when you say directed by martin scorsese. golden globes accepting the best director award for hugo and explaining why he made the film. >> i have to thank, my love to my helen. because we have a 12-year-old, and she said to me, read this book. why don't you make a film that our daughter could see for once. so we did. she's gotten older now. >> reporter: could i ask you how old you were. >> late in life. i think about 56, 57. >> reporter: that must have been life-changing for you. >> you know, it really is life changing. i didn't quite understand. it's rediscovering the world through the kids. >> reporter: this is such a different man from the one we first met in 1996 for a "60 minutes" profile. everybody said you want to know marty scorsese, go to his movies. then you'll get him. your movies are so much about anger. now are you really that angry? >> i've been in a bad mood for 25 years. >> reporter: back then he took us to his old new york city neighborhood where he had grown up a lonely and sickly child. you'd be right up he

. >> reporter: martin scorsese's hugo leads the pack.he advent the advent churr the adventure picked up 11 along with those others. money ball is the baseball drama about the oakland a's 2002, it put brad pitt on the list for the best actor, along with the others. this year's contenders run the gamut. bringing margaret thatcher to the big screen meryl streep is nominated for her staring role in the iron lady. her 17th nomination. she is up close glen close and others. along with martin scorsese woody allen is in the running for midnight in paris, setting up a show down between two of hollywood's heaviest hitters, edward lawrence, wjz eyewitness news. >> the oscar ceremony will be on february 26th, with the return of billy crystal as host. >> cannot wait. >>> still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at noon lots of sunshine as we look out this afternoon. your complete first warning weather forecast is two and a half minutes away. >> first here is a look at today's midday stocks and last night winning mu,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back, every

. >>> martin scorsese wearing a golden smile this morning.ced over an hour ago. [ unintelligible ] >> reporter: now we know and some of the hype and predictions came through. i'm going out of order and start with the nominees for best picture. the academy was allowed up to 10, members chose nine. >> warhorse. the artist. moneyball. the descendants. -- the tree of life. midnight in paris. the help. hugo. extremely loud and incredibly close. >> reporter: martin scorsese's hugo received the most nominations, 11 that includes best director. if you are going by the golden globes the top two contenders are the descendants and the artists. -- and the artist. speaking of the stars, best actor nominations go to jean dujardin of the artist, george clooney descendants. and brad pitt for moneyball. best actress: meryl streep iron lady. michelle williams my week with marlin. glenn close for albert nobbs, viola davis the help and rooney mara. the awards will be handed out sun february 26th, starting at 5:30. you can watch right here on abc7. the evening be

martin scorsese's "hugo" got the most nominations. hot on his heels "the artist," including best actor. there are seven competitors in the battle for best picture. "war hourse," "moneyball," "the tree of life," 'the help," "midnight in paris," "extremely loud an incredibly close.' brad pitt, george clooney and gary oldman with his first nomination. in the best actress glenn close, viola davis, rooney mara meryl streep, and michelle williams. the best supporting actress is included jessica chaistain melissa mccarthy. snubbed, leonardo dicaprio for his role as terry hoover. >> 16 bodies have been found from the costa concordia. this video shows divers working under water. on saturday, they will be big band -- table began to pump the fuel from the ship's tanks. -- table -- they will begin to pump the fuel from the ship's tanks. the washington wizards have fired their coach. the wizards are 2 and 15 starting off the season. the coach was fired after the loss last night. authorities are investigating death threats against a san francisco 4

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hugo, graham king and martin scorsese, producers.din producer. >> please join us on february 26th when we celebrate the magic of the movies. thank you. thank you, jennifer. >> were you at home like we were just scribbling? we know, 11 for hue doe. ten for the artist, six for moneyball. four for the help. immediately, what jump out at you? >> leonardo dicaprio. and extremely loud and incredibly close. >> there was a lot of love for that. that was surprising. >> the girl with the dragon tattoo left off the best picture list. >> and no best director either for that. >> why was extremely loud and incredibly close ignored until now? >> it's a difficult film to watch. it's about september 11th. you think tom hanks or sandra bullock could have gotten nominated. once again you see oscars judging you by your past work. >> they didn't show that movie to a lot of people. i think a lot of the earlier awards, it wasn't on the radar. the strategy pulled off. >> screen play nominations for kristen wiig and george clooney. >> hugo, a movie i didn't

