. >> christopher plummer stepped in to replace spacey, and now plummer and scott are up for golden globeshow they pulled it off. >> all the money in the world. >> reporter: "all the money in the world" has become the tale of not one but two flawed men. john paul getty and the man originally cast to play him, kevin spacey. had you completely cut the film already? >> oh, yeah, i was done. i was delivered. i was walking away, already starting a new movie. >> reporter: then october 29th, less than two months before the scheduled release of the film, the actor, spacey was accused of putting a man on a bed. >> how much would you pay to release your grandson. >> reporter: spacey was starring alongside michelle williams in the true tale of getty's spacey? were you surprised at these revelations? >> we had very little interaction. >> reporter: okay. within weeks more than a dozen men had accused spacey of sexual misconduct. netflix soon announced their flagship "house of cards" would continue but without spacey. scott decided to recast and reshoot mere weeks from its then december 22nd release. he

boris being done to help laura plummer and her family. has made a direct representation on her behalf to the egyptian prime minister but even with all of that help it didn't stop her being sentenced today. this afternoon the foreign office has issued the most brief of statements in response to her sentencing, in which it says it will offer continued assistance to laura plummer and her family, will offer continued assistance to laura plummerand herfamily, and its embassy in egypt is in constant contact with the authorities there. thank you. academic institutions have been warned by the government that that they must protect freedom of speech or face possible fines. the universities minister, jojohnson, said they had a duty to ensure students could both hear, and challenge controversial ideas. some universities and student groups have banned speakers advocating disputed points of view on subjects including israel's relations with the palestinians, the role of the british empire, and transgender rights. we don't need people to be cosseted. w

christopher plummer replaced kevin spacey in this movie.lier this year, kevin spacey shot his scenes as j. paul getty, and then his sexual allegations came out in late october, and then in november it was announced that christopher plummer would reshoot all of kevin spacey's scenes to make the release date this december, which is absolutely crazy. so i spoke to sir ridley scott and christopher plummer about this change and the idea of casting spacey first, even though plummer was reportedly his first choice. watch this. ♪♪ >> plummer was actually an initial choice of yours, and i was curious why you -- what was the reasoning to go with originally? what was the choice there? >> you know, it's probably vaguely kind of commercial reasons, the fact that this can be perceived as a talking-heads movie, and it's not. it's kind of quite violent and it's quite stressful, and i think it's a bit of a thriller as well, even though it's about something that actually happened. but, you know, kevin has had recently such dramatic, you know -- people are ve

laura plummer, who's 33, was convicted of drug smuggling.earlier my colleague simon mccoy spoke to her mp, labour's karl turner about laura. she's a woman of good character, a decent, honest, ha rd—working she's a woman of good character, a decent, honest, hard—working british woman from hull, who has had not so much as a parking violation, and she has found herself in this terrible predicament where she faces a custodial sentence in a foreign prison. it is utterly terrifying for her. what do you make of this apparent misunderstanding in court of the hearing yesterday which led to today's's. .. it of the hearing yesterday which led to today's's... it wasn't of the hearing yesterday which led to today's's. .. it wasn't a of the hearing yesterday which led to today's's... it wasn't a hearing because she was sentenced to three yea rs, because she was sentenced to three years, the conviction was there already. how do you understand any appeal will be taken forward?” don't know if that's correct, i spoke to the lawyer, mr osman yesterday, and com

reporter: laura plummer's family and friends say she is naÏve, not a criminal.but today, the 33-year-old shop worker from hull is beginning a three-year sentence in jail in egypt. her mother and her egyptian partner have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. laura plummer had been traveling to the red sea resort to visit omar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. in her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain but banned in egypt. she said the tablets were for her partner, who suffers from severe back pain. but she was arrested and has been held since then in a communal cell with up to 25 women. her family at home in hull have described today's sentence as horrendous. >> she's a phenomenal girl. she works in hull. she sells clothes, she comes home, watches telly and goes to bed for she doesn't drink, she doesn't smoke, she doesn't do anything. she lives to go to egypt, she people, she is in love with omar. we can't believe this is happening to us. we are absolutely devastated.

