there are also the baftas. big names, big movies, big drama.as more. >> reporter: we have the golden globes, screen actors guild awards, directors guild awards. still plenty of red carpet for the stars to walk yet. next leg, the bafta awards in london on sunday. >> you of all people should know that once you're on their list, you never get off. >> reporter: zero dark 0 is indeed on the list for b30 is indeed on the list for best film. it's up geagainst argo. and apparently they can teach a tiger to act. life of pi has nine nominations and with les mis in the mix, competition is fierce. they could all be sent packing by "lincoln" which leads the list with ten nominations. >> a common notion is this, things which are equal to the same thing are equal to each other. >> reporter: that's all very well, mr. president, but daniel day-lewis is red carpet royalty, up for his fourth bafta, not to mention history making third oscar for best actor. >> big films to small french films, some really well established names. and then some people, you know, like

president, but daniel day-lewis is red carpet royalty, up for his fourth bafta, not to mention history making third oscar for best actor. >> big films to small french films, some really well established names. and then some people, you know, like ben affleck who is on the list for the first time. so it's a really great list actually. >> reporter: and it promises to be a really great night hosted once again by british company median steven fry who says his job will be made easier if the stars are less than polished.co says his job will be made easier if the stars are less than polished. >> if someone falls over, heel breaks and falls over, and is rescued by somebody gallant. somebody like hugh jackman will come in and rescue her. that's very good. people like that. >> reporter: slips, slides and gaffes aside, the baftas are second only in prestige to the oscars. so what happens in london on sunday will likely set the stage for the academy awards in two weeks time. becky anderson, cnn, london. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm deborah feyerick in this morning for randi kaye. it is 7:00 and

there are also the baftas. big names, big movies, big drama.as more. >> reporter: we have the golden globes, screen actors guild awards, directors guild awards. still plenty of red carpet for the stars to walk yet. next leg, the bafta awards in london on sunday. >> you of all people should know that once you're on their list, you never get off. >> reporter: zero dark 0 is indeed on the list for b30 is indeed on the list for best film. it's up geagainst argo. and apparently they can teach a tiger to act. life of pi has nine nominations and with les mis in the mix, competition is fie

." >> we will be talking about the baftas and what it might mean in this hour. volume right now is fairly right. >> sanofi is up as shares of novo nordisk is down 11%. mean while, bond yields, all higher this morning. spain and italy, 5.42%, 4.59% respectively. still not a ton of action there. despite that one monday where we saw them jump. >> and maybe we have seen the lows in those yields recently. we'll talk about that. dollar/yen, 93.13. the three-month high we hit last week was 9 the 4. james ferguson is still with us. let's pick up on that point. do you think we've seen recent lows for yields of spain and italy? >> well, spain and italy, if you think we've seen the recent lows, then -- >> lows and yields. >> yeah. if you think we've seen the lows recently, then you're taking a bet, really, on just how desperate they get within europe and just how hard they will basically fudge markets. that's really what the interventions are. they're interventions to high from the price structure what the actual market really believes. and we know it's worried about italy

it won the bafta and the sag award, the critics choice award, the golden globe, or maybe "lincoln". >?" >> it got 12 nominations. >> that's the most, right? >> it's one short of the most. >> i mean of this batch. >> of this batch it is, but it's one short of the record, and then "life of pi" -- >> what, like "ben hur" or -- >> yeah, one of those. "life of pi" has 11 nominations. it's not going to be "life of pi." >> is it the whole deal if you one win those other awards it means you'll get the oscars? >> a lot of them are precursors, and then people are saying silent one could be "silver linings playbook." that could be one that comes up there and surprises everybody. >> everybody is talking about the fact that how could it be best picture without ben affleck being nominated for best director. >> he got the snub. he won the dga, which is a huge honor. i think the academy got it wrong with not putting him in there for best director. >> among those that are in for best director, who do you think will take it? >> steven speilberg, for sure. when he makes movies about historical figures o