martin scorsese's "hugo" leads the pack with 11 nominations. it's a huge day for some of hollywood's brightest stars from george clooney to meryl streep. all the scoop will be right here on "gma"! >>> great morning in times square. big morning in hollywood, as well. everyone will be talking about the oscar nominations. we got to fill out our ballots as we talk to some of the nominees this morning. >> not that they've been asleep. they're going to be awake when we talk to them. >>> and a dangerous backlash after the two huge nfl playoff games over the weekend. death threats for some of the players, like kyle williams with the niners, the two costly fumbles that led to the giants victory. and the missed field goal by billy cundiff for the ravens. leading to the patriots win. we're going to take a look at what happens when fans take their passion to the line. death threats. >> that is just outrageous. >>> look at this. a suburb of salt lake city. the street became a ski slope. >> oh! >> the car couldn't stop. next one came down the road, it couldn

. >> we have the oscar nominees, meryl streep, george clooney and martin scorsese to maim a few.e first time in 80 years could go to a silent film. ashley devorkian has more on today's oscar buzz. >> best picture nominees for 2011 are. >> reporter: with a few surprises, the film industry's top honors were announced for the 84th annual academy awards. martin scorsese's film preservation themed "adventure hugo" leads the way with 11 nominations, including best picture. and in second place with 10 nods, an od e to old hollywood with the artist and in the best picture race. if it wins, it will be the first silent fill tom get best pick since 1929, when world war i drama wings took home the very first award for film n.2012, there is plenty of competition with seven other movies competing for tinseltown's top prize. >> a miraculous kind of an oscar, i guess. >> reporter: including "war horse," "mid night in paris," the ensemble "the help," "meanball." >> before that. >> reporter: two unexpected add- ons with "the tree of life" and "extremely loud and incredibly close." plus, george col

the adventures of tintin brought steven spielberg brought best animation while martin scorsese won. on the tv side, the conspiracy thriller homeland won best drama and it started claire danes, best actress. best actor went to kelsey grammer as a corrupt chicago mayor in "boss." "modern family" grabbed kudos for best tv comedy. and former friends star matt leblanc playing an exaggerated version of himself in various episodes. mark barger. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. >>> a police cruiser dash cam was rolling when a florida believe began beating an elderly man with dementia. the violence occurred after police arrived to break up an altercation involving the 66-year-old who allegedly pulled a knife on a co-worker. >>> an elderly woman is very lucky to be alive following a crash into a chicago building. the car was launched into an empty doctor's office after she was rear-ended by a truck. the woman and the driver of the truck were taken to the hospital for some minor injuries. >>> and finally, one visitor to a texas high school had no probl

martin scorsese's "hugo" leads the pack. right behind it, "the artist." actor george clooney -- the favorite in the best actor category for his role in "the descendants." to win her third oscar. >> our entertainment correspondent has been following the nomination ceremony for us. scott, can you walk us through please denominations? >> i think probably the interesting one people are focusing on will be the actors this time. often you will get some lesser- known actors in best actor and best actress. you had a few this year, but the favorites are royalty. brad pitt and george clooney. meryl streep. she has won twice. this time she is nominated playing former british prime minister maggie thatcher in "the iron lady." it is a perfect performance. you will have to love her in this role. that would not bet on the future of the euro, but i am definitely betting meryl streep will win her third oscar for this role. >> there have been interesting films from france. tell us about that. >> yes, "the artist." it is silent. it is set in the silent era, just before the

. >> director martin scorsese's family adventure "hugo" came out on top with 11, including best picture and best director. "the artist" one of eight to going up against it. the silent film grabbed 10 nominations including best actor for jean dujardin and berenice bejo. moneyball also in the run. the 9/11 tale, "extremely loud and incredibly close" is also in the run including "the help," and "war horse." meryl streep earn her record 17th nomination for "the iron lady." she will go up against viola davis, glenn close, rooney mara, and michelle williams for "my ilyn."ith maryla demian bachir for "a better life" nominated for besest actor. >> you can see the entire list of nominees and share the comments by your favorite movies on wbaltv.com. coming up next, your maryland lottery pick 3 and pick 4. first, a look at how wall street first, a look at how wall street isow i have copd. if you have it, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms... by keeping my airways open a full 24 hour

