. >> if you have a gardening question, send it to "sunday gardener," wbal-tv, 3800 hooper avenue, baltimore maryland 21211. you can go to our website, wbaltv.com. time is 9:28, 36 degrees at the airport. much more news ahead. new year's day is a big birthday for one of america's most important documents and you have a chance to see the emancipation proclamation in person. >> a flurry or two around the area. otherwise, winds are the story in the weather department. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11, live, local, late breaking. >> welcome back to 11 news sunday morning. our quick change artist is right here. what a dress, that was gorgeous. >> it was so pretty. that was neat of them to join us. good ideas for the new year. >> amy decker beauty did the hair and makeup for everyone. our forecast? >> we're keeping an eye on the new year's eve holiday. new year's day has potential for wintry weather. today, flurries. 41 degrees downtown, 36 at the airport and catonsville. we expect clouds to start and should see clearing in the afternoon. highs only in the upper 30's to low 40's with gusty winds, fee

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. >> if you have a garden question, sunday -- send it to sunday gardener at wbal-tv, 3800 hooper avenue, baltimore maryland 21211. time is 9:28, coming up, superintendent of baltimore county public schools dr. dallas dance is in our studio right now for the qa& -- q&a next. >> we've got safety tips for you for holiday decorations. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11, live, local, late breaking. this is 11 news sunday morning. >> welcome back to 11 news sunday morning. thanks for waking up with us today. >> we'll get another check outside with ava, still foggy out there. >> and messy with the rain, as well. unfortunately as it is the weekend, a lot of people are trying to get out and about around the city, picked up christmas trees, events around town and heading to fedexfield. most of the rain from hagerstown to northern baltimore county and towards cecil county, as for baltimore city itself down to d.c., the rain is spotty and light in nature but there's still drizzle showing up that the radar doesn't pick up because it's low to the ground. a closer view at the metro area radar, you can see

catherine hooper will. you lived just over there. you miss the apartment? >> not really. >> she lives a simpler life now in a three-room apartment in south florida, but she remains ruth madoff, lawful wife of the greatest financial criminal in history. why haven't you filed for a divorce from this man? >> i don't know. it doesn't matter to me. he's gonna die in prison. i certainly don't want to find another man these days. >> he'll probably see this interview. are you concerned about-- >> i was thinking about that. no, i'm not concerned. he should hear it. >> believe her or not, the thousands of victims may have little sympathy for andrew and ruth, but it can't be denied that they, too, are victims of bernie madoff. that's mark and andrew? >> mm-hmm. [tearfully] in happier times. >> they lost a son and brother and will forever carry the shame of the madoff name. >> what he did to me, to my brother, and to my family is unforgivable. what he did to thousands of other people, destroyed their lives, i'll never understand it. and i'll never forgive him for it. a

." >> hi, my name is jamie hooper. in this episode, we are featuring the romantic park locations in your very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. our first look out is here at buena vista park, a favorite with couples and dog lovers. it is as old as its neighbor and both have a significant forest, a refreshing retreat from urban life. the pass that meander we do under a canopy of 0, redwood, pine, and eucalyptus. chill out and this environment and you might see butterflies and dandelions. blue jays fly between the eucalyptus. it is ada accessible. public transit is plentiful. six, 24, or 71 bus. we have conquered the steps, we walked the dogs, and we have enjoyed a beautiful view the park has to offer. this is the place to take someone special and enjoyed a beautiful look out. " come to corona heights, located in the heart of this district. it offers a spectacular view of the downtown skyline, the bay bridge, and the east bay. the park is one of the best kept secr

