and the oscar goes to the dogs. it's the oscar showdown that's good hollywood tongues wagging. uggie from "the artist"er have suz cosmo from "beginners" who will be named best in show at the biggest show in hollywood. this special edition of "showbiz tonight: road to gold" starts right now. hello from hollywood. i'm a.j. hammer, welcome to the special edition of "showbiz tonight: showbiz road to gold." we're live where the 84th annual academy awards will begin in a couple of hours. it is a spectacular day in southern california and there will be incredible oscar showdowns, george clooney up for best actor against pal brad pitt, meryl streep up for best actress against the incredibly talented viola davis tonight and that is just the beginning. the battles are set and we will be one on one with all of hollywood's biggest stars right there on the red carpet where michelle turner is live on the red carpet as all of the stars arrive and kareen wynter, the must see showdowns and joined by our fashion commentator lisa vanderpump, one of the stars of "the real housewives of beverly hil

these oscar gals are all oscar pals. >> you guys know octavia?n for years. >> reporter: and yes, one love connection. >> can i introduce you, do you know berenice, the star of "the artist"? >> no. >> i'm trying to make introductions. >> i'm ready. >> i already have my -- two step kids, really. >> we'll talk later. >> reporter: one thing is clear, for this bridesmaid, walking down that aisle has felt like a dream. >> i felt like i hope i don't wake up. it's really -- it's really something. >> love that red carpet and so much more coming up. including joshl wi with a speci edition "the play of the day." were going on vacation, i so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. but you've got a meat and potatoes guy? p

i need to go to miami. >>> our oscar show continues with the oscar moments you'll be talking about todayoming up later in "the pulse." >>> plus, a disturbing travel alert. cruise passengers threatened and robbed and back in the u.s. last night. >>> also funny stuff here, the video of oprah winfrey bound go viral today, doing things we have never seen the queen of daytime talk do before. stay with us. >>> well, the latest numbers are in showing little relief for drivers. gas line prices keep heading up, even though there's no shortage. that's because crude oil prices are high with worries iran might shut down or withhold its production. the average price is $3.69 which is up 13 cents in just a week. >> up and up. >>> overseas markets are down on worries of oil prices. tokyo's nikkei off 13 points. the nasdaq index was up 12. >>> the federal civil trial over the nation's worst offshore oil disaster has now been put off about a week. the trial had been set to start later today, but bp and those seeking damages from the 2010 oil spill are now making progress towards settlements on their own.

i need to go to miami. >>> our oscar show continues with the oscar moments you'll be talking about todayoming up later in "the pulse." >>> plus, a disturbing travel alert. cruise passengers threatened and robbed and back in the u.s. last night. >>> also funny stuff here, the video of oprah winfrey bound go viral today, doing things we have never seen the queen of daytime talk do before. stay with us. >>> well, th a numbers are in showing little relief for drivers. gas line prices keep heading up, even though there's no shortage. that's because crude oil prices are high with worries iran might shut down or to start later today, bp and those seeking damages from the 2010 gulf oil spill are nows tos making progress towards settlements on their own. in fact, one report says a $14 billion is now in the works. >>> while the movie industry was handing out awards, real-life action winners were the winners this weekend. "act of valor" took out the competition earning 25 million bucks. "tyler perry's good deeds" opened at $16 million and and journey 2 was third at $13 million. >>> the nominees bea

. >>> the business of oscar. does that golden statute translate into big money for an actor or studio. the answer may surprise you. "the wall street journal report begins right now. >>> this is america's number one financial news program, "wall street journal report." now, maria bartiromo. >>> here is a look at what is making news. as we head into a new week on wall street. the markets are watching two key numbers this week, one encouraging and one not so. the first oil, crude oil hit the $108 mark this week, mostly on concerns about rising tensions throughout the middle east. that's translating into higher gasoline, likely to increase as the summer driving season arrives. the other number to watch, dow 13,000. the dow touched that on tuesday and on friday. for the first time since 2008. though it did close below it this week. signs of life in the housing market. existing home sales jumping more than 4% in january, the highest pace in nearly two years. to an annual adjusted rate of 4.5 million. that is well below

