now on bbc news, talking movies: the changing face of hollywood. crowd chatters.ple were genuinely excited about the movies and about movie stars. on oscar night, it was a big deal. it was huge. everybody went to the movies and everyone cared. that is no longer true. people are very comfortable now being outspoken about the sexism, the inequality that women have suffered through for decades. tonight, we frigging broke that glass ceiling! audience cheers. smooth jazz music. hello from los angeles. i'm tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today's programme, in the wake of the academy awards, we look back at the changing face of hollywood, the efforts that are being made to bring about greater diversity and inclusion. muffled speech through loudspeaker. with the oscars now over, the film industry is reflecting on how it all went. the first academy award ceremony took place in this landmark hollywood hotel in 1929. 95 years on, the oscars is facing challenges. prickly orchestral score. wings was the very first movie to win an academy award for best picture. a

when it, when it originally set hollywood land, the hollywood land was only meant to last 18 months or wrecked it on december 8, 1923. it was 1st illuminated to advertise an upscale residential real estate development in the hollywood hills. the sign was shortened to hollywood in the 1940s, but wind pollution rain, n graffiti took a toll on the sign over the years after fail, bid to tear it down altogether. the sign became an official landmark in 1973 and the decades since it's become an economic force contributing to eli's annual multi $1000000000.00 tourist industry. this is really a coming out moment for l. a. because the hollywood sign really is our global icon . it is the reason people choose to come to l. a. not just because of getting that bucket list photo with a hollywood sign in the background. but also because it represents the fact that l a is the city of endless possibility. as part of its makeover, the sign was repainted. it took about $15000.00 leaders. plants are also under way to build a new hollywood sign visitor's center of us and we'll, we'll do is headlines for you

the sidewalks in hollywood.bigger problems. [applause] >> paul: can you imagine what it's going to cost with those unions? it'll be six weeks of work, it'll cost $100,000. >> tyrus: this is l.a. $1.5 million. that's for each triangle of the star. you've paved the streets, your goal is to get a star. riddle you this, what if the only way your star goes in is if they pull yo his out? you take his star? to stare at him. >> aron: if it's my own personal -- but that's not going to happen. in all seriousness, if you were to take a walk down the walk of fame -- i don't recommend it, by the way. i lived in l.a. for five years and it's not the nicest place in the world. but you are not exactly going to find a list of people who are up for sainthood. to kennedy's point, where you go there -- that's the pinnacle. when you go to l.a., the chinese theater in the walk of fame in all these things, there are just vagrants and vagabonds and people relieving themselves in front of the chinese theater as families are trying to tak

now on bbc news: women in hollywood: the producers. a warm welcome. i'm kim chakanetsa.e come to hollywood, to the women in film headquarters, where i'm joined by keri putnam and stephanie allain, two women who are working to reshape the industry. they are both part of an initiative founded and led by women in film and the sundance institute called reframe, whose aim is to advance gender equity. keri putnam is a film executive and producer and the founder of putnam pictures. she served for 11 years as the ceo of the sundance institute, which runs the sundance film festival. prior to that, she worked as a senior executive at miramax and hbo. she is also the co—founder of reframe. welcome. thank you, it's great to be here. stephanie allain is a film producer and writer and the newly elected co—president of the producers guild of america — the first woman of colour to hold the position. stephanie served nine years as vice president in women in film. she runs her own company, homegrown pictures, which focuses on creating content by and about women and people of colour. keri

in hollywood or in paris or both? >> entirely in hollywood.the back lot and lot three, which has the streets of new york, streets of paris , new york, streets of paris, streets of, you know , all those streets of, you know, all those phoney streets , but quite phoney streets, but quite charming in the in musicals. >> how did you to take the dancing that you were asked to do in hollywood? very different from what you were used to. >> it just was magnificent. it it was one awfully exciting thing with the music. i i adored the gershwin. i thought gershwin was really a grand composer. i thought he was one of the top composers. i rated him like mozart , like bach, and like any mozart, like bach, and like any great modern composer, we started working immediately on the piano . and gene kelly was , the piano. and gene kelly was, uh , doing choreography with his uh, doing choreography with his partner, choreographer. her name was carol haney , and she was was carol haney, and she was a jack cole dancer, top dancer . jack cole dancer, top dancer. and s

