and, in fact, ryan bingham is here tonight, he got an oscar nomination.sleeping at jake's at the time? >> supposed to say no, but -- >> jimmy: and, well, he did one of the songs from the soundtrack. >> he and t-bone -- >> jimmy: t-bone burnett? >> he sort of oversaw the music for the movie. one thing i should say, if you see any of us together, all of us that made the movie, we, ryan, all of us, we actually love each other. we actually got to really be friends. >> which movie didn't you like everyone? >> oh, there -- this is really -- >> jimmy: we'll go through those next time you're here. maggie gyllenhaal. "crazy heart" is in theaters now. we'll be right back with dave salmoni and animals. ick i pickep by booking my fami with e. first i find the flight i want. then a great hotel my kids will love. yeah. but wait... here's the really cool part. when i book them at the same time... voila! i can save up to 450 bucks. and we all know that can come in pretty handy. book flight and hotel, and save more. where you book matters, expedia. ♪ dot com yellne! ♪ blu

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and today, the biggest of them all, the oscars announced their nominations for the best of the best. but this being an international news program, we would like to note that the world of movies goes well beyond george clooney and meryl streep, which brings us to today's oscar nominations for best foreign language film. among those getting an oscar nod was an israeli film set in the city of jaffa. the film features a cast of almost all nonprofessional actors. this is the third year in a row that an israeli film has received an oscar nomination for best foreign language film. twoilms from south america also got notes, "the secret in their eyes" from argentina follies testimony of detectives and prosecutors on their 25-year quest to solve a murder that's gone cold. and from peru, "the milk of sorrow"he story of an indigenous woman struggling to cope with an illness. the french film "the prophet" made the short list, the story of a young criminal sentenced to one of ance's toughest prisons. there he falls in with the loaders of a prison gang and rises in the ranks. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> and f

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i think you won an oscar for that one. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you get it now, though.s kind of funny now. >> steve: yeah, yeah. they're up in the balcony. they're way, high up. >> jimmy: yeah. when parents pass, you can show it in black and white. >> steve: you're on fire today. >> jimmy: yeah, i'm shooting blanks. [ light laughter ] performance by an actress in a leading role. you got sandy bulls in "the blind side." >> steve: right. >> jimmy: helen mirren in "the last station." >> steve: yep. >> jimmy: never heard of that movie. [ laughter ] what's that about? >> steve: probably the last station. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: "there is officially no more stations after this." [ laughter ] >> steve: maybe like thomas the tank engine or something like that. >> jimmy: is it animated? thomas the tank engine? >> steve: it might be. i didn't see it. >> jimmy: i like helen mirren, but i never saw that. is she playing the queen or something? >> steve: she might be, at the last station. >> jimmy: carey mulligan, "an education." >> steve: oh, yeah. didn't see it. [ scattered applause

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he is nominated for an oscar for his work on "avatar." he also worked on "titanic." he has the distinction for working on the two top hollywood films in thisist. -- in history. >> there are so many things that wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better, but mostly we're looking forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment th comes with it. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> thomas ricks is a pulitzer prize winning journalist who covers government affairs for the "washington post" and his book "fiasco" and theollow-up, "the gamble," tom, good to have you back on the program. >> thank you. good to be back. tavi is adventure the word to use with what's happening in iraq? are we still on an adventure

they are very hard to kill. >> james cameron's "avatar" has nine oscar nominations including best picture. the nominees were announced about an >> "the hurt locker" also got nine oscar nods. cameron's ex-wife directed this one. she's up for an oscar, too. >>> those were the top stories. good morning. how are you doing, sunshine? i'm robin meade. it's 31 minutes past the hour. haiti has stopped all adoptions unless they were in motion before the earthquake. that news as ten americans stand accused of trying to take 33 children out of the haiti illeg illegally. their attorney says the children came from a collapsed orphanage. the pastor of a church that many in the group attend says the group's motives were pure. >>> certainly no part of this trip were we going to have any adoptions take place. the idea really was let's go. and just as many americans have done, they saw a need in haiti. they wanted to go and take care of some kids who had physical, medical needs and care for them there in haiti. adoption wasn't part of the question at this point. >> last half hour we heard from a father who gave his two girls to that group. now