we talked about the oscar boost.t is more of an oscar nomination boost because during the time of the nominations and telecast the studio kz make hey out of the fact that the movie has been nominated. once the movie wins by that time the movies have been in the market place three months or more and are pretty much played out. i think where the oscar win helps is down the line, television sales, vod rights. when your film is an oscar winner for best picture it adds to the value of that product. >> after an oscar win you are getting more business and the numbers add up. how about the individual actors? are most nominees in the earning stratosphere already? >> it can definitely help an actor, no question. if he were to win that definitely would raise his price quote because now he would be an oscar winner. you will notice, too, in a lot of marketing for films it would say academy award winning actor so and so or academy award nominee raises the profile. however, we have heard oftentimes about the oscar curse. some actor

post an oscar -- an annual oscar party. a whole different experience. sitting in the crowd and looking on the big screen. >> this is the d.c. film society's 20th oscar party. movie fans can join in a silent and bid on movie memorabilia. >> the cast, the director. >> the real star of this show is the awards ceremony. >> it is lights, camera, action. it is the whole package. >> none of the people here is a the academy, of all of them have predictions. they think the movie the best picture it will be open " the artist." if they are right. >> arch campbell predicted "the artist" as best picture a month ago. >> we had a nice day today. a nice sunday full of sunshine. temperatures are a bit below average, but no complaints. high temperature at break and national airport made it up to -- reagan national airport, made it up to 49 degrees. the record is 74. the temperature at this hour is degrees. the wind chill factor is 42. 46, george washington university. alexandria, 44 degrees. temperatures are going to drop quickly as we move

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king of the oscars. >> pretty good. i've always thought the oscars stand for quality.y're saying is the movies are great. what i'm proudest is not what you might think. i like writing nominations. great movies begin with great writing. when we get multiple writing nominations, that says the team's doing the right job. >> what's interesting about your career path because you had this huge rise to superstardom, then the pit everybody needs. but then you've come back. correct me if i'm wrong, but it seems with a much more creatively artistic bent to the stuff you're doing. you're taking more risks with stuff that, i guess, instinctively you're thinking this might not rip up the box office. but this is brilliant movie making. >> you're 100% right. in 1989 when i started i did "sex, lies, and videotape" nobody thought that could play. "my left foot." i had five studio heads saying that was about gimps. and that would bring no money at all. then daniel day lewis won for best actor. i'm going back and revisiting my old self 20 years ago. we build steady and steady. >> the sec

everything oscar.prah herself. and the tori behind, yerks george, we'll get to the story behind that video just ahead. i'm glad lara is heading out the be with me. i wish everyone could be here. it's fantastic y'all. >> isn't it great to see robin under that spotlight? center stage. >> it sure is. especially when it's 80 degrees outside. >> we want everybody to check this out as well. i think this is the cast of "bridesmaids 2" coming up. there's "bridesmaids 1." oh, there's "bridesmaids 2." kristen wiig says there's not one coming up. i don't know. "gma" the movie, in just a little bit. >> we also have -- mesmerized by those moves. can i get a cocktail? are you the waiters? >> denied. >> no, we'll have your car pulled around. >>> also coming up, let's talk fashion. this is it. the super bowl of fashion. in hollywood, everybody. we'll show you what the stars will be wearing on sunday. lots of speculation on who will wear what. we'll talk about that. >> you finally got yours right? >> i have. i got the

many of them oscar winners. tonight we want to bring you their thoughts on acting and the art of movie making. we begin with anthony hopkins on his oscar winning performance on silence of the lambs. and peter ustinof who talked about acting about what you do but what you don't do. >> i think hanabel lector is the biggest joker, like the joker but more scary. when i was in this part, i could put the part on then take it off. since they cut the camera. i walk around the set and give people a fright. just for fun like i would creep up behind one of the guys on the prop. and say, good morning billy. and he would go, aah. or i would get into the elevator going down, i would edge into the elevator behind everyone as they would all going home and i would say, you're all on my elevator. they would get a peculiar feeling. that's because they were living hanabal lector. >> did you blink at all while you were doing this movie. >> i'm glad you mentioned that. a way to scare the audience and -- would be not to blink. i used

