being gay now and looking at the story of oscar wilde and the tragedy of oscar wilde's life because oscarhas changed. him is the sexual movement began with oscar wilde. it wasn't even a word that was used or even debated before the death of oscar wilde. for me it's a very exciting character. i think he's one of the great punctuation points between the 19th century and the 20th century and one of the great debates of the 20th century, homosexuality was started by him. this play is really the story of that, and it's an amazing play. >> part of the story of our lives, of course, includes "my best friend's wedding." 20 years ago? >> a long time. >> do you watch it like we do. >> it's on tv all the time and i get so excited. >> no, i don't. i think watching yourself gets a little bit maudlin after a while. i prefer not to. it's a film i'm very proud of, though. >> do you ever break into. ♪ say a little prayer for you when we look at the impact the stunts, but what do you think was great about it? >> the people in it, julia roberts, cameron diaz, really good actors. my part was just an amazing

particularly the poets speranza. >> she went onto become the mother of oscar wilde, whatever he toured, i'm better known as the son of esperanza. she wrote powerful a million irish dead and the skeletons call. the crimes you will pay for. he wrote a poem talking about his mouth was and lips and how attractive she was and they were very liberated and ahead of their time, irish progressives who were closer to late 20th century than the mid-early victorian age. all of these people were brilliant, the young ireland revolutioners and they were all hanged to be banned to australia n their later lives they're all kids in their 20's, so imagine taking on the brit i shall empire, they had the attitudes to bernie sanders supporters, why don't we just take the banks down. [laughter] >> won't people see that our cause is great and mar gave a speech and half of them were starving. when marris vanished, they did to rebels of 1978, victoria, gracious majesty commits ban and tazmania has the most educated people vanished for life in the jungle of tazmania. he speaks five languages and talks to his dog

from oscar went wilde to albert einstein in the idea of holding 2 opposing views. is happening in the economy of the united states and great britain, you can see the economic surprise index from citigroup shows both are showing disappointing economic data. we are talking about the federal reserve raising interest rates and the possibility of the bank of england cutting interest rates. it is no wonder investors are having a tough time figuring out what to do. thiswe will go to momentous announcement from brazil. janet yellen has to worry about brazil at the end of the day? just worry about everywhere, -- francine: sorry to a draft. we have the final vote. 55 are in favor of impeaching president rousseff. she will not be going back to her office today. there has been a majority of brazilian senators saying they are backing impeachment. that vote has been placed. they needed a simple majority of 41. we have 55 senators saying they voted for the rousseff impeachment. this paves the way or vice president mr. temer to take power. we know that they have to bring toetter t

you speak of is something that i do fear because, you know, i do worry about what this kind of oscar wilde driving a volvo station wagon with little children. i feel like we are losing the great repressed creative geniuses that i want to hang onto, but the lucky thing about this culture is it's always fucking up someone and it may not be you, you know, but look, right now like the whole trans thing and gender thing, that's where the -- a lot of the interesting tough is happening. i mean, read nelson's argonauts and it may not be our turn to be the most -- >> that's very well said. that my concern is actually to the rights of other people right now. i have to say. the rights of other people. >> your question reveals -- you see these gay books and by gay story tellers and you transcend this as well. >> yes, on the shame thing i'm one of the -- i'm going to be 70. i'm one of the activists since 1972. and i have cried at the things that happened that i didn't think i would see in my lifetime and you know what those are. i asked one of my activists -- i asked why do we car it a pride festival,

. >>> he writes about politics, movies, sports, whatever else hits him, compared to oscar wild. a lot to live up to. good morning, wesley morris. >> good morning. >> reporting since she left the womb, alison stewart, author of the new book "junk: digging through love affair of stuff." and the mom of the great isaac wolf. >> is he great. >>> just about every day, covering donald trump's campaign since he assigneded the escalator last june. she will soon be awarded the presidential med al award of honor for her efforts. >> i hope. >> it was a favorite 2-1. as you took -- katie, you didn't win a ton of cash. >> donald trump predicted the win. goat it right. he always gets everything right. >> he does. >> he's omnitition. >> ted cruz drops out, then kasich leaves. both bush 41 and 43 say we're not going to the convention. how do we fix this rift in the republican party? >> i think only donald trump can fix that rift. it's dependent on how he acts on stage at rallies, talks to people in washington, extend an olive branch. over the weekend if you were watching any of his rallies, he j

