first tonight, our conversation with legendary singer-songwriter randy newman. he recently garnered his 20th oscar nomination for his song and the film "toy story 3." "toy story 3" is now the most successful hollywood that animated film in history. also, actress at maria bello. she is in the new film "the company men." we're glad that you have joined us. randy newman and maria bello, coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: pleased to welcome randy newman to this program. the legendary singer-songwriter it is a 20 time oscar nominee, who

randy newman, 20 award nominations. congratulations. >> a poleasure. tavis: up next, actress maria bello. stay with us. pleased to welcome maria bello back to the program. she is part of the terrific cast of the new film, "the company men." here is a scene from "the company men." >> i will just to renegotiate with the union, start slow, see if we can grow. i think there is a business there. >> i sat in rooms and talked about how to destroy people's lives. i thought i could do more from the inside, save a few jobs here in there. if i did not do it, somebody else would. keep me in mind for a possible associate. i think i may be looking for a job. tavis: in this town and in life, i suspect, timing is everything. we were talking about how long ago this script was written, but the timing of the movie, given the subject matter -- >> it is so relevant to what is happening right now with the economy, but john wrote this years ago. i think he saw it happening, the beginning of the downside. it is stunning that it just happened to happen. tavis: tell us what the

tavis: randy newman will be performing on sunday night. i hope you enjoyed this look behind the oscar-nominated films. keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: join me next time with forrest whittaker. we will see you then. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. >> "bbc world news" is presented by kcet los angeles. funding for this presentation is made possible by... >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies.

show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: join me next time with legendary singer-songwriter randy newmanoscar nomination for "toy story 3." >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. >> be more.