plummer and scott are up for golden globes. how did they pull this off? nick watt. >> you have all the money in the world. >> reporter: "all the money in the world" has become the title of not one but two powerful men. john paul getty and the man originally cast to play him, kevin spacey.you completely cut already? >> oh, yeah, i was done. i was delivered. i was walking away. i had already started another movie. >> reporter: then october 29, less than two months before the scheduled release of the film, d and climbing on top of him d during a party in the '80s when rapp was just 14. spacey claims not to remember the incident but apologized for any hurt. were you surprised when the revelations came out about him? >> not completely surprised. i knew he had a bit of a reputation. i keep out of that. i don't read tabloid. don't touch it. all i'm concerned about is the individuals as an artist. >> how how much would you pay to release your grandson? >> reporter: spacey was starring alongside michelle williams in the true tale of the kidnapping of getty's grand

when laura plummer came back in october, she came to meet her boyfriend in a resort at the red sea.ught around 290 tramadol tablets as well as naproxen for his back pain. she was arrested for carrying the tablets in her suitcase. she said she did not know the drug was banned in egypt. she did not know about that, and she had brought it for her boyfriend. however, the court found her guilty of bringing and smuggling drugs into the country, and therefore came the verdict of today. her lawyer told us yesterday that there were some lost in translation issues in the court. as she was asked by one of the judges about the accusation, and she pleaded guilty, but she said she didn't understand the question very well. we also understand that the lawyer is willing to appeal that verdict. laura plummer‘s mp, labour's karl turner, has been giving his reaction to the news. terribly disappointing to the family. the family are devastated. i have spoken to neville, laura's dad, already. i spoke with family members yesterday. they were optimistic this might be a happier result. but laura, most of all

the case of laura plummer, the british woman jailed brexit. plummer, the british womanjailed in egypt is on the mirror. the financial times says that retail is disappointing with a drop in footfall for traditional boxing day sales. the sun leads with british troops being asked to use gender neutral words. and in the express says a stroll in the garden could help to fight dementia. thank you for being with us dementia. thank you for being with us to beginning with the time and a distressing story about the use, potentially, of the internet for the abuse of children. it is a horrible story but it is no real secret that abused children have appeared on youtube. the brazen part about this, the new part, is that now paedophiles are emblazoned in the videos with any mail addresses. people can get in touch with them. —— e—mail addresses. a legal expert is questioning whether or not this would be illegal. in a sense, you are putting children for word and there is always a danger of what might happen after that. it is an opinion but any right minded pe

laura plummer had been travelling to the red sea resort of hurghada to visit omar in october when sheed by the authorities. in her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain but banned in egypt. she said the tablets were for her partner, who suffers from severe back pain, but she was arrested and has been held since then in a communal cell with up to 25 women. herfamily at home in hull have described today's sentence as horrendous. she's just a normal girl who works in hull. she just sells clothes, she comes home, she watches telly and she goes to bed. she doesn't drink, she doesn't smoke, she doesn't do anything. she lives to go to egypt. she loves egypt. she loves the egyptian people. she's in love with omar. we cannot believe this has happened to her. we are absolutely devastated. laura plummer had been going on holiday to egypt's red sea resort for several years but, for her supporters, she has been let down by the country she loved. this woman doesn't deserve to be incarcerated in an egyptian prison and, to be honest with you, as mu

but first the case of laura plummer. jailed for taking drugs into egypt. she comes from hull city, she went out in october to see her partner and she was arrested on suspicion of trafficking drugs at the airport. she was found with 290 tramadol tablets in her luggage which she claims were for her partner who suffers from chronic back pain. tramadol is a very heavy duty pain reliever which you can only get in this country in prescription. herfamily only get in this country in prescription. her family obviously devastated, she has been in a jail ina communal devastated, she has been in a jail in a communal cell since being arrested in october and clearly very distressing. but there are i think questions about, if the prescription for tramadol was not for her then who was at four. because you can ta ke who was at four. because you can take prescription drugs legally providing you can prove that they are for you and you have only the amount you need. so you think if she had been able to accept a prescription, present bad, that would have helped her case? exact

