another big winner was bohemian rhapsody.ur gongs — with rami malek getting best actor for playing the late singer freddie mercury. i may not have been the obvious choice but i guess it worked out! thank you, queen, thank you, guys, for allowing me to be the tiniest part of your phenomenal, extraordinary legacy. it was a more diverse oscars line—up than ever before with the black superhero movie black panther winning three awards and spike lee taking his first ever oscar for blackkkkla nsman. the 2020 presidential election is around the corner! let's all mobilise, let's all be on the right side of history, let's do the right thing! you know i had to get that in there! it may be the middle of the night but the oscars aftershow parties are well underway in hollywood. our correspondent dan johnson is on the red carpet at the vanity fair party. an enviable place to be! yes, it's have passed one in the morning here but the after show parties are only really getting underway. this is the most prestigious place to be if you have got

bohemian rhapsody. #we envelope.will rock you... # we will, we will rock you... #we # we will, we will rock you... # we will, we will rock you... # we will, we will rock you... applause. #we applause. # we will, we will rock you... # sing it! #we sing it! # we will... laughter. applause. thank you very much to bafta and all oui’ thank you very much to bafta and all our fellow nominees. we are truly honoured and overjoyed to win this award for best sound. we owe huge thanks to graham king, a denis o'sullivan, for the decade they put into putting this together. thanks to all be cast and crew. and their personal things to our own team. for all the hard work and late nights. there is no way this film would ever have been made if it wasn't for queen. primate, roger taylor, and your whole team. thank you for trusting us and all your support will the way three —— brian may. and most important, thank you for the awesome music. applause. i would like to add a brief thank you to our picture editor. everyone at twickenham studi

how he is betrayed and bohemian rhapsody, not because of bohemian rhapsody, not because of bohemian rhapsodyhe had a lot to do and how that film looks, how it works, and also the one big he does surround bohemian rhapsody, we should talk about it while ryan may representing that sound, of course it was directed by brian singer, over whom sexual allegations has been hanging due to a recent article that had come to light. it's been going on for a long time, but he was fired from that picture, bohemian rhapsody, and dexter fletcher took over and finished the picture. so brian singer who would have been nominated as a producer for that film, he is nomination for that film has since been suspended by bafta who are reacting politically to those allegations. i think we still have pictures of him, he hasjust begun martinson has just arrived. greenback may take us all by surprise, the little film that could, and while it hasn't got a whole hullabaloo could, and while it hasn't got a whole hulla baloo around could, and while it hasn't got a whole hullabaloo around it, it's winning hearts. an old-schoo

bryan singer, the director of queen biopic bohemian rhapsody, has his bafta nomination suspended over allegations of sexual abuse. he denies the claims. in business — capital punishment. financialfirms to move hundreds of billions of dollars in assets out of the uk ahead of brexit, with $1 trillion already gone since the referendum. also in business briefing — poacher turned gamekeeper. president trump nominates an arch critic of the world bank to be its new boss. good to have you with us, it is a packed programme as ever. we'll brief you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme, more advice for parents: don't assume a child is happy to have their photo published online. are you a serial ‘sharenter‘? that's a parent overusing social media to share content based on their children. tell us what you think. just use the hashtag, #bbcthebriefing. we begin with brexit today. theresa may will meet eu leaders in brussels today to demand a renegotiation of the brexit withdrawal agreement. she will insist that the uk won't be trapped in the backstop — th

the director of the queen biopic bohemian rhapsody, bryan singer, has had his name suspended from theegations he abused underaged boys. he's denied the claims and described them as a homophobic slur. kim gittleson has more. this is supposed to be a victory lap for the actor whose turn as freddie mercury in the movie bohemian rhapsody has earned him a series of nominations for some of the film ‘s biggest awards. but his success as channelling the front man of the band queen is in danger of being overshadowed by allegations published by the atlantic magazine that the movie ‘s director ram sena had pitched —— abused underaged boys. now the awards committee had suspended his name from the him in rhapsody ‘s nomination for outstanding british on. —— british film. ina outstanding british on. —— british film. in a statement, bafta considers the behaviour completely unacceptable and incompatible with its values. the singer had been fired from the production three weeks before filming ended but was still credited with directing the movie. he hasn't commented on the suspension in response to th

