freddie mercury.n deepening the role till he gets under his skin, like a little costumed action man in all his little outfits as he progresses, up to even the moustache. the film itself isn't a biopic of freddie mercury, that many people were hoping for. it is a biopic of the band, and how they got to their hits, and how they used to sit in studio with their big hair — brian may and roger taylor and john deacon, ‘deaks‘ as they call him — and how they used to argue, and all their little tiffs got turned into the famous riffs that we know. stamp to this beat. come on. now i want you to clap on the third beat. what's going on? you'd know if you were on time. i want to give the audience a song that they can perform. so what can they do? stamping. imagine thousands of people doing this in unison. huh? what's the lyric? # we will, we will rock you! of course, thousands of people did do that, hundreds of thousands. they're doing it now. maybe millions. but none the less, critics have sort of said it's a bit

freddie mercury.gets under his skin. he's got all these little outfits as he progresses to stardom. the film isn't a biopic of freddie mercury, which is what many people were hoping for. it's about the band and how they got their hits. it's all brian may, roger taylor, john deacon, and how they argued, and all the little tests and how they became riffs. stamp to this bait. come on. now, i wa nt stamp to this bait. come on. now, i want you to clap on the third beta. what's going on? i want to give the audience a song that they can perform. so what can they do? imagine, thousands of people, doing this. yet? what is the lyric? we will, we will, rock you. we will, we will, we will, rock you. we will, we will, rock you. of course, thousands of people did do that, hundreds of thousands, maybe millions. critics have said it's a bit of a sanitised version of queen, what do you make of that? it's a bit of a sanitised version of queen, what do you make of that7m is, it was produced by brian may and roger taylor

she could housing freddie mercury —— out sing. freddie mercury.rite piece? yellow freddie mercury -- out sing. what is yourfavourite piece? yellow mac like everybody else, it's the iconic barcelona because it is the meeting of two different sort of an artform and it shows there should not be any lines. remembering montserrat ca balle remembering montserrat caballe who has died at 85. ray galton, one half of the galton and simpson comedy writing duo has died at the age of 88 after a battle with dementia. together they created iconic sitcoms including hancock's half hour and steptoe and son. david sillito takes a look back at his life. i thought you came here to give us some of your blood. that is just a smear. it may be a smear to you but it is life and death to some people. it is a comedy classic. tony hancock, the blood donor. how much do you want? a pint, of course. have you gone raving mad? the work of ray galton and alan simpson. a pint? that is very nearly an armful. it had all begun at milford chest hospital. they started to write for hospit

it was like, "freddie mercury's gay? !" story, and that's not quite what's gone into. the band seems to have topped at freddie's excesses and his debauchery and go home for their cup of tea with their wives. and it's got a slightly moralizing tone. that said, it's there so that you can take your kids and your family, introduce them to the hits of queen, go and buy their best—selling hits album called volumes 1 and 2, and kind of stomp your way through them from i want to break free to great pretender to don't stop me now. i mean, everything freddie saying everything he meant. and he was doing in real life too. all right. let's talk about the next film — utoya: july 22. and this was the absolutely horrific massacre on utoya island back in 2011. i think anybody who remembers that, in a way, you wonder why you'd want to see it. that's right. i think you're absolutely right there, ben. and they are notjust one film, there are two films out about this. paul greengrass did a film called july 22, which is currently out, it is on n

for him along for freddie mercury is played by actor grammy malik i remember looking at freddie mercury saying you know i don't know. it was taking on. the mannerisms and beginning to inhabit playfulness and you know just just evolving with him as a character no one will plays on the radio we need to get experiments from. i was out. to go that high or go any irony. queen or one of the most successful bands ever they sold two hundred million albums so he me and rhapsody tells the story of the band right up to their legendary live eight concert in one thousand nine hundred five. and up to. the first screenings have been held and critics are raving about grammy molex performance. you don't want to mimic freddie you want to be able to understand why he did what he did. i had some top choreographers come in and realized quick augur for is not going to help me i needed to move my career. and it seems to have worked wonders. it's frankly the performance has generated lots of oscars. so now. there's been a operatic section comes in. the operatic section yeah. pretty good sounding a body guard m