laura plummer, who's 33 and from hull, was arrested in october when she was found carrying almost 300lets of the painkiller, tramadol, in her suitcase. daniela relph reports. laura plummer‘s family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal. but today the 33—year—old shop workerfrom hull is beginning a three—year sentence injail in egypt. her mother, roberta, and her egyptian partner, 0mar caboo, have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. laura plummer had been travelling to the red sea resort of hurghada to visit 0mar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. in her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain but banned in egypt. she said the tablets were for her partner, who suffers from severe back pain, but she was arrested and has been held since then in a communal cell with up to 25 women. herfamily at home in hull have described today's sentence as horrendous. she's just a normal girl who works in hull. she just sells clothes, she comes home, she watches telly and she goes to bed. she doesn't drink

so they went and replaced spacey with christopher plummer and christopher plummer reshot all of kevinis unprecedented. i'd never heard of anything like that before in my life. so, today i'm sitting down with christopher plummer and ridley scott and mark wahlberg and machine williams to discuss how the heck it was even possible to replace spacey and put plumber int wahlberg and michelle williams were all for it. they came in and did the reshoots. i'm fascinated about how they were able to build that momentum up again, get back into that emotional place. when filming these scenes i wonder if plummer redid every scene spacey did in the film. it's an interesting story and i know that -- i read somewhere on friday that plummer actually did not rewatch spacey's scenes from the original cut of the movie 'cause he wanted to make the performances his own but i'm curious now that he's filmed it and the movie is done, it's coming out on christmas day will he kind of go back out of curiosity and ask sir ridley scott if he can watch the original cut of the movie. what a story, right? how is that p

. >> that's christopher plummer, who replaced kevin spacey in the film.ley scott scrambled to reshoot scenes in just ten days at a cost of $10 million. michelle williams plays the destraight mother of get till's kidnapped grandson. >> you go toe to toe a lot with christopher plummer. what was it like shooting those scenes and how was it different shooting with kevin spacey? >> two very different actors, two very different men, and they brought very different qualities to the role. >> williams says plummer is a hero to her, and one more thing about michelle. she, of course, has the same name as the destiny's child singer and she told kevin how it led to an awkward mixup. >> i'll tell you what. let me tell you when i really got confused. >> okay. >> for the other michelle williams. when ik stevie wonder. they were like, huh? i was like, uh-huh. and they were like -- oh! oh, oh! oh. >> "all the money in the world" hits theaters christmas day. our next movie had a much easier time making it to the theaters. i can't imagine a set that would have been more fun

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laura plummer, who's 33 and from hull, was arrested in october. emily unia is here.o egypt on october the 9th, going to visit her egyptian partner who reportedly suffers from severe back pain, and in hersuitcase reportedly suffers from severe back pain, and in her suitcase were 250 tramadol tablets, it is legal in the uk, but it is banned in egypt and is the most abused drug. apparently she had no idea these drugs were banned in egypt, she was simply taking them to her partner. her family have been campaigning on her behalf are the last two months, haven't they? yes, her mother roberta sinclair is in egypt, she travelled out for the hearing which ended up happening today. they are saying that she is being held in terrible conditions in a communal cell with no beds, sharing with 25 other women. she thought it was a joke when she was pulled over by officials, she said, was todd she was carrying illegal drugs. lawyers have lodged an immediate appeal. emily, thank you very much indeed. the universities minister, jojohnson, will use a speech this afternoon to warn that ac

there has beena plummer has a nomination.yone who has seen the trailer to understand what it is about. that is not what is happening here, this is not aboutjohn paul getty. it is about ridley scott and the removal of kevin spacey. seth meyers is going to be the host, you can be sure that there will be ple nty of can be sure that there will be plenty of comments about this, the golden globes tends to be a somewhat champagne fuelled affair when things get a little more casual and of script and the oscars, so coming as it does now right after this election coming up in alabama and all that has gone on the sheer politically, with the sexual harassment, you can be pretty sure it is going to be a night. thank you for joining it is going to be a night. thank you forjoining us. when i was in la last week, those billboards were all over the place with christopher plummer‘s name all over it. it was super fast that they turn that movie around. just before we go, the united states could soon be sending humans back to the moon and beyond.

