they first met here at the film festival almost 60 years ago in this romantic setting, grace kelly's fe changed forever. here today the premiere of a new film about princess grace starring nicole kidman that gives a fictionalized account of an unhappy princess in a gilded cage. the portrayal created a fire storm and infuriated princess grace's children, albert, stephanie, and caroline. her biographer says the film got it wrong. >> politics the way the movie depicts it, no, never in a million years. grace was grace. that's all she had to be. >> reporter: princess grace who died in a car crash in 1982, would have welcomed all the attention. >> my private life was very much my own, and now my private life is very public. >> reporter: meanwhile, the movie is getting slammed. one critic saying, it's so wooden, it's a fire risk. a reminder, as if one would need it, there is only one grace kelly. >> i don't want to be worshipped. i want to be loved. >> reporter: keir simmons, nbc news, france. >>> and that's our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian will

a film about grace kelly stars nicole kidman. kelly's son and monocco's ruler, prince albert, is calling for a boycott. >> movie reel: why did i leave hollywood... >> how about this a movie star playing the movie star. grace kelly wowed hollywood and then swapped the glitz of movies for the glamor of mon abbingy when -- monaco when she married the ruler. they met here. fitting that the film somehow open the show. it's no fairy tale, and there's drama with the movie >> movie reel: everything you say has consequences. >> the royal family is furious. as far as the palace is concerned it never should have been maid and should be boycotted. grace kelly is popular and now, 32 years after she died, people appear to be fascinated by her. the more the palace tells people not to see the film, the more in general monaco can't wait. >> are you interested. >> yes, sure. >> we will. 100%. >> i'm happy they made a film. i don't know what is in the film. >> the princely family has been scathy in the response. the trailer appeals to be a farce is

looking at actress turned monarch, grace kelly. current ruler, principle albert, is calling for a boycott. >> you ask: why did i leave hollywood. >> a movie star playing the movie star who became the princess, grace kelly wow's hollywood and swapped it for the glamor of monarchy. they met at the cannes film festival. this year, a movie about that very marriage opens the show here but this is no fairy tail and there is just as much drama about the movie as there is in it. >> everything you say has consequences. >> the royal family is furious about this film. as far as the palace is concerned, it should never have been made, and it should be boycotted. the problem it has is that grace kelly was incredibly popular and even now, 32 years after she died, people still seem to be absolutely fascinated by her. the more the palace tells people not to go see this film, the more it seems in general monaco just can't wait. >> will you be seeing it? are you interested? >> yeah. yeah. >> sure. >> we will. >> for sure. >> 100%. >> i am happy they

movies are filled still up festival periods countless what skills are bought and sold through the grace kellynd grace of monaco opens at the festival today to find a co kidman plays grace kelly during her marriage to prince rainier the third through monaco 3--nicole kidman. the daughter has been criticized the film saying that it is inaccurate. we will do the reviews are like. --cannes film festiva. it is late. sponsored by benton's wireless. >>: good morning three and one of the downsides of living in the bay area. it's a lot of us live in the small places. at the house of garages and basements or a large storage areas i want to follow the tradition to a new service that helps you deal with that issue. , box each brings door to your front door. on the website you'll ordered these dirty yellow plastic boxes scheduled a delivery. to drop them off to you for free. such a pack up with their stuff and then you schedule a free pickup. it restore yourself at the warehouse. the price is $6 a box per month river and it to address opposite is toward reagan recovery cannot storage unit. whenever you wa