could pull that off. >> only freddie mercury.y. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you wear a hoodie. >> yeah. >> jimmy: you wear a hoodie, yeah. >> that's it. >> jimmy: that's it, yeah. >> i mean, talk about polar opposites. >> jimmy: but, man -- >> but, that, and i'd -- >> jimmy: but do you know how to play the piano? do you know how to -- >> i've never played the piano. i was scared of playing the piano. as a kid it seemed like such a a foreign thing. i told them when i sat down i go, "listen, guys, i'm not going to be the hollywood actor that sells myself here. i don't play the piano. i don't think i'm a singer. i have a very unusual way of dancing. [ laughter ] that's about as close as i can get to freddie mercury." >> jimmy: and they still hired you? >> i think they thought, "oh, here we'd get a humble actor for once. [ laughter ] there's a modest guy." yeah. >> jimmy: you just hit a home run. they got to be -- everyone's got to be so excited for your performance. >> oh, man. >> jimmy: i mean, at one point you played the piano laying u

well freddie mercury loved opera and he loved months or a couple a day and she invited him to join her on a project for the olympic a summer games and they had this iconic video. and she actually performed alone at the one thousand nine hundred two games because he died the year before when she did that she reached an audience of some two billion people in this was many times more than she had and all her four thousand other appearances combined this made her as you could say it rocked. it rocked indeed and in operatic circles she also rocked own way by reviving bel canto what more to do that well you know ben country literally means beautiful singing and bill conto always was there and always will be there as long as there's an operatic singing the premier bel canto singer of the twentieth century was maria colace and she didn't allow very many people into her sphere but she did say months or a couple is my true successor in the are actually close friends she gave her. earrings that had been given to her by the singer stephano bel canto the particular quality about months or a couple

in a career spanning 50 years, she was best known for her duet with freddie mercury which became thehem of the barcelona olympics. going, going, actually gone — an original banksy self—destructs, moments after selling for more than £1 million at auction. and in half an hour, click looks at the technological advances in the art of photography. president trump's supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, is almost certain to be appointed later today, after weeks of protests and controversy over sexual assault allegations. last night, two wavering senators decided to support the nomination, saying the accusations, which judge kavanaugh denies, had not been sufficiently proven. the outcome of his appointment could shape important decisions in the us for decades to come. from washington, our correspondent chris buckler reports. the system is corrupt! for days the senate's corridors of power have been filled with protesters. each one trying to influence the few senators still wavering over whether to support brett kavanaugh‘s nomination to the supreme court. he has angrily denied claims that

it was like, "freddie mercury's gay? !" 's not quite what's gone into. the band seems to have tutted at freddie's excesses and his debauchery, and go home for their cup of tea with their wives. and it's got a slightly moralising tone. that said, it's there so that you can take your kids and your family, introduce them to the hits of queen, go and buy their best—selling hits album called volumes 1 and 2, and kind of stomp your way through them from i want to break free to the great pretender to don't stop me now. i mean, everything freddie sang, he meant, and he was doing in real life too. all right. let's talk about the next film — utoya: july 22. and this was the absolutely horrific massacre on utoya island back in 2011. i think anybody who remembers that — in a way, you wonder why you'd want to see a film about it, because it was so horrific. that's right. i think you're absolutely right there, ben. and they are notjust one film, there are two films out about this. paul greengrass did a film called july 22, which is curren

a long freddie mercury is played by your grammy maalik i remember looking at freddie mercury saying you know i don't know. it was taking on. the mannerisms and beginning to inhabit playfulness and you know just just evolving with him as a character in. the first screenings have been held and critics are raving about robbie molex performance. you don't want to mimic freddie you want to be able to understand why he did what he did. i had some top choreographers come in and realized quickly augured for his not going to help me i needed to move my courage. and it seems to have worked wonders. it's french performances generated lots of oscars. so now. there's been a operatic section comes in zero six x. and yeah. pretty exciting nobody thought no more do you need to know i make music. i want to give the audience a song that they can. what's the latest. book you me and rhapsody depicts the ups and downs queen went through along the way. you need to slow down. i just need a bit of time. to give i don't have time mercury struggles with himself and his sexuality he wants a solo career but then g