. >>> let's take a trip to a grocery store in hooper bay, alaska, where we can find such items like - ketchup, $6.49. >> how about -- >> paper plates, $7.25. >> 64-ounce mayonnaise. >> $15.65. >> paper towels in here? >> $13.55. >> mind blowing. this girl lives in this part of alaska. this is a grocery store in a smalls k eskimo village. there's some information here from the university of alaska, fairbanks, cooperative extension service. they give you some numbers. if you had a family of four and your groceries cost you $94 in portland, oregon, this is what it would cost you in alaska. bethel, $187, nome, $173. >> i think you got the gist of it. it's really expensive here. >> think what it takes to get all that stuff all the way up to alaska. the ice road truckers that have to haul this stuff for miles. it costs a lot of money to get this all the way up there. it seems like top ramen is still pretty cheap. >> 65 cents each. >> this is why we won't have kids. $21.19 for diapers. >> $21 for diapers? seriously, $21 for diapers? i'm surprised they even have babies in alaska. >> i can't a

we'll speak with tom hooper, anne hathaway and hugh jackman. >> what i was trying to protect is what makes it emotional. and when you lip sync to playback even if you do it brilliantly there is a falsity that is not official y'allity, which the audience has to reforgive during a movie. even the great movie musicals you forge t in a ght comedic musical this is fine am but with something about such raw emotions i didn't want the audience forgiving the actors doing this. and secondly if we do it live, and we did it with a live piano accompaniment, you get the power back to the ackers. the actors can be completely in the moment. >> rose: we continue with a look at the new movie called the impossiblement we'll talk with naomi watt its, ewan mcgregor and the director, and maria belon. her life is the subject of the film. >> it's anncredible movie. i see it and i can realize, i mean people can feel what was the beginning of being there, just the line that begins, you know, all the horror and the pain. but it's incredible the job that name owe-- naomi did because when you watch it you can fe

. > > tom hooper kind of plays the film almost more like an opera more than sort of a musical, thereare not a lot of big dance numbers and camera movements. the anne hathaway number that everyone is talking about, it's just a camera right on her face, and just letting her do the numbers, and that i think is very successful. > that's the beauty of film. you get those closeups. you don't get that on the stage. > > absolutely not. > what about "django unchained?" > > "django unchained" is a very entertaining quentin tarantino film, sort of a spaghetti western meets blaxploitation film. a western that i think adult males are really going to have a lot of fun with, probably up until when "zero dark thirty" comes out next month, kathryn bigelow's film about osama bin laden. so the ladies can go see "les mis," and the guys can go see "django" > guys love quentin tarantino movies. it's just one of those guilty pleasures. > > it's more than a guilty pleasure. the guy makes great movies. he really does. > very good. erik childress of the chicago film critics' assoc. thanks so much. > > thank y

tom hooper is at the helm.ugh jackman is among the cast telling the story of broken dreams and lost love. it is rated pg-13. >> i am going to give you a reward. >> jamie fixx gets a license to kill. he plays a southern slave. he is released to a bounty hunter. it is rated r. >> it is an omen. >> what is it an omen of? mpending doom. "parental guidance." >> it is the sacrifices you make that keep a family together. it is rated pg. >> tractor pulls. >> matt damon it tries to tip the balance of power. a small town has been hit hard. it should be easy as pie to buy out the farmers so his country can drill for gas. everybody on the farm starts dying. "promised land" is rated r. >> "print of guidance" -- " parental guidance" looks a hysterical. >> the ravens are back to work. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. good luck. >> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked, would you continue to buy milk no matter how high the price goes, or

it is director tom hooper's first film since he won the oscar for "the king's speech," best picture.nk both hugh jackman and anne hathaway are going to be sort of in play for best actor, best supporting actress nominations. > > wow. > > so i think there is going to be a lot of interest in the movie, and certainly the awards people will definitely be keeping an eye on this one. > > what about "parental guidance?" this one has billy crystal and bette midler. "grandpa tells lots of jokes that you won't get. just laugh." "they're here!" "hello boy! you still single?" [laughter > > that sounds like a hit, potentially. > > potentially. it's a pg-rated comedy. it's a family movie in general. billy crystal hasn't really had a big hit in a long time. it's his first movie in many years actually. so i think it has potential to do decent numbers, not huge numbers. > > anything to look forward to in the coming new year? > > there are going to be a couple of movies that are going to be opening around christmastime that are going to be in limited release, and you're not going to see them until janu