i've got over 50 movies, they're just not out of mainstream hollywood but i do the movies hollywood used to do, movies of faith and love and laughter. hollywood wants to push anger and violence and i am doing the opposite. >> in a way you live your values. you left california. >> we were looking to move for a long time. i love california, i live 40 miles north of la but it got to a point where you look at the crime, the attacks and traffic, i've shot over 80 movies and 70 in texas. my wife and i said we both have family in florida. if i'm on the 101 or the 405 i just cringe and i said i'm done with this, there is no reason for us to be here. we made the move five years ago and i haven't looked back yet. there's a reason why people are leaving new york and jersey, california, moving to nevada. >> kevin sorbo, you and your wife sam have cowritten a book and she's writtenseveral as well . >> she's been very busy. i do a book called true strength. i had an aneurysm that opened up a series of collapses on my arm. i suffered four strokes and it took me three years to recover and i wrote a book

is the vote in hollywood likely to pass? is the vote in hollywood likely to -ass?., is the vote in hollywood likely to ass? ., ~ i. ., is the vote in hollywood likely to ass? ., ~ ., ., ., pass? thank you for dealing with our tech issues! — pass? thank you for dealing with our tech issues! we _ pass? thank you for dealing with our tech issues! we do _ pass? thank you for dealing with our tech issues! we do have _ pass? thank you for dealing with our tech issues! we do have some - tech issues! we do have some indications over the vote and remember this is the longer striking history spanning more than a hundred days, and it looks like we would be in the clear when the vote goes to ratification. a couple of sticking points, mostly around ai, and when the union reached a tentative agreement in november they mentioned several wins including one around these protection over ai and now they are proving to be some of the sticking points including synthetic actors which is digital make up that come from other actors mannerisms and some of the compensations around ai and so

grinchmas here at universal studios hollywood.n gloves nomination day where taylor swift's huge year just keeps getting bigger. not only was taylor nominated in a brand-new globes category for her eras concert tour film, we're going to tell you why it's practically a lock and taylor and boyfriend travis kelce will be here in hollywood for the awards on january 7th. as for the rest of the nominations, the big question is does "barbie" have any real challengers? we're going to break it down on tonight's "access," including three noteworthy snubs. and of course hollywood lost a legend on friday with the passing of "love story" star ryan o'neal. but it's real-life love story with farrah fawcett we're going to be looking at tonight. that's all just moments away on "access hollywood." back to you. >> mario, thank you. >>> here's our prime-time lineup. after "access hollywood," beginning at 8:00, two hours of "the voice." the semifinals. that's going to be good. then a music legend. christmas special "barry manilow's a very barry christm

. >>> and the killing of a hollywood advocate inside his home.t police are saying tonight. >>> buffalo bills star von miller has surrendered tonight after an arrest warrant was issued for him in dallas. police say a preliminary investigation found that miller got into an argument with his pregnant girlfriend and then assaulted her. she was treated for minor injuries both the bills and the nfl say they are aware of the incident. >>> in california, a deadly home invasion that has shocked hollywood. a prominent social activist with deep ties to the movie industry fatally shot by a woman who forced her way into his home. miguel almaguer reports. >> reporter: tonight, the d.a. says the shocking murder of michael latt was a targeted crime authorities say the well-connected hollywood social justice advocate was allegedly shot in the head by a homeless woman who knocked on his door, forced her way inside, and killed the 33-year-old for being friends with a woman who the suspect had been stalking. >> this is a quiet neighborhood we've never had anything g

first of all, hollywood. this was the year of the great push at of. >> and sincerely, hollywood traditionally is how sincs the world.. and since like the 1960s or so,h the message e the rest of this i planet has been, america is terrible. >> you go overseas terr you hearm that from people. and that's not what we should be doing. this year, wpethat's ne finallyy on to the fact that, number one, we don't necessarily need you. >> and ove your the next few ye, thanks to i, we're not even going to need actors eg to. em they'll just generate them. you can generate them with a computer, which means we won'tto anymore. have to listen to katy perry tell us how to vote >> we won't have to listen to mark ruffalo tell us what horribletell people we are beca we're not voting for progressives. so i actually thinus h k this is a very significant year for that reason alone. nificantrwe'll finally, seeingst the pushback against la la land. and you don't want let me talk to each other. >> we don't need you anymore. speaking of