in the favourite and rami malek won best actor for his portrayal of freddie mercury in bohemian rhapsodyohnson is in hollywood. you are at the vanity fair party. have the stars arrived yet? people are starting to arrive here. there we re are starting to arrive here. there were some people who turned up early because they came here to actually watch the ceremony itself and that has just finished across the way in hollywood the people are starting to come here to the real after party, the real celebration and jeff goldblum is just here, the real celebration and jeff goldblum isjust here, lots the real celebration and jeff goldblum is just here, lots of people here, lots of smart suit and fa ncy people here, lots of smart suit and fancy frocks and plots to celebrate, it has been an interesting night and perhaps surprisingly good hasn't been one big standout, single film that has won loads of awards, the awards tonight seem to have been spread around quite a bit so best pick went to green book, that is a road trip through the racially segregated south america that in the 19605, segregated so

rami malek was named best actor for his part in bohemian rhapsody.mised to do more to protect children. speaking at the end of the roman catholic conference on paedophilia within the clergy, he said victims would now be the priority. venezuelan soldiers who defected to colombia on saturday say they fear for the safety of their families under president nicolas maduro's government. one officer told the bbc that forces loyal to mr maduro could lash out at his family because he had heeded the opposition‘s call to defect. those are the headlines.

and bohemian rhapsody.alk of this down with our performance they gave at the start of the show and rami malek winning best actor. a lot of to talk about. a varied set of award winners. they to discuss this evening. absolutely. as is traditional, we will be popping back to you throughout the morning, especially when you speak to olivia colman. no pressure. theresa may says mps will have another chance to approve or reject her brexit deal by the 12th of march — just over two weeks before britain is due to leave the eu. she was speaking in egypt where a summit of eu and arab leaders is taking place. our political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. nick, it is the beginning of the week, monday, tell us what we know about the timetable for brexit. what is not going to happen this week if there is not going to be a new deal for mps to vote on. there had been hopes that would be the case. the pm has meekly at that is not happening. that has left some really worried. they will use a vote on wednesday to

one big at the golden globes but can bohemian rhapsody take best film of the oscars already rocked by controversy. and their own anytime in sports capital pushes to become the front runners in the sport of kings. we will gradually see some quieter weather coming into central parts of the mediterranean just around grace southern parts of the balkans we had the violent winds here recently that bora wind further south some very very a wet weather at a time some wintry weather still cold enough a little bit of snow into parts of greece as we go through monday temperatures in athens get up to around eight celsius still quite a keen wind not quite as windy as it has been over the past day or so and those winds easing back to just around the adriatic further north it is generate dry bits of clout there perhaps some wintry flurries over towards that western side of russia to ourselves to support for vienna we're getting into the mid teens once again in london paris will love the sunshine and it warms up further as we go on through choose the gorgeous weather coming through writing celsius the

rami malek who starred as queen front man eddie mercury in "bohemian rhapsody" and glenn close for best actress in her role as "the wife." let's get the perspective of a person who knows really well on how this could play out. richard fitzwilliams here with a review, a film commentate, joining us from london. pleasure to have you on the show, richard. >> well, it will be a fascinating evening and you had a wonderful report of "roma" and yalitza aparicio, who is a glorious actress, wonderful performance in it. i suspect everybody thinks "roma" is going to win and that will make history, first foreign language film ever to win best picture, there have been ten nominated, nominated ten times in different categories. and also, of course, it will make history as being a netflix movie. netflix has spent some $30 million promoting it. so all of this is completely

and the critics were so critical of bohemian rhapsody, and i know you are one.audience have voted with their feet, and i was at a bafta screening where remi malik was president and he said it went —— where he was present and it went down well with the voters.” where he was present and it went down well with the voters. i haven't been able to see it, but tell me about a star is born, because bradley cooper has a couple of nominations, actor and director, and lady gaga as well. i think this might be one of those films that is a lwa ys might be one of those films that is always the bridesmaid, never the bride, it has been awarded a7, but at the golden globes it only took one award. it is a very enjoyable film, i think the directing is terrific, lady gaga is tremendous, but is is falling short of the other films in terms of buzz. i'm not sure it will be very happy tonight. and looking towards the oscars, we are little bit biased here and everything. olivia colman, could she get the oscar, do you think? possibly. again, it is between her and glenn close, and that the

