how did you come to put this together, kathryn?was very lucky to be -- to know mark boal on a journalistic embed in baghdad in the winter of 2004 and when he came back he brought back such moving stories of both the chaos and tragedy of war. and the human cost that he observed, and then he wrote this magnificent screenplay. very courageous piece. we were both determined to make it. >> larry: some people might see it and say they're surprised a woman directed this, right? you've heard that i'm sure. >> i've heard that, yes. >> larry: do you resent that when you hear it? >> i don't resent it. i think of myself as a filmmaker, and i suppose i long for the day when there's no mod fire in front of it. >> larry: you're a brilliant filmmaker. period. jeremy, how did you get the part? >> i talked to her over the phone. i was in london. i didn't know it at the time. she had seen a movie i did prior. it was about jeffrey dahmer. i didn't know this, but we ended up talking. i kept telling her why, and my thoughts and feelings about the charac

. >> reporter: kathryn bigelow does not make romantic comedies.'s a different kind of pioneer. >> and the award goes to kathryn bigelow. >> reporter: on saturday, her peers, the director's guild of america made her the first woman ever to win that 60-year-old prize. >> this is amazing. i am so deeply stunned and honored and proud. >> reporter: her movie is called "the hurt locker." on a subject hollywood is reluctant to go near, iraq. it's a psychological work of art about one of those men whose job it is to diffuse bombs, 10 to 15 times a day. >> oh, boy. >> what kind of character does this for a living? what you and i would run from, they walk toward. there is no margin for error. >> what's the best way to go about disarming one of these things? >> reporter: she has epic concentration. she even learned how to diffuse a bomb herself. even though in college she was an art student studying paintings, and, how about the twist in the plot? she was once married to james cameron, director of "titanic" and now "avatar." yet through the divorce and the y

i think kathryn bigelow should and will l win for best director.or best picture it seems like a tossup between cameron and bigelow. tony's idea about "the blind side" would be a real upset, amazing. but i don't see that happening. >> rose: what about quentin tarantino in "inglourious basterds"? >> well, i think "inglourious basterds" has a lot more to do with quentin tarantino's exuberance than any reality of world war ii. i mean, it's a fantastical interweaving of historical fiction. >> rose: about quentin rather than war. >> that's not a bad thing. but having written a book on film about the holocaust, i came to "inglourious basterds" and said "i better not expect this to fit into my book." and i was right. he uses and plays with hollywood conventions but his feverish imagination is rarely limited by them. it's a very enjoyable motion picture. i don't know that it has cinematic greatness stamped all over it. but what compelling individuals he creates. i mean, he's... the colonel beautifully played by christoph waltz is a memorable figure and i th

james cameron's "avatar" and kathryn bigelow's "the hurt locker" each received nine nominations.l, cameron and bigelow used to be married. they were divorced in 1991. those looking for conflict, look elsewhere. they get along. really, really well. cameron even urged bigelow to make "hurt locker." finally, number five. meryl streep nominated for "julie and julia." >> bon appetite. >> reporter: for streep it's a record 16th oscar nomination. a record that won't ever be broken. until she's nominated next year. john berman, abc news, new york. >> so, who are the early sort of favorites, you may be wondering? the vegas experts have picked jeff bridges for "crazy heart" for best actor and sandra bullock for best actress. sort of surprising to me. they're also saying "avatar" -- >> why is sandra bullock vising for "blind side"? >> just the competition. >> you feel like meryl streep. >> meryl streep, any award she's up for she should automatically get. >> usually when these nominations come out is if feel like they're movies i've barely heard of. this year the movies that are up are all

kathryn bigelow, "the hurt locker."ntin tarantino, "inglourious basterds" -- inglourious is kind of spelled like it's from england -- "inglourious" and basterds with an "e." >> steve: that's out. >> jimmy: out. "basterds," it was too confusing for me. "precious" based on the novel "push" by sapphire, too long. [ light laughter ] "up in the air," jason reitman. "avatar." right? [ cheers ] "avatar" is going to win. "avatar" is my pick on that one. performance by an actor in a leading role. jeff bridges. he was awesome in "crazy heart." i'm not even going to look at the other ones. [ laughter ] i think i'm up for an oscar for not doing any more movies. >> steve: are you serious? >> jimmy: yep. [ light laughter ] >> steve: the whole industry got together and gave you that? >> jimmy: they gave it to me, i won. yeah. they gave it to me. >> steve: oh my god. >> jimmy: they go "just, please, don't do any more acting." >> steve: good for you. >> jimmy: performance -- thank you. i want to thank my agent and my wife. >> steve: so

