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>> take me to studio five! [music] . it's saturday night and the countdown to the oscars is on. this is studio five. we have our girl megan back here getting us ready for the big show tomorrow night. i love watching the oscars but i get even more excited to see everyone working on the red carpet. >> same here! one queen in particular always slays. lupe has won an oscar for her performance in 12 years a slave and she has made her broadway debut in the new play called the clips. it's a tightknit community of african women and she can't wait to share the story with you. >> you have seen her name on oscar . seeing her name on a broadway marquis, is a

>> i would say so. yes.>> you can open your eyes. >> there is no pressure! >> there is nothing like that. you actually see it live and it's like a new york st. . there goes your name and your face . >> just seeing the debut on broadway and it being a powerful female african story , it's something that means a lot to me. i am telling stories that we don't otherwise here and this is one of those. >> why you call the passion project? >> i understudy the role i am currently playing. that's when it was being done at the theater. it was the very first thing i ever understudy in my life. it was my very first gig at the school of drama. i remember being in rehearsal feeling so blessed . it's just that i got to

to be able to be and it , first of all, with the public and on broadway, i would've done it anywhere. i would've done in my living room! now you are making history. it's so cool! it's a female playwright , cast and director. >> is the first day on broadway to be all-female from writing to performance. that feels like a blessed milestone. >> the word feminism has been passed around people speak about the show. how do you think the word fits into the context of telling? >> it's a very good and deep question. it's a real resilience of women and unimaginable circumstances. as you progress and hollywood , doesn't get

find an authentic community of women?>> i have been very lucky along the way. in every production that i have worked on, i have met real solid women. there's been amazing women along the way. that is my truth! >> everything you wear, i don't know how you do it. you kill every time. i have to know do you own one pair of sweatpants? >> multiple pairs? >> when you wear sweatpants? >> do you wear sweatpants? of course! >> you look incredible! >> she is always at the top of my best-dressed list.

she wears tomorrow night. joining us is carrie caught from m t.v. two. as rob shooter from the knotty godson. you have to start with this controversy that we are starting . not enough representation for african-american at actors and the nominee list or last year's. >> everyone is talking about it. tomorrow night, chris has ripped up his monologues and he is starting fresh. he is rewritten the top of the show and he is addressing the issue right away. before the stores show starts he will get in there and set the tone. how will he handle it? >> as a comedian, i think you'll make fun of it and i think it's the best way to handle it to make a few jokes. >> he is a standup comedian. who will they replace them with ? >> they are saying, we are over that . >> he will spend usd700,000. it's a massive gig!it's

the tony awards. it's a mountainous payday. >> it's the main focus behind them . he says it's more powerful for him to show it off. >> you need to be able to speak to what's going on. he is a comedian. the last two colors left. i think chris rock will come out and it will be a c of white faces and say thank you for inviting the one black person here. he has to stay something straight off the top and hit it off the head to make it comfortable for the rest of the night. do you think you'll move on after that? >> no! it will be white central and he will bring it to the point where people will give the awards to him.

which one of you white men when the oscars? >> i know we will all be watching to see if a certain someone gets his oscar , finally. need at leonardo dicaprio. >> is a pretty good man. he started this so young. he was 19. now it's been a lot of years. he has it . was. we thought it was a reverend l sharpton. [laughter] i am rooting for you , leo! what he went through it will be so sweet. he was crawling through the snow. he slept in a horse carcass. he may be that reached by a bear. he loves to go to cool clubs.

think people have told him to take it down a notch. everyone is dying to go he can always say you guys are taking home the oscars so i am taking home the supermodel! [laughter] . we need to talk about the parties. >> the party that everyone wants to go to is the vanity fair party and the oscar gets un. if you are invited and you are in rsvp, you'll get a time slot so everyone doesn't arrive together. 1030 1111 1130.the actresses and actors get

i know people want to go early. i thought it was a late thing. >> the oscars are finished by nine or 10:00. they are open to have reality stars so that's where the kardashians go and vanity fair is still snobbish and posh. the best part is they have a truck . there is more people lined up for that . >> i want to document it. i don't think i've ever seen the meat. vanity fair psychic come by as the cleanup crew. that's where all the secret is held.>> you are still saying that leonardo party

