and it's between kevin costner and octavia spencer, who are the grandparents.rth, and octavia spencer's son is a drug addict and not able to be a a father. so, the idea is, would the child be better served in brentwood with her grandfather or in south central with her grandmother? and that's where the conflict comes in. >> jimmy: here we go. we have a clip. here's anthony mackie in "black or white." take a look at this. >> now look, if you want to win custody from elliott, it won't help bringing him into this. now, i say we go with my original brief. you petition for custody. >> he is the father. >> he doesn't want the job! will you please tell her, andrea? >> auntie, you need to listen to him. >> mm-mm. mm-mm. don't give me that look. >> i'm not giving you a look. >> i don't care how many law degrees you went and got, doesn't give you the right to give me that look. there it is again. i mean it. i'll get daddy on the phone and he'll tell you what's what. giving me a look. oh, is that what you want? you want a call coming in from your dad? you know what? let me

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>> not all of them. >> in co-star octavia spencer saw the potential for change with the store. >> i it is about this by racial child who is loved by both sets of grandparents, and until one side feels that they are losing the battle, they introduce race as oh, should she be here or should she be here. it is that gray area where this film lives. the gray area is where change happens. and the gray area is why i think people are responding the way they are. >> it is about family, you know, it is about the welfare after child. and in trying to decide between two families, two different communities, the welfare of the child is what's at steak. but race comes into play. and the minute it does, things fall apart. >> this isn't about black and white. this is about he will owe east. >> for entertainment tonight i'm kevin frazier now back to you in the studio. >> so more on what's happening in hollywood, watch entertainment tonight on every week night at 7:00 right here on cbs-3. >>> well, still ahead you want to bundle up if you're headed out today. in the midst of bitter bitter blast. some dan

you don't want her down here with black folk. >> don't start with that. >> kevin costner and octavia spencerkle racism in the new family drama black or white. >> this isn't about black and white. all right? this is about right and wrong. >> costner and spencer play grandparents fighting for custody of their mixed race granddaughter. >> this movie at its heart about the welfare after child then what happens is when both sides go at each other and one side foles like they're going to lose, race can become a tool. >> the film's stars say the movie's message is more relevant than ever. >> i just can't believe that this conversation, what this film does, i think, it is opened the doors to conversations that need to be had. >> the issue is this man doesn't want our family and our baby girl's life, and we just need to be. >> costner invested his own money to get the film made. >> i shouldn't be doing it, but i do it when i can't fall out of love with something, i have to do something about that. >> he hopes the movely help change people's perspective. susan marquez cbs news, hollywood. >> and still

>> and -- >> octavia spencer!i'm sorry you guys. octavia plays the biracial girl's grandmother who also wants custody of the young girl. break your heart. watch. >> we need to start talking about shared custody. >> not going to happen. >> no? >> no. like i say, you're all will being to come visit. >> but you don't want here do you, elliott, down here with the black folks. >> don't start with that. >> got a little black math tutor. is that going to do it? huh? take care of that whole half of her soul? >> what is it with you? why do you always have to go there? >> what is it with you that you don't want to admit that there is a "there" there? >> oh. hello. >> congratulations on a truly beautiful film. i heard and read in articles that you said i fell in love with this story and i had to do it. at your own expense, much of it. but you don't understand that until then you see the finished product. >> what was it about the film that you says this has to be -- >> i've made all kinds of movies and gone a lot of places go

it says some things i wish i could sigh i think octavia spencer and an theo this the same experiencell. but it comes out through the movie, which is -- makes it more organic than just, you know, somebody in your face. you're actually watches these people and you see yourself in it. >>> i saw it last night thanks to you. what was the reaction -- i was wondering, because this is sort of told from your perspective as a character, you're going through this hell, you love this granddaughter, and you're up against people who may love her, too, but it's about you. >> when i made this movie, i tested it with a white community, and i said ike going to test it with a everyone an all-black community. i can put my head into the lion's mouth, and everything that happened would. they get it completely. they laughed at the same spots. they clap on the third slap. you know, they understand. they get it, and mostly because they believe it's fair and it's balanced, and my character is just as flawed, if you will, as reggie, and there's a lot of pain there. but the movie is propped up by an organic sen

