. >> hodgman: i think i repeated nick nolte. >> smith: nick nolte and a list of 700 comes back. >> hodgmanh, yeah. so the first book had the 700 hobo nicknames. >> smith: right. >> hodgman: and then the second book, i knew that i wanted to do 700 moleman names, because i had said in the first book that i promised that i would give information about the civilization of creatures who live beneath the earth called the molemen who are highly refined enlightenment creatures who wear powdered wigs and spit acidic saliva in order to burrow through stone. they're a mix of the high and low. >> smith: okay. >> hodgman: they're covered in mucus, but they wear these wonderful powdered wigs. [ laughter ] and they taught thomas jefferson the principles of the french enlightenment because they started it. they were the original savage men, you see. you're following along? [ laughter ] >> smith: i'm right there with you. >> hodgman: i feel like you're a little bit behind. [ laughter ] >> smith: no, no, no. it looks like it, but i'm actually right there with you. >> hodgman: and so in the third book i had

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 dresses ready just in case. >> there are definitely people out there who are saying, honey, you're getting ahead of yourself. >> reporter: do you care? >> no. >> the planning for the fantasy wedding includes floral arrangements, centerpiece and dress sketches. in some cases they have already picked their bridesmaid dresses as well but the owner

>> i think nick nolte's is still holding out. >> reporter: i could have said that one.ng issue featured hometown senator john edwards' trademark grin on the front page. >> i think politicians have definitely figured out how to take a great mug shot. >> reporter: tom delay is proof of that. senator larry craig of wide stance fame held up pretty well, too. ohio congressman jim traficant, not so much. being in the slammer does bring a measure of fame. in fact, the folks at the county jail have noticed new inmates are asking for more than a call to their attorney. >> they'll ask if it's going to be in "the slammer" newspaper. they'll ask us to try to prevent that from occurring. >> reporter: "the slammer" occasional little shows pictures of missing persons and fugitives. readers helped bring home this arkansas girl and to put this accused killer behind bars in ohio. so, perhaps it is not a surprise law enforcement tends to like the paper. bull we were shocked to find out who else supports it. at least with his money. >> i do need in the interest of public disclosure to tell

nick nolte against christopher plumber nominated for the beginningers.t 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. the 84th annual academy awards will be sunday february 26th, starting at 5:30 watch it all right here. >>> hollywood's most watched evening begins with a road to gold. academy award preview 12:30 followed by the red carpet arrivals then the big show skwroplt download our new oscar app right now it lets you predict winners and gives exclusive live video from the red carpet and backstage during the show we have a link to the app at abc7news.com under see it on tv. >> the ultimate social event. >> i'll see you there, we have tickets. >> yeah, we can get the app. meteorologist mike nicco golden sunshine? >> or ski lift tickets. we'll family the sun ab probably ride this -- [

nick nolte against christopher plumber nominated for the beginningers.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. the 84th annual academy awards will be sunday february 26th, starting at 5:30 watch it all right here. >>> hollywood's most watched evening begins with a road to gold. academy award preview 12:30 followed by the red carpet arrivals then the big show skwroplt download our new oscar app right now it lets you predict winners and gives exclusive live video from the red carpet and backstage during the show we have a link to the app at abc7news.com under see it on tv. >> the ultimate social event. >> i'll see you there, we have tickets. >> yeah, we can get the app. meteorologist mike nicco golden sunshine? >> or ski lift tickets. we'll family the sun ab probably ride this -- [ un

nick nolte, and. among these -- >> you would have replaced some of these. >> i would have -- >> >> i like jonah hill very much in almost anything but i don't know if that's going to win the oscar. what's your prognostication? >> i think probably christopher plummer. they like the old guys. >> yeah, i think it will be plummer and maybe should be plummer. but again because of the comedy angle it was fun to see jonah hill get the recognition. >> rose: thank you all.

nick nolte. christopher plumber. von sydow. >> best performance by an actress in a leading role: glenn close. viola davis. rooney mara. meryl streep. michelle williams. >> nominees for best performance by an actor in a leading role: damian -- george clooney. jean dujardin. gary oldman. brad pitt. >> best achievement in directing: martin scorsese. woody allen. terrance malick. >> for best original screenplay the nominees are: michael hazanavicius. woody allen. >> for adapted screenplay: alexander payne, jim rush. john logan. george clooney grant hazanavicius. aaron sorkin. bridget o'conner peter strong. >> for best foreign language film: from belgium, from israel, -- a separation. >> for best animated feature film: a cat in paris. chico and rita. kung fu panda 2. "puss in boots". >> finally, i'm pleased to announce the film selected as best picture nominees for 2011 are: warhorse. the heart 'tis. -- the artist. moneyball. the descendants. the tree of life. nominees to be determined. midnight paris. -- midnight in pari

