from venice, for talking movies, emma jones reports. to the astonishment and the acclamation of the film industry, the venice film festival took place in 2020. it even had, behind the masks, instantly recognisable faces. but this year, with only two american films in competition, it was undoubtedly a european event. and given its timing, that's unusual. this is one of the most beautiful places on the planet, but coming to venice in september and its festival usually means the start of autumn awards season — because this place has a habit of spotting oscar winners. but in 2020, by necessity, it has been a very different kind of festival. venice shows us that award season, if it has a physical form, will involve socially distanced carpets, masks and temperature checks.

emma jones, bbc news. that's about it for me and the sport state team.vening, we will see you again soon. bye— bye. evening, we will see you again soon. bye—bye. —— sportsday team. all the sports news. tributes have been paid to the comedian and actor john sessions who has died, aged 67. following a heart attack. he was best known for his work on spitting image and whose line is it anyway? he was also a character actor, appearing in films like kenneth branagh's henry the fifth and tv series including itv‘s victoria. today, the editor of private eye, ian hislop, who was a friend, earlier today, we heard from john lloyd, the bbc pursues her who was freezing his performance —— bbc producer. —— praising his performance. earlier, simon mccoy spoke to editor of private i. today, the editor of private eye, ian hislop, who was a friend, said he was the funniest man you could ever meet. he was an old friend, but also an absolutely brilliant actor, comedian, improviser. it's difficult to do any summary, but he was a fantastic stage actor. he is one man shows, part

emma jones has been looking back at alfred hitchcock's early years in british cinema.n. his birthplace also provided his first filming locations when he started directing in the 1920s. what role did alfred hitchcock play in the early british film industry he started off creating titles for films, and the silent period, films were told through inter—titles and she worked on storyboards, he was assistant director. london was shrouded in fog but that was a suspense device for an early film, the lodger, a story fog from 1927, assignment from about a serial killer who murdered blonde girls. a couple of years later, he made blackmail, which is a movie that ends in a very famous chase. the story revolves around a working—class woman who ends up going on a date with a man who attempts to rape her. she stabs him and a blackmailer spots that she committed this murder. one of the first of the great set pieces and it is a chase through the british museum. what is so clever about it is he uses something that causes the shifting process which enables you to combine real live action

emma jones has been investigating. hello?andout feature of hitchcock heroines, the director had a reputation for liking blonde as his leading lady. filming in black and white meant blonde hair was more noticeable. but revelations have since spilt out about how he treated some of them, particularly the star of them, particularly the star of them, particularly the star of the birds, tippi hedren, who would accuse him of unwanted advances? —— unwanted advances. he would always carry on with the conversation and staring at me. eventually, that becomes... almost like stalking and it was a very uncomfortable situation. tippi hedren was injured and had to leave the shoot after spending five days filming the final scenes of the birds in which live birds were tied to her. some attributed as hitchcock's revenge for reject him. looking at alfred hitchcock's films today, and we say that he was a misogynist?” think hitchcock was a misogynist and i don't think thatis misogynist and i don't think that is a very huge claim to make because we

from venice, for talking movies, emma jones reports.the astonishment and the acclamation of the film industry, the venice film festival took place in 2020. it even had, behind the masks, instantly recognisable faces. but this year, with only two american films in competition, it was undoubtedly a european event. and given its timing, that's unusual. this is one of the most beautiful places on the planet but coming to venice in september and its festival usually means the start of autumn awards season because this place has a habit of spotting oscar winners. but in 2020, by necessity, it has been a very different kind of festival. venice shows us that award season, if it has a physical form, will involve socially distanced carpets, masks and temperature checks. and british actress vanessa kirby's best actress prize for pieces of a woman makes her a serious contender to be part of it, having already made a name for herself as princess margaret in the crown and in the mission: impossible franchise. i got us something. oh, my god! that is s

emma, thank you very much. the olympic boxer nicola adams and her dancing partner katya jones have been forced to pull out of strictlyis is quite a blow for the show. the good news is that the dancer is asymptomatic but the rules say that anyone in this situation has to withdraw from the competition so nicola adams‘ time on the door is done and she says she is devastated. they are the first same—sex couple to dance on the show, so it is disappointing on that front. the viewers know because they are told every week that there have been huge effo rts every week that there have been huge efforts to adhere to covid guidelines, and according to the executive producer today the rest of the cast is not affected. the show will continue as normal on saturday, but for them and the millions of people who watch, they will be hoping that nicola and katya will be the first and last couple that have to exit due to covid. thank you. a controversial plan to dig a road tunnel near stonehenge has been given the go—ahead by the govenrment. highways england says the two—mile stretch will remove noise and visual distraction from the histo

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