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and here in new york oscar winner octavia spencer will stop by to talk about her new movie with kevincostner. and we'll catch up with the newly crowned biggest loser when we see you here on a split edition of "today" on a friday morning. back to you. >> well, i have to admit savannah and al we were spying on you a few minutes ago because our crew is on stage above you. so he showed your set-up there. we were peeking. >> and i feel badly that you didn't make the travel squad, matt. hang in there. >> i go out tomorrow. don't feel too bad. >> all right. take care. >> we'll see you in ten minutes. >> all right. bye-bye. >> bye. >>> clouds overnight, temperatures are not that cold. but it's cold enough for like snow. look closely, you can see a few snowflakes moving past the comcast center right now. philadelphia international seeing some light. even though the temperature at the surface is at 35 degrees. you'll need that heat overhead. it is cold enough for snow. and that's what's coming out of the sky. capemay, different story. rain is falling right now. the rain, the snow that will end,

and oscar winning actress octavia spencer. then nbc 10 news at 4:00. this afternoon, ready for liftoff, the unmanned aircraft about to make a launch in our area. what they're hoping to accomplish with this mission and why some on the ground are worried. this afternoon on nbc 10 news at 4:00. thanks for watching nbc 10 news at 11:00. i'm vai sikahema. for glenn "hurricane" schwartz and all of us here at nbc 10, have a great day and stay warm out there. >> daniel: i am one lucky guy. come on. >> serena: you lying, stealing bitch. >> daniel: hey, hey, hey don't talk to her that way. what is the matter with you? >> serena: what's the matter with me? she came to my hotel room today, okay? claimed that she wanted to make peace, so i let her in and the minute my back was turned she stole stuff off my freakin' laptop. you can't even make up one of your famous denials, can you? because i caught you. and now, you're going to jail. >> nicole: mm-mm. let's think about this for a minute, serena. who's the one in the most trouble here? me or you? >> jordan: i hope t

air liner the the announcement authorities have just made, also oscar win are kevin costner and octavia spencer, we will preview their film black and white. >> hearing great things about. that you can find cw on 13, 811, verizon fios channel 16 or hd516 and rcn 17, hd1017. >> reminder, we go on the air extra early at 4:30 a.m. on cb. 36789 next up this morning, university of virginia fraternity is allowed to party after a temporary suspension but some sororities are banning members from taking part. >> we are keeping it live and local on the cw >>> good morning. it is thursday, january 29th 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." another winter storm barrels across the midwest, and new england is still struggling under mounds of snow. >>> fighting back against the anti-vaccine movement. why parents want schools to ban kids who haven't gotten their measles shots. >>> plus, the big game is just days away. we'll talk to a guy who's been there, former super bowl mvp drew brees on this sunday's matchup and what does he think of the deflated football. >>> but we begin this morning with today's "eye open

kevin costner and octavia spencer.e hayes the grandfather of a girl left in his care after the deaths of his wife and daughter. i'm sorry, please take this. >> the paternal grandmother also wants to take care of her. >> we need to talk about shared custody. >> not going to happen. >> no? >> no. like i say you are welcome to visit. >> you don't want her down here down here with the flack black folks. >> don't start with that. >> got a little black math tutor. is that going to do it. take the whole half of her soul. >> what is it with you? why do you have to go there? >> what is wrong with you that you don't admit there is a there there. >> the reviews clash just as much as the characters. gary goldstien of the l.a. times writes the film maker and his on screen proxies boldly go places our nationally discourse desperately needs to go but rarely does. mark adams from screen international ultimately doesn't have the courage to deal honestly with the issues it raises. i'd like to see that one. >> i'd like to see "the loft."

>> octavia spencer among the great actors in this film.. >> what is the conversation that you hope will happen? >> i don't know what i hope happens. you know that idea is bigger than me. as an actor or something, i go this is authentic. this feels like where we're at. this is not pulling punches, it's not politically correct. i think conversation will roll after it. you know. you know i'm not in the message business. that's not why i made the movie. i just felt that it reflects -- i make movies about baseball westerns romantic comedies. sometimes you get to make a movie about something that you feel like you're living. and right now black or white feels like a movie that is for its time. but i think the way it was made i think it will live -- it has a chance to be a classic. >> and anthony, what is it about this movie that really caught your attention? i know scripts are coming your way all of the time. but there was something about this one that resonateded with you. >> it was two specific moments. there's one moment in my law office wher

. >> that is the great octavia spencer, i must be naive about hollywood, i would figure if you pick upend, i want to make a movie, the funding for that movie pours in yet you had to work to get the made? >> the phone call will get picked up it is being made. there is nobody that read "black or white" that said it was bad. they said it was great. it didn't fit. i read it because i thought, oh my god, we have a real big secret with this movie. the same thing with "field of dreams." a simple moichl when i readmple a simple movie. when i read it i thought if we pull this off, it could make it. my friend and i paid for it all. i think it has a chance to stand the test of time. it's certainly an authentic look at where we are in this country with race today. what we wanted to happen did happen. >> the characters confront the issue of race head-on. before i ask you about the story line have you had an experience in your own life a personal experience where you witnessed racism unfolding in front of you, either overtly or suddenly that had an impact? >> i was born in compton, california 1955 i