diplomatic talks broke down and what it means for the remaining hostages still waiting to return home >>> hollywood in shock after a deadly home invasion police reveal roining details. >>> george santos facing down another vote to kick him out of the house. can he survive for a third time? >>> tiktok won't stop in montana. >>> and a thursday night thriller >>> "early today" starts right now. good morning, thanks for being with us, i'm frances rivera. the war in gaza has resumed after israel's military accused hamas of violating the terms of the cease-fire in firing toward israeli territory. this puts an end to a week of successful prisoner exchanges between the two parties. we want to go live now to megan fitzgerald who's following developments for us. what's the latest do we know >> reporter: frances, good morning. not long after that week-long cease-fire ended, we saw israeli fighter jets hitting targets in the northern part and southern part of gaza the idf coming out and saying, i want to read for you they say hamas violated the operational pause by firing toward israeli territory and prime min

they're just not on the mainstream of hollywood. i'm going to get $100 million advertising budget behind us. but i do movies that hollywood used to do i do movies that have love and hope and redemption and faith and laughter and things like that. hollywood wants to push anger and violence and sex. well i'm doing the opposite now. kevin sorbo a way you've kind of lived your your value. you've you left. correct. but we've been looking to move for a long time. i love the state of california. i loved where i lived out in it. i lived on the mountains, 40 miles north of l.a. i missed my house there, but got to a point that was just unlivable for me. i mean, look at the crime. you look at the that the taxes, you look at the traffic. i've shot over 80 movies and i've shot probably 70 of those 80 movies in texas the further east. so my wife and i just said, you know, we both our family here in the state of florida and, we don't want to do come here. well, you know this is the one on one or four or five. i would just cringe cause it takes an

like, oil is more inclusive in terms of ceos and people of colour, than hollywood.wer that we have to tell stories, to include people, it is kind of unfathomable, — you wouldn't think it's so liberal in hollywood and this and that but that is not the way it is. so there is still lots of work to do. but i will say there has been some improvement. if you've been in the game as long as we have, some of the young kids don't know. we've come a long way, baby. and television and streaming is a really good example, i think. i think so, too. in 2015, the #oscarssowhite campaign highlighted the lack of diversity in hollywood and you produced one of the most diverse awards ceremonies in 2020, so that's a completely different muscle you're using there. how was that for you? that was the most fun in my career. it was the combination of live theatre and what we do, but there were no take—twos, nothing like that. there was one rehearsal. there was one rehearsal for that whole show. it was really important to us that it be diverse and inclusive. there was a lot of pushback, i'll b

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it's not a hollywood example. it's all the same. it's the same. but it does point out how rare canada's even wider is. the thing for maple sirup and i multiple on multiple occasions people canadian men have said either to me or to colleagues there's couldn't be racist because i'm only america has that bad racism stuff don't have it up here in canada and i'm like that is news your indigenous populations indigenous you know that they did more to the chinese they lock people up what more to yeah there's a few of those things. yeah and like this is the thing. i made the call in the bbc for this as well. there's been an ongoing sort of quasi between black american actors and sometimes british actors over the perception. black american actors have so much more in american actors being like, we actually you just feel like we do because we fought all this time for this sliver of the pie and, you know, black, black british actors are saying, well, we don't even have a sliver of the pie. we get to appear occasionally in very special episodes and then be bro

like hollywood just violates all of them all the time. oh, yeah. and like they create specific exempt positions in order be able to do it. that's why hollywood runs on pays and interns and whatever because legally interns don't have any right. right child stars. right. we're just now hitting the point where the mom influencers slash kid reaction video kids are to grow up the blogger kids hitting adulthood and you're in the only state currently in the union where some of their earnings are protected, right? that's like illinois nowhere else because the comstock laws california only apply to kids. there's some discussion to be had about many of them are really not getting that much of their money. but now starting to see the oldest those early like mom fluence her kids go yeah so you loved my videos, my reactions or whatever. and parents want a house and a boat and they to trips and blah, blah, blah. and i afford college or to eat right? i can't afford anything and because i was made famous so young i also can't really get a job, right? a lot of star

hollywood has a history of this.space industry and need a lot know how acquired a biospace domain. israel is pressing on with this suicidal ons on gaza, killing at least 150 palestinians on wednesday alone. they lost their lives as the regime struck number of residential lots from valley refugee camp in north. the total deathful has topped 60,200 since.

