and rising... >> simon: and by hollywood odds, ava duvernay's rise to prominence shouldn't have happened rare enough, making only 4% of the films, according to one study. and a woman director of color is virtually unheard of. >> duvernay: cut! >> simon: do you think that the fact that your film "selma" is such an important event that this, in and of itself, is going to be a big step in the direction of enabling future people to do it? >> duvernay: i don't know. i don't know. i'm not a big believer in one... you know, one person that's a door opener. because i can open a door, but if there's no one coming through it or if the door is allowed to close right after me, it doesn't mean much. action! >> simon: she may be a relative newbie as a director, but she's an old hand at the business of selling films. she worked just out of camera range for years as a publicist on movies such as "dream girls" and "the help," planning premieres, arranging photo ops getting the word out. >> slow down! >> simon: on the set of the movie "collateral" several years... >> michael mann: there should be one comi

on last sunday's "60 minutes" he sat down with ava duvernay, the director of the drama "selma."monton pettus bridge and the violence that was reported years ago. >>> this was described in 1965 by cbs news correspondent bill stout. they were beaten back with canes and clubs and whips and tear gas and nausea gas. the thuds were carried by television to an unbelieving america. >> reporter: 50 years later ava duvernay has reported it as a shocking parallel as well. >> hundreds of black citizens running, being beaten and bludgeoned in a quest for their own dignity. >> reporter: then as now the bridge bore the name of ed monday pettus a confederate general and lead over the alabama ku klux klan. >> the bridge still honors the dragon of the kkk. >> what do you think of that? >> i demanded him turn it over speaking where did it all go wrong. this was not supposed to happen. >> reporter: by hollywood odds ava duvernay's rise to prominence shouldn't have happened either. women directors are rare enough making only 4% of the filming, according to one study, and a woman direct over color is

ava duvernay was nowhere to be james march, was at the exclusion of clint eastwood also merited comment0 million in the first weekend of release. what was it in bradley cooper you saw that game is you he was perfect to play this meant? >> well, i looked at bradley cooper on several other pictures, but we never ended up working together. but i always like his performance. cooper called clint, the veteran was ready. >> he was very, very helpful to been livinge had with a project for a long time and then we went down and met the family in texas and kind of got a line on all the others. >> from an icon comes respect for nectar he calls a very bright -- for an actor he calls a very bright guy could >. >> he's got a fabulous career now and he will be better in the future. >> "american sniper" has earned high marks from veterans but has come under fire from liberals who say the sharpshooter was no hero. however, the stars told me the highest ultimate came from chris kyle's real-life wife. she spente felt like time with her husband and that is all the validation you need. >> one of the races to

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. >> she teamed up with ava duvernay to create a new original drama series for her television networkutive produce the thing and star in a recurring role. >> it is adapted from the novel "queen sugar" and will focus on a woman who leaves behind her upscale los angeles lifestyle to claim an inheritance, a sugar cain cane farm in the heart of louisiana. filming is scheduled to begin later this we're year. >>> the latest bombshell from kim kardashian. >> hard to get through this one. >> bombshell announcement. tweeting on her t-mobile, a kim k. fan asked the question, if you could take a selfie with anyone, dead or alive, who would you choose? >> she wrote this answer, my dad, with double hearts there or jesus or marilyn monroe, i can't decide. those are legitimate. >>> okay. >>> time to check out who's blowing out the birthday candles. >> blythe danner, 72. >> morgan fairchild 65. >> tony award-winning actor nathan lane 59. >> actress rebel wilson turns 29 years old today. happy birthday to one and all. >>> coming up talking star power behind tom brady. >> new england patriots quarterba

