chris connelly and kelley carter to help us break it down.dent and ceo of a motion picture of arts and scientists, jackie yang and bill. [applause] >> good morning, and thank you for joining us for the 97th oscars nominations announcement. on behalf of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences, i want to welcome you and extend our deepest sympathies to everyone impacted by the fire is here in southern california. just because this has certainly been a difficult time for los angeles where many members of the film community, industry with work and live. but the last several weeks have proven what we already know to be true. our film industry in los angeles are resilient. for almost a century, the oscars have brought us together to unite and celebrate our global film community. >> during this year ceremony, we will honor the talented filmmakers nominated today, pay tribute to our brave first responders, and celebrate the enduring spirit of los angeles and the film industry. >> and now without further delay to announce this year's academy a

look, conan o'brien opening up about his upcoming oscar hosting gig, here's abc news reporter chris connellyook. one on one with this year's oscar host, conan o'brien. >> i'm paying people to create moments. i'm going to have a lot of fake moments that i can react to, and people can say, wow. conan. conan is a genius. how did he see that coming? and then later on, i'm giving tom hanks $300 in the parking lot. >> o'brien hosting hollywood's biggest night for the first time. already hard at work planning the show. what about singing and dancing? >> we polled america. i spent a lot of my own money polling americans. shocking response. people don't want it. which means i'll probably try and do it. i will say this. if you like close up magic tricks, you'll be very happy with my oscars performance. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll have much more of our interview with conan o'brien. and you can see the academy awards sunday, march 2nd, right here on abc with your gma first look, i'm chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> the oscars happen sunday, march 2nd. hosted by conan o'brien. it will be li

abc seven mornings anchor reggie aqui spoke with abc news correspondent chris connelly about the story featured in tonight's episode of 2020, explosive secrets. >> so chris introduced me to this businessman who, well, things went really sideways. >> well, reggie, gary triano was kind of a big deal in his hometown of tucson, arizona. and for members of his family, he was seen as a valued and important mentor, especially for his niece, melissa. now, for at least one of his ex-wives, they felt very differently about gary, but gary was in real estate and land development. he was a high flier, and so when his empire crashed, he went bankrupt and he was owing people a lot of money. a lot of people. and so as investigators looked into what happened to gary after a bomb went off in his car, killing him, it turned out a lot of people were hopping mad at gary triano. the question for investigators was who was mad enough to commit murder? it took them years. it will take us only two hours. >> i was looking at this video, you know, promoting this explosive secret story and saw you witnessing a rec

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our chris connelly is here with more on that. good morning, chris. >> good morning to you both. vulnerable. not the faces you see on screen, but the names you see after the movie. hardworking crew members. this latest blow to their livelihood is the most painful one yet. >> it looked to me like everything is gone. >> reporter: for three decades veteran prop master on features, tv shows and commercials, dutch merrick and his wife sigma moved to altadena four years ago. >> you're kind of out of the way of everything. it has a magic to it. it's filled with our film people. that spoke to us. it's no more. lot of love. lot of love to the people who made it through this. >> reporter: the couple forced to flee as the eaton fire claimed their beloved neighborhood and dream home. >> i looked out the bathroom window and i could see flames across the street. and it just didn't feel like i was coming back. i just started to say good-bye to the house. >> reporter: the devastation jeopardizing their already precarious livelihood. >> we, in the film business, have just had the wind knocked out

so chris connelly got to talk to him about that big night.nd reese witherspoon and meredith hagner are here. also the legendary gloria gaynor. my colleagues get to speak to some pretty amazing people. so join us on gma. >> what is your history with the song i will survive? when did that come into your life? >> oh wow. i don't know that you can remember that. is that something that's just imprinted from childhood? but this morning i have heard it more times than i have in the past decade because everybody's singing it. >> i feel like in college it really came into my life. >> like karaoke. karaoke? yeah. >> and you can't do anything but sing along. >> to it, right? >> whoever picks it doesn't. >> i don't remember those karaoke sessions. weirdly. uh. >> have you blocked them out? >> maybe you say blocked out or blacked out? >> i'm not sure which one, but it was one of the two. either one. >> applies and probably both apply honestly. and that's fine because you know what? >> you will survive. >> i did. thank goodness. >> hey. all right, we'll. >