i don't blame kathryn bigelow. she's not a public servant. she's a filmmaker.y think she made a fantastic film. my criticism lies with the c.i.a. in that they have left "zero dark thirty" as basically the only public record that he have for the hunt in bin laden. now you have jose rodriguez, a proponent of enhanced interrogation techniques or torture saying what was portrayed in the film is not what we did if in the c.i.a. he's not there any more, a and i think it's time that the c.i.a. release everything that they gave kathryn bigelow. she gave the best film she could. we don't pay her salary. we do pay the salary at everyone who works at the c.i.a. my feeling is that they need to set the record straight and give us all of the information that they gave to kathryn bigelow so we can make a determination if they which torture was part of what led to bin laden and so we can see how the torture was conducted. it's portrayed in the movie as if there is no oversight just a rage-filled operations officer and i know from having been an operations officer i would never

please welcome kathryn bigelow. [cheers and applause] thank you so much.good to see you again. >> thank you. >> stephen: thanks for coming. >> thank you for having me. >> stephen: last time i saw you, i don't think you'd won the oscar for the hurt locker. >> i don't think i had. >> stephen: that's called the colbert bump. >> i want to apologize for not coming on the show when you wanted me. >> stephen: you bagged on me baby doll. >> i was spooked by the senate investigation. so i really apologize but i want to thank you for championing this movie. >> stephen: you got it. you can't soften up the beast that much. payback is a biatch. here we go. >> oh, no! >> stephen: your film "zero dark thirty" it's a fantastic film. if you haven't seen it go, see the film. it stirred up the bee's nest because the first 35 minutes it shows graphically and in wrenching detail, the enhanced interrogation techniques commonly known as torture. all right? [ laughter ] why do you think this is in such a hot -- this has been such a hot button issue? >> well, first of all. >> step

the only way to know is for kathryn bigelow to make a movie about kathryn bigelow making this movie andhen make sure that the cia gives her information that the information they previously gave her was true. [ laughter ] now i know that logic may seem tortured, but we know torture works, i saw it in a movie! [ laughter ] we'll be right back. ♪ my guest tonight is an outspoken punter for the minnesota vikings. if you're into a frank discussion of kicking things, don't touch that dial. please welcome chris kluwe. [cheers and applause] hay, mr. kluwe. welcome to the though. i'm thrilled to have you here. i'm a fan of sport. sport or sport ball. you play the football, do you not? >> i do play the football. >> stephen: it's got the points on the end. >> it's elongated stonchts stitches on the top. i love it when they play that game. [ laughter ] minnesota, you guys this past weekend played green bay. >> we did. >> stephen: what some have called the cholesterol bowl. >> the cheese bowl i believe is another name for it. >> stephen: lands of meatz and cheeses. you got your ludifus handed to you

the only way to know is for kathryn bigelow to make a movie about kathryn bigelow making this movie andhen make sure that the cia gives her information that the information they previously gave her was true. [ laughter ] now i know that logic may seem tortured, but we know torture works, i saw it in a movie! [ laughter ] we'll be right back. ♪ 2i-ppa @, @t) isurprise...it's eating less. to losing weight. i'm hungry just thinking about it. thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water, like before dinner, helps keep me satisfied for hours. so instead of this much, i only need this much. and slimful tastso good... i don't even miss dessert. slimful and a glass of water... eating less is a beautiful thing. my guest tonight is an outspoken punter for the minnesota vikings. if you're into a frank discussion of kicking things, don't touch that dial. please welcome chris kluwe. [cheers and applause] hay, mr. kluwe. welcome to the though. i'm thrilled to have you here. i'm a fan of sport. sport or sport ball. you play the football, do you not? >> i do pl

kathryn bigelow filed by two critics of the torture scenes. -- kathryn bigelow talks by two critics of the torture -- talks back to critics of the torture scenes. dozens of hostages, including several americans, are reported to have been conducted by islamist militants in algeria. the raid took place saigon -- i've gone. the kidnappers are demanding an end to the french military operation. >> at a remote who gas plant in ontario, -- of syria, jihadists militants arrive in jeeps, and to people are reported to have been killed -- in algeria, jihadists militants arrived in jeeps, and two people are reported to have been killed. he has made millions smuggling across the borders. it has triggered a series of crisis meetings in london, where the government emergency meeting has been convened three times during the day. the number of british hostages is thought to be in single digits. >> it took place in the eastern part of algeria at an oil compound with oil workers. a number of people are held hostage. this does include british nationals, and it is a dangerous situation. >> the u.s. state d

