join us as we capture hollywood's a listers the scenes and on the red carpet, only on "the hollywood news report." where news is entertainment, and entertainment is news. >> brace for impact. >> it's that golden time of year again. authors. we went backstage to chat with the big winners at the 88 annual academy awards. >> this is a celebration of film and the people behind it. i'm just honored that i was invited to be part of this thing tonight. it's beyond anything i would ever imagine. i never thought back home that i

and i don't know, if i could get -- continued to work, that would be great. next he offered me a small part in 1986 and then he came back i accepted it. then a theater director i very much wanted to work with also offered me a part. stephen very nicely said i could step away from the film if i wanted to but i had to tell him in four hours. and i did decide after those four hours to step away and do a season of plays. it didn't go that well, but i met my wife on the first day and now i've been able to work with stephen again so it turned out to be an all right call. >> you just have to do it. i wish there was any sort of rules or code, but in fact, i

backbreaking it, by listening to what is inside of yourself. i personally had many moments of crossroads where i could go the way that people were telling me to go or i could go the way that felt right within me. it took me 20 years to be standing here on this stage, but i wouldn't want it any other way. to be so grateful for all of the hardships that it took to get here, and to not be discouraged by it, it's a bizarre combination of being incredibly stubborn and also really curious about what this life holds, to have no expectation but to have an idea about a beautiful horizon in front of you and constantly moving toward it. >> i grew up in east los angeles and was very close to the hollywood studio system. i felt detached from it and to

be part of this industry, to take me on auditions and to tell stories like this has been my dream ever since i was four years old. this film, to me, was exemplary, in the sense that i got to work with the director and all the things we spoke of off-camera during the making of this movie transferred their way on screen. this was true storytelling. people really got to have it -- a collaborative experience together and this is a journey i will never forget. >> liposomal uncontrollable. -- life is so uncontrollable. it's a way we can confront a huge amount of emotions and possibilities and feel beautiful and horrible emotions, but knowing it's another story that

it is a way to control live, to have an oxygen capsule of life without suffering for real. when the time comes, if we have a problem we can get the idea. the storytelling is oxygen for life that protects us. >> when you see a movie you are like, of course that is what anger looks like or how memory works. but there were many, many attempts to make that visual, to make it clear. we talked to scientists who said possibly the most complex thing in the known universe is the human mind. we just decided to make a movie about that. how are we going to simplify this so we understand it, kids understand it, and even more difficult, executives understand it. we had to make sure things were simple and clear, and i'm joking, of course.

collaborated with the at disney and pixar as well, but it was a long process of rewriting that took three and a half years. >> we knew that journalists were important but i don't think we understood the depth of investigative journalism and the impact it can have, it has become abundantly clear to us. >> when we come back, more from hollywood's biggest films, only

>> we've returned, and we have a lot more movie news to show, only on "the hollywood news report." >> she brought to life snow white on the popular disney fantasy show once upon a time. now, jennifer goodwin is taking the leap from live-action to disney animation by voicing bunny, in zootopia. >> i was never completely alone. i've worked with jason at handful of times, which is unusual. i laughed for so much of each of our sessions because his comedy chops are impeccable and i could not keep up. i would laugh hysterically and ruin his takes and he was very kind about it.

who are all directors and have excellent costars. so we would just play. >> stopped right there. >> did you see those leopard print jeggings? >> there is an actor who plays grumpy on once upon a time. when i first started doing animated voices, i was struggling. he said, i want you to walk me through what are you doing in the booth? he said i'm sure you are not lousy, but you are holding yourself back. he said you just have to stand up and physically do what ever your character is doing and that will help support your voice and help you in this scene, and he was right.

to my sessions because i was bouncing off the walls. x it's about what you are capable of. >> you bunnies, so emotional. >> he used his comedy chops to track down an identity the, warded off a weirdo who was trying to run his life, and now actor jason bateman is teaching us that animals can live in harmony in "zootopia." >> you are a key witness. >> i do genuinely love what i do. i love being a part of fake worlds and trying to convince the audience at what they are

they are watching and becoming invested in is a real person going through these situations. i like that challenge to try to make it realistic. more recently it's been about watching what a director can really do on something and having the opportunity to do that recently has been really rewarding because it demands that i come with all the things i've been able to soak up over the years. it's a much more complicated job for me that acting is. >> is that kevin? long time, no see. how about forgetting you saw me, for old times sake. >> having done enough animation to appreciate the process, this was something entirely different. it's a long form, there is hundred 20 pages to the story and my character is on a lot of those pages. the way they make these movies is they are constantly putting

front of the brain trust so it's always changing. they are always adjusting the story because they can. it's an interesting process to be part of. you're constantly deferring to the director and saying what does this mean in the greater context of things. you don't know if it's the end of the movie or the front of the movie. that is a unique partnership of trust to have with the people you are working with. it's the opposite of doing live action. even though your shooting stuff out of order, you know the script is finite and you know what piece you are doing on that day. this is totally different. less you are waiting for an animator to draw the body that is saying the voice you are recording much earlier in the process. so there is a team element that you are really relying on.