>> bafta? . we have had hints from some people in arlen that they thought it was a criminal conspiracy. people i have spoken to say it is a question of supply and demand. we have lots of unwanted horses in europe and the price is very low and beef is quite high and you can make a pretty penny from this. whether it's an organized group, we don't know. but the testing may give fingerprints' as to what is behind this. >> there's been some talk in the british press that there is evidence that resources might have even been used and have entered the food chain. >> that is a concern. we don't know if that is the case. a number of horse passports have been explicitly authorized over the last number of years in the u.k. companies are able to issue these passports, so it is open to fraud. periodically possible. >> we will keep watching this story. thanks for joining us. coming up in the next half-hour on the program, how states army from dangers of things falling from the sky and -- how safe are we? we've

and we will have all the glitz and glamour and results from a bafta's as hollywood's big stars brave the rain on the red carpet. we began with a breaking news from the vatican. that is where local media say pope benedict xvi has announced he will resign. we are hearing he will step down on the 28th of february. he was elected pope as the age of 78. we will be getting more information on this breaking news story in just a couple of minutes right here on al jazeera. stay tuned. it just a reminder, we are hearing from the vatican that pope benedict xvi has resigned. let's find out more and bring in sabine joining us on the telephone from italy. what more could you tell us on this announcement the pope will be resigning february 28? >> it appears the pope made the announcement himself but the information is very, very sketchy. of course, this is really big news. having a poker resign is something we have not seen for hundreds and hundreds of years. it appears the pope gave the announcement in latin. that is all we have a moment. we are obviously going to be following this story very clos

the 85-year-old was recently awarded a bafta in london.best actress winner, jessica tandy, won when she was 80 for "driving miss daisy." marlee matlin is the youngest for "children of a lesser god." and many remember tatum o'neal, who won best supporting actress for "paper moon." >> i'm happy and exciting. but it's something that i never would think i would happen at your age. >> reporter: but many critics believe this year, experience will pay off in oscar gold. >> i think emmanuelle riva from "amour" will win best actress. >> reporter: oscar sunday happens to be emmanuelle riva's 86th birthday. she would have two reasons to celebrate. bran sy hit, abc news, los angeles. >> i love the tidbits and history behind the show. >> i think we're going to have to know the name quvenzhane and how to say it. >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." and have a wonderful day.

." >> the bafta goes to daniel day- lewis. >> when it came, it was hardly a surprise. >> he does not want me leaving big muddy footprints all over town. >> his portrait of abraham lincoln has been called by some of the performance of his career. in a ceremony where there were no guaranteed winds, this was the only one where most critics united in their belief he would take best actor. at 10 nominations, this was the only award for the thumb. director steven spielberg was not even nominated. the big stars worked the red carpet as rain turned to snow. excitement remained. described by some as the most open -- there are not one or two movies that dominate the awards. the competition is really intense. for some films, they are controversial. ty," --ero dark thirsty kathryn bigelow was hoping for best director. instead, that went to- -- " argo," about the hostage crisis in iran. in the end, the most popular movie of the night was "les miserables," earning four awards, including best supporting actress and hathaway. the musical tale translated happiness on the stage. and, for the first tim

they have the bafta, british academy award, the globes the sags. all the awards.lobes is where people gather in party atmosphere. the truth is they are big predictor of the big award. the show is successful because fun and entertaining. the academy awards show looks like 10,000 people sqirmed into a 747 in economy class. doesn't have the same kind of zest had a party atmosphere at the globes. liz: go right to the heart of the matter. who will really come out on the winning side of this? i guess we showed best picture nominations. again, it's a very crowded field now. no longer just the five, right? and peter, where do you see this going? who do you think really has a shot at winning? >> well from the beginning everyone felt link con was the odds on favorite. steven spielberg and daniel day-lewis conversation. as the awards came out and "argo" started to pick up steam, "lincoln" is the dark horse. this is the biggest grossing domestic of all pictures it is a dark horse to win. it will probably win daniel day-lewis the best actor award. it might even win spielberg t

golden globes, directors guild, baftas, you name the award, affleck won it for directing "argo." >> i'mhrilled. never thought i would get to this place in my career. >> reporter: 15 years ago, affleck and fellow boston buddy, matt damon, took home the screen writing actor for "good will hunting request." affleck quickly became one of hollywood's hottest stars but after early success came a series of disasters, both professional, the megaflop "jiggly." >> hello. >> reporter: and broken engagement to jennifer lopez. >> i had some stuff work and didn't and i ran afoul of the press, became overexposed, causing me to turn around and kwhaerks i do want to do in this industry? >> reporter: what he did was become a director, starting with "gone, baby, gone" in 2007, followed by "the town," considered one of the best film poll was 2010. george clooney, the hollywood heavyweight with a golden touch and co-producer on "argo" knows a talented filmmaker when he sees one. >> he was in actor jail for a couple of years. we have all done it. he directed his way out of this. >> this is what i do. >> repo