no best director nod for "zero dark thirty's" kathryn bigelow.er tlim thriller was considered a shoe-in among critics. the movie has been a target of criticism from washington lawmakers. did politics doom her nomination? "outfront" tonight, sharon waxman, editor of thewrap.com, which cover the entertainment industry. also a former "new york times" movie critic. john mccain talked about "zero dark thirty." he was saying, look, this movie makes you think waterboarding and torture is how we got the information that led us to osama bin laden. that's not the case, the movie is inaccurate. do you think the academy's perception of politics and the truth of the movie played a role in why she didn't get the nod? >> let's first point out that the movie did get a best picture nomination and a best screenplay nomination and other nods, but i would tend to agree with you that the fact that kathryn bigelow, the director of the movie and one of the producers behind it wasn't recognized this morning does suggest that the controversy around the film did hurt it,

kathryn bigelow and best foreign film. >> kathryn bigelow for "zero dark 30" above the hunt for osamaaden. we shall see. >> best foreign film? >> a very tough what to -- hard core. >> sorry to rush you. thank you very much. we will know. >> funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. zte. and union bank. >> bringing you closer -- zte. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored

. >>> plus oscar winning director kathryn bigelow is here with the controversy surrounding her film "lear program is no longer negotiable reports "the new york times." it may conduct its third nuclear tester to retaliate against the u.n. tightening u.s. sanctions. >>> the "chicago tribune" reports phil mickelson has apologized on his comment about taxes. mickelson said he was considering changes because of the spike in federal and state taxes in california. mickelson said he should have kept his thoughts to himself. >>> "the times-picayune" reports that new orleans saints sean payton has been reinstated. he received a season-long suspension after his team was charged for putting bounties on the heads of players. >>> "the huffington post" reports that the wholesale price of chicken wings will hit a record during super bowl sunday. the cost of one pound of frozen chicken wings in retail supermarkets was $2.52 on average this month. that's up 55 cents from the same time last year. i like my chicken wings. >> i was going to say chicken wings and a little bleu cheese and a carrot stick. yo

here is kathryn bigelow last night before she knew what was going it to happen on david letterman talkingut that issue. >> a moment like when she's drawing the numbers on the window, that's a very specific moment that really happed. now, the reactions and the dialogue surrounding that, that's scripted. that's where drama comes in and the art of cinema comes in. you see the kind of fusion between fact and drama. >> she doesn't pretend that everything is fact. >> well, it would be absurd to think it's a documentary presented as drama. you just can't do that. and i want to point out that this notion of movies that are in contention for the oscars coming up, based on history, coming under scrutiny, this is something that happens very frequently and sometimes it's used in the battle for films vying for an oscar win. in this case, she's going headlong into one of the most sensitive topics in modern american political history, which is the issue of torture. how we found osama bin laden and what role torture played, she's taking on a sensitive topic. it's not a big surprise that washington reacte

kathryn bigelow, "zero dark thirty" also not nominated.. >> really competitive for actors and supporting actors. >> every one of the supporting actor nominees has won an oscar. >> that's why i felt it was time for matthew mcconaughey, and "magic mike." >> he's on the strip by himself tonight, unfortunately. >> joaquin phoenix getting a nod. >> that's a bit of a surprise. daniel day-lewis, with bradley cooper. hugh jackman, and denzel washington. >> it speaks, very quickly, it speaks to the strong year. when you see the number of snubs, so many great films. but each film cannot have its director nominated. >> and these are movies that audiences have seen and want to discuss. no tiny pictures this year. these are big, fat pictures that everybody's seen and enjoy. >> all right. thank you, chris connelly. let's get the rest of the headlines from josh. >> we're going to begin with new concerns about the flu. it is spreading from coast-to-coast. boston's mayor has declared a public health emergency. ten-times more cases this year than all of las

