. >> with his breakout role, nate parker is being compared to the denzel washington. >> i try not to be anyone but myself. and i know who i am. i always say that if i were to call denzel, hey, i decided i want to be like you, he would tell me i was crazy and to be myself. i think it's a huge honor. he is the best in so many ways for so many things and i aspire to walk in his footsteps with respect to the type of roles he's taken and the impact he's had on the community and hollywood. i don't think there's a better compliment a person can get of any race or any gender. >> this young act is considering his legacy in the business and beyond. >> i hope that you become more familiar with me. i can earn your respect. in the meantime, my actions speak louder than anything tonight. >> working with young people as a mentor and taking it on in a very personal way. >> i adopted my nephew from my sister. i felt -- we both felt like he needed a steady father in his life. his father gone back to prison. we brought him to our home. my wife and i. now he has over 3.0 and planning to go to college. >

they can't tell who it was. >> he said his friend denzel wade was also going to get a swastika tattoo> we were both going to get one. >> wade was going to get a swastika? >> yeah. >> he asked me did i want one while he was doing it. no, i don't know why you're doing it. i thought it was a stupid decision on his part. >> you've been charged with making a false statement. how do you plead? >> guilty. you've been charged with tattooing yourself, how do you plead to that charge? >> guilty. >> and you've been charged with possession of contraband. how do you plead to that charge? >> not guilty. >> what do you want to tell me about what happened or the possession of contraband? >> it wasn't mine. it was ours. >> mine and the other dude on the block's. when it was found, it wasn't found in my possession. it was not found in my cell. it was found in the day room. >> you said the contraband wasn't yours, it was ours. so you're acknowledging you had some ownership of this item. yes? >> i was aware of it, yes. so yeah, i was. >> and from the pictures, is that a swastika? >> it was. the thing of

marcus pos ley to denzel craig for the alley-oop there. feet. st. bonaventure. skip ahead. rams back within two. jordan burgess drives. somehow gets that to go. beautiful drive. beats the buzzer. second straight game. pos ley comes up with the game winning buzzer beater. st. bonaventure takes down 18th rankle vcu. 73-71, final score there. let's head to annapolis. navy hosting army. garfield high school product zach fong had a hot hand today for navy. down the three. they're in the second. he was staying hot. another deep three ball. the game high 24 points for the sophomore from woodbridge virginia. we're in the half. army backing it in. tied for 50. that's tanner reacting to the pass. blackhawks up by two. over three minutes left. 67-59. let's go to blacksburg. virginia tech hosting florida state. picked this up in the second half and hokies down five. they're on the run. nice reverse layup. later in the game the noles start to take over. in the corner. monte brandon. florida more from the noles. the hokies turn it over. fsu on the break

. >> to me denzel washington should have won for playing malcolm x, and also citing sydney poitier for not being nominated for "in the heat of the night" we are celebrated more for when we are subservient and not being leaders or kings or being in the center of our own narrative driving it forward. >> lack of diversity is seen by some as a big problem in hollywood, this year all 20 lead and supporting acting nominees are white. >> something you can't understand -- >> only the second time that happened in nearly 20 years. >> the entire brouhaha over selma opened people's eyes, and now there is an acute aware and if there is going to be zero nominees in the major categories people are going to notice. >> noticed not just by those going to the movies. >> it's okay tell them they are a bunch of -- >> but now by those making them. >> and in florida, a high school brawl involving dozens of teenagers was captured on cell phone video, happening outside of the high school in wesley chapel friday night. the melee broke out after a close game by two rival basketball teams that involved nearly 100

denzel valentine. where is cupid when you need him. michigan state pulls off the upset. that's sports. i'm danny niny pommels, denise back to you. >> supporting a great cause this valentine's day. hundreds brave the cold and snow for the annual cupid's undee run. they made they are way to streets of south filledphiladelphia. >> i see a lot of cheaters out there. >> i would do in this weather. >> we want to pay close attention over the next couple of hours. heavier snow bands moving in. snow squalls which leads to sundayed is sudden whiteout conditions. so be careful over the next couple of hours and temperatures stay cold as well. >> >>> on this saturday night, terror attack. a manhunt underway after a deadly ambush during a free speech event in europe. tonight, chilling echoes of the "charlie hebdo" attack. >>> piling on yet another big storm bearing down on new england packing near hurricane force winds and record cold. why some are saying it could be the most dangerous blizzard of the season. >>> wieging in. the controversial plan that could become law. should parents