amy: let's find "finian's rainbow." >> here's cabin in the sky, which is the first all-black hollywoodss is just a thing called joe." here's "bloomer girl" that i'm talking about. so we should be, somehow, coming on to "finian's rainbow." but here's yip here. there's a video of yip talking, if you want to meet the man. >> you got into political trouble in this country at a time when a lot of people got into political trouble, during the mccarthy years. were you blacklisted? >> thank god, yes. >> during that mccarthy period, were they actually going through your lyrics with a fine-toothed comb looking for lines that might be subversive, that might show yip harburg's true political colors? >> yes. i wrote a song for "cabin in the sky," which ethel waters sang and was part of the situation in the picture. here was a poor woman who had nothing in life except this one man, joe, and she sang, "it seemed like happiness is just a thing called joe." >> ♪ it seemed like happiness is just a thing called joe ♪ ♪ >> one of the producers, with not a macroscope, but a microscope, found in this lyric

, this is hollywood, this is belarus , this is better, elena freiman, belarusian hollywood, cooler than, be sure to call the number 8810106. take two fingers 11 and also send a message with number 11 to 2885 thank you and the most important thing is that very soon it will be possible to do this, just one participant and we are opening lines for voting, it will be very, very soon, it was elena freiman, number 11, thank you very much. our next participant obviously gets a lot of attention and the reason for this is a well-known surname. seryoga, when you took on the next member of the team, well, you knew that there would be some changes. “i hoped for this, i counted on this, this does not add confidence or additional strength to our participant, on the contrary, this is an additional challenge for him, this is a test, being in the shadow of a very talented, star brother, being in a situation where you... "constantly compare and at the same time have the courage to go your own way, to follow your dream, to achieve your goal, it’s not easy, it’s not easy, the performances of many of today’

his being viewed at the moment and hollywood?— hollywood?his legacy has been that he was this _ hollywood? his legacy has been that he was this sarcastic - that he was this sarcastic character but that he was a great friend to fix and that the foundation started after name will guide to help others and he was very open about his addiction problems and that he would say he could help others with addiction more than he could help himself, and that's a legacy that he has with many celebrities, friends and folks that were not even any the entertainment industry, so there was that. and there is that laughter he brought people, his legacy for ten years for being in over 200 episodes of friends and generations. because of streaming my kids are familiar with friends, my parents watched it, so it is an intergenerational show that has gone on and if you think about it, it is globally known, the theme song is known, his character is globally known and people go to either new york to act out or do the opening scene, so he is going to have a wonderful le

this morning, tensions are running high in hollywood.tman posted messages of solidarity with israel on social media and others like gigi and bella hadid have posted in support of the palestinians. some have faced fallout for taking fallout on either side of the conflict. critics have called for a boycott of "stranger things" after noah posted a video laughing with friends holding stickers saying zionism is sexy and hamas is -- >> and dropping actress susan sarand onafter talking at a pro-palestinian giving a taste of what it is like to be muslim in this country. apologized for her comments, writing on instagram, this phrasing was a terrible mistake, as it implies until recently, jews have been strangers to persecution, when the opposite is true. >> who it this? >> and melissa perraro, was fired from the latest screen film after graham posts critical of israel and colonialism and western media bias and later said on social media, i am against anti-semitism, i am against islamophobia. spy glass entertainment, the company behind the franchi

sign first lit up in the hollywood hills today in 1923. originally displayed the word hollywoodland. i was built by la times publisher harry chancellor as a billboard for the new hollywoodland subdivision and was originally only supposed to stand for about 18 months in 1949, the hollywood chamber of commerce took over ownership and the sign was changed to plain old hollywood. it still stands as one of southern california's most popular tourist attractions. happening tomorrow, the de young museum in san francisco celebrating its 500 1000th visitor. that's a milestone of their free saturday's program. >> gm has been welcoming a bay area residents for free every saturday since 2019. they did this to remove the cost barrier for younger visitors tomorrow people are invited to check out their special exhibit. the de young open at no cost at that runs through january. 7th. >> well, some new canine recruits appeared at the u.s. capitol. these little black labrador is a lab. being trained to be service dogs in the second congressional district up v

