right now, abc's chris connelly is here with his take on who will be in the running. s the big question this hour. >> absolutely, right. time was when academy award nominations went to quirky, nowhere films. not this year. big audience pictures are back in the oscar mix. and the announcements this morning, figures to have movies that are by the people, of the people, and for the people, if you'll pardon my french. this morning, she's not the only one. anne hathaway lost her long hair. but should gain her first oscar nomination as supporting actress, her second oscar nod ever, for "les miserables." likely to get a loud chorus of nominations, including best picture. >> how can i face my fellow men? >> reporter: and best actor nod, for hugh jackman. daniel day-lewis originally turned down the lead in "lincoln." in an hour or so, he'll surely be a front-runner, for nominations that include best actress, for sally field. tommy lee jones for supporting actor. and best picture. >> when was the last time? >> reporter: critically acclaimed "zero dark thirty," taking viewers int

chris connelly is here. let's start with is the snubs. >> les miserables directed itself, katherine bigelow doesn't have to wear heels. the story was rebellion, rebellion in fans, in the house of philadelphia. a movie started life in a log cabin and just kept on going. >> oh, wow. impressive. >> fantastic. right there, lot more coming up. >>> we'll turn now to the deadly flu outbreak. >>> let's take a look. 12 nominations in all including best actor for daniel day-lewis. supporting actress for sally field. best director for steven spielberg. hugh jackman, best actress. anne hathaway for best supporting actress. >>> thanks. >> reporter: the biggest shock came in best director, argo's ben affleck and kathryn bigelo were were passed over. life of pi still sliced 11 nominations. alan arkin and phillip seymour hoffman. best actress includes the youngest actress, ever. and its oldest ever em manuelle. >>> turned out to be nine best pictures nominee in all. a possible ten. lot of them were granted betts director no

abc's chris connelly has all of the highlights from last night's screen actors guild awards. and one of our favorite movies of the year has all kinds of momentum. >> the cast of "argo." >> reporter: the best picture "argo" was an oscar favorite. >> it's cool. >> reporter: how did he remain calm when he had so many different roles? >> who said that? >> he was very much in control. i hate to say it in front of him. but -- >> you have never said anything nice in front of me in my life. that was the first time. >> reporter: jennifer lawrence won a female best actor award for "silver linings playbook." >> i'm feeling so good. i finally found the cure for pneumonia. this guy. >> reporter: this guy also found its way into the hand of the "modern family" cast. winners of comedy series ensemble for the third time. >> i have a nice bathroom. i put them there. >> her bathroom is as big as my living room. >> i go in there when i'm depressed. >> reporter: anne hathaway, for "les mis." >> i want to thank my mother for voting for me. >> reporter: daniel day-lewis won best actor for "lincoln

the throw is short to chris connelly. georgia wins.gator bowl northwestern, and mississippi state wild cats get on the board right away. williams picks up and takes it in. at first bowl win in 64 years for n.u. the wizards and mavericks just got under way we'll have the highlights or low lights whatever works at 11:00. >> new year, newói >> if you are still celebrating the redskins win to the playoffs. we want you to send us a video. we want to see you sing "hail to the redskins" and we will play the clips later this week. >> i don't sing but i know the words. >> all right, we're going to talk weather and temperatures as we move through the next couple of days will be colder than we've seen over the past few days. after that, it looks pretty nice. temperatures in the 30's tomorrow but by friday lower 40's. sunday and monday middle 40's and by tuesday temperature around 50 degrees. if you like the snow nothing in sight right now however, i find it unlikely we'll have a snowless winter considering last year was snowless. >> probably not

