whether those candidates indeed leave up to the election promises i think the big picture academy really really disheartening and i wonder if you think that democracy in the west is really too trivialized to reach our lives through and you know elections debates campaigns what have you to the extent of losing its most substantive part reaches active participation opt to engagement of the people almost on a daily basis in the affairs of the country and people actually making decisions about the fate of their country yes that that's true i mean i'm not i'm not the first person to say it and i probably won't be the last i mean the kind of democracy we have in western countries is what we call a thin democracy mean a democracy that kind of fulfills the bare essentials. politicians were voted in so people have asked in the government. almost always not by a substantial majority almost always because they felt that while they disagree with something of that party's platform and of course have no manes of controlling the party once that the elected they're not as bad as the other guy is sort of

ar chris hemsworth and the academy's president made big announcement in beverly hills. teri okita unveils the nomi. sot: the best picturhollywood is buzzing over this years oscar nominations. >> reporter: american hustle and gravity lead with ten nominations each. all three are nominated for best picture along with captain phillips, dallas buyers club, her, nebraska, and the wolf of wall street. >> you saved my life many times. >> reporter: many a-list actresses received nominations. best actor nods include recent golden globe winners leonardo dicaprio and matthew mcconaughey. >> for best performance by an actress in supporting role. >> reporter: sally hawkins, jennifer lawrence, julia roberts and june sqib. best supporting actor bradley cooper. michael fastbender, jared letto and jonah hill. some were surprised the butler did not receive nominations. tom hanks and robert redford were left out. >> academy awards will air sunday march 2nd. >>> we have our first report from seattle who is following the niners on their playoff run. do you remember we were telling you about this billboard in seattle that said got lombardis

academy tonight. they expanded the best picture race because move i haves were getting nominated that weren't making any money. they expanded it to ten they wanted bigget movies. the average take was very low, it was $65 million. if gravity wasn't in if there, it would have been a lot lower than that. in the last few years we have seen the lowest grossing best picture of all times. if 12 years a slave wins, that will be another one. but i think it's more evidence that the academy is taking movies more and more seriously. in a movie like 12 years a slave, an extraordinary movie, it's odds on to win the major awards, and we're still complaining that this movie fruitville station didn't get nominated for best picture, when 12 years ago it would have been unthinkable that 12 years a slave would be up for best picture. >> thank you both for joining us. the show may be over, but the conversation continues on our website, and you can find out on twitter and facebook. we'll see you next time. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> hello there. welcome to the news hour from our news centers from doha and london, these are our top stories. will the oppositio

." >> we've also seen sarah recently on the big screen in "12 years a slave," nominated best picture along with many other academy your life? >> no, it's the worst time i've ever had in my life. no, it's extraordinary. i've been doing this a long time and never been in a movie that's been on track to hopefully have the end game that would be really great, to win best picture. >> seeing you as mrs. epps and you're a nice person, but mrs. epps. wow. >> i know. >> how do you shake that when you're done with the scene? >> it wasn't easy but at the same time, i'm an actress, it's my job to try to get inside the mind of that woman. and i was able to kind of do it and leave it at home, take a hot bath and shake her off. >> thank god. you don't want to be her. >> you haven't made it any easier on yourself, the big premiere is tonight. i've heard you say you get scared just by the opening credits. >> yeah, i don't want the opening credits of the show. the show -- the great thing about the show, every year it reinvents itself. and this year it's campier and lighter than last year. i can watch the show this year. tonight is

the movies, they win you the academy award for best picture sometimes or independent film. >> yeah. >> so you go where the material is. if there's a bigney, the writer/director who are here off camera somewhere. and we raised the money for this movie and, you know, from scratch. >> the passion and love shows on camera. >> and in the suit. >> my winter suit. >> i know. >> only andy garcia could pull that off. so great to see you. "at middleton" will be available on demand january 31st. go check it out. would look like john stamos wow! wow! and in a perfect world, what's delicious would be healthy too. wish granted. dannon oikos greek nonfat yogurt sounds too good to be true... it's thick, creamy but 0% fat and twice the protein this is really is too good to be true! dannon oikos greek nonfat yogurt. and now a new greek lowfat yogurt made just for kids. danimals superstars. your kids will love it! mmmm ♪ dannon. of "looking for a good deal" and "sheesh, i should've looked some more." ♪ that's why walgreens makes it easy to save even more on your medicare part d prescriptions. ♪ just stop on by and leave all the legwork to us. switch to

academy award. is that predictable? not true, true? >> here's the thing about the sag awards, they are big at acting categories. when it comes to best picturepicture after winning the best sag for the best cast. "american hustle" won last night to put it up there with "12 years a slave. "i think that's frontrunner, but "american hustle" could upset. the sag awards are voted upon by fellow actors and sag members. and actors make up the largest branch of oscar voters. so the four acting categories last night, mcconaughey and blanchett, i think they all win the academy award. >> rita moreno honored for her career as well. >> she looks amazing for 82 years old. she looks incredible. great speech, great award. well deserved. as elizabesabeth hasselbeck mentioned, she's won a grammy, emmy, oscar and a tony. great career for her. >> kevin, thank you so much. >> "breaking bad" won for best drama series, and brian cranston. so happy about that. >> thank you so much. >> thanks, guys. >>> coming up, so many relying on handouts, is the government making it harder to find a job in shocking numbers at the top of the hour. >>> and a victim to the red wedd