to do these but i'm not a badass. >> the sudden passing of andre braugher leaves hollywood in shock. what was his proudest achievement? >> 70 feels solid and good. >>> as she approaches a milestone, oprah reveals why she's changed her mind about

has a history of this it was done people in hollywood during the mccarthy area. era and now they are actively engaging in it themselves, yeah, it's really important for anybody to take dance against genocide, um, it's everyone's you know humanitarian duty to do so, and hollywood is notorious for censoring, any actors, artists, speaking out about the cause, the can some are their best ailist artists and actors, homos has taken us president the task for waging sear campaign against the movie. inf the operation alax a flood against israel on october the 7th, the resistance movement condemned president joe biden fraging israel's allegations of sexual violence and rape by hamas fighters. hamas said biden's behavior proves his moral decline since he has just repeated israel's false claims about resistance fighters. maas said such blatant lies are aimed at covering up the quote nazi israeli regimes war crimes being committed against the palestinians using american weapons a movement also called on international media to prove the falsity of new accusations leveled by the us and as was the c

no, we are not talking about hollywood beauties, although they are also involved here.breaks them, actor patrick dempsey, here he is the freshest crasher on the planet, according to the authors of the prestigious men's rating, but what is hidden behind the beautiful picture? when they told me that i had become the official sex symbol of 2023, i laughed, i thought it was a joke, said 57-year-old patrick, but i am pleased to receive recognition, he added, while viewers note that the title of the actor i had to wait 35 years, so long, because he appeared on the screens in his youth, through his marriage to his friend’s mother. she worked in the theater where young dempsey came, he was 17, she was 44. after 5 years there was a high-profile divorce, the audience was then told that the actor allegedly drank a lot, was a tyrant at home, but his career still took off, and patrick swore off marriage and for 10 years he was considered an eligible bachelor until he met her, hairdresser shujil. the fans hoped that this was temporary, but the couple are happy and today they are rais

hollywood has a history of this.onslot on gaza killing at least 150 palestinians on onesday alone. we lost has topped 6,200 since october 7.

is his hollywood career over? plus, ruby franke. >> today we are starting off our day the way we always do. >> byron: in court pleading guilty. >> ms. franke is here. >> byron: just months after she admitted to terrific acts of abuse against her own children discovered when her son escaped. >> he's emaciated. he's got tape around his legs. he's hungry, and he's thirsty. >> byron: the disturbing new details revealed in the plea arrangement today. >> announcer: "ghine" will be right back. skin-carving next level hydration? new neutrogena hydro boost water cream. a vital boost of nine times more hydration* to boost your skin's barrier for quenched, dewy skin that's full of life. neutrogena. hydro boost. how white do you think your teeth really are? dewy skin that's full of life. let's try the tissue test. ooof, still yellow. whitening toothpaste can only do so much. there's toothpaste white, and there's crest 3d whitestrips white. so much whiter! crest. let's take a look at this knee. that truly matters. [ physical t

propalestinian protesters are allied outside the offices of hollywood heavyweight united talent agency in beverly hills, los angeles, they condemn the... the genacide against gazes and what they see is censorship of actors and artists speak out against it, let's say listen to slogans and some of the comments by protesters there, supporting genocide, uta you can't hide, uta you can't hide, you're supporting genocide, you're supporting free, free palast free palestine, free, free, palestine, free, free palestine, prominent uh actresses, actors, celebrities have have also during the call, spoken out for seats fire, spoken out against genocide and they've been retaliated by talent agencies um like uta um by um associations like um spotglass and so we're here wherever people are supporting the genocide of the people enabling the genocide silencing people's right to speak right to protest right to resist and we have to mobilize there as well so that's why we're here in front of uta media entities are actually punishing people for speaking out it's outrageous hollywood has a history. of this,