. >> but wait till you see part two of the high >> why bohemian rhapsody is built for boom whackers. >>> plus, the buzz word for your shot to win a new ipad mini and upeb. rgiin >> we don't have a corgi. >> see how it leads to sheer chaos at rtm. >>> not a new show but -- >> it's actually a sanctuary ine some goats, but these goats, many of them are not like everyday goats because some of them ride motorcycles. >> if only they could. but they sort of do. >> if you consider their wheels a motorcycle. for them, it gets them around. >> it's like a special needs goat rescue? >> yes, 'it is. and we're going to see a first for walking pets. they took an interest to goets of an arc kip because they gifted them some of these wheels. they made their first set of wheelstor ducks. that's merlin. he was having trouble walking, his legal web feet having some issues. so they made a walker for him too. >> wouldn't it be amazing if they could create prosthetics for these goats. >> your wish is our command. some of them have prosthetic legs like this one. one of them has two. one of them has three. w

he was fired before filming finished on "rhapsody," for "unreliable behavior" on set, but remains thedited director."it feels like it has a, a special significance." oscar winner gary oldman is headed to "dreamland," a thriller about the international opioid crisis. armie hammer is also set to star, as is evangeline lilly... shooting is underway in detroit and montreal. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll be back with more of your kron 4 morning news after the break. (robin) welcome back. ty of blue to them morning yesterday as well. temperatures are icy cold outside again to start with daytime highs looking comfortable this afternoon back into the 50's. skies will remain dry today before rainfall pushes in into early friday morning. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge min from the toll to 101.

award went to brought me not like the his put trial of freddie mccurry in the film but he me and rhapsody like was the favorite to win the award after taking a host of trophies this season including a golden globe. you know my dad didn't get to see me do any of this. but i think she's looking down on me right now so the this is the a monumental moment. for their vehicle may be the best actress award was a bit more of a surprise alethia coleman took the oscar for playing british queen and in the costume drama the favorite subject said no one was more surprised than the boy this is a loner yes i. am and ask you that perhaps for many the biggest surprise of the night was the biggest prize the best picture award the budget went to the secular day sion era drama green book the road trip story covers controversial ground but accepting the award directing peter farrelly said it was an important one to tell this is he's right this is the whole story is about love it's about loving each other and despite our differences and finding out the truth about who we are we're the same people mexican filmm

meet the mystery man behind freddie mercury's voice in "bohemian rhapsody.". >>> and snow on the strip. the rare move in las vegas after the second snowstorm? one week. >>> good friday morning, everyone. we begin with actor jussie smollett now gearing up to fight the charges against him. >> the "empire" star is out on bond after facing a judge saying i did not do this. in a new statement overnight, his legal team insisted smollett is the victim. they blame political timing and what they describe as overzealous law enforcement. this morning jussie smollett is dealing with a growing legal and media firestorm ignoring that crush of cameras after his bond hearing inside a chicago courthouse. the actor is forcefully denying any wrongdoing in the alleged hate crime attack that he's accused of orchestrating on himself. after posting the 100,000 bond smollett was seen heading to the chicago set of his show "empire." tmz says the crew waited for 30 minutes for an emotional smollett to arrive. once there he reportedly apologized and denied the allegations saying i swear to god i did not do this.