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> rose: we begin with ava duvernay's selma.for best and i recollect best original song global by john legend. it is a story of the 1965 civil rights marches in selma alabama. it's a pour traift martin luther king jr., the preacher, the orator, the husband and the man. in an attempt to liberate dr. king from his legacy we see him in the context of the movement. he is captured fighting alongside the men and women who have moved the needle of racial progress in america. >> we will not wait any longer. give us the vote. >> that's right. no more. >> we're not asking; we're demanding. give us the vote. >> great minds, you know spur it on and pushed on by the voices of the people. so it was really critical that the people in selma came for a reason. it was about the people and their voices. and more than one person. plenty of people in selma risked their lives but the people around king. >> and also within his camp and the people of selma and the civil rights movement as a whole. >> account governor of alabama. >> and all of those voi

ava duvernay called you and said what?make a song like "we are the world." i said that's quincy jones, cindy lawyeryndi lauper. you want john and i to do "we are the world." but i knew what she wanted. >> so you called john legend and he says -- >> he said we've just got to make it majestic. yeah that's right. this southbound dr. king and the people of the civil right ss music. it's got to be magic. >> what do you define your style and what you do? >> because i talk about social awareness in my songs. i talk about love i talk about god. i talk about issues that i see going on. initially i was like why are they boxing me in but then i started to look at the legacy of conscious artist wls it be bob marley or bob dylan and i thought, yes, i'm conscious, i'm aware, embracing the title now. >> i remember when you were common sense back in terrellhe early '90s. the legal reasons it was changed to common and i'm wondering where that name came from, common sense. >> it was a phrase my mother would always say. use common sense. use

so ava duvernay called you and she said she wanted what from you?she said i need it to be like "we are the world." >> "we are the world?" >> yeah. i'm like "we are the world" is michael jackson, bruce springsteen, cindy law per. you want us to do "we are the world," but i knew the spirit of what she wanted. >> so you called john legend and he says -- >> he said we just have got to make it majestic. and i said yeah, okay that's right. this is about dr. king and the civil rights movement. >> you talk about common and they say he's a conscious rapper. a, what does that mean and how do you define your style and what you do? >> because i talk about social awareness in my songs. i talk about love. i talk about god. i talk about issues that i see going on. ♪ initially i was like why are they boxing me in and then i started to look at the legacy of conscious artists, whether it be bob marley or bob dylan and i thought, yes i'm conscious, i'm aware, i'm embracing the title artist now. ♪ time to get down ♪ >> i remember when you were common sense back in the

winfrey reteaming with "selma" director ava duvernay for the new project, an adaptation of the novela. to run a sugar cane farm. filming set to begin later this year and the show will air on own. the two have a lot to celebrate. "selma" up for best picture at this year's oscars. >>> also in "pop news" this morning, neil patrick harris and david birka giving us a glimpse inside their home. the architect says it's 9 perfect combination of the couple's personalities and it is done to the nines. david wanted the home to feel like an adventurer's club, if you will and neil has a secret room you enter through a hidden door. perhaps mph can catch a nap in there after he's done crushing it on the oscars on february 22nd. see more of the latest collaboration in the issue of "architect "architectural digest." >> you just invited yourself. >> i tried. >> need a date? >> done. >> as long as it's not that drone. >>> and finally, hit it, control room. ♪ ah freak out ♪ >> come on. >>> get a wide shot. >> she knows i love this. ♪ >> i like it. there's not a lot of movement. >> just a little shimmy.

winfrey reteaming with "selma" director ava duvernay for the new project, an adaptation of the novel life in l.a. to run a louisiana sugar cane farm. filming set to begin later this year and the show will air on own. perhaps not surprising. the two have a lot to celebrate. right now "selma" up for best picture at this year's oscars. >>> also in "pop news" this morning, neil patrick harris and david burtka giving us a glimpse inside their stunning renovated town house in uptown manhattan, harlem to be exact. the architect, jeffrey povero, says it's the perfect combination of the couple's personalities and it is done to the nines. david wanted the home to feel like an adventurer's club, if you will, and neil incorporated his love of magic memorabilia. he even has a secret room you enter through a hidden door. perhaps mph can catch a nap in that space there after he's done crushing it on the oscars on february 22nd. >> that's beautiful. >> yeah. >> you can see more of the burtka/harris collaboration in the issue of "architectural digest" on stands now. >> you're right. he's going to kil