his collapse with the departure of hollywood seemed to be a matter of weeks; after such blows they nopears. what's happened? gross receipts 7 billion, 22.5 million tickets, dashing start to the year by december russian collects films in the native market. twice as much as in the best pre-pandemic year at the box office. chebburashka, lord of the wind, pike, both new year's premieres, were created and released by the studios in a production alliance with the russia-1 tv channel. next year there will be a film from the universe of the last hero, the first hero, finist, the first hero, which we are creating together with our partners, russia tv channels, we are trying to jump higher. but it’s not just fairy tales that are changing the landscape. it was this year that russia became the first and only one in the world to showed how movies can be shot directly in space. klim shipenko's film is a challenge, almost 7 million tickets for more than 2 billion rubles. previously , we collected so much, and even then rarely, only on new year’s day; the rest of the time, such fees were provided to

. >>> as we wrap up, mario lopez getting started with "access hollywood." >> coming up on "access hollywoodecond year in a row team niall emerged victorious. huntley defeated team reba's ruby to be crowned the new "voice" champ. we talked to them moments after their huge win. >> so used to getting the short end of the stick. it was cool to come on the right side this time. >> feels good to win it back to back. it's cool. but this man has just been like from day one, been the most consistent performer on the show without a shadow of a doubt. >> big congrats to them both. also george clooney saying something surprise being his friendship with matthew perry, sharing the wish matthew once found with him. all that and tonight on "access hollywood." back to you. >> thank you. >>> here's what's coming up in primetime on nbc. at 8:00 an encore presentation of barry manilow's very barry christmas special. nine, "christmas at the opry." then live and local our 11:00 news. that's it for us here at 7:00. for everyone at nbc bay area, including our associate director, thank you for joining us. we hope y

" we take you to the big hollywood premiere for the color purple.e, fantasia, ciara. the women in this are unreal. we were with all of them as lady "o" celebrated the night with 8-year-old rosie mckee, who went viral from acting out the iconic dinner scene from the original film. >> i never ask the you for nothing. >> i mean rosie is here. miss oprah winfrey is here. >> she's cute. we were with rosie as she got purple carpet ready for her big night. then how did emma stone help taylor get in step for the eras tour, and why is bradley cooper now the maestro of slinging cheesesteaks? that and more on "access hollywood." >>> tonight in prime time after mario, at 8:00, it's "christmas at the opry." then at 10:00, "dateline." then we will be back here for our live and local nbc bay area news at 11:00. that's going to do it for us at 7:00. for everyone here at nbc bay area, including our producer, lisa principe, thanks for joining us. i hope you enjoy your evening. we hope to see you back at 11:00. hollywood". >> she's the phoenix. >> you can be whatever

in fact, this territory is much larger than hollywood, and larger than bollywood, it is 300 hectarestive space, with different apothecs, ranging from the towers of book olga to modern moscow, so that premieres are released on our screens every week, and not watched hollywood. films, ours, russian films, our wonderful actors, this requires an industry, and i am sure that we will succeed in this project, the best social project is another nomination, the winners this year were the authors and developers of the mobile application , a special look for people with visual impairments, its the main function is to play tiflo-comments for films, this is an additional audio track that succinctly describes everything that happens. a man unwraps a towel, there is no cat inside, but on the white towel appeared small images of cats. what’s important is that we upload all the new products that come out in russia there; this is actually a kind of sociocultural rehabilitation, because it creates equal opportunities for people with visual disabilities. and this is another proof that in our country the

we start in hollywood, where a media �*mega' merger could be on the way.ding to multiple reports, the bosses of �*warner bros discovery�* and �*paramount global�* have held talks this week about a possible tie—up. the deal would bring together two of hollywood�*s "big five" studios, with warner and paramount�*s combined market value currently standing at $38 billion. any potential deal would also provide a much bigger rival to the likes of netflix and disney plus. netflix currently have 2a7 million subscribers globally. in comparison, paramount plus total subscribers stand at 63 million and warner bros discovery at 95 million. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury joins us now. there are so many players, this could be a first big coming together to take on the likes of disney and netflix. ., ., ~' to take on the likes of disney and netflix. ., ., ~ , .,, ., ., ., ~' to take on the likes of disney and netflix. , ., . netflix. look, people are looking at this, there netflix. look, people are looking at this. there is _ netflix. look, peopl