friendships in green book and the like with the brilliant but troubled gay rock star in bohemian rhapsody. films and performances selected you know the she is nominated this year for the because certainly reflects that hollywood has a greater understanding and is putting forth a greater commitment towards diversity and inclusion and i think that's a good thing for the four other best picture nominees our vice a bio pic of former vice president dick cheney a star is born a remake of a venerable tale of fame fortune in fade with a helping of popular songs black klansmen director spike lee's comedy drama about a black policeman infiltrating the k.k.k. and the favorite a lavish dive into the intrigues b. trails and lesbian love affairs in the eighteenth century british royal court the best female actor nominees include yes you know in roma lady gaga in a star is born and melissa mccarthy can you ever forgive me but there's a clear favorite i mean glenn close it's like finally i mean glenn has been the brides for. and it's. i think everybody is like. the best male actor award contest looks lik

(nat music)"bohemian rhapsody" continues to rock awards season.e mercury and queen biopic won top honors at the cinema audio society awards for sound mixing. the movie is nominated in the same category, along with four others, at this week's 91st academy awards."so you went down, you filled out your application forms, you got your i-d badge and what? now you're one of us."ed skrein (skrine) plays "zapan" in "alita: battle angel." playing a c-g-i character was enjoyable for the london-born actor."physically, i mean, you know, the, the, the mo-cap suit i was wearing was very comfortable, you know, functional, so i was grateful for that. it also allowed me to kind of find the physicality myself, you know, and not be dictated by the clothes, the weight of them, you know. i could find my, the way that zapan, um, carries himself, his body language.""i need some writers to punch up my speeches. fred's writing is really good, and he knows me." here's a sneak peek at the politically-themed rom com, "long shot." charlize theron stars as a presidential candi

the freddie mercury biopic bohemian rhapsody garnered four awards, among them one for its star.ys, so much. i may not have been the obvious choice, but i guess it worked out! green book. green book, a film about interracial friendship was named best film. its star, mahershala ali, best supporting actor. a record number of wins for african american talent would suggest that hollywood is at last rallying to the calls for change. david willis, bbc news, at the oscars. olivia colman‘s win didn't go unnoticed, back home... on twitter, prime minister theresa may said: "congratulations to olivia colman and all of the british winners and nominees at #oscars2019. you are great ambassadors for british culture on the global stage." and the actor hugh laurie simply tweeted: "olivia colman, you beauty! " our reporter danjohnson was outside the vanity fair after—party earlier and had been speaking to spike lee after his first oscar win. he's got a lot to say because he's had an interesting evening. he won four black kla nsman had an interesting evening. he won four black klansman which meant

me in rhapsody in by melissa mccarthy in will you ever forgive me the only. gap that i see here is this persistent lack of female directors no female only one female director has won the oscar for best director and that was karen bigelow and that was back. ten years ago so there are no fees there are no female directors up this year and this is something that people are still quite concerned about in the academy and they're trying and in the world of film in general certainly female lead directors and other film professionals would like to see more of that awesome all right rob thanks very much for that rob reynolds live for us in los angeles. sudan's newly appointed a vice presidents prime minister and fifteen governors have been sworn in amid a string of protests in the country demonstrators lined the streets to oppose president ahmed bashir is declaration of a state of emergency and his decision to dissolve the government. has the details. this is what's the new government of sudan looks like and president omar al bashir wants it to work on fixing the econ

our "bohemian rhapsody" mozzarella.es on the hot dogs. >> isn't that cute? we dressed them up. they're so fancy. >> come on. >> it's the oscars. >> even the oscars are black tie. >> we don't mess around pulling out all the stops. super fun. >> i'm so sorry. i wanted sam to show everybody the dessert table. >> over here. >> it's so pretty. >> i love the idea of a grazing dessert table. something you can do ahead of time. occupy -- super easy. cake pops. >> look at them. >> little suction teed doughs. >> and the bow ties, of course, thank you. >> would you? >> i would. >> what i love, you can see we basically just got candy from the candy -- any drugstore, supermarket. laid it all out and did some really fun decor designs too. so we did the tickets and got a roll of tickets which you can get at any craft store and -- >> very affordable. >> all for $10 or under. >> super affordable. how cute are these? >> super cute. >> i don't know if you can see them. >> mini marshmallows and broil it. looked like a little bucket of popc