and i worked for kathryn years ago on a vampire movie called "near dark." oscar for best director, so, i wish her the best. but, of course, jim cameron has made a film not only great story-telling but it's also an incredible achievement in our business, so -- i don't think either one of them are hurting too bad. >> jimmy: yeah, right. serious. you're not going -- >> and they were married years ago. i don't know if a lot of your audience know that. >> jimmy: yeah. >> my wife and i and willem dafoe and his wife -- we stood in for them and they got married in martha's vineyard one summer with their family -- a very small wedding. >> jimmy: did not know that. i know that you and james cameron were close, too, after "titanic." you were in -- i mean, "titanic," the biggest movie of all time and now "avatar." >> go on. you can say it. >> jimmy: sorry -- come on -- does it hurt you that it's the -- >> no. i'm delighted. i mean, jim calls me up six years ago. he says "come over to my house, i want to show you something." i said "well, what is it?" he said "just come

ir want to introduce to you bob and his daughter kathryn, what are you doing out here. >> we saw a call of volunteers from the general hospital they needed 4 wheel drive drivers to help move hospital staff to and from work we siepd up and moving people for most of the day. >> what are the driving conscience been like you have 4 wheel drive. >> we have 4 wheel drive it is treacherous. if you don't have to it be out you don't want to be. leave it to the folks that need to be there. aloft roads have not been cleared we have white out conditions and the roads that have been cleared are covered up because of the blowing snow. most of the roads that went down were not surface streets or residential streets have not been touched the 1 we have are lanes of traffic you want to be careful traveling. if you need to be out, leave it to the folks that have to be out. stay home. sit by the fire and have a cold beer. >> very good advice. it is a snow day but are learning being out here and pitch nothing with team work helping others they brought me hot chocolate. live in howard count we are cold and w

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. >> and now kathryn. let kathryn respond and then i will sum up. >> okay, thank you. it's a great pleasure to be here. thank you to sang joo kim for organizing yet another interesting worthwhile seminar. thank you particularly to bruce for answering the question i've had for a long time, which is what is the current state of the effectiveness of the conventional armed forces? and so i really appreciate your good work on that. i would like to read first of all, just one sort of brief comment to what larry said about the weakness says of soldiers. i was struck when i was in north korea this summer of 08, a year and a half ago by the appearance of soldiers. i saw quite a number of unit of soldiers in the southern part of the country north and south of pyongyang on the way to the dnc in the southwest. and all the groups of the soldiers i saw on the road, at the dmz, wherever, at checkpoints were considerably thinner and more obviously non-irish that ordinary people i saw in pyongyang or just walking along the road along the fields in the southwestern part of the country.

and kathryn, you have something to add on? [inaudible] >> fine, it's open.h her back in. >> the question about china that she raised as a very good question. i would just say that i think the pretty solid consensus of opinion is that china is aimed with regard to north korea is to prevent instability in border regions, the region that borders korea because of the large korean minority that lives there. so there's a tremendous concern about the consequences of an implosion of the north korean estate on china's own internal stability, internal security. and so rather than supporting north korean adventurism militarily, it would use whatever leverage it has by way of supplying north korea with significant resources to restrain and there's really no support for the idea that its alliance with north korea on paper would leave it to supporting any kind of military action. >> thank you, kathryn. [inaudible] >> i understand the chinese concern about korean population on the border area. what if there were an implosion in korea, north koreans would go north into chin

and kathryn, you have something to add on? [inaudible] >> fine, it's open. her back in. >> the question about china that she raised as a very good question. i would just say that i think the pretty solid consensus of opinion is that china is aimed with regard to north korea is to prevent instability in border regions, the region that borders korea because of the large korean minority that lives there. so there's a tremendous concern about the consequences of an implosion of the north korean estate on china's own internal stability, internal security. and so rather than supporting north korean adventurism militarily, it would use whatever leverage it has by way of supplying north korea with significant resources to restrain and there's really no support for the idea that its alliance with north korea on paper would leave it to supporting any kind of military action. >> thank you, kathryn. [inaudible] >> i understand the chinese concern about korean population on the border area. what if there were an implosion in korea, north koreans would go north into china

it became something visually -- kathryn recognized it. you walk a certain way in that thing.ortant question who are you going to take as your date to the oscars? >> i'm going to have to make my mom without a question. >> and when you told her on the phone, what did she say? >> that she's going to go to the gym. they're having waffles early in the morning. she said i can't eat these damn waffles now. >> that's awesome. we're very happy for you. happy for the movie. it's very very powerful stuff. >> thanks man. just very exciting time. >> sure. thanks. >> "the hurt locker" is currently available on dvd. here's maggie. >>> a 14-year-old girl in new zealand had the shock of her life on monday. she was at the beach when a shark bit her on the hip and wouldn't let go. so she took her boogie board and gave it a good whack. joining us from new zealand are lydia ward and her father tim. good morning to you both. i would like to begin with you, lydia. you're in the water swimming with your 10-year-old brother and what happens? >> i brushed my foot on something. i wasn't quite sure what

then you'll meet kathryn bigelow, nominated for best director for "the hurt

we will have a major follow-up to that then you will meet kathryn bigelow, nominated for best director