chris connelly is in hollywood this morning. >> reporter: quvenzhane wallis. she may be knew to acting. but quvenzhane wallis is becoming accustomed to accepting accolades. >> thanks. >> reporter: as hushpuppy in the surreal bayou fable "beasts of the southern wild." a 6-year-old quvenzhane makes your heartbeat faster. from dread. from caring. for sheer rapture with her indomitable self. >> say i got you. >> i got you. >> reporter: without a mother. with a desperately ill dad, finding her way amid the squalor, chaos and community of a louisiana outpost called the bathtub, before and after a flood of epic proportions. >> the water's going to rise up so high. >> reporter: quvenzhane had never acted professionally before auditioning for the film. >> i was kind of nervous. i was too young. i lied on the sheet. i think my mom put 6. >> reporter: director benh zeitlin, an oscar nominee, spotted her magic and picked her to play hushpuppy, over some 4,000 other children. >> the crab is awake. >> how am i going to do this with this enormous script? and it's kind of har

first, abc's chris connelly has the story. >> reporter: in all english novels, things get steamy whendiet coke in, calling the gardener speaks the interest of these ladies. that's british model andrew cooper, who takes a spritzing cola can and reveals a sizzling six-pack, that seems to refresh everyone. many viewers must be feeling lucky. lucky vanous, that is. who in 1994, brought his pecs to the public. a voyeur consideration ad that put diet soda on a what a man map. how do these stack up? >> it's 11:30. >> it's 11:30. lucky vanous was 33 when he made 11:30 a time for luck. a nebraska native, former army ranger. this clip on his calendar shows, he served his beef cake rare. >> i feel awkward at times. >> reporter: today, andrew cooper and his wash board stomach, is 6'1", born in 1981. are you even listening to me? those who might have been chastised in the past for their appreciation of kate upton might object. but this ode of ogling seems all in fizzy fun. for "good morning america," chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >>> and we are so happy to have the new diet coke hunk, and

chris connelly off to the races. 87 yards for the touchdown. that was murray's fifth touchdown pass of the day. he set a georgia bowl game record. georgia wins the shootout 45-31. love that bulldog. now to south carolina and michigan in the outback bowl. fourth quarter, michigan tries handing off, but clowney is there, he knocks the runner's helmet off and forces the fumble. south carolina recovers and would eventually score the touchdown on the next drive. end of the game, 16 seconds left, dillon thompson finds bruce ellington, 32-yard score. south carolina wins it the at end 33-28. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," more on speaker boehner. he becomes public enemy number one for some conservatives after he sends the fiscal cliff bill to the house floor for an up or down vote where it passed with democratic support. we will break don't winners and losers. joe, mika and the "morning joe" crew. when we come back, we'll huddle up around the water cooler and preview the most ridiculous laws taking effected in 2013. let's say it wil

chris connelly gone, 87-yard sprint to the zone. murray finished with 427 yards passing and five touchdowns to help georgia take care of the capital one bowl, and billy cundiff has been signed as a place kicker by the 49ers, but they have not waived david akers. he's on to give him a little competition. if you follow the 49ers, you know they have trouble at place kicker now going into the playoffs. >>> as we mentioned the house is expected to vote soon on the plan to avert the fiscal cliff. we are staying on it here and in washington. we'll break it down tonight at 10:00, and if it breaks before 10, you can find the information on ktvu.com. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. look at you g withy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're onl

chris connelly, let's talk about tv. tv, movies, you go first.me what you want me to know about 2013. we saw some good ones in '12. where are we heading. >> movies first, "the lone ranger" coming out in july. we got some entertainment on the way. any time johnny depp can float his i had sin contractic self on top of a story, jerry bruckheimer knows how to rock it. he plays tonto and they should have a lot of fun. this had to happen "the heat" coming in april. this is sandra bullock as a straight-laced fbi agent. melissa mccarthy as a boston cop. it's like "rizzoli and and islest on a whole bunch of jell-o shots from the director of "bridesmaids." >> it's funny. >> how could it not be for april. >>> "world war z" as brad pitt takes on a zombie apocalypse, how much fun could that be? this is a somewhat fraught production, they've had to work on the end of the movie a fair amount. a lot who loved the original novel are objecting to the change but could be exciting. brad sees this as a possibly socially conscious film along with being a huge action e