ohanian bias pick the extraordinary life of queen finger freddie mercury hit the big screen and the loon breakout a new film about a dramatic escape from former communist. germany. but we begin with murder and mayhem a shore fire recipe for success in both film and book worlds sébastien feet six first of all not the da vinci code off the top spot in the bestseller charts now his novel abcess newton cut off written in collaboration with a renowned berlin performer just has been made into a movie for addictively not swan for the faint hearted. carter powell has found it makes a disturbing discovery during an autopsy. probably his first night vertical exhibit the vitamin d. both organizer. more it's like toy plays the veteran pathologist who thinks he's seen it all but this time he finds something completely unexpected inside the murder victim's head. the capsule contains his own daughter's mobile phone and it soon apparent that she's been kidnapped. back to. you but i think it's a sadistic game begins in an idyllic setting the island of helgoland. is that if it gets cold. feet. and commune

the opera singer montserrat caballe whose duet with freddie mercury became the signature song of the 0lympics has died aged 85. she had been suffering from health complaints for some time and was admitted to hospital in barcelona last month. her career spanned 50 years. with all the sport now, here's mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. it's advantage lewis hamilton once more in the formula one title race after he qualified on pole for the japanese grand prix, whilst main rival sebastian vettel is down in 8th. the conditions at suzuka were tricky and caught out sauber‘s marcus ericsson in the first session. the heaviest of the rain came in the final part, but hamilton managed to get out in time to set the pace. behind, vettel was helpless on the damp track and looks set to lose more ground on hamilton in the race. he's 50 points behind with five rounds to go. the woman voted as the best player in the world, marta, is in action right now for brazil against england at notts county's gay meadow. but it's england's lionesses who are upstaging her at the moment, and nikki

in career spanning 50 years, she was best known for her duet with freddie mercury, which became the anthem of the barcelona olympics. going, going, actually gone. an original banksy self—destructs moments after selling for more than £1 million at auction. and in half an hour, click looks at the technological advances in the art of photography. thejudge nominated by donald trump to serve on america's supreme court, looks set to be confirmed today despite allegations of sexual assault. brett kavanaugh is expected to receive a formal endorsement in a vote in the us senate. here's our north america correspondent, chris buckler. campaigners have made clear they intend to keep the pressure on america's politicians.” intend to keep the pressure on america's politicians. i am so angry, ido america's politicians. i am so angry, i do not want to leave this place or leave the streets. they are not listening to women and they are not listening to women and they are not listening to survivors. four days, the senate's corridors of power have been filled with protesters, each one trying to influence the

never heard of her until that duet with freddie mercury. with freddie mercury. thought a woman operauld be like? well, definitely. operate at a lake, and i was a budding musician. budding musician. of opera because she was the epitome of the operatic voice. of the operatic voice. idea of the operatic voice and the operatic lifestyle. operatic lifestyle. such a glamorous lifestyle and a glamorous career. lifestyle and a glamorous career. impersonation of an opera singer, was thinking of her! was thinking of her! is used, but how was she regarded in the industry? the industry? was she a team player or was she a setup are the bigger? or was she a setup are the bigger? around her because her standards were so high. were so high. professionalism and how she delivered time after time. delivered time after time. amazing and that is what kept her singing as long as she did. singing as long as she did. you very much forjoining us this morning on bbc news. brett kavanaugh is excited to be approved later on. approved later on. according to the president of the european commission. european comm

along for freddie mercury is played by your grammy malik i remember looking at freddie mercury saying you know i don't know. if it was taking on. the mannerisms and beginning to inhabit playfulness and you know just just evolving with him as a character in. the first screenings have been held and critics are raving about robbie molex performance. you don't want to mimic freddie you want to be able to understand why he did what he did. i had some top choreographers come in and realized quick augured for us not going to help me i needed a movement. and it seems to have worked wonders. if. the performance has generated lots of oscars. so now well this is when the operatic section comes in zero six six and yeah. pretty exciting abroad a lot more do you need to know i make music. i want to give the audience a song that they can. watch the live. booking and rhapsody depicts the ups and downs queen went through along the way. you need to slow down for. just need a good time. you have i don't have to mercury struggles with himself and his sexuality he wants a solo career but then gets everyon