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previous films have included "toy story,""monsters inke, in's latest film has been nominated for an oscaregory, "up." >> we have your dog. i wonder who he belongs to. >> book, he is trained. -- look, he is trained. >> did that dog just talk? >> my name is doug. squirrel! my master is good and smart. >> cool, what do these do? >> i would be happy if you stopped. tavis: it takes four, five years to make these? >> it does. tavis: $300 million domestically, $700 million worldwide. >> it is hard to believe. we make these because we love them. of course, reaching such a wide audience, it does not get better than this. tavis: when you spend five years on a project, you have to like it. in the context of your life, are you ok with spending four, five years on this? >> this was one sixth of my life. i should make that a business card. no, i think the secret for me is we had so many amazingly talented people, the film gets better and better as we go. it is constantly changing and evolving and getting stronger. tavis: when you are on the same thing that long, how do you know that you are in fact get

. >>> he's nominated for an oscar for his role in "the messenger," and gene shalit says this is a moviemorning and welcome to the "critic's corner," as the olympics ski, skate and speed to the finish line, the "critic's corner" skis into butternut in massachusetts with a film that deserves a medal. virtual virtually, all of the academy awards go to individuals, and yet, most movies are memorable not because of a single actor, but because of performances by their whole, whole-hearted cast and that's why the oscars should add an ensemble category for movies like "the messenger." an army captain, woody haralson, and a staff sergeant, ben foster, are assigned to knock on doors and recite mumble, mumble, been killed in iraq. one thus struck is made an instant widow. the excellent samantha morten. >> we need to be clear. i need so say killed or died. what we don't say is the deceased or the body. weall each casualty by name. we honor them. >> reporter: haralson has been nominated for an academy award, and deservedly, yet all performances are honor-worthy as a group. >> this mission is not sim

but that doesn't always equate to an oscar. >> no, it doesn't. but in this case, it's james cameron who's king of the oscars. this is the guy who won 11 academy awards for "titanic." the problem with the movie is it's sci-fi and no sci-fi movie has ever won best picture before. today with the ten best picture nominees, two more were nominated. as you were saying earlier this is really a race between cameron's "avatar" and his ex-wife's "the hurt locker." it's a classic david and goliath race here in hollywood. >> let's get to the actors. we have actor in a leading role, jeff bridges for "crazy crazy . george clooney for up in the air. collin firth for a single man. morgan freeman for invictus, and jeremy renner for "the hurt locker." >> it's a slam dunk for jeff bridges here. they love the big bombastic performances. recently we saw daniel day-lewis win and forest whitaker for last king of scotland. and here he stumbles around drunk for two hours. that will always get you an oscar. so he can't really lose. >> that's great. let's get to leading act

. >> it would be very nice to win an oscar for one of the three things or eight things i'm up for. i think we stand a good chance for best picture and stand a very, very good chance for best screen play. i can't imagine katherine is not going to get it for best director. i'm going to vote for katherine. for director. i mean, i think it's a really good chance for both screen play and picture. >> larry: did

whatever it may be, winning an oscar never a bad thing. >>> to a local youth soccer team invited to theld stage not just cause of their playing ability. up next in sports what dancing has to do with world cup soccer in south after a i don't think we're dancing about the forecast so much, but it has been pretty nice over the weekend, gwen. >>> not bad so far. gusty winds today, be prepared for that. also, wouldn't rule out a passing flurry or passing shower. so far not bad. here's a view outside in downtown d.c., a view of the chilean embassy actually. and we'll have more details on what we can expect coming up after the break. contributed or not. vo: which makes a good job even better. ve money. live better. walmart. that when you include all the full-time and part-time associates and their family members covered under walmart's healthcare plan, that's over 1 million people? brendon: and that's a healthier outlook for everyone. save money. live better. walmart. >>> metro fare hikes go into effect today. the temporary increase to help reduce the budget goes until june 26th. the baseboard