the academy award winner kathryn bigelow from the hurt locker was not nominated.ome believe it's because she did not take a liberal view of the hunt for osama bin laden. she is traveling around hope she will come on in. with us new york post columnist you are convinced that liberal hollywood snubbed this movie on politics alone. >> i think they snubbed her because she is viewed as an author and the movie which i don't think is a conservative endorsement of torture in any way nonthe lietheless don't sta character they are they show doing harsh interrogation techniques. they are not hit by lightening they are not arrested. the movie said that it gleaned information that did help in capturing bin laden from torture. that's what's really sticking in their claw. >> even in the case of the movie it is more ambiguous than that because you also see one of these people who is supposedly been tortured or water boarded givi given a cigarette and something to eat. so the movie i think is a wash in ambiguity. it is more ambiguous than i would be about the virtues of harsh tech

he's nominated for best a best who had never acted before. >> no kathryn bigelow. >> no kathryn bigelowir of surprises. and tom hooper, not as surprising but also very, very disappointed. >> he was just nominated for the director's gild. >> he had a rough road. golden globe, he was out. this is a very surprising list. >> why do you suppose that is, both beg low and ben affleck were not nominated. >> i think that the controversy surrounding "zero dark thirty" has been really damaging, the notion that this is a film that's easy on terrorism is not something that's going to go down well with the membership of the academy. this is a pretty liberal group. this is a group that was not very pro george w. bush but i think also the film is long and slightly odd and it's offbeat, so people may just not have loved it. >> lincoln got the most nominations? >> yeah. "lincoln" came in with 12, which is not surprising. >> and that makes steven spielberg best movie and best picture. odds-on favorite or not? >> i would say so. life of pi has really nobody to be nominated for acting. so sally field, tommy

don't forget to see "zero dark thirty" by kathryn bigelow and captioning sponsored by comedy central from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with jon stewart. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome to the daily show. my name is jon stewart. the guest tonight, listen to this, settle down. supreme court justice, that's right, today on the show, supreme court... thank you very much -- supreme court justice sonnia sotomayor ( cheers and applause ) unless i believe she's coming out here. unless this is another elaborate hoax by manti te'o nemesis ronaiah tuiasosopo or as the germans refer to him (speaking nonsense). some of you may be surprised to see a supreme court justice here, one, because she is a sitting supreme court justice and two because this afternoon she was in washington administering the public oath of office to vice president biden. doesn't it look like biden just wants to high-five her? that is probably the hardest part of swearing in biden is explaining to him that you don't actually get to swear. "hey, hey, don't worry, sweethea

. >> i think kathryn bigelow, the director and the writer decided not to work in cooperation with thegovernment. which meant if they had they would have gotten a lot of helicopters and airplanes and everything they needed but they would have had to have to the script to prove which would have meant -- >> jon: our government? >> if you work with the government you can use the plane and helicopters but they get the scripts. >> jon: the deal is if you let aws prove your script you can have a helicopter. >> you can work alongside each other. yes. >> jon: i'm going write a script. [ laughter ] i so badly would like a helicopter. [ laughter ] >> they don't give it to you they let you borrow it for your film. >> jon: that's not that good. [ laughter ] the woman that you play in the film. i'm used to these films being a docudrawma. this is a real character. >> this say real woman in the c.i.a. it's working undercover it's very important we keep her identity a secret. there's articles written about her. the "washington post" did an article saying she wasn't the most popular person in the c.i.a

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. >> some people were surprised that ben affleck and kathryn bigelow were not elected for argo and zero dark thirty. you can see it all here sunday, february 24, reporting live for los angeles for abc7 news. >> we have a list of all the nominees and you can make your pick for the winners and post them to facebook with" my pick" feature. you can see who wins on sunday, february 24, when the oscars are given out, like, only on abc7. can't wait to see what our viewers think and what the stars will wear. >> do we want to know about the weather? >> they have snow, also, the grapevine being closed and we still have a chance for snow. it is the cold weather that is going to be the big story. you can see the clouds are still out there but not impressive looking and they do not need to be when you talk snow. it does not take much moisture to make snow. the flakes were decent size and coming down gingerly but they added up to a nice dusting. there is still a possibility they will continue to do that as we look eastover the ocean, the bay and to the ocean from our east bay hills camera this is san