. >> best supporting actor, kenneth branagh, "my week with marilyn," nick nolte, "warrior." >> what ishat? >> i don't know. people will be checking it out now. >> christopher plummer in "beginners, "excellent in that. >> and max von sydow in "extremely loud & incredibly close." he did not say a word at all in that movie. a lot of silent movie stuff. >> brilliant in it, though. excellent. supporting actress, berenice bejo in "the artist." >> remember that image. >> and janet mcteer in "albert nobbs" and octavia spencer in "the help." the one that got the most is "hugo." >> oh, my gosh. >> "hugo" had 11 nominations. and "the artist" got ten. >> wow. >> so, yeah, people will be looking at these movies again. i tried to watch "hugo," but i had -- it's meant to be seen in 3d -- >> yeah. >> i couldn't watch it on regular tv. >> best picture, the nominees, "the artist," the silent film everybody's talking about, "the descendants," "extremely loud & incredibly close" -- when that name was announced everybody gasped. >> i know. nobody -- yeah. nobody expected that at all. >> "the help" and ther

joe that hill, nick nolte, christopher plumber, and max von sydo. >> for best performance by an actressading role -- >> we're going to continue to monitor as all of the nominations come out. >> huge day in hollywood. >> exactly. of course we'll bring you updates. >> absolutely. it's the raiders head coaching search may be over. we'll have the latest coming up. >> plus, keeping kids safe. the new and surest being provided to protect young athletes from concussions. >> 12 hours from the president's state of the union address, we'll go live to capitol hill for all of the det. >> this is a live look at hollywood t nominees are, let's listen to best picture. >> money ball, the descendants, jim burke, alexander payne, and jim taylor, producers. the tree of life, nominees to be determined. midnight in paris. "the help." hugo, graham king and martin scorsese producers. and extremely loud. scott ruden, producer. >> join us on february 26 when we celebrate the magic of the movies, thank you. >> always exciting to hear. nominations for the academy awards. best picture there at the end. we're going

this is like rocky but like these amazing stories about these brothers and their father played by nick nolteed best films of 2011. please see it. i guarantee that you'll like t if you are not cheering at the end, i don't know what is wrong with you. it is a fantastic film. tweet me after you see it. you can read my full reviews on kevin on movies.com where i have my interviews with tom truce and special steven spielberg as well. -- with tom cruise and steven spielberg. >> stay inside and rent warrior. >> i hear kim wayans is great in that movie. >> great day to be outside. >> let's take a look. i'll show you what the current temperatures are. current temperature in washington is 37 degrees. we will continue. we got to go to the maps. 37degrees right now in washington. we will continue to see cold temperature this morning but things will improve as the day progresses. 28 in manassas. 36 in annapolis. here is your temperature trend. all right. today, how about upper 50s. our average high, 43 degrees. well above that today and tomorrow. we'll still be above it sunday and monday. but temperature

." >> i am -- jonah hill of moneyball and nick nolte who has waited in the wings during the awards campaign "warrior" in the ring. all can take a feet for the song and dance of billy crystal as he returns for his ninth time hosting when the red carpet rolls out for the oscars february bricking. in new york, ashley devorkan, fox news. >>> spike lee is frustrated by the lack of diversity in hollywood and spoke with reporters at the sundance film festival over the weekend and among those in hollywood, quote, it's 1950, eisenhower and that would make good sense for all american companies to be more diversified. >>> and i need to get out and see the movies. >> and today was gorgeous, gary. >> and still, i giveem every day and i look at the stuff religiously and long-term, i don't see big stuff or snowstorms coming this way. ten, 14 days out of the future. >> i love that. i love it. >> what's that? >> i am sorry, snow lovers, but i love it. >> i get it. it would be nice to take advantage of a little snow on the mountains around. and i would like to go skiing a couple of times. maybe if we get col

surprise nominees, including nick nolte, who was nominated for best supporting actor, for his work inilm "warrior." it's his first major nomination, since 2002, when he was nominated for most maniacal mug shot. the nominations were announced this morning by jennifer lawrence and another young, new face you might recognize. [ laughter ] >> and finally, the film nominated in the category of best pictures are -- "war horse." "the artist," moneyball," "the descendants," "the tree of life," and the winner is, "the artist." congratulations to, everybody. now, you don't need to wait. good night. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that was a little bit -- morton scorsese's movie "hugo," received more nominations than any, 11 in all. though it's impressive, where was the nominations for "ship wrecked." when will the academy recognize the achievements of chipmunk-american actors. "war horse," was nominated. but the star is in controversy because of a revealing tape going around the internet. i'm not sure this is the star of "war horse," hasn't confirmed or denied it. if it isn't, there's quite a

