let's ask bill wyman who joins us from phoenix, he is a former mpr arts editor, bill, good to see you, the film portrays symptom of the rougher edges, they show him smoking. entertainment weekly and variety both call the film square, but it has gotten some pretty good reviews. >> it is a very very enjoyable piece of outrageous corporate propaganda, so basically have to take it on that terms. and disney was two things, he was a visionary. he seemed to tap into something deeply american, he works so hard, he bet the farm time after time that he would do this, he put his money where his mouth was. at the same time, this is a disney movie, and i think that both -- for example, it does show him smoking but it doesn't mention that he died of lung cancer, but i think they are a little pretty soft around the edges. it is a little bit outrageous, that they make a movie that excuses that kind of procedure, when that's the way the movies have always done it. >> something his late daughter dianne tried to fight. she said he was becoming a corporate mascot, and she opened a museum to show his huma

let's run down the greatest holiday films of all time with bill wyman from phoenix. ben mankiewicz joins us from los angeles. great to have you guys with us again. ben, why has "it's a wonderful life" become the ultimate christmas movie. >> i read not long ago a piece about "it's a wonderful life" that described it as being beyond criticism, and i think that is true. there are things that i suppose you could pick apart that are flawed or manipulative about the movie, it makes no difference. time. >> every time. and also "a christmas story," television has had such an enormous role in making these movies what they are. " now of course everyone will watch it this month, and like "a christmas story," which the sister networks have done, they'll run it for 24 hours, and television has made these move i haves what they are now. >> bill, "it's a wonderful life" one of several great classics, what other ones are you partial too? this >> it really is a classic. such a wonderful movie, and frank is a terrific director, and has a timeless story to it. i like -- i like "holiday

bill wyman is with us now. we'll get to the film in a moment.he music world played a big fight in the part against apartheid. there were concerts to fight for mandela's release. how did his influence in inspire musicianses. >> assumes these worlds intermingle. there were black and white members, a two-tone movement. a song they had was called "free nelson mandela", a beautiful sound influencing a nation. there was the sun city song and video. a book end to the, "we are the world" superstar song. this was a very, very potent political song about sun city, about artists playing in sun city, a fas ard for the apartheid government of south africa. so you saw a movement taking definite shots at the political situation. >> sun city being the vegas equivalent to south africa. many boycotted it. >> right, because some played there taking home large paychecks. nelson mandela was a living saint. he was a - there was a big birthday concert for him. hundreds of millions saw it. many of the political speeches from the stage were taken out of the broadcast. i

wind warnings have been issued for large portions of the north-west, bill wyman, utah and colorado. wee look at the overpass in idaho. it's heading off to the east. boy, it's getting snowy. temperatures are falling. we'll see all the rain in the mountain passes. we'll total up about two feet of snow as we get into tuesday. now, when we look at the rain fall you can see that it's primarily falling west of the cascades. we have a rain shadow. it's blocked by the proik mountains, it's soggy and we are concerned about flooding. we'll talk more about the snow and arctic air. >> pope francis asked catholics to pray for people with h.i.v. in honour of world aids day. the pontiff told vaticans to pray for the help for the sick. >> for 18 years bobby tolbert has been living with h.i.v. >> it's a ritual every day. i'm pretty used to it by now. >> he says because of advances in treatment, he's good. >> h.i.v. is a life sentence, not a death sentence. >> the outlook was bleaker for people diagnosed in the 1980s. back then they were told they had months to live. in 1991, basketball star magic jo

. >> back with us to dissect the front runners for the 2014 oscar nominations is bill wyman. in the best actor category, your top choice is bruce dern. >> let me take you home. >> going to lincoln, if it's the last thing i do. i don't care what you people think. >> he has been out of sight for sometime both in black and white and color. >> he's had a great career. the academy has a very large actor's contingent. bruce dern has been around for a long time. this is one of those career-capping performances the academy is known for occasionally acknowledging. on the other hand, it's very, very tough competition this year. you have robber redford in a movie, he's the only person in the movie, where he's the only actor in the movie. he's expected to get a nomination. leonardo decap free yo in wolf of wall street should get a nomination. >> the extraordinary i didn't know credibly difficult wrenching draining performance in that film is assured of a nomination and odds on to win. anyone who see that is movie is going to come away convinced that is a pretty epic performance. >> how a