. >>> a film about grace kelly is causing controversy. nicole kidman portrays grace. members of the royal family are boycotting a premiere tomorrow. >> movie reel: some of you ask why did i leave hollywood? >> how about this, a movie star replying the movie star that became the apprenticeship cess. grace kelly wowed hollywood, and swapped the glitz of hollywood when she married monaco's ruler. fitting that a movie opens. this is no fairytale and there's just as much drama about the movie >> movie reel: everything you say has consequences. >> the royal family is furious about the film. as far as the palace is concerned, it should never have been made and should be boycotted. the problem is that grease kelly was popular. 30 years after she died people are fascinated by her. the more the palace tells people not to see the film, the more, in general, monaco can't wait. >> will you see it, are you interested? >> yes. >> we will. >> i'm happy they made a film. i don't know what's in the film. i want to say it. >> the family has been scaling. the trailer appears to be a farc

be it's been delayed many times and harry weinstein is considering abandoning it altogether. >> grace kelly leaving hollywood to become a princess. what is this bozo mentality that allows a lot of tax cheats to hang out. a problem where da de degaulle was crack down. >> so the battle continues. crb the battle continues. s

be it's been delayed many times and harry weinstein is considering abandoning it altogether. >> grace kelly leaving hollywood to become a princess. what is this bozo mentality that allows a lot of tax cheats to hang out. a problem where da dee degaulles crack down. >> so the battle continues. crb the battle continues. shoacontinues.the show may be oe conversation continues. we'll see you next time. >> good evening everyone. this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. mers in america. the first documented case of the deadly virus strikes the hearts land. what you need to know about its riervel. >>> fire storm lepts down dozen -- helicopters down dozens of people dead. a warning. gerry adams questioned in the unsolved murder of a woman of ten. we'll talk to

be it's been delayed many times and harry weinstein is considering abandoning it altogether. >> grace kellyleaving hollywood to become a princess. what is this bozo mentality that allows a lot of tax cheats to hang out. a problem where da de degaulle was crack down. >> so the battle continues. crb the battle continues. shoa continues.the show may be over e conversation continues. we'll see you next time. >> good morning, to you, and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york and here are the stories we are following right now. a rescue operation is underway as a massive landslide wipes out a village in afghanistan and killing over 2000 people. >> i'm not worried about the germs but you read this and you get nervous. >> this morning a deadly virus lands on american soil. >> it is an end of

it's based on the life of grace kelly.ently the royal family of monaco is none too pleased with the portrayal. more on that story coming up. >> that assignment of that film festival -- we've all been there. that is a great place. >> not all of us. >> i thought you'd been. >> me neither. >> i've been there a lot. >> rub it in a little. >> we want to switch gears, take a look at some of the stories making headlines. crews are desperately trying to reach hundreds of miners who were trapped underground after an explosion and a fire in a coal mine in turkey. nearly 800 workers were inside at the time. the death toll has already topped more than 200. >>> in this country, an evacuation order was lifted overnight for residents in san diego living on the edges of a wind-fueled wildfire. the fire chief police says crews do have a good hand handle on the situation, but the winds could pick back up again today. >>> a robotic submarine is once again being used in the search for the malaysia air flight 370. the ship that was carrying it

and you can see nicole kidman, in a film about grace kelly, which reportedly upset the royal family of monaco. -- put theke spotlight on french cinema, which they say is suffering. >> thank you. also, big sports news in france with the announcement ahead of the world cup in brazil. the french coach gave out the names of the french national squad picks. manchester city striker -- did not make the cut. more on that in sports. >> the 23-man list was announced on tuesday. he has a reputation as a troublemaker. >> any coach who is thinking of building a group of players is going to be -- it is going to be a long trip. to live together for such a long time demands a lot of human qualities. was down to three matches following france's quarterfinal defeat to spain in 2012. all, we are talking about a really good player, of course. performances for the french team have not been as good as for his club, manchester city. inis a very important player england. in fact, he is indispensable. but that is not the case for the french team. and as he set himself, when a substitute, he is not happy, which

monaco is a great setting, grace kelly. >> beautiful people.eautiful woman. >> princess, how can you blow that movie? good actor, great actor. >> what's your opinion on this, jack? >> i don't have anything to say. >> jack says -- >> sounds like a great movie to me. >> jack is recommending we all go see it if it is ever released. >> send your mail to jack if you don't like it. >>> we have seen a lot of lady gaga over the years and pretty much every outfit imaginable and some maybe that we never imagined. >> now comes a picture of her that could be our favorite of all time. take a look. this is from her instagram account. the new star of the show is her french bull dog puppy asia. the caption of the pic says asia sleeps with her mommy after msg. i'm scared to know what that means, oh madison square garden. okay. i thought it meant something else. >> this is favorite lady gaga. >> i wonder if he was part of the show. >> should be. pretty loveable. >> too cute. >>> should we check out who's blowing out the candles. >> let's do it. >> some birthdays

tonight, why grace kelly's children are coming to her defense. "nightly news" begins now.

