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i am bella baxter. and there is a world to enjoy, circumnavigate.panied bella baxter, played by emma stone, on a wondrous, wild ride as a woman of great, uninhibited passion. sarah! are you ready? i'm going to press it. merry christmas. here you go. - merry christmas! merry christmas. and the talking movies number one film of 2023 is all of us strangers, from british film—maker andrew haig, starring andrew scott and paul mescal in leading roles. hello. hi. saw you looking at me from the street. it's a moving romance and partly a ghost story. 0ur boy's back home. our sort _ a film from which you can take 1,000,001 things. you... ..and me together... ..against the world. well, that brings our special review of 2023 to a close. we hope you've enjoyed the programme. please remember, you can always reach us online at bbc.com/talking movies. so we're going to leave you with a moment of levity from cinema in 2023. it's ryan gosling performing the song just ken from the big hit film of the year, barbie. # cos i'm just ken # anywhere else i'd be a ten # is i

i am bella baxter and there is a world to enjoy, - circumnavigate.ccompany bella baxter, played by emma stone, on a wondrous, wild ride as a woman of great, uninhibited passion. are you ready? i'm going to press it. merry christmas. here we go. merry christmas. and the talking movies number one film of 2023 is all of us strangers, from british film—maker andrew haigh, starring andrew scott and paul mescal in leading roles. hello. hi. i saw you looking at me from the street. it's a moving romance, and partly a ghost story. 0ur boy's back home. our son. a film from which you can take a million and one things. you and me... ..together. .. ..into the world. you're watching bbc news, im helena humphrey in washington dc. thanks for your company. remember, you can always get more on our website bbc.com/news or download our app. 0rjoin me again at the top of the hour. we have the live blog of the israel—hamas conflict which has continued to be updated throughout the night. do also join me again at the top of the hour. for now. hello. at long last, we've reac

i am bella baxter and there - is a world to enjoy, circumnavigate.mos, in which we accompany bella baxter, played by emma stone, on a wondrous wild ride as a woman of great, uninhibited passion. are you ready? i'm going to press it. merry christmas. here we go. merry christmas. and the talking movies number one film of 2023 is all of us strangers, from british film—maker andrew haigh, starring andrew scott and paul mescal in leading roles. hello. hi. i saw you looking at me from the street. it's a moving romance, and partly a ghost story. 0ur boy's back home. our son. a film from which you can take a million and one things. you and me. together. into the world. before we go, let's show you some pictures. children in the us state of utah might be forgiven for thinking father christmas came early this year — especially if they looked up and saw this. these are not santa's reindeer, but they are real deer, which were being airlifted for a health check. wildlife biologists capture around 1,200 of them every year, before re—releasing them back into the wi

i am bella baxter and there - is a world to enjoy, circumnavigate.trangers, from british film—maker andrew haig, starring andrew scott and paul mescal in leading roles. hello. hi. saw you looking at me from the street. it's a moving romance and partly a ghost story. our boy's back home. our son. a film from which you can take 1,000,001 things. you... ..and me together... ..against the world. well, that brings our special review of 2023 to a close. we hope you've enjoyed the programme. please remember, you can always reach us online at bbc.com/talking movies. so we're going to leave you with a moment of levity from cinema in 2023. it's ryan gosling performing the song just ken from the big hit film of the year, barbie. # cos i'm just ken # anywhere else i'd be a ten # is it my destiny to live and die # a life of blond fragility? # i'm just ken # where i see love # she sees a friend # what will it take for her to see # the man behind the tan and fight for me? # i'mjust ken # and i'm enough # | and i'm great at doing stuff # so, | hey, check me out, yea

baxter's creation, bella. >> why keep it in my mouth if it is revolting? >> she is fantastic. movement and the way she speaks like a child and then in the process of film becomes a woman. to calibrate that when you're not shooting always in sequence is tricky. >> especially in this film. >> she is skilled, open hearted, fun. she's the kind of person i love to work with. >> born william and later adopting the nickname willem, the 68-year-old dafoe was raised in appleton, wisconsin, his father a doctor, mother a nurse. you were the seventh of eight kids. i guess it's no secret were you began performing. >> you got it. >> is it cliche? >> it's a big group and my parents worked together. they were present to us but they weren't really present. i was like raised by my older sisters. i was the prankster, the joker. you try to be an artist. >> in the mid-1970s, dafoe left wisconsin for new york where he co-founded the downtown theater troupe the worcester group. >> there used to be all gangsters in there. >> his leap to hollywood began inauspiciously when he was fired from his first