the great thing, her and freddie mercury was a terrific thing. would probably out sing him any day. i am going to squeeze one more question in. what is your favourite piece she sang? like everybody else, it is the iconic barcelona. it is the meeting of two different sorts of artform. you can see that recording on our screen right now. thank you for sharing your memories. another one gone, sadly. ray galton, one half of the galton and simpson comedy writing duo, has died at the age of 88 after a battle with dementia. they created iconic sitcoms including hancock's half hour and steptoe & son. david sillito takes a look back at his life. i thought you came here to give us some of your blood. that is just a smear. it may be a smear to you but it is life and death to some people. a comedy classic. tony hancock. how much do you want? a pint, of course. the work of ray galton and alan simpson. that is very nearly and harmful. it had all begun at milford chest hospital. they started to write for hospital radio and then sent a script to the bbc. eventual

freddie mercury was living in this house while he was a child.reddie will have played on these beaches until the island went through political turmoiland his family fled. he wasjust 17. freddie mercury was born in zanzibar. i am zanzibarian and i did not see him in life. so just read about him. and i love his music because i see his music and listen to his music. # we will, we will rock you. few will have had the chance to see freddie mercury and queen perform. but one man was lucky enough. i saw him perform once. i think it was in wembley. he was a showman. a really flamboyant showman. of course, his legacy was his music. which doesn't go very well in zanzibar. because quite a lot of people here, they don't understand, they don't really like rock ‘n roll. but he could have done more with hiv and aids, that would be a lasting legacy for his birthplace, which unfortunately he did not. at a time when there remained a huge stigma around hiv and aids, freddie never spoke about his personal experience until in november 1991, he confirmed he had been d

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if you had freddie mercury in your system, you would never want him to leave? >> never.ormation was uncanny. getting the gig wasn't hard. you put yourself on a tape on an iphone and sent it in. is that true? >> yes. you've got to do what you've got to get. >> what stressed them out? having freddie's sister on set. >> it's terrifying especially having bis kind of daunting eno at least their producers, they've been hands on for like ten years of this and they're very kind of particular about it. then she walks in and it's just like personal and you're just kind of like i hope you like it. bye. >> the last 20 minutes of the film felt like it was so amazing. you' you did that with brian and roger on set. >> they were so supportive. they were doing the moves themselves. they were cheering us on like they were our fans. it was so bizarre. >> nancy, when i was watching this film, we were doing the radio gaga moves. >> you've got to see it again with me and i'll do it with you. >> i'm holding you to that. >> there was also a party in south bend on saturday. i'm talking about hug

bel canto performances. café also took offer to the pop charts in fact her earlier duet with freddie mercurysinging barcelona became the anthem of the one nine hundred ninety two summer olympic games . the. movie musical and being connected to music doesn't mean just one specific genre it means everything you know it's like the stuff if you look at all of them then you can just stare at one of them you see all of them . at barcelona's opera house people are already paying their respects to one of their city's prodigal daughters for them once and it's caught by a may have been the last great diva but more importantly she was a wonderful person. the biggest fish market in the world has held its fight all to no auction tokyo's to keep the market is one of japan's major tourist attractions but now thousands of traders are packing up and preparing to move to a gleaming new market that will open on an official artificial island in tokyo bay next week it's been a controversial move costing the city authorities billions. but until the markets opened in nine hundred thirty five and quickly became a m

by a also took offer to the pop charts in fact her earlier duet with freddie mercury singing barcelona became the anthem of the one nine hundred ninety two summer olympic games. the musical beyond being connected to music doesn't mean just one specific genre it means everything you know it's like the stuff if you look at all of them then you can just stare at one of them you see all of them. at barcelona's opera house people are already paying their respects to one of their city's prodigal daughters for them once that's cut by a may have been the last great diva but more importantly she was a wonderful person. absolutely stunning voice and a reminder of the top story we're following for you two kids and it has pledged their support for judge brett's coven all he could be confronted later today the senate is due to vote on the controversial nominee despite allegations of sexual misconduct. it's indeed up in years live from berlin thank you for watching. on the. armed forces are under pressure they're battling recruiting public outdated and broken down equipment and limited budgets. all

kev i also took off her to the pop charts in fact her earlier duet with freddie mercury singing barcelona became the anthem of the one nine hundred ninety two summer olympic games . movie musical going to being connected to music doesn't mean just one specific genre it means everything you know it's like the stuff if you look at all of them then you can just stare at one of them you see all of them . at barcelona's opera house people are already paying their respects to one of their city's prodigal daughters for them once that's cut by a may have been the last great diva but more importantly she was a wonderful person. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you the u.s. senate has voted to approve president trump a supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh by fifty votes to forty eight despite allegations of sexual misconduct in his past. there watching t.v. news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour and over again you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's needed. dot com thanks for joining. us from our. own kind of the

