. >> oscar nominated actor chiwetel ejiofor. ,,,,,,,,,,,, say do.is sunday morning on cbs and here again is charles osgood. >> osgood: chiwetel ejiofor played a drag queen in a 2005 movie kinky boots a very different sort of role that could win him an oscar, when they ask for the envelope, please four nights from here. we talk to him about his unconventional path to the red-carpet. >> camera set. action! >> in a triple digit heat of a louisiana plantation, cameras captured the nightmare of slavery in a way we haven't really seen before. >> hey, master brought you here to work, that's all. anymore will earn you 100 lashes. >> it is an intensely personal story of one man, solomon northrop whose journey into bondage also began a journey for the actor who portrayed him. >> i want to go to my family and home. >> all is lost. >> at 36, chiwetel ejiofor is hardly a household name, but his harrowing performance in the movie 12 years a lay is beginning to change all of that. >> i don't want to survive, i will not fall into despair, i will offer up -- i will

tonight a conversation with chiwetel ejiofor, who is gathering just about every award possible. now with multiple oscar nominations. we are glad you joined us for a conversation with chiwetel ejiofor coming up right now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. -- tavis: chiwetel ejiofor has five golden globe nominations as well as the coveted laurence olivier award. now he is adding to that acclaim with his role in "12 years a slave" a movie that has received multiple oscar nominations. you on theto have program. i was asking whether you are tired of all this running around and nominations. >> i am in good shape. it has been an incredible journey with this film. i think it is a film we are so isply proud of. it incredible the way it has been received. i am thrilled about it. tavis: steve mcqueen was on the program weeks ago. he told me the story of how he to read of the story of solomon northrup. before you had seen the screenplay, had you known the story? >> i had never heard of solomon. i never heard of his biography. i have very limited

for american hustle, bruce dern for nebraska, leonardo dicaprio for the wolf of wall street, chiwetel ejiofor slave, and matthew mcconaughey for dallas buyers club. >>few actors have generated the kind of respect that matthew mcconaughey has had over the past few years and so he's going to be awarded sunday night with the oscar for best actor. >>i also think because of his transformation physically. >>absolutely. all the cliches that go into winning an oscartransformation, the fact that he's playing a real life characterthere's so many factors that go into it. but the fact is that he's just been on a roll and he's gonna win. >>on to best pictureamerican hustle, captain phillips, dallas buyers club, gravity, her, nebraska, philomena, 12 years a slave, and wolf of wall street. who wins? >>well it has remained a 2 horse race since back in october and i think that gravity is gonna pull through. i think it's gonna win about 7 oscars sunday night and it's gonna end with it winning best picture. >>this is a tough category to me as well. >>it is. it's gonna be between that and 12 years a slave. 12 ye

after losing in nearly every other category, "12 years a slave" was named "best film", with star chiwetel ejiofor earning the prize for "best actor". but it was the "stranded-in- space" adventure, "gravity" that took home the *most awards including "best *british film". it's the first child for the couple who have been married since 2010. the made the announcement on twitter. the severe so incredibly happy to welcome their daughter to the world. >> charlie sheen has proposed to a porn star. sheen's first marriage was annulled and his marriage to denise richards and brooke mueller both ended in divorce. so maybe the third time is a charm for sheen? sheen's bride-to-be tweeted a picture of the couple with the ocean in the background captioned "start of an epic day". sheen is 48 and rossi is 24. that sounds like a great start. >> we look forward to hearing more. >> an evening with charlie sheen is good for america. let's take a look at our day. in buffalo grove is 24. 24 in west chicago. winter storm warning in effect at 6:00 a.m. for all those counties to the west. cook county in effect at 9:00 a.m

and lead actor, chiwetel ejiofor, won best actor award.t "12 years a slave" could hold its own at the oscars. >> very well could. and "gravity" starring sandra bullock and george clooney won outstanding british film. >> and, of course, the most fun part of any award show, the fashion. >> there were lots of traditional gowns and tuxes, but the normally glamorous angelina jolie showed up in an unusual twist. look at that. there she is with brad pitt looking suspiciously alike. the bopsy twins. except brad tied his tie. >> oprah winfrey wasn't about to dress down. she is stunning in a dress by stella mccartney. she looks great. >> oprah posted this hilarious photo on her instagram. she was literally being stitched into her dress at last minute. oprah was nominated for her role in "the butler." she lost out to jennifer lawrence. >> by the way, oscars are right here on abc march 2nd. looking forward to it. >> absolutely. >>> now, coming up, a story behind the hit new movie about some brave u.s. soldiers during world war ii. >> we'll be right ba

