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among the films vying for oscar gold the artist, a brave bold film, a silent, yes, silent adventure movien black and white taking us back to the very early-morning days of film. at the heart of this movie is valentin, a movie star on top of the world. and then with the advent of talking pictures, his star begins to fade. his co-star is brilliant as the fan turned movie star and, of course, the love interest in the artist. you know, talking movies so overrated. i have to say, guys, they are. you will be so surprised by this film. it took a french film director to bring this to the big screen, proving to us you don't always need words to tell a story. pictures often say much, much more. especially so here. the artist now playing. >>> music and there he is, there's my guy, former police front man, sting comes to the bay area for a two-night stand friday and saturday in san francisco. celebrating 35 glorious years of music. the british pop icon proves he still has star power. you can check his website out though, sting.com. or stingmusic.com for last- minute tickets. he always releases them t

. >> frankenstein, the statue of liberty, and a bald gold guy named oscar. these are some of the images you'll find covering the hallway walls in a rather unusual school project. christian has the story. >> the mural's a great place. it's the friendly place that everyone goes to when they have an inspirational feeling, and everyone's just so nice, and work gets done here. they actually get, boom, boom, boom, work. >> here is where students at william mckinley junior high school go to learn on their own time. >> we mostly come at 7:00 in the morning, and sometimes we stay after school. we've even spent our lunch periods in mr. buxton's class, trying to get in as much work as we can. >> no extra credit. all they get is a cup of hot chocolate. >> language-arts teacher tom buxton dreamed up the project -- a giant mural that stretches half the length of a football field. it started when a student approached mr. buxton with an unusual piece of art. >> a young lady handed me a refrigerator magnet that had an image of rosie the riveter on it. >> rosie the riveter is

. >> you got oscar nominated six times, and then finally you get the gold. and it was a wonderful moment when you won the oscar. and we'll come back to that a bit later. but did you feel that despite all your best efforts, 60-odd movies, you were neve actually going to win an oscar? and does it begin to eat away at you? >> no, no, no. it's a relief. you know, when they don't call your name, oh, [ muted ], don't have to get up -- >> don't tell me -- >> oh, it's stoeltly true. >> a relief to lose? >> yeah. i think i even said in the thing, it kind of blows my underappreciated status. that was the cool place to be. that's the place you want to be. >> because it's more comfortable there. you're not as exposed, right? >> yeah. for all kinds of reasons. you know, it's just -- it's just nicer. you know, to be not put on the spot, you know, of having to, you know, beat anything else or anything. no, it's really -- it's wonderful to be acknowledged by your peers, you know, for guys to do what you do, to get that tip. in the nomination. that feels -- >> are you comfort

gold. >> her designs have become so popular she's been asked to paint custom mixers for swag bags at the oscarsif you're thinking of getting one for the pastry chef in your family, be prepared to pay. a custom design will cost you as much as $1,400. >> it's a tough thing for a guy. it's like handing her a vacuum cleaner. >> it's like, hey, honey. go to work. still ahead on "today in the bay." windy weather continues. christina will have yourest forecast. bthwa aiorsrrre back in action. >>> strong winds continue to hammer the bay area. good morning. i'm marla tellez. the latest on power outages and what to expect for the windy morning commute coming

oscar trophies. workers and management are fighting over a proposed a wage freeze and benefit cuts. the company makes the third-half inch gold-how 13 men have into golden statues. the academy says do not worry they have because of low oscars and the academy will go on next year. her where time of the year that is what johnny mathis sings, and he is coming live to cupertino we will tell you more about that with a man that is a constant producer. what does dolly parton want to address. what is it like being a producer and what is the psychiatric bills. all of that coming up. >>reporter: kron4 new year's live is the only show it brings home the spectacular fireworks show of the bay and tension the best and biggest parties around. this all starts at 11:30 p.m.. and and then my phone the need everything that you love. i just love him, and still have it. mcdonnell it are written bring him close. the runs newhart, from the bart alenia concerts'.com. who have brought a diana ross and all kinds of people. it cancelled plant aren't and then tell me about johnny mathis. >> if such a special show. whom--he is amazing he sounds better, i

oscar after winning but the next winner may not get a trophy at all. there is a labor dispute at the chicago manufacturing company where the gold statues are made.ve? >>dave: it will forever be remembered as the most important game in football history. in 1944, army ranked number one, and navy ranked number two took to the field as the height of world war ii and rallied our country. randy roberts, the author of "a team for america," join us from indianapolis. what a wonderful book this is for folks that don't know this story. how did a football game in the words of the title rally our nation. >>guest: this is the story that i try to tell is the war of red blank, the coach of army. in 1940 army was a dreadful football team. they only won one game. and that year they got a new superintendent, a guy by the name of robert, and he said, you know, there is a war coming, and the united states army cannot be represented on a football field by a dreadful team. therefore, what we need to do is to prove -- improved it so he hired a professional coach, red blake, and it was his job to town the dreadful team into a national champion and by 1944, december 2nd