oscar broadcasts. usually. so this is, i think, anttempt to restore the broad popular appeal of the academy awards. >> rose: any trends here? i mean, what's the overall sense of movies in 2010? >> well, first of all, women are for me, much more prominent. first of all, catherine bigelow. the fact that not only she's nominated for best director but there's a very good chance she's going to win, which would make her the first female director in history to win the academy award. >> keep your hands up. >> okay. >> easy, easy. >> can i touch my head now? >> slowly. >> we're on the same side, guys. >> jesus. >> i also think that having helen mirren and meryl streep nominated in the best actress category is a reminder that older women on screen don't have to be musty, they can be lusty. they can remain sensual, vital beings. there were many films directed by women and, indeed, "an education" is among the ten nominees. so that's just one... >> rose: a good year for women. >> it's good. the other thing i would propose is that with "avatar" bei

did you know this was an oscar... >> no. then i would have said yes right from the beginning. oscar, i shall take this part. >> rose: do you need your oscar? >> no. i thought if "speed two" i had it clinched. had hit in the bag. >> rose: how about "crash"? >> "crash," a week before i signed on that film it wasn't getting made. i read it and said "i want to be a part of this story." i think it was made for $6 million. all of us sat in our little honey wagons and wanted to make this great story. i thought people chose things according to the oscar path, i did. so i thought the whole road there was completely different. so me saying no, obviously i had no how special it would be for me. but i also don't pick things... i mean, i've snowed to films that you've seen actresss go on and do very well with awards wise. >> rose: you say no because it doesn't feel right for you. >> it doesn't feel right at the time and years later i think i might be able to do this. >> rose: do you think there's something to this idea that when you stop reaching for it it will happen? >> i wasn't really r

our first guest is an oscar-nominated actress, and grammy award-winning performer.12th. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome queen latifah. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. thanks for coming back. >> what are you singing? >> jimmy: i know -- ♪ [ high-pitched singing ] >> that's wrong, that's wrong! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: imagine how nuts -- that must have made you crazy doing that. >> it was hilarious. i couldn't stop laughing. >> jimmy: oh, we had so much fun. thanks for coming back on. >> i know, it's always so fun to be here. >> jimmy: i know, i know, i love seeing you. [ laughter ] i know. you do this all day. look at you. >> come on. >> jimmy: you do anything cool for the holidays, anything fun? i didn't hear from you. >> i hung -- i know, i'm sorry. >> jimmy: no problem. >> a little hungover. >> jimmy: that's all right, yeah. [ laughter ] >> i hung out in miami. i got a house in miami on the bayside. >> jimmy: yeah, you got a cool house, man. >> yeah. >> jimmy: is that the one with the studio? do you have a studio in your house? >> n

>> yes, i did. >> it's just one of the films up for an oscar nomination.t it was fantastic. she was great. it just got one. we're going to break downtown rest of the nominations announced moments ago right after this break. >> let's check in with martha mccallum who was against the movie to begin with. >> i love that movie. >> did you? >> i loved that movie. it was a great movie. thanks. coming up at the top of the hour, iran suggesting that they're going to hang nine more of the protesters. they hung two people this week. what is the reaction to all of this from the white house? we'll talk to john bolten about that. also a roving pack of beagles is terrorize ago neighborhood, coming up at the top of the hour. )ltpspynvyfkpttspyntinkpttp >>> it was early in tinseltown this morning the oscar nominations announced moments ago. here with all of the exciting details is fox news entertainment correspondent, jill dobson. >> good morning. >> very exciting. >> all the nominations, they just came down motel ago. >> let's start with best supporting actress, just lik