best actor nominee chiwetel ejiofor portrays real life musician and free man solomon who wrote a bookout his abduction and life of slavery. at the table is michael -- plantation owner and best director nominee steve mcqueen. >> at one point i wanted to make a movie about slavery. it wasn't reference, it wasn't there to me. i wanted to sort of investigate that. i wanted to sort of find out about that in a way which wasn't sort of prepredicting, put of putting my fence on it but actually finding out, investigating it. what happened was i had this idea of a free man who was living north but he was pulled into slavery. and what happened was it was a story i gave to my wife and she said why don't you sort of look at true accounts of slavery. okay. we both did different research and she found this book which is called 12 years a slave. she said to me i think i got it. she was talking understatement. what was so fascinating, i was turning over the pain -- page n the book was every page was revelation. >> i just read the script and it moved me to sort of tears by the end of it and i called hi

nominated performance in "august: osage county" and lounging alongside her pal, george clooney, chiwetel ejioforrs shot by annie leibovitz hitting newsstands next week. >> very difficult to narrate. you did it perfectly. >> thank you, george. do we have that on tape? okay. thank you. just checking. >> he just doesn't want to get tied up again. really nice. >>> cameron diaz so busy these days. in addition to co-starring in the new "annie" remake and writing a new book she's unveiling her first shoe collection created under her supervision for the company pour la victoire. don't make me say it. you know i'm fluent. as its new creative director diaz intends to pare down and refine the brand beginning with this collection that features neutral colors, luxe suede and leather. she loves the challenge saying "i'm not a person who does anything halfway." and we do know that. i thought they were quite beautiful. >> you like shoes. >> i would get right into those. >> get right in there. >> suede, hello. >> finally, in "pop news" -- >> way left out. >> you won't be left out of this, josh. >> yeah. >> you m

chiwetel. >> chiweteeiwetel ejiofor. i've got to get that right. >> yes, you do. here is the answer. there is only one kathie lee gifford. >> yeah. >> only one, in the nation. >> you could have told them that, right? but there is a small handful of kathie l. giffords and only one hoda kotb in america. bless you. >> this has been a love your selfie week as you know. we have good news to report. the fashion industry is continuing to hire older models. this is always great news. okay. so this is a picture of the new campaign for marc jacobs, okay? that is jessica lange. >> what a great picture. >> 64 years old. >> that's like cinema noir. an hold hollywood glamour shot. >> she follows 68-year-old diane keaton. she promotes l'oreal. 78-year-old lauren hutton models for the lucky brand. >> you know what they all have? they all have beautiful bone structure. that's really what it's all -- >> yeah, you're right. >> none of them look like they had tons done to them, they just sort of do as little as possible as often as they possibly can. and they still look like themselves. >> yeah. they do

. >> chiwetel ejiofor. chiwetel. >> i'm going to call him chewy.e. >> thank you, hodi. >> here's your pen. >> okay. we're going to pick -- are we saying who we're picking? >> no. >> why not? >> then it is a boring quiet moment. i'm pickinging leonardo dicapri. i'm going with meryl streep. >> i'm going with cate blanchett. >> oscar best picture i'm of course going with "filomena" which i have not seen. >> and i'm going with "12 years a slave" which i saw yesterday. >> we're going to -- put your three cards in. >> three cards? >> we're going to put them in here and hand them off to alex. >> here's the problem with that, i don't trust alex, all right? not since the day i set my eyes on this guy. would you trust this face? look at him. >> no. >> okay. alex, take these. >> you going to sleep with that box? >> not leaving the studio. see you when you return. >> see what i'm saying about him? not going to end well. >> monday while in l.a. and while we're doing our live report back and forth, we're going to reveal, we'll open the box and find out -- >> wel

. >> chiwetel ejiofor. i got to get that right. >> yes, you do. here is the answer.rds and only one hoda kotb in america. >> bless you. this has been a love your selfie week. we have good news to report. the fashion industry is continuing to hire older models. this is always great news. okay. this is a picture of the new campaign for marc jacobs, okay? that is jessica lange. >> 64 years old. that's a great picture. i love that glamour shot. >> it is beautiful. this is the same -- she followed diane keaton, she promotes l'oreal. 78-year-old lauren hutton models for the lucky brand. >> they all have beautiful bone structure. that's really what it is all -- >> yeah, you're right. >> none of them look like they had tons done to them, they just sort of do as little as possible as often as they possibly can. and they still look like themselves. >> they do. i love that -- it is one of those things that older people, i'm including us in the group, we're harder to market to because we're smarter. we know what doesn't work. >> women our age control the purse an they want to se