rami malek won for "bohemian rhapsody," but he couldn't pull off plat meusenl work.eports. ♪ somebody >> reporter: it seems trite given his extraordinary musical talent to focus on freddie mercu mercury's teeth. but if you're going to make a movie about queen's legendary frontm frontman, that overbite can't be underestimated. ♪ >> i was born with four additional incise sores. more space in my mouth means more range. >> reporter: on the red carpet, actor rami malek looks nothing like him. but his portrayal in "bohemian rhapsody" is so spot-on, it's already earned him a golden globe, a sag and a bafta. at times, it's hard to tell them apart. that's malek on the left. that's the real freddie mercury on the right.hohe man behin that mouth. ♪ right out of here >> it's the biggest tooth movie i've ever worked on. >> reporter: his name is chris lyons, a dental technician by trade. >> increase -- >> reporter: he does real dental work for real people at his offices outside london. but he has a side business called fangs fx. >> they're from the wolfman. >> reporter: of course

the "bohemian rhapsody" star fell off the stage and into the audience.d him, but by the time he hit the governor's ball, rami told us he was reade moves out much, but i ♪hahappens when you win an oscar. >> from rami to spike lee who stirred up major oscar drama -- >> put those up. put those up. what? what? he got a classic here tonight. >> spike rocked o.g. bling from "do the right thing" 20 years after that failed to win. >> spike lee! >> last night, spike won his very first oscar for writing "blackkklansman." >> you gave a hug like i have never seen before. >> i jumped into sam's arms, i hopped. >> the jordans? >> got to be the shoes. >> but after spike lost to "roma" by alfonso cuaron, and best picture to "green book," people said spike was furious, and he turned his back to the stage. >> can you give us your thoughts on that best picture win? >> let me take another sip. next question. no, i thought i was courtside at the garden and the ref made a bad call. whoa! >> despite this, "green book" was a big winner taking home three oscars including best su

so with the "bohemian rhapsody" as a vague hope, it does look like "roma." >> "roma" you say it is.best actress, glenn close nominated seven times already. but lady gaga, could there be a surprise in the mix? >> i have to say that there probably won't be, because glenn close with seven nominations looks certain to get it. she shouldn't. i do have to make my view clear here, she gives a very good performance in "the wife," but the film is mediocre. lady gaga is marvelous, the way she acts so sensitively and with such vulnerability and panache in "a star is born," olivia colman, very, very funny as well as touching as queen ann. and the favorite, yalitza aparicio, all of those in my opinion are more worthy. and melissa mccarthy good as well in a drama. >> best actor, who do you see taking it, christian bale or rami malek. >> rami malek without any doubt for "bohemian rhapsody". >> and also a show with no host, there will be no host. what do you think? >> well, i think absolutely bizarre, the saga with kevin hart has brought the academy into disrepute as is the intent they made to have

his biggest project was the before behold bohemian rhapsody includes the usual suspects and x-men. >>am so proud of him, everything he had worked for is being recognized. he's being recognized for the talent that he is. >>> even if it's not what you intended to do, just do it so yes because you never know where one thing will lead >> >>> there were just 22 games left in the regular season for your nba champion. the warriors continue to - - last night they were in charlotte taking on the hornets. the gameplay clothes were out but - - the 121-110 win after on the road, to rebound - - and cousins at 24 points and 11 rebounds. technical file after tossing of hornets players shoe into the crowd. cousins was not happy about the call after the game he said he was just kind of getting rid of a hazard that could get someone hurt. >>> looks like the raiders will be staying in oakland for another season, they had been searching for a home after canceling - - after the city announced that he was suing the team and the nfl for the raiders upcoming move to las vegas. the nfl network is a reporting