. >> reporter: the names read like an oscar party guest list.am, natalie mains of the dixie chicks. >> i support the west memphis three. >> reporter: they are all supporting the west memphis three. three men at the believe were were wrongly convicted of a horrific crime. the murders of three 8-year-old boys in arkansas. >> the little boys were found in a drainage ditch mutilated and beaten to death. >> reporter: the crime was believed to be part of a satanic ritual, so damien eckels, then 19, was sentenced to death. jason baldwin, who was 16, and jessie misskelley, 17, were given life sentences. that was in 1994. but today, the west memphis three have become a caused cleb. how you can be absolutely sure that these three men are innocent? >> if there was the tiniest sliver of doubt, i wouldn't be sitting here. >> reporter: actor johnny depp learned about the case from an hbo documentary. so did new york landscape architect lori davis. >> my life just was completely changed after that. >> reporter: and how. lori gave up her job and moved to arkans

the book, the people today know the price of everything and value of nothing and that of course is an oscar wilde quote and people should know he was a socialist. [laughter] it's important to say the board without the vegetables being thrown, socialism, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] >> the purpose of the book is it's okay to say it. in many ways the alternatives have been suppressed. did you know for example the dalai lama said ali and the marxist monk? it doesn't get reported with his arms around richard gere or richard gere's arms around him. [laughter] this isn't something featured and of course it's important the dalai lama say i'm a marxist monk because he's someone confronted with the awful power of a so-called communist state against the chinese government. and you would expect someone who'd been up against the chinese to be hateful of marxism but actually there's more about social justice and fairness and equality than there is in the riding of milton friedman and you would expect there for -- [applause] -- more input. some of those ideas are in the book and i try to pull them to

. >>> in an interview with andrea mitchell the vice president shared his oscar pick. >> i think one ofhe odds on favorite is this new program that i looked at it and wished i was seeing it in 3-d you sit and watch this science fiction thing unfold in front of you. >> sean: joe, it's called avatar. the number one grossing movie in box office hisisisis >> sean: joining me with reaction to the john edwards' scandal and more is the within and only dr. phil mcgraw. how are you good to see you again? >> good, good to talk to you. doing okay? >> sean: life is good. here's what i have a hard time understanding you can i assume help me out. john edwards has a chance to be president. his wife knows about it many he knows, his agents know about this -- his aides know and yet he arrogantly thinks he can get away with this. i don't understand the psychology behind me and i want you to help me understand it? >> i think they get caught up in the moment. i also think probably in his mind, he societies the two. like the work he's -- he days societies the two. like the work he's doing heat passionate, f

. >>> in an interview with andrea mitchell the vice president shared his oscar pick. >> i think one ofhe odds on favorite is this new program that i looked at it and wished i was seeing it in 3-d you sit and watch this science fiction thing unfold in front of you. >> sean: joe, it's called avatar. the number one grossing movie in box office history? more hannity, straight ahead. i have diabetes. rodney's kid too. so we're so proud to manufacture... the accu-chek aviva meters and test strips... here in the u.s.a. plus, we've proven you'll waste 50% fewer strips... when you use our meter, which means greater savings... for people with diabetes, like me. now that's true american value. accu-chek aviva. born in the u.s.a. >> sean: joining me with reaction to the john edwards' scandal and more is the within and only dr. phil mcgraw. how are you good to see you again? >> good, good to talk to you. doing okay? >> sean: life is good. here's what i have a hard time understanding you can i assume help me out. john edwards has a chance to be president. his wife knows about it many he knows, his a