kathryn touched briefly on the domestic context and that is where we need to focus. we assisted kim jong il having had a stroke in august of 2008, a diminished physical capability has more or less recovered after initial rush to move fourth with a succession process by designating his third son as a successor in some activities that appear to demonstrate an expedited process with him having questions about his mortality. since then his recovery has not overturned the decision for kim jong il to take power but clearly has slowed down the process. now, as you have a succession process, nevertheless it is being carried out at a faster pace when he took over from, you have a lot of room for discontent, uncertainties, clarity's and perhaps even something we have not seen traditionally and until north korea policy debate. it is a very dire situation that the succession process is unfolding under. you have every year north korea fails to meet its domestic population food requirements by roughly 20% amid differ take five or six millennia year nessus' to become formally produ

they both support each other, but, yes, james cameron and kathryn bigelow were once married and theyng head to head for the big award. the best picture category, james cameron's major blockbuster, grossed more than $2 billion in ticket sales worldwide and going up against a little war film doing quite well, "the hurt locker." so kathryn bigelow, has a little bit of momentum going in to this race, because she recently won the directors guild award for that. but friendly competition were and they are both supportive and they want to take home the coveted prize. >> you say the momentum goes to "the hurt locker." everyone seems to be saying "avatar" is a shoo-in, but we shall see. this is interesting, this is the first time we're seeing ten movies being nominated. go through some of the ten that we wouldn't have seen had it still been five like we've been seeing over the past number of years? >> can you believe it? they broadened it from five to ten? everyone and their mom. >> yeah. >> is in this category, it seems. so, the disney pixar film, for example, "up" it's very, very rare to see

and kathryn, you have something to add on? [inaudible] >> fine, it's open. push her back in. >> the question about china that she raised as a very good question. i would just say that i think the pretty solid consensus of opinion is that china is aimed with regard to north korea is to prevent instability in border regions, the region that borders korea because of the large korean minority that lives there. so there's a tremendous concern about the consequences of an implosion of the north korean estate on china's own internal stability, internal security. and so rather than supporting north korean adventurism militarily, it would use whatever leverage it has by way of supplying north korea with significant resources to restrain and there's really no support for the idea that its alliance with north korea on paper would leave it to supporting any kind of military action. >> thank you, kathryn. [inaudible] >> i understand the chinese concern about korean population on the border area. what if there were an implosion in korea, north koreans would go north into

kathryn bigelow, she and james cameron used to be married. some of the year's top prizes. we can weigh in on which film you think will come out on top. you see the blue arrow. it is the second one down. so far more than half of our voters say "avatar" will take on the prize. jon: i saw "avatar." i have not seen "the hurt locker." a few of them. i'll take you to the movies. jane: that is going to do it for us. jon: "america live" with megyn kelly begins right now. megyn: good afternoon and welcome to "america live." i'm megyn kelly. breaking news on the number one issue facing americans today and the issue that could make or break the democrats in the 2010 midterm election, unemployment. we are awaiting remarks from the president who is in the new hampshire at this hour are he will unveil a new jobsp

. >> larry: kathryn bigelow, jeremy renner, mark boal, jim o'neal, a former -- what do we call you? >> eod techs. >> larry: eod techs. >> explosive ordinance disposal. >> or everyone's divorced. >> larry: i urge you to see this movie. >>> good evening. i'm sanjay gupta in for anderson tonight. you can look at what happened in washington, today, as a bunch of politicians simply arguing. or you might reach into your wallet and pull out one of these. because at the end of the day this health insurance card is really what today was all about. getting a card like this to 31 million americans who don't have one making it more affordable for the rest who do, keeping insurance companies accountable and making sure we all don't go broke in the process. today president obama brought democrats and republicans together in another last-ditch attempt in ham erlg out differences. all day back and forth. to be honest, all of it wasn't must. see tv. tonight we're going to try triage to buy a medical term. we watched all of it so you don't have to. here's ed henry on the moments that counted. >> repo

kathryn bigelow was nominated for "the hurt locker."for "inglourious basterds" and lee daniels for "precious" and up in the air. >>> a french canadian cat thought it needed to chase a bear from its porch. here's the video. >> i guess the bear just wanted the trash and the cat wasn't having it at all. that's the story we dug up for a viral video. >>> a vitamin may help people with signs of a serious mental illness. you're going to hear which vitamin can slow the progress of schizophrenia.

james cameron's "avatar" and kathryn bigelow's "the hurt locker" each got nine nods. for the first time since 1943 instead of five, there are ten best picture contenders. last summer the academy decided to expand the category in the hopes of including more worthy popular movies and perhaps getting a bigger audience for the oscar telecast itself. "up" is the second animated feature nominate as best picture. jeff bridges is considered the one to beat in the lead actor category. he's up against george clooney, morgan freeman, colin firth and jeremy renner for his multiple role in "the hurt locker." it is the 12th time meryl streep has been nominated as best actress. helden mirren is a -- helen mirren is a past oscar winner. the first time for carey mulligan and gabourey sidibe. sandra bullock is expected to take home the oscar for "the blind side." >>> this is a "showbiz tonight" news break exclusively on hln and this is the buzz today. cbs rejected a super bowl ad for mancrunch.com. the man behind the site is calling that decision unfair. >> we were faced with discrimin