>> those girls will be a little bit hung over. thank you for gossiping with us. >> thank you for having us. >> it was fun! >> on from gossip to oscar goals. >> we went back to the original statue from 1927. >> inside the warehouse where the oscar is made. i am looking for sparkle!

welcome back. oscar sunday. i can't believe it's here again. it's one of my favorite days of the year. it's all about the little man who travels and a little known fact is that the statue is made in our area. it's an hour north of the city. i got to take a tour of the warehouse and see how it's all done. >> . >> the oscars are the films highest honor. before he is in the world's most talented actors, he must travel 3000 miles. it's all the way from our house all the way here . >> you have seen the bottom getting read. they will get up and they will melt in the middle will go down. >> from the solid brick , it melted 20000 and crafted into the statuette. for the last 33 years in chicago with this year the

fine arts boundary and rocks tavern new york. >> it's a great honor and we will make him better than they have ever been made before. what are him and his team doing? >> we went back to the original statue from 1927 and we scanned it . we blended it with a computer with the latest version. >> keeping it local, he heads to brooklyn where he is plated with 24 karat gold. >> the winner in each is kept top-secret. it's even from the one to make the awards. they bring their statue to a station and give us the statue. we fix their nameplate to the trophy and we pass it back to them. the idea that some of the

world will hold the idea is its own honor. it's a sense of pride that come sunday night. a piece of the apple will be among the stars on stage.>> it seemed like a big deal. i was right. they are the songs that we love to hear. all across the distance and spaces between us. [music] >> it's a look back at oscar history. >> the family game night.

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i recognize the song from the 50 shades of gray soundtrack. this earned itself a oscar nomination.>> some of your favorite songs and the biggest actually come from movie soundtracks. do you want me to sing anything off of it? >> the bodyguard? >> so many classic soundtracks. another good one is straight out of compton. >> let's take a look at the biggest soundtracks of all time. >> had the time of my life and i never felt this way before. yes i swear. the mood is in the music . >> whether it's melodically placed in the background or in sync with the actions of the character to dramatize the events taking place. >> the soundtrack is vital to the overall production of the film.

jim, bricks down the distinctive traits that each one makes it unique with. >> it's committed by the soundtrack and whether it's purple rain and it's built around the music or something like old brother were out there who introduces people who they are familiar with. that is great! with the bodyguard , it's basically a whitney houston album with other songs lumped on. >> the bodyguard soundtrack sold 40 million copies worldwide. that sense it's released in 1992. it's the highest selling soundtrack of all time and as far as album sales, it says the top of the list as well. >> it was one of them.>> saturday night fever is technically a soundtrack but not abgs album. there was tons of bg songs on it . they oversight but it was others but it's technically a compilation. that was the biggest

up until one point in the 80s. >> what makes a good soundtrack? >> they take all different shapes. some has the score music and the incidental with the singles. the bodyguard was more song oriented at you had one song . a signature from the movie that encapsulated all the emotion of the movie . it was especially with the titanic and my heart will go on. >> the melody of the song and the way it would drop in and out of the movie or integrate into the film the way it reflected all the hope in the tragedy of the film, that is the perfect storm they are. >> in 1997, the titanic and music from the motion picture rose to the top of the charts in two dozen territories selling over 30 million copies. it's the highest selling orchestral soundtrack ever.

awards, the winners for best original song and best score will take home a statuette. >> the weekend scored his first ever with and it. it's up for best original song. >> until it happened to you. >> lady gaga's song, if it happens to you, has a stronger chance because when you see the best song, if it's attached to an issue. when you have songs like that, you get them saying that it's about something and we want to get behind it .

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