oscar-winner nicole kidman for her role as grace kelly, under fire. the world's most star-studded film festival. >>> and it's mega "deals & steals," the oprah edition. the hottest "o" magazine's favorites, all half off. >>> and julia roberts joins us with the scoop on her groundbreaking film. as we say -- >> good morning, america. >>> look at that great crowd we have outside. >> kid deejay. >> wonderful kid deejay inside, as well. >> that's d.j. filano. spinning some great tunes. all of the "gma" mini-mes are here this morning. you see them. there they are, with michael. all looking like pros. >> they do look like pros. michael, what's the latest over there at the kid desk? >> we have a lot of fun every morning. they looked like they were having more fun. plus, they had juice boxes. i had to join these guys. and the thing is, i mean, honestly, mini-mes, they're everywhere. they've taken over times square. it's a pint-sized takeover this morning. so, you know, look at our control room. our producers, they're looking more youthful and younger than they'

grace kelly, reaction from her own children, and all of those and those stories coming up tonight. >> president obama presented the nation's highest military honor today to an army sergeant. he saved a soldier's life and helped many others escape during an ambush. president obama told the story today. >> kyle and the 13 members of his team, heading into an area known as ambush alley. a single shot rang out and then another. and then the entire canyon erupted from bullets what seemed in every direction. a grenade knocked him unconscious, and then shrapnel and rock shards across his face. kyle saw a team made trying to treat his own shattered arm. and kyle was thinking, it's just a matter of time before i'm dead. and if that's going to happen, i might as well let that happen as i can. he ripped off his own belt. and charlie 6 romeo came into base. crouching behind that lone tree, kyle called in airstrikes to take out positions. kyle felt his concussion set out. but he knew he was the soldier's best chance to come out alive, he called in a medivac and made sure that they were safely onbo

. >> grace kelly leaving hollywood to become a princess. what is this bozo mentality that allows a lot of tax cheats to hang out. a problem where da de degaulle was crack down. >> so the battle continues. crb the battle continues. shoa continues.the show may be over e conversation continues. we'll see you next time. >>> job growth just kicked in to high gear, but too many americans have given up looking for work. i'll talk to one boss who says he is hiring right now. also what america could learn from germany about jobs and training skilled workers. plus prayers and property, i'll show you how the real estate market has been a blessing for churches looking to sell. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money." >> this is "real money," you are the most important part of the show so tell me what is on your mind tweet me or go to facebook. i do read this stuff. the economy added 288,000 new jobs in april most of them came from the private sector. economists hope for 150 or 200,000 new jobs to get added every month just to keep up with new entrants

. >> reporter: nicole kidman's portrayal of grace kelly was not very well received.a press conference overlooked by an italian image, kidman was asked to her response to the royal family's expressions of dismay. >> obviously i feel sad because i think that the film has no malice towards the family or towards -- particularly towards grace. it's fiction allized. we've said that, it's not a biopic. there is the essence of truth with a lot of these things, you take dramatic license at times, but i understand also because of them being their mother and father. >> looking for any excuse to take monaco, even if it means turning you against me. >> reporter: the director assured the media that the much documented creative differences with the film's u.s. distributor has been resolved. some critics were lesseesly pacified sabotaging the film's moments while others singled out kidman for praise. by the time the red carpet was ready to be trampled, the smiles rolled back into place. kidman had a fabulous dress. you choose the winner of the coveted prize. it was led by new zealan