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from rami malik as freddie mercury in bohemian rhapsody, to melissa mccarthy in can you ever forgiveave provoked a debate among gay people. take the lesbian love triangle in the favourite. my feelings about the favourite are that i really question if the film is as homo positive as some people seem to feel, i feel that it is very much a movie that is suddenly homophobic in its construction. it is really very like, oh, she has to touch her leg, she has to do this. -- it is —— it is subtly homophobic. it is very, to me, it is not a good representation, but i'm in the minority on that one, a lot of my friends really can read that film and see that it is a very beautiful love story. you have become close to abigail. she is a viper. you are jealous. for those who have traditionally been shut out of hollywood's biggest night, this year's oscars may be a watershed moment. but it is equally as important what happens after the awards have been handed out. whether yalitza aparicio hears her name called from the stage, spike lee finally gets his oscar moment, or a call for lgbtq equality is mad

romney moloch was the best actor award for his role as queen front man freddie mercury and bohemian rhapsody which also took most of the words in total with for us. ok our resident film expert scott roxboro here as ever good morning good to see if the scott you know looking at these these oscars and a host of events something highly unusual there were some real surprises the green book was certainly one of them yeah no i i thought the book could win i sort of hoped it would be not a bad film not sure if you see that but it's it's how i know it i think of it as driving miss daisy in reverse it's a bit of a throwback movie it's a story of a. black musician who teams up with a white racist played by beagle morris and his driver. who they say is a gibson is south of the one nine hundred sixty s. for me it was a very sort of conventional type of film to give the oscars a say in a lot of work very much a safe bet and that surprised me because this oscars looked like it was going to be quite radically different not just because it was host list but because of the sort of diversity of nominees and t

‘roma', ‘bohemian rhapsody‘, the musical remake ‘a star is born‘, and the space drama ‘first man‘ aretegories. as the actors and actresses arrived earlier this evening, some gave their reactions to being nominated including rachel weisz and mahershala ali, who each won the baftas for best supporting roles. very exciting to be part of this story, to work with the goddesses that are 0livia colman and ms dhoni. it was a kind of true ensemble, each one of us relied on the other two, so one of us relied on the other two, so it is lovely that all three of us have been recognised tonight. and there is not here because she is filming, she sent a regards to britain. she is an honorary brit at this point, her accent is better than mine. mee naturally there is a lwa ys than mine. mee naturally there is always an action sense of the sponsor always an action sense of the sponsor nullity in playing someone who really lived, and the attention to detail and just the awareness of being respectful of the legacy of that person. so absolutely, but at the end of the day also myjob was with the same, in th

rami malek won the leading actor prize for bohemian rhapsody, and the spanish language film roma waspondent lizo mzimba was there. guests of honour on the red carpet — the duke and duchess of cambridge. and joining them at the ceremony was acting royalty. royal themed film the favourite may have won the most awards but it was the black and white mexican movie roma which took home best director for alfonso cuaron and best film — the first time ever and netflix production has won the night's most prestigious prize. cuaron, born in mexico, gave perhaps the night's most political speech. retreating back to a world of separation and isolation is not a solution to anything. it's simply an excuse to hide our fear within our basic instincts. whether we like it or not, we are all connected, sharing space and time. and when we finally choose to embrace that connection, to show compassion towards one another, we will rise together. british star rachel weisz won best supporting actress for the favourite which took home seven awards in total, including outstanding british film, best costume desig

queen anne in the favorite and best actress went to rami malik as freddie mercury and for him in rhapsody we'll talk with our film critic after this long. the winners. things got off to a different stuff inside hollywood this had this year the first oscar show in thirty years not to have a host was opened by british rock legends queen fronted by american idol star adam lambert's. the best actor award went to brought me malik to his put trellis ready mccurry in the film but he meum rhapsody like was the favorite to win the award after taking a host of trophies this season including a golden globe. you know my dad didn't get to see me do any of this is and. i think she's looking down on me right now so the this is the a monumental moment. oh the idea called my the best actress award was a bit more of a surprise to lydia coleman took the oscar for playing british queen and then the costume drama the favorites be said no one was more surprised than her b. this is a low yes i. am and i ask that perhaps for many the biggest surprise of the night was the biggest prize the best picture award the