he can run the plate like that. >> they are all sloths? >> will be right back with more of your favorite stars, right

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to save the president in olympus has fallen. she used her tactical knowledge to keep everyone else alive. now gerard butler and angela bassett are heading overseas for the sequel, london has fallen. >> i don't think any of us expected the first one to do as well as it did. where can we take this now? how can we make another movie that is more exciting, raising the stakes. we will bring out a second one and take it to it the new level. i don't know if we've been lucky or unlucky, but the same with olympus. we started writing this movie way before all this recent craziness started. your movie always wants to touch on what is a current affair, but at the same time we sensationalize it, but it does

we had just days to prepare and they had years. these are all real possibilities which is what makes the movie more exciting, more palpable and terrifying. >> that only took two weeks. >> i didn't take your asking lightly. >> i know. do you think you can handle it? >> i was very excited to be part of the first one. i was pretty call. i'm in the room with the guys at the table. this time to really be in the midst of it, to go back to her roots and maybe a few things she

we would finish takes and she would be so in it. >> at its core our intention was to build on the action thriller. the popcorn and adrenaline buzz, holding on by the fingernails, seat of your pants, that sort of ride. i think audiences will thoroughly enjoy it. >> when angela bassett says that, you can believe it. >> america will rise up. >> here we go.

colombian singer shakira has topped the charts with hits like whenever, wherever, and hips don't lie. now she's moving into acting with the animated adventure zoot opia. >> i'm very aware of the impact of every artist and every public figure as an artist. that's something we cannot deny and you have to embrace that part of their work. you have to be very careful with the kind of projects you commit to. that's one of the biggest incentives i had when i decided to take on this project. the fact that it has so many great morals and positive

city, and most importantly about injecting courage to people to follow their ideals and to fight against all odds and overcome the obstacles that might arise in our lives. everyone has to at some point overcome obstacles that seem huge. we can all identify with the bunny who has big dreams. >> we may be involved, but deep down, we are still animals. >> they wanted to make her look a lot like me. there are a lot of common denominator'ss. she is as opinionated as i am in life and she feels enormous social responsibility. she needs to represent her

and those that cannot be heard. this is something i constantly try to identify with in my life. i suggested to them to give her a little more meat because she was too skinny. they listen to me on that and gave her the hips and gave her

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>> thanks for joining us again. now let's get back to more entertainment news, only on "the hollywood news report." >> he stood his ground in the white house as he faced off against terrorists in olympus has fallen. now actor aaron at cart returns as america's commander in chief for london has fallen.

>> stay with me. we will get you out of here. >> the american president is unaccounted for. >> it never ceases to amaze me how the artist in this business re-created for example, st. paul's cathedral. you feel like if you're not actually in london when we were on the set blowing things up, to run around and have bullets flying from everywhere and taking care of business and running, it's sort of an actor's dream to run around and not saying he and just kind of take care of business. >> i don't believe it. they overwrote everything. >> people have to decide whether or not it's too scary for them. it is a hollywood movie, it's fictional.

>> brace for impact. >> she's one of hollywood's biggest comedy actresses. she is one of australia's hottest exports. together, tina fey and margo are reporting to the middle east for it the comedy, whiskey tango foxtrot. >> it's so nice to have another woman in the house. >> robert was my partner on 30 rock. he wrote the movie at my urging. i knew there would be humor in the movie, for sure. it is set in a dangerous and

think it's that big of a stretch for me. >> so it's like 6:00, 7:00 in new york? >> when you are away from home with people and in an intense environment like that, when there's a fake entire -- intense environment like working on a movie, you definitely form bonds with people that you might otherwise never have a conversation with. she occasionally went out in a full burka, just to be able to get through the streets unnoticed and i'm harassed. kim barker wrote the book the movie is based on. she talked about how much it makes you appreciate being born in the u.s. or australia, how lucky we are, the things we take for granted that continue to be a struggle overseas.

>> that's it for this week. please join me next time for "the hollywood news report."

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