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. >> hats count down to the academy awards continues we bring you another "oscar moment" of >> how do you relate to anrate woman who served in auschwitz? its extremely difficult to do that in comparison to the other roles have i played i have always been able to in some way connect the dots and dr comparisons to similar experiences in my own life, in my own past. and with this i had nothing. so i always felt, ok, you're terrified. that's a good thing. huge leap of faith. just go in there and make her your own. it was very important for me though not to try and humanize her. i had to uerstand her. and i had to make her a person, you know. stephen brilliantly put it yesterday the holocaust was started by normal people and it was important for me to remember that, in all of my research and reading what i did and discovering what i learned about ss guards, these were young men and women who didn't know what it was they were signing up for and i have to think of hna as absolutely one of those people. >> rose: we continue this evening with a consideration of the ipad. it was released by apple last week afte

an under appreciated actor, but that will end. and sandra bullock, she has had a tremendous year. this is her first oscar nomination for "the blind side." that is an audience favorite. it grossed more than $200 million at the box office. so with movies like "the blind side" included, maybe more people tune in. >> good story of a true story. can't get enough of that for sure. >> can't go wrong. >>> opening up the military to openly gay groups. could lifting the ban save you tax dollars? what's around the corner is one of life's great questions. and while it can never be fully answered, it helps to have a financial partner like northern trust. by gaining a keen understanding of your financial needs, we're able to tailor a plan using a full suite... of sophisticated investment strategies and solutions. so whatever's around the corner can be faced with confidence. ♪ northern trust. look ahead with us at northerntrust.com. announcer: you could buy 300 bottles of water. or just one brita filter. ( drop plinks ) brita-- better for the environment and your wallet. brita-- better for the environment how do we kno

>> we'll talk to the star of "the hurt locker", jeremy renner up for oscar gold as is the picture. he did an angel of death. the cat's name is oscar. supposedly knows when people are about to die. we'll talk to a doctor who says he has got scientific proof that oscar knows what he's doing. >> first, the verizon trivia question of the day born on this date in 1973, he has won 10 crowns in six classes. his father and grandfather competed in the same sport. who is he? 10 crowns in six classes. ♪ this one thing i'll eat, any time of day ♪ pancakes! ♪ from dawn 'til sunset, i'll never walaway ♪ ♪ blueberry pancakes are so go ♪ [ male announcer ] bisquick. pancake lovers unite. ...it's easy to feel like you're fading into the background. that's because bipolar depression doesn't just affect you. it can consume you. one option proven effective to treat bipolar depression... is seroquel xr. for many, it's one pill, once a day. here is some important safety information you should be aware of. call your doctor if you have unusual changes in mood, behavior... ...or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants

oscar winners looking in each other's eyes. so no matter where you went i think the audience was interested. tavis: this is an inside baseball question but i'm always curious as to people's process if i walked on this set any day and didn't know who was showing up it might be challenging. i like to do my research. i think i could pull it off by -- but i like to know that garry marshall is coming today. >> yes. tavis: to your point, filming a movie like this and you don't know which star with -- can make it to film that day, as a director how do you do this? >> you think it's a baseball question, you don't know who's going to pitch? well, i'll answer in a baseball way. in baseball maybe only you and i know there's a thing called the mendoza line. mario mendoza batted .201, .202. if you bat lower than that, you're out of the big leagues. my whole process is to stay in the big leagues. i like it there. they have trailers and food trays. i try so hard to stay above the mendoza line so no matter who shows up, i know i have to stay above it. and such talented people showed up in this film that it was a little easie

oscars. >> here are the winning lottery numbers from last night. >> we are monitoring the area roads for problems. an incident is coming in on j.f.x. at northern parkway. wash water main blake's -- watch water main breaks at milford road. number one 95 at 175, an accident there. a life of traffic on 95 northbound at 32. getting word of the disabled vehicle in a different area of 95. that is the latest. >> accumulating snow is gone. we should get snow -- sunshine breaking through the clouds. an exception could be the mountains. snow showers will remain there. a mixture of clouds and sunshine. around 40 degrees. a lot of this will knelt of by the time and get to the -- a lot of this will melt off by the time we get to the morning hours. >> the nominations are out for the biggest night of the academy awards in hollywood. >> ladies and gentlemen, you are not in kansas anymore. >> a big budget sci-fi fantasy that everyone has seen. the other is a small budget war trauma that hardly no one has seen. nine nominations for both "avatar" and "the hurt locker." the director of both movies used to be married. th

