the region and fled to london joe was born in the british capital her name is albanian the for love. in london she was known as the girl from kosovo but when she was

11 pap errant returned to push dina. i definitely felt like the new girl a lot of the time as much as you feel like you see leave london you're like ok i'm going to go to costco and they were going to think my name's not and i'm going to really you know things just going to be a little bit different and you go in your own it's like the english girl it just came to cross over and it was hard and i really find myself being a part of the place as i'm very much from london and i'm very much from pristina. she dreamt of becoming a pop star and made that dream reality that made 15 she return to london without her parents who trust her to make it on her own she done to be fearless at an early age. my grandfather was a historian in kosovo and. i guess when the war started there were lots of things happening obviously with the occupation of the serbian forces and my grandfather

was. well was told that he had to rewrite history and to kind of change it and obviously he refused to do that and. he got taken out of work you know during the war i think that's incredibly strong of him you know to be able to stand by what's true to you i think a lot of that has rubbed off on you know my parents and what they've been very 1st hand. and during the war that happened in yugoslavia. but it's just been you know they've empowered me so much and this story is incredibly inspiring and i feel like i have a 2nd hand like strength and empowerment and the feeling like can do anything overcome anything and be whoever i want to be you know and. reach whatever goal i set my mind to. today she's one of the biggest singing stars in the world

her videos not chopped more than a preview interviews political just go with a message of empowerment. they need to think about men you think about strong and powerful and when you think about women it's more like they're vulnerable and that sweet and they're sensitive in the delicate and that's fine but we're also very strong and powerful we can be all those things. great poem is always a mirror of the times and this is the era of the male empowerment. and they say. the death of the u.k.'s prince philip husband to the queen received wall to wall media coverage his funeral on saturday will be watched by millions around the world as was the recent t.v.

interview with his grandson prince harry no matter the event interest in the british royal family has never waned but how popular are they here in germany the country many of their ancestors came from. queen elizabeth and prince philip on a state visit to germany in 2015 their 5th official trip to germany together once again they were in futuristically received some germans traveled hundreds of kilometers for a glimpse of the royals. that's the most of my we just wanted to do it and i'm very glad we did. before they embody certain values tradition pride and the friendship between england and germany perhaps the queen is a special kind of personality when she's in germany you have to be there. the british royal family is very popular in germany royal weddings are broadcast live on german television and millions watch during state visits republicans can briefly

become royalists. you can. project a lot onto the entire royal family because they are so present in the media but at the same time the royals personally want as little as possible to be known about them and of course many people find the tradition and the glamour fascinating the ceremonial aspect it casts also titles the carriages. but most germans don't want their own monarchy abolished in 1918 backed by 2020 poll conducted by in protest showed that 85 percent were opposed to having a monic as head of state but germans are nonetheless very interested in the glitz and glamour of royal houses around europe. prince philip's death also touched the hearts of many germans german newspapers have emotional front page coverage the day after he died chancellor angela merkel praised his integrity his dedication to duty and his friendship with germany prince philip had

a special connection to germany his parents were german nobility i mean he spent part of his childhood in southern germany to marry elizabeth he became british and changed his name from battenberg to mountbatten. prince phillip had an infamous sense of humor which often crossed the boundary of political correctness but he understood his secondary role and always had the queen's back with the loyalty diligence and worked prince philip earned respect during his 73 years of marriage to queen elizabeth the 2nd from subjects in britain and from royal fans in germany. now one of the most photographed statues in europe is undoubtedly michelangelo's david $2000000.00 people visit their nacelles masterpiece in florence every year just imagine the time savings if there were more

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