good to see you so let's start with that famous moment in one thousand eighty seven duets with freddie mercury which then became the anthem of the buffalo in olympics in one thousand nine hundred two what's the background to that performance well pretty murky he loved opera and he loved months of a couple a couple and she invited him to join her on a project for the summer games and they had this iconic video. and she actually performed alone at the one thousand nine hundred two games because he died the year before when she did that she reached an audience of some two billion people in this was many times more than she had in all her four thousand other appearances combined this made her as you can see it rocked. it rocked indeed i mean operatic circles she also rocked own way by reviving conto what moved her to do that. well you know bill contra literally means beautiful singing and bill conto always was there and always will be there as long as there's operatic singing the premier bel canto singer of the twentieth century was maria colace and she didn't allow very many people into her spher

canto she found a new audience in one thousand nine hundred seventy when she joined rock star freddie mercury to record an album the title track of that album barcelona subsequently became the anthem of the one nine hundred ninety two olympics. and for more we're going to talk to our classical music correspondent rick foca in ball rick i want to start with that famous moment the one nine hundred eighty seven jewett with freddie mercury which then as i mentioned became the anthem of the boss a learner olympics what is the background to that performance will it actually was that you're curious invitation he had toured months on a couple a and in fact they recorded it together and when it was finally performed it turned out to be his biggest hit and probably hers in the sense that she reached an audience that was many times larger than all of her other performances combined in there were some four thousand of those performances and if we sort of restrict our perspective now to operatic circles that's where she's known for reviving bel canto this early form of all pro what motivated her to do tha

may said freddy mercury, who died in 1991, would have loved the movie. named after one the band's best known songs. it follows freddy mercury's early career with queen in the 1970s, including his personal struggles with his sexuality and substance abuse. today the talking point we have been asking you to share your thoughts on is the idea that free apps are hoovering up and sharing data and i was asking if you mind your data being shared by apps or is it is the price to pay? seth says it doesn't bother me onejot. price to pay? seth says it doesn't bother me one jot. charles says as a pa rent bother me one jot. charles says as a parent it bother me one jot. charles says as a pa rent it really bother me one jot. charles says as a parent it really bothers me and an act of gutmann should be brought in to protect young people. —— and an act of government should be brought in. and we have had another message from someone who says unwanted apps should be uninstalled from time to time, it only takes a few moments, just reinstall them when you need them. thanks v

the spanish opera star, monserrat cabelle, famous for her barcelona duet with freddie mercury, dies athe age of 85. safe for now... despite reports of his imminent departure, the bbc understandsjose mourinho has been given the backing of the manchester united board. summerfog summer fog to watch for this morning, also heavy rain in the forecast but for many of us, there will be one fine day this weekend. find out which they will be for you in15 find out which they will be for you in 15 minutes. it's saturday 6th october, our top story — it's been one week since the indonesian island of sulawesi was hit by a devastating earthquake — officials say more than 1,000 people could still be missing beneath the rubble. so far, around 1,500 people are known to have died in the disaster. hundreds of buildings were destroyed after the island was hit by a wall of water. among the despair, there have been glimmers of hope, as our asia correspondent nick beake explains. within this devastated city you find incredible stories of survival. including here, where the injured are still being treated outsi

would like her. >> how do we know this isn't freddie mercury reincarnated in a 3-year-old girlthis episode. >>> okay. that's the end of this episode. if you want to get anymore, big corporations are making and just got a huge tax break. but the middle class is struggling. prop c is a common-sense plan. the top 1% of businesses pay their fair share to tackle homelessness for all of us. companies with revenue greater than $50 million pay, not small businesses or homeowners. the prop c plan is supported by the democratic party, teachers, and mental-health professionals. vote "yes" on c. big corporations pay for it, not you. today, life-changing technology from abbott is helping hunt them down at their source. because the faster we can identify new viruses, the faster we can get to stopping them. the most personal technology, is technology with the power to change your life. life. to the fullest. >>> tonight, inside the massacre. our team with a member of the s.w.a.t. team and a doctor, the first responders at the pittsburgh synagogue. what they saw inside. and the rabbi tonight wh