a supporting gold, kenneth brown on standby with maryland, jonah hill and money baulked tests, nick nolten warriors faugh, christopher plummer in beginners can macs vaunted out in extremely loud and incredibly close. >> best actress in a leading role. glenn close and offered nobs, viola davis, the help. rooney merit in the girl with the dragon's head to. meryl streep in the iron lady here and michelle williams in my week with maryland. >> the nominees for best performance by an actor in a leading role are damian-year in a better life, and george clooney in the descendants, the saudis are then in the artist, gary oldman in tinker taylor soldiers by and brad pitt in money ball. >> for best achievement in directly, the artist, alexander kane for the descendants, heart of course easy for hugo, woody allen before midnight and harris and terence mallets for the tree of life. >> for best original screenplay the nominees are michelle have been a vicious in the artist, any malo and kristin twigs the bridesmaids, j.c. shed door for a margin call, woody allen for a minute in paris. >> for adapted sc

best performance by an actor in a supporting role -- kenneth branagh, jonah hill in "moneyball" nick noltely loud and incredibly close. >> for best performance by an actress -- glenn close in albert nobbs. viola davis. rooney mara. meryl streep and michelle williams. >> the nominees for best performance by an actor in a leading role are -- damien beschir. george clooney, jean dujardin. gary oldman. and brad pitt. >> for best achievement in director. michel hazanavicius. terrence malick for the tree of life. >>>. >>> for best original screen play. michel hazanavicius. annie and kristen wiig for bridesmaids. woody allen for mid might in fairs. and asghar fedali for the separation. >> for adapted careen play zsh alexander payne, gnat saxen, jim rush, john logan. george clooney, grant, hesloff, the ides of march. ste aaron sorkin. >> for best foreign language film, bullhead, foot note, in darkness in, monsieur lazhar. and a separation. >> for best an nated feature film. a cat in paris, chico and rita. kung fu panda 2, puss in boots, and rango. >>> and finally, i'm pleased to announce the films

nick nolte in warrior. by an actor in a leading role, the nominees are glenn close in "albert nobbs," viola davis "the help," rooney mara. meryl streep in the iron laid and mir shell williams in my week with marilyn. >> nominees by the best supportinging ator in a leading role are damian bashir ya in a better life, george clooney in the "descendants," john due jar din in the artist and ting ter toil and brad pitt in the money ball. >> alexander tan for the "descendants," martin scorsese for hugo. woodley allen for midnight in paris and terrance malick for the tree of life. >> that was the most expected predictable group so far. >> michelle for the artist. amy and kristen wiig for brieds maids. j.c. for marchand call. woody allen for midnight in paris. and as scar fa dars for separation. >> we have alexander payne and matt saxen and jim rush for the dtsz, john logan for hugo. george cluooneclooney. steve zalian for money ball. richard o'connor and peter strawn for tinker tailor soldier spy. >> from belgium,

kenneth brannagh, "my week with marilyn," jonah hill in "moneyball," chris f",," christ plummer, nick noltese." >> for leading actress. glenn close, viola davis, "the help," rooney mara in kwoez "the girl with the dragon tattoo, meryl streep and michelle williams in "my week with marilyn marilyn.". >> demian bechir, george clooney, jean dujardin, gary oldman and brad pitt. >> for best achievement in directing, "the artist," alexander payne, martin scorcese for "hugo," woody allen for "midnight in paris" and "the tree of life," terrence malick. >> best original screen play, michelle hazanavicius for "the artist," "bridesmaids," "margin call, woody allen, "midnight in paris" and a a sghar "a separation." >> "the descendants." john logan for "hugo," george clooney, grant hezlov and beau willimon for "the ides of march," "moneyball" and bridget o'connor and peter strong for "tinker, tailor, soldier, spy". >> for best foreign language film, "bullhead," "footnote," in darkness," "monsiur lazhar" and "a separation". >> for best nominated films, "a cat in paris," "chico & rito," "kung fu panda 2,"

best performance by an actor in a supporting role -- kenneth branagh, jonah hill in "moneyball ,"nick nolte close." >> for best performance by an actress in a leading role the nominees are, glenn close in "albert nobbs." viola davis, "the help." rooney mara. "girl with the dragon tattoo." and michelle williams. >> the nominees for best performance by an actor in a leading role are -- demian bishir. george clooney. jean dujardin. gary oldman. and brad pitt in "moneyball." >> for best achievement in directing -- michel hazanavicius. for "artist." alexander payne. martin scorsese. woody allen. for "midnight in paris." terrence malick for "the tree of life." >>> for best original screenplay -- michel hazanavicius, "the artist." annie momulo and kristen wiig for "bridesmaids." j.c. chandor for margin call. woody allen for "midnight in paris." and asghar farhadi for "the separation." >> for adapted screenplay -- alexander payne, nat faxon, jim rash, "the descendants." john logan for "hugo." george clooney, grant hesloff, "the ides of march." steve zaillian, aaron sorkin, stan cheffen for "moneyba