oscar wilde once defined scandal as gossip made tedious by morality.tedious, it's riveting. >> this is the worse. >> which makes you feel, even if like me, you think it's an amazing move spree. really creepy. >> osgood: here's a look at the week ahead on our "sunday morning" calendar. monday is memorial day, honoring all who have fallen in the service of their country with a presidential wreath laying at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. tuesday, march madness champion, villanova men's basketball team visits the white house. wednesday, would have been the 90th birthday of actress marilyn monroe who died of a drug overdose in 196 at the age of 36. thursday marks the 63rd anniversary of the coronation of queen elizabeth the second, who last september surpassed queen victoria to become britain's longest reigning monarch. friday sees actor matt damon deliver commencement address at mit the school where he played mathematically gifted january door in the film "good will hunting" and saturday is the national trails day, sponsored by th

she entertained oscar wilde to the horror of the boston concert actually wrote about in the newspaperto dinner anyone i like. two walks a day until she was 91 way what she damn pleased including fried foods, minced pie, champagne, and two weeks before she died she would have to did not honorary degree. of course there is everywhere they sang the battle hymn of the republic. never achieved the level of unity of relentless cheerfulness, unselfishness, piety, and austerity the society still demands from its female. she remained in unsettling mixture of stateliness and fastidious but she did not mind.mind. as she declared i do not desire ecstatic disembodied sainthood. i do not wish to advocate any one of the attributes of my humanity. i cherish even the infirmity i would be human and american and a woman. these are words i think for a biographer live by and glory, glory hallelujah for that. [applause] now, if anybody has questions i would love to hear them. >> if sheyou could make your way to the mic, the great. how long did she live after her husband died? eighteen years old? >> died in

he was compared recently by a colleague to oscar wilde. seems like a lot to move up to. >> hi, willie. >> alison stewart has been reporting the news essentially since she left the womb. she famously was a reporter for ncv news. she's also the author of the new book junk digging through america's love affair with stuff, and most importantly, she's the mom to the great a sick wolfe. >> he is great. >> and katy tur correspondent at nbc news as you know. she's been covering donald trump's campaign just about every day since he descended the escalator at trump stouer last june. she'll soon be awarded the presidential medal of freedom for her efforts. good to see you katy. >> good to see you. >> anybody win any money on the derby? nyquist? >> i don't do that. >> it was the favorite 2-1, he took the favorite as you did, katy, you didn't win -- >> listen, i was watching because donald trump predicted the win and he got it right. because he always gets everything right. >> yes he does. >> and he's on this -- >> that's a nice segue into donald trump

but oscar wilde once said man honkers borer beauty. >> one of the themes that comes up repeatedly across the collections is the power of words but also silence in what is left unsaid you have the poem is entitled and said. >> if you are a poet and if you are trees full you understand to a certain degree what can be said in words they can comply but not quite literally and if you are a person of faith or kouprey's you are aware of the profound nature to those things that our intuitive and dead are remembered -- so as the poet you do everything you can without denying what lays beyond words. >> what comes up in your titles as god is the winner with interrogation but why is time important what you hope to explore? >> you'll you get the more you understand what i about to say that one of your primary experiences of reality is to be mortal a human life is a linear structure of time in your natural world which repeats itself so every spring everything is new again except for you. [laughter] if you are a christian and you also believe there is the trinity and the level of assistance outside of

she entertained oscar wild to the horror of the boston who wrote about it in the newspaper she wrotehave to dinner anyone i like he's a very clever young man. she took two walks a day in hosting this and ate what she damn pleased including fried foods, minced pie and champagne and two weeks before she died honorary degree. of course there as everywhere she went, they sang the battle hymn of the republic. julia ward hao never achieved level of unity of relentless cheerfulness and austerity that society still nandz from female worthies. she remained unsettling mixture and friskiness but she didn't mind. as she declared, i do not desire extactic saint hood. i do not wish to any one of the attributes of my humanity. i cherish everyone the infirmity bind me to my kind and be american, human and a woman. these are words i think for a biographer to live by and glory, glory hall u lieu ya for that. [applause] does anybody have questions, i'd love to hear them. >> and if you can make your way to the mike that would be great. >> how long did she live after her husband died, 18 year older? >> t

oscar wild once said, man hungers for beauty. there's a void. and poetry is one of the things in sense that feeds that appetite. and it does it most naturally as a form of musical speech. >> one of the themeses that seems to come up repeatedly in your poems across the collections really -- is both the power of words but also silence. what is left unsaid. why do you keep returning to the scene in your poems? you have poems entitled unsaid. >> yeah. if you're a poet, you're working with words. you're working with language. and if you are at all truthful, you understand to a certain degree what can be said in words an what is beyond the power of words to express. words can imply it but they can't express is quite literally i think also if you are a person of faith, if you are a person who prays, person who has an inner life. you're aware of the profound nature of your silences. you know, those things felt, buttive, imagined, remembered that are never fully articulated, and so i think that what you're doing as a poet is to do everything you can with