friendships in green book and the like for the brilliant but troubled gay rock star in bohemian rhapsody. the films and performances selected you know the nominated this year for the oscars certainly reflects that hollywood has a greater understanding and it's putting forth a greater commitment towards diversity and inclusion and i think that's a good thing but the four other best picture nominees are vice a bio pic of former vice president dick cheney a star is born is a remake of a venerable tale of fame fortune in fate with a helping of popular songs black klansmen director spike lee's comedy drama about a black policeman infiltrating the k.k.k. and the favorite a lavish dive into the intrigues b. trails and lesbian love affairs in the eighteenth century british royal court the best female actor nominees include yet operates you know in roma lady gaga in the stars. and melissa mccarthy can you ever forgive me but there's a clear favorite i mean glenn close it's like finally i mean glenn has been the bride for her and it's like i think everybody is like like the best male actor award c

the bohemian rhapsody biopic won four awards.in the studio to discuss all of this in detail is the film critic from the metro. thank you forjoining us on the programme. a surprise victory for green book. this has been the most unpredictable oscar race i have ever seen. it was a surprise win. lots of people thaw roma was going to win, the black and white film by netflix... to win, the black and white film by netflix. .. the to win, the black and white film by netflix... the money behind it was from netflix. that prejudiced voters against it perhaps. who is this presence in hollyrood 7 against it perhaps. who is this presence in hollyrood? maybe we don't want to give it the top prize after all. olivia colman, she was the star of the night with that speech. i think she has gone from being a national treasure in britain to an international treasure. she is just a daughter. she is a wonderful actress, of which she has won many, she looks as if she is taken by surprise. i think last night she really was. she was not the favourite to wi

friendships in green book and the like with the brilliant but troubled gay rock star in bohemian rhapsody. the films and performances selected you know the she is nominated this year for the ska certainly reflects that hollywood has a greater understanding and it's putting forth a greater commitment towards diversity and inclusion and i think that's a good thing but the four other best picture nominees are vice a bio pic of former vice president dick cheney a star is born a remake of a venerable tale of fame fortune in fate with a helping of popular songs black klansmen director spike lee's comedy drama about a black policeman infiltrating the k.k.k. and the favorite a lavish dive into the intrigues b. trails and lesbian love affairs in the eighteenth century british royal court the best female actor nominees include yes you know in roma lady gaga in a star is born and melissa mccarthy can you ever forgive me but there's a clear favorite i mean glenn close it's like finally i mean glen has been the bridesmaid for. i am so i think everybody is like like the best male actor award contest lo

. >>> he gave a nod to his hometown during his acceptance speech for his work in ballymena and rhapsody. his film aspirations began at the local high school. >> reporter: it was either marching band or filmmaking. he chose film and the rest, as they say, is history. he went on to usc's film school in his childhood neighborhood and family could not be more proud. >> the oscar goes to bohemian rhapsody john ottman. >> reporter: he is seen hugging his fellow nominees and has he stood on hollywood's biggest stage, he thanked his colleagues and parents, giving credits to his upbringing in san jose. >> reporter: this goes to our parents encouraged me to do whatever wanted to do weather it was writing music which was a mystery to them, or making films in their garage in san jose, california. >> reporter: whiskey spoke to john on face time about his first nomination and win. >> for me there is not a moment of absolute excitement it was more, like i said a moment of absolute relief and a little bit of shock even though you knew that there is a possibility of it, for sure. >> reporter: the 54-yea

rami malek won the leading actor prize for bohemian rhapsody, roma was named best film.f cambridge. the royal theme at film the favourite maybe won the of awards but it was roma that took her best director and best film. the first time ever and netflix production has won the night's most stitches price. perhaps the night's most political speech was from its director. world separation and isolation is not a solution to anything. it simply an excuse to hide our fear within arab basic instincts. whether we like it or not, we are all connected, sharing space and time. when we finally choose to embrace that connection, to show compassion towards one another, we will rise together. british star rachel weisz won best supporting actress for their favourite with took seven awards in touch —— total including best british fell, best costume design and best actress for olivia colman. —— the favourite. you make did you? look at reachout look at me! how daily! closer rise! —— close your eyes. must keep it together. thank you, not just for your performance is that what you did after th