. >> denzel washington. >> matthew mcconaughey. >> reporter: tonight, we celebrate not the stars, notstead, the factory workers in snowy chicago. behind something key, something those lucky stars will walk off with. that's right. every year since 1983, r.s. owens and company behind the oscar. and who was the first best actress to take theirs home? >> marvelous meryl streep. >> reporter: of course it was meryl streep. and of course it's the american worker behind the oscar. and this is how it's done at that factory in chicago. first, they pour the alloy into the mold. next the hammering, removing it from the mold. making sure oscar is dust-free. a little sanding, even giving the top a little shine. then it's plated in copper silver and 24 karat gold. not bad at 8 1/2 pounds 13 1/2 inches tall. just waiting for the winners tonight. louise white has been working here for 41 years now. that's a best supporting role. >> i know that i did that and there isn't anyone in the world who doesn't know what an orscar is. >> reporter: the workers here know that on oscar night, chicago wins, too. >>

and so washington has received -- denzel washington has received a lot of attention from the oscars.he "soma" biopic is an oscar nominee. that is deftly going to be a topic of conversation. -- the "selma" biopic is an oscar nominee. >> the first aftermarket name the president of the arts and sciences, will we have any indication of what she will be doing going forward, that diversity is good for the bottom line? >> hollywood is seen as liberal and open-minded. we see great actors like kevin hart who have huge businesses. i spoke to cheryl on the day of the nominations and asked her about nominations -- allegations that the actors had been snapped. she was very pleased to see that "selma" was nominated for best picture. >> let's talk movies, the best picture seems to have come down to two films, "boyhood" and "bird man," which is the front runner? >> " bird man" has won some recent awards. the director is the favorite to win the directors oscar. "boyhood" had been a favorite early on. it will be a close run race. >> the close actor seems to be down to michael keaton. will we see holly

in this movie, denzel washington is upset that cuba gooding has watered down his drug blue magic. >> that's a brand name. they know that. when you chop my dope down the one, two, three, four five percent and you call it blue magic, that is trademark infridgement. >> you want me to change the name? >> i would say you change the name. >> fine by me. it's red magic. >> is that how it is supposed to work? he will persuade people? >> if someone wants to copy shakespeares plays and market them as their own. >> sosztossel. >> stossel's hamlet. the audience is going to know you didn't write it. but the issues work in the private market. you don't need a government to come in and enforce them. >> what about music? i often try to use music on this program. but sometimes i'm told you can't use that. we don't have the rights. there is a parody of how it works. >> but not every opinion -- >> stop the audio. >> who are you? >> i'm at intellectual property attorney and you stole my client's melody. >> lawrence is that what you do? >> in court but not in a workshop. >> to you the laws are reasonable

. >> and when you see denzel was nominated for hurricane, does that hurt him, surrounding the real personamerican sniper. >> it hurts the film. when you look at best picture or director, that hurts the film. but it doesn't hurt bradley cooper. but actors who play real-life characters win more than anybody else. so it helps him. >> now we have to talk about selma. there is talk about the lack of diversity and the categories that we just mentioned, not a lot of diversity going on. no diversity going on. does selma stand any chance not being nominated other than for the song and overall film does it stand a chance? >> it doesn't stand a chance. there were no minorities in any of the categories and one of the voters who is anonymous said regardless of case this wasn't a great movie in their opinion. i don't think it stands a chance. last year 12 years a slave won but the academy has not acknowledged minorities or black people and when they do like when halle berry won or jennifer hudson afterwards their acting careers go awry so i don't think it has a big chance at all. >> and the academy awa