martin scorsese. "the artist" with 10 nominations, including best actor. best picture war horse, money bawl. "the descendants." midnight in paris, extremely loud and incredibly close. best actor brad pitt, and gary oldman for tinker taylor's soldier spy. viola davis. perhaps the biggest surprise came in the best supporting actor category. nick nolte is up against christopher plummer nominated for the beginners. and best supporting actress is the hardest. the help's spencer and chas tain. as for snubs, j ed guard hoofer was not -- edgar hoover was not nominated. >> you can find out who will win the oscar at the 84th annual academy award. the ceremony airs right here on abc2. once again, our fan favorite, billy crystal returns as the host for the first time in eight years. we know he's already hilarious. >>> now to a new trend. women are setting a wedding day before they have a ring on their fing are or a -- finger or a man. she admits she's had a wedding obsession since she was a little girmt -- girl. she has been dating for a month and has two wedding dres

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not bad when you consider he beat out a couple of guys named woody allen and martin scorsese's. here are a couple of scenes from "the artist." ♪ ♪ [piano plays] ♪ ♪ [drums] ♪ [big band jazz music] tavis: i leaned over to michel during necklet -- his wife is in the movie and i say, she is brilliant and you said -- ? >> yes, she is brilliant, but she is really brilliant in real life as well. tavis: that is not bad. [laughter] >> and no, it is not. she is a wonderful woman. i'm really lucky. tavis: you may have just answer the question. how did your wife and of being cast as the lead? how did you pick both of these lease? -- these leads? >> they really inspired the characters. i used them to write the script. tavis: what is making this thing so resonate? before "the artist" came out, harvey weinstein -- we agreed he is a character. he was on the program telling me about this thing before it even came out. what is it that is making this work? he gave you all of the credit. he said he was not in it from the beginning. he found out later on. he gave you credit for this process. what i

martin scorsese's "hugo" earned the most nominations, eleven. it's up for best picture.surprises in the best picture category included "extremely loud and incredibly close," and "the tree of life." "bridesmaids" had been generating best picture buzz but was left out of the category. it did pick up two nominations for original screenplay and best supporting actress. michelle williams and meryl streep are expected to face off for best actress a category that also includes viola davis and glenn close. george clooney is considered to be a next a close race against brad pitt for best actor. the oscars will be handed out february 26. >> you can go to ktvu.com to view the oscar nominations announcement. >>> san francisco film society executive director bigham ray has died at the able of 57. the film society said he passed away yesterday after suffering two strokes while attending the sundance film festival in utah. he is survived by his wife and their three children. >>> thousands are expected to attend a public viewing at penn state to remember the university's coach who for a

martin scorsese's hugo leads with 11, including best picture and best director. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: hothugo's heels the artist with 10 nominations, including best actor. not bad for a silent film. both movies will battle for best picture with seven competitors. war house, moneyball, descendants, tree of life, midnight in paris, the help and extremely cloud and incredibly close. the best actor category features sure bets, brad pitt for moneyball. george clooney for the descendants and gary oldman's first oscar nomination for tinker taylor, soldier spy. viola davis scored her first nomination facing glenn close and meryl streep as well as the dark house rooney mara from the girl with the dragon tattoo. nick nolte against christopher plumber nominated for the beginningers. best supporting actress hardest to predict -- the help's octavia spencer and jessica chastain face tough competition from melissa mccarthy. as for snubs leonardo dicaprio's turn as j edgar hoover was not nominated. nor the director of the girl with the dragon tattoo. >>> of course moneyball was the movie shot in oakland.

>> reporter: martin scorsese's "hugo" picked up 11 nominations including best picture and best director. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: it came out just ahead of the silent film "the artist" which scored 10 nominations including best picture. also nominated in that category "war horse," the descendants, the tree of life, "midnight in paris," the help, "extremely loud and incredibly close," and "moneyball." >> i'm heading in. text me the play-by-play. >> reporter: "moneyball" is a baseball drama about the oakland as 2002 season putting brad pitt on the list for best actor and others. >> reporter: this year's contenders run the gamut from baseball to silent film to a story of one of britain's most fascinating leaders. >> have to attend more closely to what i'm saying. >> reporter: bringing margaret thatcher to the big screen, meryl streep got her 17th nomination. she is up glenn close, viola davis, michelle williams. woody allen is in the running for best director for "midnight in paris" setting up a showdown between two hollywood heavy hitters n hollywood, edward lawrence, cbs 5. >>> the oscar