and chris connelly looks at the favorites. >> reporter: this sunday's s.a.g. for the oscars. >> me and oscar together -- >> reporter: it's the first time these performers will be judged by their acting peers. some 75% of s.a.g. award winners, in such categories as best actor, have gone on to take home oscar. >> i've been blessed with wonderful experiences over the years. >> reporter: in movie and tv categories that include best stunt and best ensemble, nearly 100,000 s.a.g. actor union members are eligible to cast votes. >> i think every actor and artist who has struggled in their work would love at some point to be acknowledged for it. >> thank you. >> reporter: tv comedy die near dick van dyke will be honored in sunday's two-hour spectacle. for "good morning america," chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> that will be fun to see. the awards this sunday, on tnt and tbs. >>> and coming up, what weight loss pros, like your personal trainer, okay, i need a better pizza. one made with only real cheese. a pizza my family will love. (announcer) freschetta natur

murray hooks up with chris connelly. this a 49-yard touchdown. beautiful pass by murray.etting warmed up. after the two-point conversion, knotted up at 31-31. murray had an outstanding day throwing for five touchdown passes. this one is to keith marshall from 24 yards out. bulldogs go on to win capital one bowl. 45-31. elsewhere the sec versus big ten theme continues. south carolina up against michigan. wolverines and -- gamecocks up 7-3. saunders adds to that lead. pun return the distance. 63 yards the other way. make it 14-3 south carolina. we skip ahead to the fourth quarter. michigan spotting their way back. gardner with the touchdown toss to jeremy. 17 yards. 28-27. old ball coach wouldn't be denied on this day. dim an thompson is going to find bruce ellington important the go-ahead score. south carolina. they go on to win it. 33-28. >>> today was the terps' final nonconference game. maryland will start acc schedule play against virginia tech. first up, they had to take care of business. terps won 11 straight. today they pushed that number to 12. comcast center. mary

throwing it to marshall, a nice catch. 24 yds and to take a look with chris connelly.o defenders and you were 87 yds to put the game on ice. five touchdowns. georgia ovictorious. michigan vs. south carolina. taking on the michigan wolverines. sanders, take a look. 14-3 south carolina. 22-21. take a look! this ball is free. and how under four minutes, michigan takes the lead by one in. 17 seconds, thompson. for the injured starter ellington and it makes the catch. the game-winning touchdown. 33- 28. a south carolina. northwestern has not had a victory since 1949 the longest drought in college history. it ended today in the gator bowl against mississippi state. fitzgerald. tyler russell intercepted by quentin williams. and on the 30 yd line, northwestern, 7- nothing. cold air cannot find a receiver and it takes it off and 31 yds down to the number 4 yd line. and trevor 27-13 northwestern. 34-20 = final score. fitzgerald. their first victory since 1949. >> the 49ers in the midst of three days off as harbaugh rests him team during the bye week. move.bringing in a kicker to

chris connelly off to the races, 87 yards for the score.ray had five touchdown passes, an all-time record. georgia wins the shootout, 45-31. >>> south carolina and michigan. outback bowl. fabled outback bowl. >> fabled. >> michigan tries handing off -- >> this thing has been huge since 1993. >> jadeveon clowney. south carolina recovers and eventually scored. >> oh, my lord! >> then skip ahead, end of the game. south carolina is trailing by a point. 16 seconds to go. quarterback dylan thompson finds bruce ellington for the dramatic 32-yard score. gamecocks win it at the end, 33-28. >>> enough sports. thank you. coming up next, we have "mika's must-re must-read opinions pages." >> my s.e.c. not doing as well. >> but they've got the big one coming. >> mississippi state. who was the other? lsu losing to clemson, man. that was a shock. >> the big one coming up next monday. >> the big one coming up, alabama. >> you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. ♪ aww man. [ male announcer ] returns are easy with free pickup from the u.s. postal s