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up by the hollywood sign trust. those huge, world famous white letters. to celebrate — the hollywood sign trust lit up the letters — with the original a,000 vintage bulbs that illuminated the real estate sign — hollywoodland — back in 1923. they also bought a00 gallons of white paint to give the letters a makeover — which is no mean feat — considering each one is iam tall and at least 9m wide. she's definitely ready for her close—up. this is really a coming out moment for la, because the hollywood sign is our global icon. it's the reason people choose to come to la, notjust because of getting that bucket list photo with the hollywood sign in the background, but also because it represents the fact that la is the city of endless possibility. to show you more live pictures of gaza. we can show you images of gaza. we can show you images of the gaza strip from israel, this is going into gaza. we've seen plumes of smoke billowing across the skyline. we have been hearing from the head of the israeli army, he has talked abo

patrick, susan saraden, she's a big hollywood name, isn't she? i mean tell us about her pro- palestine. views will you? well she's she's been outpoken a lot of controversial issues uh not only on the palestinian issue but she's also questioned lot of major and mainstream narratives like the uh dumama uh chemical alleged chemical weapons attack in syria and so forth and uh she's been very vocal on twitter uh acts and other platforms uh so i mean it's not unusual um that someone of her political profile being clearly somebody on the progressive left uh in the united states and probably a registered democrat would have very strong views on this issue as do millions of others but she's being singled out because she's of a high profile and the concern is uh for i think people backing israel is that we can't have actors, uh, musicians, cultural influencers, athletes, we can't have these people uh giving any sympathy towards the palestinian cause, because then their followers will then have sympathy for the palestinian cause, and they might start questi

it’s not easy for hollywood new big premieres, about risks and opportunities, which opens a new round and as you know, we are a hot people! there is less than a week until the release of bremen, the main fairy tale of the new year holidays, but the number of tickets already booked has exceeded 20,000, by the end of the holidays there will be millions of them. inspired by the legacy of the legendary soviet animation, young. tempting opportunities will never replace freedom in our world, people do not perceive these animals as musicians, they need them for their everyday life, this is the story of our musicians, to prove to people that they can be not just a cat-cat, they can be a cat-musician , cat-creator. the whole modern history of russian cinema, it’s funny, it’s just about this, so that you ’ll be perceived as one step away from being at the box office. in russia... i already listened to such a heroic film, listened to it, then said, no, only americans can save the world, but it’s all my fault, i can’t save everyone, before svo, films in which american brought in up to 70% of the

-even some of hollywood's biggest stars weighed in on the drama. -i think i'd just walk out. talked about family. whether it was khloé opening up about her medical woes... -i have done one biopsy on this bump that i just assumed was a zit. it turns out it's not a zit. it's melanoma. -so, guys.... -...kourtney announcing a pregnancy, or kim and kourtney fighting like only sisters can. -you just are a diff-- you hate us. -it's like you're just a [bleep] witch and i [bleep] hate you. -this has been a whirlwind of a year. -throughout 2023, "the real housewives" continue to make news. over in new jersey, the relationship between teresa giudice ruelas and her sister-in-law melissa and brother joe gorga was irreparable. -it's the last time i'm gonna speak to my brother? i can speak to my brother. -oh, this is the last time? -oh, well, then i'll shut up. hold on. -that's terrible. -then let her get it out. -yes. -let her get it out. -for you to say that, that's terrible. -that's the last time. -disgraceful. -i really can't. disgusting, disgusting! you should be ashamed of yourself! -

of support for palestine and opposition to genocide in the in the creative industries and in in hollywood and and the film industry yeah and briefly uh buse we're almost out of time patrick i mean would you say there's a wider problem in the culture industries of of zionist infiltration then um i wouldn't even call it infiltration at this point, i just think it's uh, it's just a pervasive attitude, i think it's an institutionalized uh belief system that seems to go uh along the lines of power, so these are people ultimately that want to be uh in a position where they're advancing their careers in various other industies or sectors of the economy, of society, in politics, and this is just the way to go along, this is where power and money has been allocated in order to buy people. views on this issue and also to keep them and to kick them into touch if they're vearing off the the reservation so to speak as we've seen with these hollywood actors so that that's what i think is it's a pervasive um and widespread attitude and belief system that does go hand in hand with people's ambitions unfo