in this gangster movie denzel washington is upset his drug has been watered down. >> it's a brand name like pepsi. they don't know that eastern more than they know the chairman of general mills. when you chop my dope down and then you call it blue magic, that is trademark infringement. >> you want me to change the name? >> i would insist that you change the name. >> fine by me. i'll call it red magic. >> is that how it's supposed to work? he'll persuade people? >> if someone wants to copy shakespeare's plays and market them as their own -- >> stossel. >> you've got to deal with a couple problems. one, the audience is going to know you're ripping off shakespeare, your reputation. they work in the private market. you don't need a government to come in and enforce them. >> what about music? i often try to use music on this program, but sometimes i'm told you can't use that. we don't have the rights. actor nick offerman did this parody of how the music copyright system works. ♪ not every opinion is rendered ♪ >> stop the audio. shut it down now. >> who the hell are you? >> i'm an intellect

. >> to me denzel washington should have won for playing malcolm x. >> i earned that money ten hours day, seven days a week. >> reporter: and citing sidney poitier not nominated for "in the heat of the night." >> generally speaking, we, as black people, have been celebrated more for when we are subservient, when we are not being leaders or kings or being in the center of our own narrative driving it forward >> reporter: lack of diversity is seen by some as a big problem in hollywood. this year, all 20 lead and supporting actor nominees are white. >> something you can't kind of understand. >> disappointed. >> reporter: only the second time that's happened in nearly 20 years. >> the entire brouhaha over "selma" has opened a lot of people's eyes. i think there is a more acute awareness that if there are going to be zero minority nominees in major categories people are going to notice. >> reporter: notice not just by those going to the movies. >> it's okay. tell them they are a bunch of -- >> reporter: but now by those making them. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> well -- >> thi

the senior digital editor at ebony.com and michael denzel smith is a contributing writer at "the nationing here. i'm going to go to you first, tremaine. i think you and i got to know each other in sanford, florida. for a moment, it burned so hot in the national conversation. then the trayvon martin case was sort of soupuperseded by other investigations. but this really sparked the movement. >> when we think in terms of the black lives movement they all began around the trayvon martin case. it became this kind of galvanizing force where everyone had to pay attention. it didn't burn as hot as ferguson later, of course, but this was really the foundation for all of these other movements to spring off of. for the first time they saw this young man who looked just like them. >> i'm wondering, michael, was there a palpable difference in the way the trayvon martin case resonated because he was killed by a civilian as opposed to the cases like michael brown's where law enforcement was then part of the picture, or is this just all of a piece in the minds of most young black men like yourself? >>

you've been in movies with angelina jolie, denzel washington, stephenven carell. >> i want to talk withting a triple pax or yours. ? do you see yourself an actor? >> i truly am an actor. i've loved theater since i was a kid. it was as a music i want to do something else. >> i want to go back to you as a little kid. did you have a tool belt and you were walking around with hammer and nails because not only do you do the things you do you're hosting a cable show about furniture. >> it's all about making furniture that can stand the test of time. >> they asked me would you be interested in hosting a show about furniture. i'd like how do i fit in and then i saw the set and there was furniture. >> do you think you're cool common? >> yeah. >> currently you're single true in. >> yes, i'm sing. >> what are the qualities that the perfect woman has to have for you? >> she has to have -- >> does she wear purple? >> yes. >> i'm kidding. what is it? >> someone who's good-hearted treating people well and treats herself well that has some sense of spiritality. i i like a strong woman but at the same t