premiere last night in los angeles where his christopher plummer at eighty eight years. he accepted this role immediately. you can see him there with ridley scott on the red carpet along with the actual lead actors michelle williams and in just a moment you'll see mark wahlberg not really scott literally we shot all of the scenes with spaces character it was a move the costume an extra ten million dollars that's a quarter of the movie's original budget but he and the production company felt that it was necessary to salvage the film that in this situation with the bases name on it obviously it could cloud its oscar chances and possibly even dampen put a damper on its commercial prospects so an incredible feat in the very short time that it that was available so let's let's have a quick look at the film. michelle williams plays the mother of kidnapped yesterday the first is an agent hired by the family to oversee the investigation. must be very frightened right now i know i'm frightened for him. because out to the people. i don't care why you did this but i asked as a moth

laura plummer, who's 33 and from england's north, was arrested in october when she was found carryinge painkiller, tramadol, in her suitcase. daniela relph reports. laura plummer‘s family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal. but today the 33—year—old shop workerfrom hull is beginning a three—year sentence injail in egypt. her mother, roberta, and her egyptian partner, omar caboo, have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. laura plummer had been travelling to the red sea resort of hurghada to visit omar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. in her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain, but banned in egypt. she said the tablets were for her partner, who suffers from severe back pain, but she was arrested and has been held since then in a communal cell with up to 25 women. herfamily at home in hull have described today's sentence as horrendous. she's just a normal girl who works in hull. she just sells clothes, she comes home, she watches telly and she goes to bed. she doesn't drink, she doe

laura plummer, who's 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller, tramadolich is banned in egypt. a spokesman from the foreign office says they will continue to provide assistance to the family. my colleague in cairo, hanan razek, has been speaking to laura plummer‘s family who say they are shocked by today's sentencing. i was just speaking to laura's mother and she tells me she is still shocked after the verdict. she says she cannot believe it after waiting the two months and then having this verdict. back in october laura was arrested as she tried to enter the country and they found around 300 tramadol tablets in her suitcase. laura said she brought those tablets for her boyfriend, as he suffers from severe back pain. this is a painkiller that is prescribed and it's fine to get it in the uk. but it's fine to get it in the uk. but it is banned here in egypt and you can only get it through medical prescriptions, as it is popularly used among some young people as a sort of drug, as it is a cheaper way to get drugs. what happens now by way of a possible appeal

it is a tragedy for laura plummer and herfamily, but it's bad for british citizens who want to visitholiday as well. as i say, the egyptian authorities need to be mindful of that. two people have died including a police officer following a collision in sheffield last night. police were responding to an incident when it collided with a citreon c3 travelling in the opposite direction on the a57. the 46—year—old police officer driving the car was pronounced dead shortly after the incident and a 61—year—old woman, who was a passenger in the citroen was taken to hospital but passed away shortly after. an investigation is under way the cause of the incident. the universities minister, jojohnson, will use a speech today to warn that academic institutions must protect free speech. he'll say students must be able to both hear and challenge controversial views during their years of study. some universities and student groups have refused entry to speakers, as edward curwen reports. time spent at university must open minds, not close them. that's the view ofjojohnson, the universities minister,

laura plummer, the britonjailed in egypt for drug offences, has been moved to a different egyptian prisonso in the next hour. prince harry takes a turn editing the today programme on radio 4. he interviewed the former us president, barack obama, who said irresponsible use of social media is spreading misinformation and reinforcing bias. southampton centre—back virgil van dijk willjoin liverpool when the transfer window re—opens for £75 million, a world record for a defender. in halfan in half an hour i'll be looking back ona in half an hour i'll be looking back on a momentous year for science, in half an hour i'll be looking back on a momentous year for science, one that saw a spectacular finale to a 20 year mission to saturn. that's the year in good evening and welcome to bbc news. snow and ice are still causing disruption for many people in parts of the uk, with thousands of homes without power and dangerous conditions on the roads. the runway at stansted airport was closed twice during the day, with a number of flights cancelled and there are currently yellow weather warnings for ice f