for now there's been an awful lot of coverage of "we are the world." >> that is true. >> let's talk about the oscarsprobably heard who is up for what. we thought we'd go ahead and give you the up to date drama. what's going on with the oscars. let's start with the best directors. if you haven't seen the list, i want you to take a look at the list this year. because it's generating a lot of buzz and that's b historically, this has been two things, ite bele. pher a look at the five nomiees kathryn bigelow, only the fourth woman to be noed. if she wns sl be woman to take home the irec oscar. not to mention the fact that she used to be married to james cameron. the other stoe ar talking about, lee daniels only the second black faker nominated in the 81-year history of the academy awards. he's up for "precious." also a lot of talk about the former spouses, like i said. also 32-year-old jason reitman, possibly the youngest ever best director. like i said, a lot of people looking at this one. normally about always look at the best picture. a lot of people saying it would be great for kathryn bigelo diar a

the air" with george clooney, an amazing line-up. >> usual sus spects on the list, but new ones as well, thank you, careen. >>> let me know what you think about the oscarike the fact that there are ten pictures up for best picture? do you think it's too many or a way of being inclusive? you can write to me at my facebook and twitter sites at betty nguyen@cnn.com. >>> you can add nine academy award nominations to "avatar's" acclaims. the highest grossest movie of all-time join "larry king live" tomorrow 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> here's what we're working on for the next hour of "cnn newsroom" -- >>> dismantling don't ask, don't tell. defense secretary, roberts gates, talks about rolling back the policy on gays in the military. we'll bring you his remarks live. >>> and too poor to care for children? people in haiti say they gave their children to american missionaries. karl penhaul talks about the desperate acts by the parents and the acts against the americans. i'll just use my pho. let's say we crashed. whoops, you lost your phone and you're disoriented. i'm not disoriented. now you are. onstar automatic crash response can call to see if

oscar time just around the corner. the winners were announced. a bit of an awkward moment. more on that. you are the big winners?nine nominations. tied with the movie called "the hurt locker," also nominated for nine awards. get this. kathryn bigelow, she and james cameron used to be married. both of the films have already taken on some of the year's top prizes. we can weigh in on which film you think will come out on top. you see the blue arrow. it is the second one down. so far more than half of our voters say "avatar" will take on the prize. jon: i saw "avatar." i have not seen "the hurt locker." a few of them. i'll take you to the movies. jane: that is going to do it for us. jon: "america live" with megyn kelly begins right now. megyn: good afternoon and welcome to "america live." i'm megyn kelly. breaking news on the number one issue facing americans today and the issue that could make or break the democrats in the 2010 midterm election, unemployment. we are awaiting remarks from the president who is in the new hampshire at this hour are he will unveil a new jobsp

an amazing thrill. >> reporter: we gave them a five-day challenge to design a perfect oscar gown for me to work the rediola, wow me. >> i wanted to start with a vibrant red for you. you will be shot from the waist-up. >> you put some thought into this. >> hi. and the first thing i did was sketch out this idea of a really simple, beautiful dress, with after reviewing what you wore previously. and i realized half of feeling beautiful is feeling comfortable, which brought me to this finalized idea. >> look at that. qwame. nice to see you again. >> great to see you. >> okay. can't wait to see your stuff. >> i looked at pictures of what you wore last year. very simple. you're working the red carpet. but you also want to feel glamorous. i thought something comfortable. i have this. it's done in jersey so it stretches. you feel comfortable. >> that's gorgeous. what do you have? >> we have a gray chiffon, when you move in the light, it has a sparkly effect. this is a beautiful print. >> see what you have got here. >> okay. i have three color stories in mind. one was going some place close, really emerald green