quick trivia for the oscars of the 20 oscar nominees, nine are first time nominees. are actually previous winners. can you guess who? >> maybe one of them, no, i can't. >> well, three. >> george clooney, supporting actor. there you go. >> we're all geared up for that. and more winter like scenario for the next several days starting really yesterday with the conditions. heavenly is clear conditions. tahoe is at 37 degrees and temperatures in the 20s this morning. back home, mount tam clear and the winds are aren't blowing like yesterday, so we were in the 20s and napa, couple of 30s around the bay. 37 in san rafael with 50 in mountain view. 48 in livermore, antioch and fairfield and concord, coming in ten degrees warmer than you were this morning. definitely temperatures bottoming out. about five to 11 degrees cooler with all of that wind. we will be looking at two other systems to come our way. the first one, not significant in terms of the amount of precipitation, but we will have low snow levels. second one, a little more impressive. this morning, we'll continue wi

it was nominated for six oscar. nbc bay area's kimberly tere is in san francisco in what is billed as the largest oscar party outside of hollywood, the academy of friends. hello, kimberly. >> reporter: hello. people in the bay area love things that are local. and films are included in that. tonight "moneyball" had some stiff competition. when it comes to the oscar, everyone has their favorites. >> i'm really pulling for viola davis tonight. >> i've been a really big fan of "midnight in paris" and also "girl with the dragon tattoo." >> reporter: the nominations were a reflection of the barrage of great movies that came out last year. >> i think they were great. i think there was a lot of diversity and a lot of different choices. this was a good year i think for the oscars. >> reporter: but at the oscar party put on by the academy of friends in san francisco, it was hard to not cheer for "moneyball," a film based on the a's and shot in part just across the bay at the oakland coliseum. >> i'm local, right? so i'm excit

the film took home five oscars. it is the first silent film to win the academy's highest honor in 83 years. >> the celebration may have been short on surprises but it was full of memorable moment. >> and the oscar goes to -- "the artist." >> and the oscar goes to -- meryl streep. >> and the oscar goes to jean dujardins. >> "hugo"swept the technical categories. octavia spencer won best supporting actor and christopher plummer at 82 years old won best supporting actor for " beginnings." >> it's a wonderful night for oscar ♪ you didn't think i wasn't going to do this, did you? >> billy crystal kicked off the show. it was his first time hosting and about eight years and is ninth time total. we will have much more from the academy awards and a few minutes including the almost wardrobe malfunction and the red carpet's biggest mess. for a complete list of winners log onto our website wjla.com. >> the search continues for the suspects who robbed two georgetown students at gunpoint last night on n street near 33rd street. su

you won an oscar.awesome. >> you did a great job when we made the movie. >> reporter: i'm nick watt, for "nightline," in london. >> thank you. thank you. >> give the man more time. he just won an oscar. our thanks to nick. you can catch the academy awards sunday night right here on abc. after the show, don't forget to tune in for an oscar tradition, jimmy kimmel's post awards special. and this year, he's got oprah, like you've never seen her before. we got a sneak peek behind the scenes. >> i think we know oprah has a sense of humor. but i don't know if we've seen her go quite this far before. >> ever. i'm completely out of my box. this is called, living out of your comfort zone. >> oprah lives in a box. it's really sad. things have gone south since the show went off the air. >> and you can see all of jimmy kimmel's special with oprah and oscar's brightest stars on "jimmy kimmel live: after the academy awards" on sunday. and you can see more of jimmy

it's oscar sunday. february 26th. we'll take to you a big oscar preparty.ast blowout before the academy awards. all of stars were there, the booze was apparently flowing and so, too, were the jokes. and a few awards too. >> seth rogen hosting it. >>> and later on in show, what are friends for? a puppy dog tries to give a cat a hug or is this a massage, a very cute video in this morning's edition of "fixation." >> we do love or animal videos here on "gma." >>> but first, this half hour, the latest twist in that mystery of the fireman from florida, he's a married father of two who simply vanished 1600 miles away from home, now a group of his buddies from the firehouse in florida, they're on the ground in maine looking for him. so many questions right now. was there foul play here? and what about this mystery woman involved? good morning to you. >> reporter: unusual, dan, indeed. some clues that don't add up and there's still no sign of jerry perdomo. a man so beloved by his firefighting brothers that in addition to the two who are currently in maine dozens mo

