baz luhrmann, welcome to hardtalk. i'm very happy to be here, stephen.t to start this interview in herons creek, this tiny little place north of sydney, where you grew up. it was a long way from anywhere, really. how come you, there, developed this incredibly vivid artistic imagination? mmm, you know, some point midway through my journey, i started to get quite self—conscious about — and you do when you're young and you're trying to be someone and be creative — and i gave up on the self—consciousness of going too deep into the "who i am" and tried to work that outjust by doing. having said that... laugh. how do i keep these answers short, because i've never given a short answer in my life? having said that, it never seemed exceptional, strange or unusual to me. i always imagined, when i was in that tiny little island, which was really a gas station and a restaurant and we had a farm down the road... and your dad ran the gas station? my father ran the gas station but what was crazy about it was that dad was obsessed that the isolation would not keep us is

congratulations to baz on that record! that's all from sportsday.ll have more throughout the evening. rescue workers are searching for survivors after a powerful earthquake in western iran killed more than 400 people and injured more than 5,000. iran's emergency services say they're having trouble getting rescue teams to the affected areas near the border with iraq as roads have been cut off by landslides. for more on this, i'm joined in the studio byjiyar gol from the bbc‘s persian service. you are originally from an area very close to this. tell us how difficult it is for rescue teams to get to some of these villages that have been affected. this region is a mountainous region, close to the iraqi border, and at the same time, a few minutes ago, an official in i run said more than 1900 villages have been affected. but so far, the rescue effort has been focusing on two major cities. most of the casualties from there. the hospitals in this region are almost completely destroyed. the infrastructure in that region is not in a state that could cope with

interesting because they go over 36,000 tweets, and within that, they show how en masse, these people all bazr it is had actively tried to sway a conversation away from another one, in favour of donald trump. -- bots. indeed. and it talks about how russian agents basically disguised on twitter and move people to was negative news about hillary clinton, and move away the debate from negative news about donald trump. it was that about, doesn't it? yes. the interesting thing is the method in which they do it. so what of the biggest things was with the both the conspiracy. that is when donald trump said no, 0bama was born in the us. instead of, you would think that en masse they would be thinking all these twitter users would be saying this is great, this is what donald trump is saying, but what they did, apparently, according to the investigation, was to move the conversation back to hillary clinton and things that she allegedly dead. so it is this trend in behaviour. so that will rumble on. “— in behaviour. so that will rumble on. —— allegedly dead. and as you say the robert mueller investigati

i don't know if they don't feel it auz much baz they don't see my big belly and probably hear me complaining. we do talk about it a lot. >> i sat down with kim behind the scenes of her new wwd photo shoot. the 37-year-old looked blow toing and rested. the day earlier, not so much. their family shot their annual over the top christmas card. >> just to wrangle every single family member was -- so exhausting. i have never in my life -- there was a lot of drama. like, major, major drama. it was a lot. it gave me anxiety with all the kids running around. thinking holy [ bleep ], how am i going to do three kids? i'm really freaking out. it was a freakout moment for me. >> and i'm freaking out. i just love kim so much more from my exclusive with her. how the paris robbery inspired her new fragrance. how much longer will "keeping up with the kardashians." >> as long as kris jenner is running things, you'll be keeping up with kardashians. >>> meanwhile, we're keeping up with the cast of "the justice league." you were in the middle of the madness. >> i was surrounded by superheroes. starting with batm

encountered a lia the land of sixty six thousand lakes it's located far beyond st petersburg and home to baz moves lynxes and foxes. it's half the size of germany that has a population of just six hundred fifty thousand. visitors are welcome. it's the perfect occasion to put the oven on to bake. my biscuits with minute filling the tundras oncet to pizza or is it was. until nina is eighty four and to an ina aqim ova has come for tea she's seventy five the two remember very different kinds of winters it used to be much colder and there was a lot more snow we jump off the roofs into the snow and wouldn't look at the washed up which he and the children had to fetch firewood we started collecting it in the spring. we fetched it from the woods with the horses and then with chopped it up with an axe. that mystical that waiters we had a chain saw those were good times. these two women have been friends for half their lives they still take to our long walks together in the woods every day rain or shine because it's better to wear out than rust out. over in canada life in downtown montreal hunting is

says these records on flynn can't be released baz eca it was interfere with law enforcement proceedings. he linked the document, which does say it could reasonably expect to interfere with law enforcement proceedings. so, michael flynn's tenure at the defense intelligence agency is now part of an active law enforcement investigation. it has previously been credibly reported that mike flynn was under three different kinds of serious and potentially criminal investigation right now. he's reportedly been the subject of intense focus of the special counsel led by robert mueller. we also know that flynn is the subject of intense interest from congressional investigators, which led flynn's attorney to demand immunity very early on from the congressional investigators, immunity, in exchange for flynn's testimony. nobody took him up on that and offered him immunity. he's being investigated by the justice department. he's being investigated by congressional committees. he is being investigated by the u.s. military where he's the subject of the military investigation over his acceptance of foreig