. ♪ pretending he is beside me ♪ do you hear the people sing >> director tom hooper made the film knowingtomatic audience. 60 million people around the world have seen the musical on stage since it opened in the mid'80s. so long ago, some of us have the soundtrack on cassette tape. this week, the digital version is a best seller again. news day theater critic linda winer says "les mis" was always critic-proof. >> very, very good marketing technique and then you have material that has stood the test of time. you know, victor hugo didn't write a bad book. >> reporter: there's something about that story set in the early 1830s in postrevolution france that somehow universally appealing. >> what he has done so brilliantly is actually tell the story of the human condition. that it's never easy. there's never -- it's never always happiness. ♪ can i conceal myself forever more ♪ >> that is why people relate to t. >> how difficult is it to take something that's been in the theater for so long to film? >> the intersection between broadway and hollywood is really dangerous corner. look at "phantom o

so when tom hooper said he wanted to direct the film he actually sent us to work to redo it.at we wanted to do is take all the material and remake it as a movie which happened to be a musical. >> and you chose to do it really in the hardest way you possibly could with all of the actors singing live. >> i don't -- it wasn't hard. i mean it was new. but i instinctively felt it couldn't be done any other way. i have with my concert the 10th anniversary and the 25th anniversary. it will be broadcast on pbs and screened live. i've always done it live. i had a feeling it could work. wit as bihm gamblee it was a big gamble with the film studio. >> what were those conversations like? >> actually lit wasn't bad. when i met tom, i didn't know him at the time because at the time it hadn't opened when he asked to see me and he said how passionate he was to record it live and i felt the same. i thought, well if the director and producer felt they wanted to do it then we would get a chance artistically. if you think "les mis" rob was instructive, how could you possibly record the acting in

it has this terrific innovation tom hooper. >> singing live? >> seen that?cial playing in theaters. it's really quite a break drive-thru and one of those things that you sort of don't notice what you have been missing until you see it, you know, when you watch musicals they are very rarely close-ups on somebody singing because they are not actually singing. they are lip synching and the close-ups are powerful, somebody ing their voice in song on for a long, extended shot. my view is that it's a really valuable innovation but as so often happens, tom hooper falls too much in love with it. the second or third time you see somebody singing in tight closum and the 23rd time you see it, it's lost some of its power. >> bill: we can't run out and see "zero dark 30" this christmas season but what is out there now that you think is absolutely worth a night out? >> i think les miserable is if you are a fan of the musical. if you are someone who has questions about whether you want to spend two and a half hours watching a live version of les les mis, you may not >> bil

director tom hooper has spent $61 million recreating a paris rebellion and filling scenes with actorsding russell crowe, anne hathaway and hugh jackman. no actor combines the talents of a broadway song-and-dance man with the film presence of an action hero the way that jackman does. he won stardom playing a murderous mutant on film, and then won a tony playing a gay entertainer on stage. when we met him in his native australia, the 44-year-old actor told us that everything he has done in a wide-ranging career has led him to this one moment. in "les miserables," jackman plays one of the most heroic characters in literature, jean valjean, imprisoned for stealing bread for his sister's starving family, an angry brute of a man whose sentence extends to 19 years because of his hunger to escape. his nemesis is inspector javert, played by russell crowe. >> ♪ look down, look down don't look him in the eye ♪ look down, look down you're here until you die... ♪ >> hugh jackman: any movie musical is like mount everest. i think it's the most difficult form ever to pull off in film. when it works,

york post" but you're seeing pro-nra senators like senator manchin, senator warner, governor licken hooperothers saying we must move, speed is of the essence. >> senator manchin said we have to consider everything. let me give grover a chance to respond. >> look, the national rifle association represents a great number of americans and 20% will tell you in polls they belong to the nra so one, very important issue, one, we should support the first amendment as well as the second amendment. i'm not sure -- some people's suggestions of censorship worries me. we have to calm down and not take tragedies like this and use them for political purposes. president obama has been president for four years. at the thought that some gun control would solve this problem he should have been pushing it four years ago. he didn't, democrats had a majority in the house and supermajority in the house and senate for the first two years that they were in office. if they thought that this was really an important issue, they might have done something then. they didn't so what they're now doing is politicizing a tr