also coming up the premiere of ridley scott's new movie with some last minute changes christopher plummer fills in for kevin spacey after multiple accusations of sexual misconduct. and we'll look ahead to the upcoming games in the german cup as a high flying shall go post a rejuvenated cologne in the round of sixteen. thank you very much for your company. last year on this very day terrorists struck in the heart of berlin when a man plowed into a christmas market survivors and dignitaries gather to remember the victims and a memorial was unveiled for the twelve people who died in the dozens who were wounded when the attacker drove a truck into crowds enjoying the festive season the attack on the berlin christmas market happened exactly a year ago relatives of the victims gather to commemorate their loved ones alongside those who had come to the aid of those injured at the scene a gash in the ground filled with metal along with the names of those who died here serves as a reminder of the tragic events there are. at dimensional islams of a media attack a tall loved ones from our lives whom

laura plummer the briton jailed laura plummer the britonjailed in egypt for drug offences has been moved ran grenfell tower is handing back control of its other properties to the local council, saying it can no longer give tenants the service they expect. the kensington and chelsea tenant management organisation has responsibility for 9000 properties, as andy moore reports. grenfell tower is owned by the local council, but it was run by one of the largest tenant management organisations in the country. this body manages thousands of properties in the area. it was this management organisation that made the now—controversial decision to refurbish grenfell tower in cladding suspected of fuelling the fire. both it and the local council are now under investigation by the police, over possible corporate manslaughter charges. the organisation has now sent out a letter saying it would be in the best interests of all residents that the services which the tenant management organisation currently provides are handed back to the council. the handover, which will start at the end of next month, means

the lawyer for laura plummer.ham, it was a mum from norfolk who managed to capture the perfect image on her phone. this photograph taken by karen murdoch has now been used by journalists from all over the world. she says she hopes its sale will help with her daughter's university costs. she spoke to bbc breakfast this morning and explained what it's been like since she took the image. in one word, overwhelming. i've had five likes, maybe, on a tweet before! i just... it is a nice photo, though. i do like it. it's a great photo! yeah, it's lovely. but it's bonkers. now, there's another word for you — bonkers! laughter. so, karen, tell us how you managed to get that shot. because you were down there with your daughter. paint the picture for us, how did you get that perfect picture? yes, well, i was with my daughter, rachel, and my friend sara. and i literally, and i hate to sound like a bit of a geek here, but i was fangirling! i was literally, we were all like, "merry christmas!" as you can probably tell, i can get

once sexual assault allegations against spacey surfaced, it was announced christopher plummer was iny was out. i was with the all--star cast. they said the move was the right decision. when did you have to find out you had to reshoot some of the scenes? >> think the day that it happened, i was talking to you. will and i were doing the youjut for daddy's i go back to the hotel. the director is at the dining room table. >> ridley scott said recasting spacey was critical to saving the movie. first, he had to sign on christopher flplummer. >> once i got his agreement, it was a matter of efficiency. >> great crew. great team. >> 36 hours, i knew what i was going to do. >> reporter: the director shot the new scenes in ten days at a cost of $10 million. last week, the film earned three golden globe nominations for ridley scott, michelle williams, who lays the abducted grandson's mother, and christopher plummer. what does it mean to be nominated for the movie already? >> i'm thrilled. it's wild. >> reporter: mark wahlberg was the world's highest paid actor. he's packing on the muscle for his