>> -- martin scorsese conjures up a breathtaking fantasy about a boy living in a paris train station.> i had to be here for some reason. >> reporter: in "the artist" nominated for ten oscars, a contemporary french filmmaker brought his crew to l.a. to remember the end of the silent film era in hollywood. >> the two movies that got the most nominations are both odes to cinema of the past. >> hey! >> reporter: the nominations for best actor include george clooney in "the descendents." >> i'm a dope. i'm just kidding you. >> and brad pitt in "moneyball." >> what the hell am i doing. >> for best actress, meryl streep picks up her 17th oscar nomination, playing british prime minister margaret thatcher in "the iron lady." >> that's the term that we want to strike. >> reporter: streep is competing against her friend viola davis, nominated for her role as a housemaid in "the help." >> breathtaking. >> so pretty it makes my stomach hurt. >> reporter: and while the academy did not nominate the smash hit "bridesmaids" for best picture, melissa mccarthy's hilarious performance earned her a best s

martin scorsese's hugo leads with 11, including best picture and best director. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: hotgo's heels the artist with 10 nominations, including best actor. not bad for a silent film. both movies will battle for best picture with seven competitors. war house, moneyball, descendants, tree of life, midnight in paris, the help and extremely cloud and incredibly close. the best actor category features sure bets, brad pitt for moneyball. george clooney for the descendants and gary oldman's first oscar nomination for tinker taylor, soldier spy. viola davis scored her first nomination facing glenn close and meryl streep as well as the dark house rooney mara from the girl with the dragon tattoo. nick nolte against christopher plumber nominated for the beginningers. best supporting actress hardest to predict -- the help's octavia spencer and jessica chastain face tough competition from melissa mccarthy. as for snubs leonardo dicaprio's turn as j edgar hoover was not nominated. nor the director of the girl with the dragon tattoo. >>> of course moneyball was the movie shot in oakland. t

"the adventures of tin tin" won and martin scorsese won for the family adventure "hugo." >> thank you very much. >> reporter: on the tv side the conspiracy thriller "homeland" won best drama. its star, claire danes, best actress. best actor went to kelsey grammer for his role as a corrupt chicago mayor in "boss." >> "modern family." >> reporter: "modern family" grabbed kudos for best tv comedy. laura dern won for "enlightenment." matt leblank won for actor. now that the golden globes are in the books the awards season continues for the movie industry. the oscar nominations coming up next tuesday. in beverly hills, i'm mark barger, nbc news. >>> some critics said "the artist" won because this little guy, uggy the dog. the jack russell terrier took to the stage with the cast last night. his handlers tried to get him nominated for a major award on his own, but it hasn't worked so far. some have compared uggy to lassie and rin tin tin. after the show he played with the trophy. i'm not sure we want to know about that. >> a special guest of the evening, betty white! [ applause ] >> wow. >>

. >> "hugo," martin scorsese, producer. >> "the artist," tori loved that movie, ten noms and "moneybag" nominated for best picture. . >>> california lawmakers say improving the quality of school lunches is having an unintended impact on needy families. the cost of school lunches is going up for students because of recent requirements to make lunches healthier. students whose family are struggling to stay afloat financially may not be able to afford bying a school lunch every day on average. elementary school students pay $1.93 for a school lunch. high school students pay about $2.20. >>> your morning glass of orange juice could soon cost more. the price of oj is on the rise over concerns of imports from brazil. traces of a funggy side -- fungicidew were found. ofnlt j is hopefully -- were found. oj is hopefully safe for now. >> hopefully. >>> sal, are you still focusing on that possible bomb? >> yeah. and we'll have a couple of more details in just a moment. i want to start off right now with a look at some of the bickest commute slowdowns. that would be the bay bridge. unfortunately w

veteran director martin scorsese's "hugo" picked up 11 nominations including best picture and director. the silent film "the artist" was close behind. 10 nominations including best picture. among the other nominees, "moneyball," the story of the oakland as 2002 season, meryl streep earning her 17th best actress nod for playing british prime minister margaret thatcher and michelle williams was nominated as best actress for playing marilyn monroe. >>> rethinking a procedure that gets right down to the core. why some women may not have to get tested for osteoporosis as often as they think. osteoporosis. so how often should you get tested? new research sug >>> one out of five women over the age of 50 has osteoporosis so often should you get tested ? >> new research suggests maybe not as often as you think. dr. kim is here to explain. kim. >> reporter: there's a trend in medicine less is more. we have seen it with mammography and now bone density testing. if you're really normal, maybe you can wait longer to have your next test. 79-year-old roberta wallach takes medicine to prevent osteopor