with the more than usual number of surprises. >> and the oscar goes to -- "the artist." >> and the oscar goes to jean de jardin. >> a big night for the winners, the 84th annual academy awards did not disappoint. we arrivedme that departure, which happening now behind us. one of the big prizes tonight went to the best picture. and "the artist" sydow late. it was expected, especially picture and best certainly best jardin.r jean de a lot of people felt there would an upset for -- "the artist." but no upset. they saidee what the big winter cress i to say thank-you from the bottom of my heart. -- after the big win. i want to say thank-you from of marquardt. for only the award that any film maker would be happy to receive, but you offered me the toortunity to pay tribute of this academy that mind, the oscar berri.claude have been all not the fanfare around "the not for thet were n de jardin.jea >> i still think that it was a set that he got a best actor. clooney had ite in the bag. >> it was a surprise. he was excited about that win this take a look at animated acceptance. if george valentine

you come to see me before the oscars and i won an oscar. say no to al roker. >> you have a kiss here. >> but not from you. >> not yet. >> reporter: ooh! >> i like my job. >> look at this. look at the concession to the oscars. this is where nbc's budget is now. al had to pay for this out of his own pocket. >> reporter: where did you watch the oscars? >> on the couch. at home. >> reporter: wow! >> but we were fully made up. >> reporter: what did you think of billy? >> he was good. you know, you can't go wrong with billy. >> reporter: where did you watch the oscars? >> we didn't. >> reporter: you didn't? >> no, no. >> reporter: were there surprises tonight? >> well, you never know who's going to win. >> well, i thought we lived in the future. >> reporter: you have been making the wrong moves. >> i'm sitting there talking. >> we invented a foreign film category to prevent these sweeps from occurring. >> i was surprised meryl streep won. that's a crazy sentence to say. >> it was a special moment to read meryl streep's name. >> reporter: you're g

she looked like an oscar.how george even let her do that. >> she's a beautiful woman. >> she's a beautiful woman. the dress is beautiful. a different style i think on the dress. and color. and style. color's beautiful. >> melissa mccarthy. >> melissa mccarthy. >> she's hysterical. >> we're talking about clothes. we're not talking about the personality. we're talking about the clothes here. she got the diamonds around her -- i mean, the worst thing to do when you're that size. >> what about judy greer? >> judy greer. she's finally starting to get known, judy greer, and then she comes up with that like racetrack silver. i mean, i think she could have done a much better job. much more sophisticated job. something a little bit different. >> best hair and makeup, ten seconds. >> best hair and makeup. what was her -- >> jessica -- >> jessica, yes. with the red hair. i have to tell you, she looked magnificent. her hair. i know it for a fact. it's so hard to do hair and makeup on red. and she just looked beautiful. >>

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meryl streep takes best actress, her first oscar in 20 years. and octavia spencer and christopher plummer honored for their supporting roles. we have it for you today from los angeles, monday, february we have it for you today from los angeles, monday, february 27, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and welcome to a special edition of "today" on a monday morning. i'm matt lauer in new york city. ann curry and al roker are in los angeles with a complete wrap-up of the oscars. ann, i think in los angeles it's a felony to steal an oscar. >> it definitely is. i didn't steal it. >> borrowed. >> i can't believe that mark bridges who won this for the artist loaned it to me because i'm not to be trusted. i might run home for it. "the artist" is the first to win hollywood's top prize since 1929. we'll talk to the men and women behind the film including best actor jean dujardin and we'll have other big winners as well. we love that scene from the movie. >> absolutely. everybody talking about the return of billy crystal as host. first

oscar night. hey, it looks like it will be great weather for you to take in the oscars wherever you might beheaded this evening. humidity low. on the cool side. temperatures will be falling pretty rapidly out there tonight. nothing but sunshine today. a little bit of a light breeze out of the south for the most part and a gorgeous day in baltimore. bellaire nothing, but sunshine here. beautiful cobalt blue skies and a fantastic sunset there to finish out the day. look at that jamie. what a gorgeous finish here at hemingways. >> here it is clear today, tonight and tomorrow and through the middle of the week. our chance for precipitation will hold off wednesday into thursday. temperature-wise cool, but seasonable. knees numbers will drop pretty rapidly as we get past sunset here. 41 new. you see the winds are very light from the south, but they will pick up tomorrow and bring in warm breezes and sunshine on top of that and a warmer day. compared to these highs which at best were around 50 today in r