>> i'm giving a hit to kathryn bigelow to the director of "zero dark thirty" about the killing of bin laden. she's spoken out because she's been under criticism for depicting torture. she said look, we have to remember lives loss at 9-11 and others lost their lives trying to protect the country. yes, some may have crossed moral lines doing it, what they did was trying to protect the united states and she was not going to apologize for

i have known mark boal and kathryn bigelow since about 2008 when "the hurt locker" was released, and, mark, during the last year or so report out the story of "zero dark thirty." i have no idea who you talked to. but at the very beginning of the movie, it says it is based on firsthand accounts of actual events. that's what's created the controversy, because some say that's torture, it didn't really happen that way. did it? >> these topics are controversial. i think the controversy in a lot of ways predates the film. and i believe that we captured the essence of what happened and so do many other people who have lived through it. >> mark bowden, i know you're a fan of the film, but you've talked about a little bit and you wrote a book on the subject, as well, that perhaps it shouldn't have been told as a journalistic story. >> i think it's really an unfair burden of expectation to put on a feature film to call it journalistic. i mean, journalism is very detailed, you know, you try to get down in the weeds and sort out exactly what happened, and i don't think that a feature film is rea

. >> reporter: they also snubbed kathryn bigelow's "zero dark thirty" about the plot to find and killgory was a shock to everybody in hollywood, the fact that both of them were left off the list is shocking. and then you've got tom hooper, who directed "les miserables," which a lot of people love. >> reporter: tom hooper's "les mis" also shut out for best director. so too quentin tarantino's "django unchained." but all four movies are up for best picture. go figure. two small independent movies got into the final five for best director, benh zeitlin's "beasts of the southern wild" and michael haneke's "amour." a foreign language film so far showing in just three theaters here in the u.s. 85-year-old emmanuelle riva is the oldest ever nominee for best actress. this year the category also includes the youngest ever nominee -- >> who the man? >> i'm the man! >> 9-year-old quvenzhane wallis. on t

>> i'm giving a hit to kathryn bigelow to the director of "zero dark thirty" about the killing of bin laden. she's spoken out because she's been under criticism for depicting torture. she said look, we have to remember lives loss at 9-11 and others lost their lives trying to protect the country. yes, some may have crossed moral lines doing it, what they did was trying to protect the united states and she was not going to apologize for that. i call that a hit. >> paul: joe. >> we're having one of the worst flu seasons in decades if you know anything about the food and drug administration's methods they're blocking some new therapy. this is a hit, they approved a new vaccine, flu block, this week that's more effective than traditional methods and it's manufactured using genetic advances and only took five years to get this on to the market, but one point for medical progress. >> paul: all right. kim? >> a giant miss to lance armstrong. you know, it's bad enough he's now admitted to the whole range of doping and for all seven of his tours. but, this is also about the number of people who

kathryn bigelow sat down to talk about it. >> jessica just dain plays the hero. she is -- jessica chastain plays the hero. the script writer says it is based on actual events. >> we look at it as a first draft of history. this is the story that is debated, and i say it hopefully will continue to be debated. >> i am a bad news. i am not your friend. i am not going to help you. i am going to break you. >> the film is being hotly debated. some have criticized the depiction of interrogation, saying it sends a clear message torture yields results. others of the torture did not happen in the graphic and violent fashion shown. >> on the one hand you have people in the cia saying that did not happen. >> those images are out there. >> people in the military were behaving badly. it was not the cia. >> no question, but this is a very complex, and unfortunately, people are anxious for -- i get the impression of a black-and- white rendering of the events, and they want who -- the black side existed, and there is very little information about them, so that as a part of that hi