christopher plummer replaced kevin spacey in this movie.hoice. watch this. ♪♪ >> plummer was actually an initial choice of yours, and i was curious why you -- what was the reasoning to go with spacey originally? what was the choice there? >> you know, it's probably vaguely kind of commercial reasons, the fact that this can be perceived as a talking-heads movie, and it's not. it's kind of quite violent and it's quite stressful, and i think it's a bit of a thriller as well, even though it's about something that actually happened. but, you know, kevin has had recently such dramatic, you know -- people are very aware of him because of "house of cards." >> yeah. >> and therefore it made good sense on a film that's a tricky sell against crushing cars and killing people and monsters and bloody zombies and things like that. i need as much as i can to actually sell, and therefore -- and the difference as actors, they're both marvelous actors. actors. and so -- but i lent for kevin, but then i was wrong. >> we need to pay the ransom, mr. getty. >> i

laura plummer, the britonjailed in egypt for drug offences, has been moved to a different egyptian prison. also in the next hour: prince harry takes a turn editing the today programme on radio 4. he interviewed the former us president, barack obama, who said irresponsible use of social media is spreading misinformation and reinforcing bias. southampton centre—back virgil van dijk willjoin liverpool when the transfer window re—opens for £75 million — a world record for a defender. and at 11:30 we'll bring you the paper review, with the independent‘sjosie cox and tom bergin from reuters. a very good evening to use and welcome to bbc news. the met office has issued 15 snow or ice warnings tonight, covering northern ireland, all of wales, and most areas of england and scotland. it follows a day of disruption in much of the uk with dangerous conditions on major roads and the rac warning that things could get worse. the runway at stansted airport was closed twice during the day with a number of flights cancelled. and thousands of homes have been left without power, as our correspondent phil mac

christopher plummer gets a nod for his role in all the money in the world replacing kevin spacey, ands a front-runner. wednesday's announcement of the nominations was more like the niecy nash and olivia munn show. >> benedict cumberbatch. sherlock, the lying detective. >> was that dramatic? >> that was pretty awesome. >> orange, the new black. >> niecy and olivia met for the first time that morning and they told me it was a spontaneous decision to go totally off script. >> somebody is probably writing a buddy comedy for us right now. >> the s.a.g. awards are going to be a celebration of women when the show is broadcast live in january. "e.t." has learned that all 13 acting awards will be presented by women. among the nominees, nicole kidman, reese witherspoon, laura dern, margot robbie, allison janney, and mary j blige. kristen bell has been tapped as the host. >> i'm so nervous. the ss being the first person ever because you -- >> back to the globes, next year's golden globe ambassadors, none other than the rock's daughter. she was with her dad this week and their every expanding fam

laura plummer who was jailed in egypt for drugs offences has been moved to a different prison.aura plummer — who has beenjailed in egypt for drug smuggling — has told the bbc she has already been transferred to another prison. let's speak to our correspondent matthew thompson who can bring us up to date with the latest. well what we do know from speaking to the family and her lawyer is that she has been moved to an infamous prison in upper egypt. it is notorious both for its inmates, human rights groups say contains a number of so—called islamic state fighters but most significantly for the squalor in which it is supposed to exist. the lawyer has said they're trying to get laura moved to another more sanitary prison closer to cairo but it is not certain if that will be possible. that will add to the worries the family have about her mental condition in terms of withstanding the stress of her ordeal. absolutely, on christmas day when the trial was meant to happen it had to be stopped in large part because of laura just not being in a fit state to continue. what is meant to have

how did "all the money in the world" director ridley scott cast christopher plummer as a last-minutement for scandal-plagued kevin spacey? we are now learning how he pulled it off in secrecy. a story in ridley scott had called casting agencies looking for an actor to play a 90 year old man, everyone would of known that kevin spacey was being replaced. that's when you call "wonder woman" to the rescue -- or, rather, "wonder woman" director patty jenkins, who put out the casting call for a role in a t-v series she's developing. the ruse worked, ridley got his reshoots and christopher plummer, and co-star michelle williams all got golden globe nominations. what do rich people get each other for christmas? well if you're kim and kanye, you give money. kim adrianna: a winter weather alert. parts of the d.c. area waking up to flurries. everyone is feeling the freeze this morning. stormwatch sesame and is watching the bitter cold end of 2017. than four feet of snow near the great lakes. it is not stopping any times 10. the question is, how close does it get to us? eileen whelan is here. the