then denzel. and then me. >> whoopi goldberg. [ cheers and applause ] >> i come from new york.ived in the projects. and you're the people i watched. you're the people who made me want to be an actor. i'm so proud to be here. i'm proud to be an actor. and i'm going to keep on acting. and thank you so much. >> it was a short list. >> and the oscar goes to halle berry. >> the handing out of oscars at the oscar show through the years has shown social change. i know for some maybe not fast enough. but it has definitely moved in that direction. ♪ >>> i am -- >> tom hanks in "philadelphia." >> there was this thing that was tearing us apart which was the aids crisis. the pandemic that was aids. [ applause ] >> it was not just ripped right out of today's headlines, but it was getting into this more specific question of how do you respond to aids? >> i would not be standing here if it weren't for two very important men in my life. two that i haven't spoken with in awhile but i had the pleasure of just the other evening. mr. raleigh farnsworth was my high school drama teacher who taught m

. >> telling god's word -- >> to me denzel washington should have won for playing malcolm x. >> i earnedours a day -- >> reporter: also citing sidney poitier not even nominated for "in the heat of the night." >> generally speaking we as black people have been celebrated more for when we are subechlt rchlt subservient. >> reporter: it's seen as some by a big problem in hollywood. this year all 20 lead and supporting actor nominees are white. >> something you can't kind of understand. >> i'm disappointed. >> reporter: only the second time that's happened in nearly 20 years. >> the entire brouhaha over "selma" has really opened a lot of people's eyes. i think there's now a more acute awareness of the fact that if there are going to be zero minority nominees in the major categoes people are going to notice. >> reporter: noticed not just by those going to the movies -- >> it's okay tell them they're a bunch of -- uh -- >> reporter: but now by those making them. >> oyelowo says another part of the problem is it's just hard to get black films made and "selma" only got after the success of "the

tomorrow is the state department government denzel society groups for more than 60 countries focus on the steps we can take as governments i will also speak about how our nations have to remain relentless in our fight, our counterterrorism efforts against groups that are plotting against our country's. but we are here today because of a specific challenge, countering violent extremism. something that is not just a matter of military affairs. by violent extremism we don't just mean terrorists who are killing innocent people. we also mean the ideologies, the infrastructure of extremists, the propagandists the recruiters, the funders who radicalize and recruit more insight people to violence. we all know there is no one profile of a violent extremist or terrorists, no way to predict who will become radicalized. around the world and the united states, in excuse blacks of violence have been committed against people of different faiths by people of different faiths. which is of course be trail of all our faith. it is not unique to one group. or to one geography or 01 period of time. we are

johnson, and michael denzel smith and many more.r nfl player, wade davis. talk to me a little bit about this campaign as a way to push back against this powerful stereotype that black folks are more homophobic than others. >> there's a pervasive narrative that we don't love each other. it was shocking to me that people only focused on terence's relationship with jabal or his brothers. 75% of the his family structure loves and embraces him. and we said we have to control the actual narrative. there's an african proverb that says, until the lion has a historian, the hunter will always be a hero. we don't have a historian. so my goal with myself and darnell is to say, how can we change the narrative and add to it. and this campaign has been blessed by so many different people. >> when you talk about narratives, this is literally people telling their stories. and instead of these being the stories of "i came out and was rejected and abused," these are stories of "i came out and my family loves me." tell me what this is about. >> this yo

. >> i get a lot of denzel. >> pit bull. >> pit bull? with the white pants?semble. you are both giants. >> something is going on for so long, it's more embarrassing for me to stop you and regret the last two hours. i didn't abuse the privilege. >> we could get nice tables in l.a. >> he played a troubled novelist. >> a lot of people mistake you. >> no trouble at all writing his first real life novel. i want regularity. of course i do, it's a big part of good digestive health. can't i just have regularity without having to think about it, let alone talk about it? benefiber conveniently helps support good digestive health and maintain that word. benefiber is all natural, clear, taste-free and dissolves completely. you know what benefiber tastes exactly like when you put it in water? water! the only way you'll know you're taking fiber is by how great you feel. and by how little you're thinking about that word. benefiber. now available in stick packs. ♪ "for the love of money"♪ [richard] shhhh. do you hear that? it's your money. saaaaaaaarah. it's refund season an