ben affleck and kathryn bigelow had a lot riding on the golden globes, because they had been shut out in the oscar race, in the end it was ben affleck who won and he won big. >> the golden globe goes to -- >> it was a real thriller hostage. >> "argo." >> and argo's director, ben affleck, also won, days after being snubbed by a nomination for the academy awards. >> i don't care what the award is, when they put your name against the names she just read off, it's an extraordinary thing. >> jessica chastain won best actress for "zero dark thirty." and best actor to daniel day-lewis for "lincoln." >> sincere thanks. >> reporter: they wins on the night for "les miserables," best actor, and best supporting actress. >> thank you for this lovely blunt object that i will forever more use as a weapon against self doubt. honers for best actress went to jessica lawrence, best supporting actor went to kristoff voltz, and homeland won for a second year in a row. this time damien lewis also won address best actor. "girls" pulled a double surprise winning best comedy and best actress in a comedy. >> i

kathryn bigelow did not get nominated for best director for the film.is controversy, that some people feel that it overemphasizes the use of those h harsh interrogation technique that is a lot of people consider torture? >> i don't know. when i found out she didn't get nominated it really felt like an arrow into my heart. so much of my performance is because of her and her trust in me and her guidance in playing the role. i'm excited to be part of a film that creates a conversation. kathryn bigelow released a statement to the l.a. times two days ago, brilliantly written. and she says perhaps we should start to focus on the government officials who implemented the policy, which i find that a really good point. >> let's take a turn, talk about "mama." i have a clip. it's a little scary. take a look. >> what's wrong? what's under the bed? [ screaming ] >> where is jessica chastain in that movie? that dark hair. >> come into the movie theater and i realized immediately i was getting typecast as the perfect mother, the perfect devoted wife. and it was like t

kathryn bigelow, i'm not sure, knew what to do with that. now she's put herself out there.night. you had a chance to talk to her. what did she say about it? >> at first she wanted the film to speak for itself, but she was -- and i think all the filmmakers, they were sort of fascinated by how the discussion unfolded, the controversy around the film. and i think they really want to be part of that conversation. and so jessica winter who's our culture editor sat down with kathryn and about an in-depth editor not just about this film and the controversy but also about the whole arc of her work which i think really helps you understand why she made the film the way she did. >> was she -- if you listen to her in she's interviews, she stands by the movie. she says i wouldn't change a frame despite the fact a lot of people have pointed out even people at the cio who said there was no straight line between torture and the capture and killing of osama bin laden. how did she answer some of those discrepancies? >> well, you know, one thing -- i saw the film very early, i saw it in octo

special case, because there is possibly classified/declassified documents that mark boal and kathryn bigelow in order to make this film, to make it as detailed as possible. obviously a lot of people are sort of harping on the torture aspect of the movie, and whether it endorses it. that is pretty ridiculous, because it is just saying what happened. and if torture was a part of it, it is not endorsing torture any more than schindler's list was endorsing nazism. > i also wanted to ask you about "the impossible." it wasn't listed as one of the best pictures on your list, but it's getting a lot of buzz, and people say that although it's hard to watch, it's a great film- > > it really is a terrific movie, and i think naomi watts is going to be nominated for her role in the movie. the film, it opened last weekend a little bit wider. it just barely did better than "zero dark thirty" did on only 60 screens, so it's not really getting quite the push out there in the box office, but it is a movie that people should see. it's got some controversy itself because of them sort of focusing on a white famil

. >> some people were surprised that ben affleck and kathryn bigelow were not elected for argo and zeroark thirty. you can see it all here sunday, february 24, reporting live for los angeles for abc7 news. >> we have a list of all the nominees and you can make your pick for the winners and post them to facebook with" my pick" feature. you can see who wins on sunday, february 24, when the oscars are given out, like, only on abc7. can't wait to see what our viewers think and what the stars will wear. >> do we want to know about the weather? >> they have snow, also, the grapevine being closed and we still have a chance for snow. it is the cold weather that is going to be the big story. you can see the clouds are still out there but not impressive looking and they do not need to be when you talk snow. it does not take much moisture to make snow. the flakes were decent size and coming down gingerly but they added up to a nice dusting. there is still a possibility they will continue to do that as we look eastover the ocean, the bay and to the ocean from our east bay hills camera this is san j