baz thank you very much. we must remember thatjust baz thank you very much. the reaction from any aid agencies wondering what sort of security measures they may be for people to go back, you realise that is not where the debate is. the debate is about how you sustain the hundreds of thousands of people who are here right now. the former coronation street actor bruno langley has been sentenced to 12 months committee order. this is after he admitted groping in october. he has admitted two counts of sexual assault and will be submitted to a curfew and electro glitter electronic tag over those 12 months. he left the soap's cast but existing storylines mean he will be remain on—screen until christmas eve. new measures have been announced to try to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries during childbirth. the uk has some of the highest levels of stillbirth and early deaths among small babies in western europe — around one thousand die every year. the health secretaryjeremy hunt says all cases of serious harm or death during childbirth in england, will in

popular impulse among investors and turbulent times of course but since the actual physical bully ons baz risks counterfeit boss are an obvious concern for those looking for safe haven like the one that was sold by also a branch of the royal bank of canada. when all that glitters is gold you need experts to tell you so especially if purported markings from the royal canadian men make is called rebellion and it legitimate. there is no gold whatsoever but it's it's it's not made of gold you know that was a problem for this jewelry business which bought the bar it's since been reimbursed but investors in jewelers and like might be worried at a compromised supply. i fear the mint will want to get the bottom of it because it . undermines confidence in their product and they certainly don't don't want that nor does any of the financial institutions in canada want that they don't especially not the royal bank of canada which sold before it since returned the piece for testing at the mint but other bogus ones could be in wide circulation and difficult to find and that's all you'll business and i'

of the receiving a maximum of one hundred points for his efforts and the aptly named colleen ballet bazwho was victorious in the women's contest the french woman also tops the world cup standings over in spain well rael analytical madrid slip further behind barcelona in the league standings after they draw on saturday valencia have taken advantage and on there are six points ahead of the madrid duo but for behind boss a learner valencia were away at espanyol on sunday and goals from jeffrey kahn dog and sente mina wrapped up to know when for them confirmation now of valencia's place behind barcelona after twelve games you can see the madrid club's trailing in food and fourth play later on sunday they could actually move into fifth place depending on the outcome of that one. and finally supporters of the dutch football club have made a moving tribute to the late son of their australian goalkeeper brad jones saturday marked six years since the death of jones' five year old son luke after a battle with leukemia. joining a rendition of you'll never walk alone in the stadium with their mobil

baz you tied it off with the silk. another example part of the same recipe. is to take a broth made of cows feet or knuckles or veal or any knitting. the properties. and thought to be like this. if you're taking this broth you are knitting together the womb. and the child cannot come out. that's example of thetic magic. sympathetic magic. and it doesn't want to go. okay. astrology. so astrology was at its at the in england in the mid-1600sment most popular and seen as a science. and if you really got into it you would look -- if i was ill and go to my astrologist or physician. whoever practiced. ask they would find out what sign i was born under. what sign i was when i contracted the illness. and when my symptoms started and what symptoms they are. and decide based on that information what unique treatment i need. whether that probably was not all that common. it took a lot of knowledge to do that. what was common was to find out when was the best time under the astrology sign to plant herbs. and other plants. to harvest them when they had the most potency. t

. >> it's baz si. >> a lot of news to get to. let's get right to it.ierrez is following the story for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. r roy moore is as defiant as ever, saying the allegations are completely false and he doesn't know the woman. beverly young nelson, then 16, says moore was a regular customer at the restaurant where she worked. some 40 years ago, she claims that one night he took her in his car behind the business and assaulted her. >> at some point he gave up. and then looked at me. and he told me, he said, you're just a child. and he said, i am the district attorney. and if you tell anyone about this, no one will ever believe you. >> reporter: moore is denying the latest allegations as well as those in "the washington post," involving sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl. and he allegedly pursued three other girls who were teenagers while he was in his 30s. there's growing calls on capitol hill for moore to drop out of this race. instead, in a fund-raising e-mail, it's not he that should quick, but mitch mcconnell. >>

. >> reporter: some democrats seized on the baz brazile bombshell to position themselves. >> i'm with2020 contender told tapper she agrees the primary was rigged and congresswoman tulsi gabbard of hawaii posted a video that all but accused hillary clinton and the dnc of flouting campaign finance laws. >> these laws essentially allowed the clinton campaign to bypass individual campaign contribution limits by funneling millions of dollars through the dnc and state parties taking control of the dnc in the process. >> reporter: also this week the dnc fired its top fundraiser after five months on the job. federal records show the dnc raised over $50 million from january to september while the republican national committee raised more than double that figure. in washington, james rosen fox5 news. >> time now 8:24. stay with us. we'll be right back with also gary on the other side of the break with how our weather is shaping up for this weekend. here's a live look meanwhile. looks like we dropped a degree gary. not good. stay with us. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ your internet deserves the 100% fibe