sometimes, the view of the people on the receiving end -- i found a quote from the late actress grace kellyshe said, the freedom of press works in such a way -- there is not really much freedom from the press. that is true. try to keep as many eyes as possible on them. they do not always want us in the room. this has never been truer than today. a changing media gives us more but allows the government to send its own messages direct to people in ways that we find challenging. a thingrtainly president assesses to the --sident would have envied predecessors to the president would have envied and liked themselves. we like their photographers and video crews. we do not want to kick them out. we just want to be in the room, too. [applause] all paying attention to the government and asking questions, we are all the better for it and it is a bragging point for democracy. i want to turn for a minute and talk a little bit about harry mcelveen. it was seven years ago he walked into the oval office and he was the first lack reporter -- black reporter ever to attend a presidential press conference. i a

sometimes the view of the people on the receiving end of it -- i found a quote from -- grace kelly saidquote, the freedom of press works in such a way there's not really much freedom from the press. that's true. that's the core of the tension we have on our beat between the present government. we try to keep as many eyes as possible on them. they don't always want us in the room. this has never been truer than today. a changing media gives us more tools, but also allows the government to set its own image, send its own videos directly to people in ways that we find challenging. it is something that predecessors to the president would have envied. that's all fine. we like the white house staff and photographers and video. we just want to be in the room too. we can take the competition. when we are all paying attention to the government and asking questions, we are all the better for it and it's a bragging point for democracy. minute andurn for a talk about harry mcalpine. it was 70 years ago that he walked into the oval office. he was the first black reporter to attend and cover a presid

the biopic stars nicole kidman as grace kelly. the royal family called the film totally fictional. was nicole kidman's reaction. >> obviously i feel sad because malink that the film has no ortoward the family grace. i still have respect and i want them to know that the performance was done with love. we will bring you more on the business of cannes with an exclusive tour of the film market. >> do you fancy that film? >> totally panned. give it a miss. >> time for hotshots. it is not a sport for the faint hearted. professional free runners push themselves to the limits, jumping through rooftop gaps. baby form flips -- they perform flips over power blocs. a beekeeper from china smashed his world record by sitting with the top half of his body covered with bees for an hour. he had no protection for his eyes, his mouth or his nose. imagine the itchy nose. he said he has grown immune to the stings over the years. would you do that? >> absolutely not. that looks disgusting. no thanks very much. >> keeping your mouth shut, your eyes shut, your nostrils. let's move to pleasanter pictures.

the grace kelly and myopic- biopic degrees of monaco opens the festival today. this is our is--it stars nicole kidman plane greased jelly during her marriage to prince rainier the third of monaco and is not without controversy. kelly's daughter princess stephanie has criticized the film about her parents saying it is inaccurate. >>james: to be preserved the groundwork needed to installing a traffic and a deadly san francisco intersection. there have been three vehicle pedestrian accident at sunset boulevard and yorba street in recent months one of them fatal. construction on the news and no started yesterday and is expected to be finished this july. the city has bigger plans to put a traffic light at every intersection of sunset which doesn't are not already have 1344 pedestrians were hit on a busy street between 2005 and 2011. why take a look at this video the driver of this drug is behind bars this morning after he ran his truck through the front of the baltimore area tv stations. police said the driver suffered from emotional or mental health issues. witnesse

i believe it was another paper that said it was a -- [ speaking foreign language ] grace kelly at thatone of the most beautiful women to ever walk the planet. nicole kidman is an australian actress and she's 46 years old. the story itself is such an incredible tragic fairy tale. princess grace was the princess diana of her time and you need to totally pull this off or don't even try. unfortunately, it was a big flop the opening night of the festival. >> now it's a big flop for all these reasons you're chronicling, but what about her acting? some have said she's not bad in the film. >> she's not bad, but doesn't she look like nicole kidman? princess grace was just one of the most gorgeous people who ever lived. i really think either go with someone who is unknown. but nicole kidman -- she's a great actress, that's never going to change. but the movie was kind of out of a lifetime script. it really wasn't up to snuff. the director, just something here went wrong. as it often can at cannes. cannes is chic, it's glamorous, it's the yachts. but at the same time, when things go wrong here, t