. >> rose: joining me now is the director tom hooper, his last movie the king's speech won an oscar fory. she brings new grit and passion to the role of the tragic heroine and hugh jack mann jean valjean. i'm pleased to have all of them back at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> how hard is it to take this kind of play and put it into a musical, this kind of musical and put it on filmlmlm >> it is extremely hard. what makes it hard is you are starting on a journey with a musical that 60 million people have seen but so many people hold so close to their hearts. and i realize people have a kind of protective and proprietorial attitude toward the musical. so i had to study what it is that people feel protective about. and why is it people go back and back to this musical. and i became convinced it's because the musical offers the people the opportunity to reexperience these strong emotions time and again. and sometimes they get stronger with time. >> rose: and those emotions are. >> well, i think it has an extraordinary ability, this musical, to jog in your memory knowledge of your own

th play like many, and some of the music is beautiful.burt when i--but when i heard director tom hoopere film of last year, the king's speech, took this one on and was making it with live music sung straight through during the filming, i was skeptical. well, i'm happy to say this movie is exciting, smart, visual and often gorgeous. the man who holds it all together is hugh jackman, a performance worth of an oscar. everyone behof has when honda crowe, who downplays revenge, but this was probably an actor's choice. this is a cinematic experience, one not to miss. feels that folds of the window you could have ended to me in the window sill o four hats. wahl's winners argo, lincoln, the intouchables, any day now, hope springs bernie think you so much, india we will see you at the thank you ..we will see you at the razz room.... >> janu: we will see 50s mainly for today. if you're going to go to the sierras? mostly cloudy conditions and the highs will be below freezing. take a look at the lows, just seven degrees and it to below zero on a sunday. it is going to be recalled. as we take a look

. >> "les mis," tom hooper was the academy award winner last time. >> yeah. >> did not get nominated good showing, and i think that's really a movie people are going to see during the christmas season, it's going to pick up a lot of momentum, so i think it could win quite a few awards, again -- >> but not best director. >> but not best director, no. but in terms of the golden globes, that doesn't necessarily track if you're looking ahead to the oscars. he could very well be nominated for director in that category. >> how much effect do the golden globes have on future nominations? by future, i mean oscar nominations. >> well, the golden globes -- oscar nominations will come out before the golden globes winners are announced. >> that's different. isn't that different this year? >> that's right. everything's sort of pushed forward, this locomotive train towards the awards season. everything builds towards the oscars, so i think the oscar committee tries to distance themselves and say, you know, we're not influenced by that, but of course they are. so, when they see all these nomination

miserables" is an adaptation of the very popular stage musical and it is getting a lot of heat because tom hooper this musical. normally on a musical set when they're filming a movie the track is already recorded so the actors are just lip syncing but on this set they're actually sinking as they were really filming the movie. and they use ud to do that a long time ago in movies and of course broadway performers do that eight times a week. but what it does for this version of "les miserables" is makes it so full of passion and it is so much fun to watch that there were several times during the movie that when a scene would end i was convinced we had just seen that actor win the oscar. hugh jackman, anne hathaway, eddie redmain. every performance in this movie to me was spectacular. >> i'm kind of in the minority a little bit but i say those people are totally wrong. "les miserables" is perfect. >> even russell crowe singing? >> okay. >> you didn't mention russell crowe. >> no i didn't on purpose because i think he is the weak link in the chain and personally i think that guy should stick to throwi

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