i'm in a great place. >> reporter: the dga win is a dramatic high point in his roller coaster career. after earning an original screen plays a kor with matt damon 15 years ago for "good will hunting," bombing in the box office with "gigli" a decade ago and recently gaining hollywood's attention for directing "gone baby gone" and "the town," affleck is riding high. >> look, life ebbs and flows. there are natural difficulties. i had this like very early success as a very young man and -- which is difficult to manage i think at any age, but particularly when you're young and i had some stuff work and some didn't and ran afoul of the press a little bit and became overexposed causing me to kind of turn around what do i want to do in this industry and that was around the time i took up directing. >> reporter: affleck was snubbed from the oscar directing category, but "argo" is nominated for a best picture oscar. >> "argo" has won repeatedly throughout the season, and now with this, the director's prize going to ben affleck and not spielberg, i think "lincoln" has become the serious underdog

way. >> reporter: even before he won last night affleck said yesterday just being nominated by the dga gives him a sense of belonging as a director. bianna and dan? >> i think he has a future in the industry. >> i think he does whether he wins for best picture or not. >> well on his way. >> what a turnaround. it's incredible. >> great movie. >> it is a great movie. >>> rachel, thank you. >>> coming up on "good morning america," international mystery. american mother who vanished while on vacation abroad is found stabbed to death. at least nine people are being questioned and our reporters are on the scene retracing her last days. >> bam, before the big day josh and sam get a tour of the big easy from emrile lagasse. >>> find out how a bill girl's tears melted the heart of one of the toughest players in the tallahassee and now he turns them into tears of joy. we'll tell you coming up in "fixation." ( birds chirping ) everything's better with a great cup of coffee. exceptionally smooth and perfectly balanced for a harmonious blend of flavor, body and aroma. green mountain coffee for your

he won the dga, which is a huge honor.got it wrong with not putting him in there for best director. >> among those that are in for best director, who do you think will take it? >> steven speilberg, for sure. when he makes movies about historical figures or moments, i think about ""schindler's list"" he won for that. for "lincoln" he was incredible, and he didn't get nominated for "warhorse" which was a big surprise. i think this is speilberg's year. if not, david r. russell, silver lining's playbook. >> all right. what about best actor? that's a tough one. we better go through these quickly. >> i think hugh jackman has a chance. people are saying, you know, if it's not day-lewis. he has three nominations, and, listen, if he wins this, it's never been done before. he has never won three oscars for best actor before. that's never been done by any man before. >> he deserves it. >> if it's not daniel day lewis, i think it could be hugh jackman. >> a lot of people adore hugh. he certainly deserves it. as much as day-lewis. they

russell and david had been snubbed by the dga and golden globes.onal, especially jacki. they said my name and my mother was flipping out. i guess i had no reaction at all. she starts laying into me, like what are you doing? they said your name. i was like what? and then i called robert de niro. because i was so excited that they said his name. i love him and we're friends, but i never -- i try not to get mushy with him, you know i mean? like sensitive. but i was so excited. i was like hey, bob. he was like yeah -- the thing about robert de niro is he loves talking about schedules. >> jimmy: really? >> like hey, bob, how you doing? good, 10:00, i'm going to go over here. 11:30 -- great, bob. great. so he's just got into town. >> jimmy: that's what my dad does. >> that's what it is. spend two hours talking about his schedule. and i love it. but maybe this morning we talk about something else. so i was like hey, he's like hey, how you doing? i was like hey, congratulations. huh? yeah, yeah, yeah. you in l.a.? yeah, yeah. i just got here. listen, bob,

he won the dga, which is a huge honor.al figures or moments, i think about schindler's list, he won for that. for "lincoln" he was incredible, and he didn't get nominated for "warhorse" which was a big surprise. i think this is speilberg's year. if not, david r. russell, silver lining's playbook. >> away about -- >> i think hugh jackman has a chance. people are saying, you know, if i not daniel day lewis. he has three nominations, and, listen, if he wins this, it's never been done before. he has never won three oscars for best actor before. that's never been done by any man before. >> he deserves it. >> if it's not daniel day lewis, i think it could be hugh jackman. >> a lot of people adore hugh. he certainly deserves it. they're so different. the performances and movies are so completely different. >> what about best actress? >> it's definitely between jessica lawrence and jessica chastain. it's a perfect role for her. she just won the sag award. i think we're going to hear her name. >> jennifer lawrence. >> okay. >> than

it's the third time in the dga's 65 year history that the award has gone to a film maker who is not alsos." >> and hosted by him, too. >> well, it was only a matter of time before people started demanding kate middleton's pregnancy style and now her famous engagement dress has been remade for moms to be. blossom mother and child is selling the isa. >> is a fire. >> it's is a fire blue. -- sach fire dress sapphire. they say it can be worn during pregnancy and also after. those are your headlines. >> the show is also written by. >> wait a second. i'm out of focus now the rest of the show. >> makes fun of the director and that's what's going to happen. you have a soft glow you do look better. >> coming up on the show president obama extending olive branch to religious institutions making changes to the contraceptive mandate. are they accommodating or gimmicks. father john weighs in on that. do you lay in pedestrian browsing the internet on your ipad. may want to stop. that is a bad story for your health. that story is coming up. >> depends on what you are browsing. >> brian kilmeade and big