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>> and the oscar goes to -- >> reporter: meryl streep added a third oscar to her mantle with the best actress win for "the iron lady," beating out rival viola davis of "the help" who was widely expected to win the category. >> when they called my name, i had this feeling i could hear half of america going, "oh, no, come on, why?" >> reporter: best supporting actress to "the help's" octavia spencer. >> please wrap up, i'm wrapping up. i'm freaking out. thank you, world. >> reporter: another highlight of the evening was billy crystal who returned as host after an eight-year absence. >> because nothing can take the sting out of the world's economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues. >> reporter: other notable winners include woody allen's "midnight in paris" for best original screenplay and "the descendants" for best adaptive screenplay. in hollywood, jinah kim, nbc news. lynn, back to you. >> jinah, thank you so much. >>> there's just over 24 hours to go before the important primaries in michigan and arizona on tuesday. mitt romney and rick santo

first oscars lasted only 15 minutes. they didn't even have an award for best supporting actor or actress back then. this year the supporting awards went to two very strong performances in two very different films. >> i'm wrapping up. i'm sorry. i'm freaking out. thank you world. >> it was a role of a feisty 1960s mississippi maid in the help that got octavia spencer her best supporting actress nod. a man in his 70s comes out as gay in "beginners" earned christopher plummer some long awaited recognition. >> only two years older than me darling. where have you been all my life [ laughter ] >> at 82, he's the oldest actor it ever win an oscar on a night as much about the past as the present. >> there weren't any big blockbusters to celebrate. there were no big surprises or upsets at last night's awards. still, guys, when it comes to glitz and glamour, the oscars remains the granddaddy of all awards shows. >> we'll talk to harvey weinstein and get his reaction once again. >>> tomorrow's michigan primary is the key moment in

oscar. christopher plum a record breaking last night. -- christopher plumber was a record breaker last night. >> reporter: the artist a very quiet movie made a loud racket sunday night winning five academy awards, including oscar's top prize, best picture. the black and white and mostly silent film earned the director an oscar was well as jean dujardin for best actor. m merci beaucoup, i love u >> reporter: meryl streep took home best actress the first time she has won in 29 years. >> i could hear half of america going oh no her, again, you know but whatever. >> reporter: oscar drama began in hollywood before the awards started when sasha baron cone in character as the dictator

added a third oscar. beat out viola davis from "the help." >> i had this feeling i could hear half of america going, oh, no. >> best supporting actress went to octavia spencer. >> i'm freaking out. >> another highlight was billy crystal. >> watching millionaires present each other with golden statues. >> i like to say that. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- do you think a silent film should win best picture at the oscars? our facebook page, roberts says -- keep sending us those responses. we will read more of your responses in the next hour and post all of them on the front page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> to know what that means -- do you know what that means? pay joe flacco the money. the all-star game in orlando. kobe bryant, delayed, and lebron james -- duane wade. absolutely no defense. 36 for lebron james. the star was kevin durant. mvp.arns the and the he had 36. the west or the east. tournament played at the home of the mustangs last night. stev

those first oscars lasted only 15 minutes. they didn't even have an award for best supporting actor or actress back then. this year those supporting awards went to two very strong performances and two very different films. >> i'm wrapping up. i'm sorry. i'm freaking out. thank you, word. >> it was the role of a feisty 1960s mississippi maid in "the help" that got octavia spencer her oscar. >>> and the man who came out as gay in his 70s gained christopher plummer some long awaited recognition. >> where you have been all my life? >> at 82 he is the oldest actor to ever win an oscar on a night that seemed as much about the past as the present. not only big blockbuster movies to celebrate this year. "the artist" wasn't exactly a titan at the box office. and no big surprises or upsets at last night's awards, but still when it comes to glitz and glamor, the oscars remains the granddaddy of all awards shows. >> a little later, we'll talk with the man behind "the artist," harvey weinstein, and get his reaction to being back in the win