christopher plummer is 88, he was 87 when that was happening and you had thought of him.was your first choice. why do you not cast him in the beginning. >> well, there is something to do with the fact that he has a lot to say and do. the fact he's 87 and you think okay, i've got kevin as well but it will mean a lot of makeup but i'm going to go for the younger man. that simple. >> so let's just recount. it's his grandson, john paul getty iii who is kidnapped in rome and the kidnappers ask for $17 million. >> yes. >> now we're going to play a clip where john paul getty is talking to assistant, mark wahlberg, who is trying to convince him he needs to give out a bit. >> they will do things to paul that can't be undone for any amount of money. we have to pay. >> it isn't possible. my financial position has changed. >> really? 30 seconds ago you said it was a good day. i'm not all that bright but i can multiply as well as you. with oil up as much as it was this morning, you have amassed another fortune. >> what if the embargo is lifted and oil were to crash, i would be exposed

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to be that's that's going to be a screaming or it will look if they can put you know christopher plummer you know in the ridley scott my black berry oh really made a slight error here yeah you know what's interesting too is without giving away specifics because we believe that we want to protect spoilers here you know we won't about you know the government what they do but. what about the representation of of you know the character of black panther you know the home country of what condon even the villain was eric kill mongar what made that so game changing and groundbreaking for this type of movie like what what in that representation really jumped out well you know if you look at stories that resonate if you look at the batman origin story of how his parents were killed or even superman coming here i mean you had these people try to make a child and kill monger into like martin luther king and malcolm x. and which is which is stupid there's no there's no comparison there are contrast and kill monger is a a psychopathic murderer but he had this the in the movie you're asked to say well

be that's and that's going to be a screaming or it will look if they can put you know christopher plummer you know in the ridley scott right by their hero and remain a slayer here yeah you know what's interesting too is without giving away specifics because we believe that we want to protect spoilers here you know we won't about you know the government what they do but. what about the representation of of you know the character of black panther you know the home country of what condon even the villain was eric kill monger what made that so game changing him groundbreaking for this type of movie like what what in that representation really jumped out well you know if you look at stories that resonate if you look at the batman origin story of how his parents were killed or even superman coming here i mean you had these people try to make a child and kill monger into like martin luther king and malcolm x. and which is which is stupid there's no there's no comparison there are contrast and kill monger is a a psychopathic murderer but he had this the in the movie you're asked to say well how d

i've been a licensed plummer since 2004. grinder. >> reporter: jonathan told the story about how for three hours one time at a restaurant he had to clean out coffee grinds because they -- the acidity can erode the pipes. he said it was awful. stuff pouring all over him. but jonathan competes later tonight eastern time. so we'll see if he can go from plumbing pipes to gold medalist here in pyeongchang. >> i'm all for a plan b. >> if coffee grinds is the worst thing he could clean out of pipes as a plumber -- won't get into it. >> reporter: this is morning television. haven't had breakfast yet. >> a great story. thanks. >>> as for shaun white, he had the 100th united states gold medal at the winter games. there is a me too aspect to the story. moments after clinching the gold, shaun white was asked about sexual harassment allegations launched by a drummer in his band, bad things. >> you know, honestly, i'm here to talk about the olympics, not gossip. so -- but i don't think so. i am who i am, and i'm proud of who i am. and my

total ben carson." [ applause ] this next one is based on oscar-nominated actor christopher plummer,ting plummer'd." this is when your teacher gets replaced by a substitute in the middle of the semester because he did something bad. [ audience ohs ] [ light laughter ] for example, "my calculus teacher mr. wilson showed up to homecoming high on molly, and now he's totally getting plummer'd." [ laughter and applause ] up next, it's "instagrim." let's see what it means. it's someone who only posts incredibly sad photos online. [ light laughter ] for example, "i think trevor is in a bad place. he keeps posting photos of his dead fish with long poems attached. #instagrim." [ laughter and applause ] moving on, it's "whackintosh." here's the definition. the old computer in the school library that doesn't have a porn filter. [ laughter and applause ] here it is in a sentence. "good news, i found a whackintosh in the library. bad news, it took 60 minutes to download two seconds of video. #onlysawthepizza." [ laughter and applause ] moving on, we have "janet status." let's see the definition.

it's a wonderful, wonderful gift that ken plummer gave to us. my time. cedar. in the book i dedicate the book to michelle. it says, to michelle, thank you for making cedar our home. i imagine there's a number of veterans in the room and maybe others in your professional career that have moved around a lot, and every time you moved into a new house, it's a real challenge in making it a home. and for me, that always fell on my wife, michelle, to make it a home. and and especially every house that we lived in with our churn, she made it -- with our children, she made it especially a unique and special home. all these things are her touches, the way we entertain and engage guests and the crew and family and relatives was very special. and there's great memories i know i have as well as our predecessors and successors have as well. cedar where summer the office inside poplar, that's the command office building, poplar. and then my favorite building, holly. i mentioned holly previously. it's where churchill, roosevelt sat on the porch. it's where cart orer forced --

all the money in the world is nominated for with christopher plummer.ame time, so he is still pulling of these feeds of directing and that is why he is getting awarded a fellowship tonight. a bit more about that later. let's talk about the film we have not talked about much, the death of stalin. armando iannucci, best screenplay. and best film as well. it does not seem like obvious comedy material, the death ofa obvious comedy material, the death of a figure like stalin. certainly, the death was grim and hilarious at the death was grim and hilarious at the same time and that is what appealed to me about it. at the times they all said reign of terror, a despot, everyone is too scared to say the right thing or the wrong thing and everyone behaves abnormally. we found when we were researching it, people used to joke about stalin. but it is like comedy was the way out, it was the way of undercutting the terror. and you made the decision to have the actors using their own accents, inspired by sean connery in the hunt for red 0ctober. sean connery in the hunt

grinders, they are all olympians in their spare time have pretty labor intensive jobs one is a licensed plummerreminder of just how hard these athletes work to become an olympian medal board still has norway in the lead, guys we are behind our pace at this point where we were in the sochi games in terms of medals with 8. i think we had 14 at this stage when sochi was going on, canada, netherlands, germany, with double digits. we will see if these al pine events now the wind has died down, we will catch up mikaela shiffrin had a great day on the slalom. she has several big events, not just on friday, on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday of next week. >> winning by less than half a second so incredible. we know you are working overnight because of the time difference i'm curious what the hardest and hottest ticket in town to get is what are people talking about right now? >> reporter: curling is hard to get into i heard some people complaining curling was sold out you got to know a sponsor, you know anybody with a visa who can get in hockey is right behind me. can you see people over this shoulder

be that's and that's going to be a screaming or it will look if they can put you know christopher plummer you know in the ridley scott right behind her you know remaining slayer here you know you know like you know what's interesting too is without giving away specifics because we believe that we want to protect spoilers here you know we won't about you know the government what they do but. what about the representation of of you know the character of black panther you know the home country of what condon even the villain was eric kill monger what made that so game changing him groundbreaking for this type of movie like what what in that representation really jumped out well you know if you look at stories that resonate if you look at the batman origin story of how his parents were killed or even superman coming here i mean you had these people try to make a child and kill monger into like martin luther king and malcolm x. and which is which is stupid there's no there's no comparison there are contrast and kill monger is a a psychopathic murderer but he had this the in the movie you're as