go he got this award for directing bafta. this is a second act for me. you've given me that. this industry has given me that. i'm so grateful and proud and i just want to dedicate this anyone else out there who's trying to get their second act. you can do it. another actor, nicholas sparks, and another author who wrote "the fifty shades of grey" she said it was her mid-life crisis writ large. she just started writing steamy book. >> whoa all know what happened next, starting the 2012 craze, a top-selling book. >> based on donny deutsch. >> his love life. >> 65 million copies of this book. >> unbelievable. >> pretty good mid life crisis. >> we should all be so lucky, right? >>> take three, we've all been through this. >> we have been. >> in one form or another. professional or permanently? >> just getting started in this field in journalism. coming out of school, i couldn't find a job that actually paid me a salary. i was recruited by a bank at the time, was in a management training program. i was in finance for two years, thought i completely left my dream behind. >> look at

he continued his winning streak across the pond taking home two more awards, at the baftas.nse-filled thriller, "argo." he won for best movie and best director, a category that he's been snubbed for. >> he's been on such a roll. >> where does he put all the awards? i mean, seriously. >> up, down, up, down, now he's on a roll. >> home stretch is here. >>> finally, a special treat for you. time for a little pop news pop in. our friend, mr. donald driver. >> get over here. >> come on in here. >> okay, hear that music. that music is -- >> i got a special thing going on. everybody ready? >> yes. >> tuesday, february 26th. >> that date, that music, that means -- >> "dancing with the stars." the cast will be announced live. on "good morning america." no one is complaining. i'm the champion. so no one can complain about that. >> this is true, donald is a former "dancing with the stars" champion. you're a newly retired professional football player. >> i want to say this. in 2001, when i was a writer for "sports illustrated." i did a story on a green bay packer running back. young don

golden globes, directors guild, baftas, you name the award affleck has won it for directing "argo."he drama is a front-runner in the oscar best picture race. whether he'll be the toast of the oscars remains to be seen. lot has changed since their big night 15 years ago. when we first saw you and affleck you were the kids about town in hollywood. >> in one respect it feels like yesterday and then i look at, you know, we're both, we're married, we've got these beautiful children, we've lived a lot of life. >> yes, they have. ben affleck was nominated as a producer for the film, and he's been publicly saying how proud he is of the film's seven nominations, as he should be, but "argo" is being considered a front-runner for best picture, which is really odd because usually when a director is not nominated for best director, the movie doesn't win best picture, but with all of the "argo" momentum this year, that could change but you know, carol, the thing i like about ben affleck, he always ends everything with a laugh or a joke when people ask him about the snub. he always says why isn't

the film continued the awards season domination at britain's oscars, the bafta awards, winning threeg best picture and best director for ben affleck. not even nominated for a best director oscar. "lincoln" had ten tnominations but took home one award, for best actor for daniel day lewis. >> don't you feel great if you're ben affleck? >> he can win the nobel prize for directing but not the oscar. >> i want to thank the committee for the pulitzer. >>> still ahead on "starting point," much more on the breaking news we've been following all morning. pope benedict xvi is resigning at the end of the month. tell you what it means for the catholic church and what it means for choosing the next pope. >>> and a man hunt for a man accused of killing three people in california. how close are they to catching christopher dorner? >>> the search for christopher dorner taking place in california. a $1 million reward for that leads to his capture and conviction. dorner is accused of killing three people, including a police officer. despite his statement to wage war fare against the lapd and their fam

and bafta and gone on to lose for best picture. >> with it not being nominated for best director, that think, really between steven spielburg for "lincoln." >> stepped on a world stage now. >> but i can really see it going to "life of pi." >> the consensus is the best actress category comes down to jennifer lawrence and jessica chastain. but if they split the vote, there could be a surprise in this category from the star of the french film "amore." >> emmanuel reeva could sneak in for a win. >> although the best actor category seems like a lock. >> daniel day-lewis, playing abraham lincoln. they pull out a reminder of him with a $5 bill. >> we'll see who gets to become part of oscars history sunday night. and if daniel day-lewis does walk away with the oscar for "lincoln" as so many expect he will, it will be the first time ever an actor has won three times in that category, cementing his place in history. fred. >> all right. very exciting. thanks, aj. you can catch cnn's oscar coverage tomorrow night. the road to gold begins at 6:00 eastern time. >>> the vatican in damage control mode

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