. >>> a few of the other winners include martin scorsese for best director, george clooney for best actord meryl streep for best actress. >>> how about the afc championship game? the play by the ravens that kept the possibility of an all harbaugh super bowl alive. >>> we heard about cold weather but meteorologist mark tamayo tells us about the chances of some rain in the bay area today. - - bay area this weekend. >>> big changes today across the bay area with partly cloudy skies, cooler temperatures and gusty winds. as the winds back off throughout the evening hours, temperatures already cooling off. pretty chilly out toward napa and fairfield already back down into the upper 30s at this hour. san francisco mid-40s and san jose in the 40s as well. take a look out across the bay as we look here with thesetting sun. even reports of some sprinkles. but nothing too significant. we could be tracking significant rain for the upcoming week. tomorrow morning you definitely want to bundle up. very cold out there. coolest locations will be in the upper 20s out toward napa and fairfield. san jose 54

chinese debt collectors actually broke somebodies leg to pick up a loan so hey beautiful man it's a martin scorsese film waiting to happen well. so many media have been reporting on this report out of italy and the telegraph writes that organized crime groups have been able to expand their territory into the wealthy north to the complicity of some politicians as well as professionals such as lawyers and accountants well this guy mariel monti. running italy he's a leg breaker with ties to goldman sachs goes back years already so he's a cap with the cap you know he's of course he's asking the more and the cosa nostra from the south to come on up north baby we've got a lot of people here you can financially rape with your part of torah loads mario monti says a three card monte gomorrah. is not a coffee creamer. i'm thinking of the coffee creamer think of my head away from the great italian espresso best espresso in the world in my opinion but like i said you know these are politicians professionals lawyers and accountants aiding and abetting them so what's the difference between one guy who's that the

martin scorsese, michelle williams, george clooney, meryl streep.ancy -- what's the title? >> "extremely loud and incredibly close." are you surprised about them? >> i think that was surprising they were nominated. speaking of whether the golden dwloebs are a precursor, thing they are. they haven't been in years recently though. one out of seven golden globe winners have gone on to win best picture, so they haven't been a great indicator of the past three years, but i do think the golden globe winners is between the decendents and the artist. >> can i just turn to best actress as well because you've got, you know, meryl is clearly there. you've got. >> viola. >> brilliant performance by viola davis in "help." what does that look like? >> rooney mara. >> i think the big competition is between viola and rooney and meryl. i think meryl is going to walk away with it. i think it's probably the voters, if they remember the last time she won an oscar was 30 years ago. that's hard to believe because she's nominated every year. it looks like she's won more b

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highly praised movies, most notably "the artist from" a silent film tribute without dialogue and martin scorsese's a kid in the man who invented the moon. the 3d special effect, the "hugo" believes this year's nominations with a robust 11 chances, mostly technical, but including best picture and best director. "the artist" is next with 10 nominations including best picture. >> you is kind. you is smart. you is important. quit competing for best picture "the help," with nominations for best actress for viola davis and best supporting actress for octavia spencer and jessica chest pain. it has --0 jessica chastain. >> 'sup, bro? "george clooney competing in "the descendants," against brad pitt and gary oldman in "tinker taylor soldiers by - "tinker tailor soldier spy." >> meryl streep has her 17th nomination for "the iron lady." melissa mccarthy counts of a great year with a nomination for best supporting actress for "bridesmaids." she just won the emmy for best comedy actress. two big snubs include leo dicaprio in "j. edgar" and albert brooks. the parents are christopher plummer, meryl streep, octav

. >> martin scorsese needs your help.sking folks go to bat for blacky, the doberman he feels he was overlooked by this year's golden collar awards. as blackie received 500 write-ins at the end of the day, he will be nominated afor best dog in a film. we're just a few away from him getting it. they say he's already getting it. >> he's getting it. uggie, uggie! >> here you want to say k.j., k.j.! >>> all right, women and men have battled on who is better behind the wheel. now, there's scientific evidence for all of you gals out there, yes, the new study out of britain shows when it comes to parking, women are fast getting in and out of a tight spot, overall, better at finding free spaces and more accomplished at correctly lining up the car before parking. a parking expert suggested strategy in backing into a space. next road trip, robin and i are driving. >> why do we need science to figure all of this out? we know that. >> oh. >> but thank you for letting us believe that maybe you don't know that. >> come on. tone it down.