oh, please wrap up. as freddie mercury in bohemian rhapsody.apsody. we made a film about a gay man, an immigrant, who lived his life and was unapologetically himself. his comments about diversity and inclusion chimed with the mood on the night. i am the son of immigrants from egypt, i'm a first—generation american, and... applause part of my story is being written right now. in 2015, the oscars were called out for being so white, not so this year. african—america ns wonboth best supporting actor and actress, mahershala ali in green book and regina king for if beale street could talk. best director went to mexicon's alfonso cuaron for roma. it was about a made to look after him asa it was about a made to look after him as a child in mexico city. i want to thank the academy for recognising a film centred around an indigenous woman, a character that historically have been relegated into the background. the most popular winner of the night was... for the best adapted screenplay. my my grandmother cash to social security cheques to pay for her first

critics believing it's a serious contender.we will rock you clipwe will we will rock youvo#3"bohemian rhapsodyc to get a best picture nom, alongside "vice"...and spike lee's "blackkklansman." clipóblackkklans manófocusótraileró1óh264óhdórzt 01:25haha - okvo#4and making history as the first superhero movie to be nominated for is the box office smash hit "black blackpantheródo mestictrailer2ópro2.10 the revolution zap will be live (kevin)you're going to want to tune in to et tonightto get an in depth look at the best actress category --including a their first ever et don't miss it!i'm kevin frazier,back to you! (grant) a species of giant tortoise thought to be extinct has been found near the galapagos islands. this is the fernan-dina giant tortoise. it was last seen alive in 1906, and experts thought it was extinct. but this adult female was spotted sunday on the galapagos island of fernandina, and it's believed she's not alone. conservationists have taken this tortoise to a breeding center on a nearby island. the fernandina giant tortoise is one of 14 tortoise species native to the galapagos is

and it was up against beast, bohemian rhapsody, and otherfilms.e court of greenland, has been named outstanding british film, whether it goes on to win the oscars or film of the year, is a different matter which we shall wait to see. a family from county down, who witnessed chimpanzees escape from their enclosure at belfast zoo, have described it as an incredible experience. footage posted on social media shows several of the chimps sitting on top of a wall, while another walks down a path close to members of the public. the incident, which happened yesterday, has led to questions over safety at the zoo. managers insist it was a highly unusual event, and say that additional security checks are being carried out. catherine morrison reports. this is the moment a group of chimpanzees at the belfast zoo makes its bid forfreedom. using a branch as a makeshift ladder, to get to the top of the wall. mum, it's escaping! one escapes the pen altogether, right in front of a family from hollywood, who were filming the whole thing. i couldn't actually believe

and rami malek's passionate portrayal of the talented and tormented freddie mercury in bohemian rhapsody the television ratings for the oscars broadcast have been true king for years and twenty team was the worst year yet by including broadly diverse slate of nominees this year the film industry hopes to bring those numbers back up and give the academy awards more relevance robert oulds al-jazeera hollywood. richelle carey let's recap the top stories now on al jazeera in israel and is trying to take an eight across the border from colombia face violent opposition from security forces at least two people were killed in fighting along the border with brazil as police try to block the aid and its way with opposition leader will meet with u.s. vice president mike pence on monday in colombia foreign ministers from the lima group of latin american countries will be holding an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis basically when. you do support a celebrating the massacre of people you celebrate that today venezuelan hospitals do not receive humanitarian aid you celebrate the death of more ven

you have a couple of blockbusters, black panther, a star is born, bohemian rhapsody, and you have theactress nomination for that, as well as vice, a biopic about dick cheney. and you have got a foreign language film, a spanish art film really called roma about a 1970s neighbourhood in mexico city, and again, afilm neighbourhood in mexico city, and again, a film that has a very strong female cast, a court intrigue, a lesbian triangle, so a diverse group. there are frontrunners, roma is one of the frontrunners, but it is one of the frontrunners, but it is pretty wide open actually, and there are a number of reasons for that, one of them being that the academy has new members, hundreds of new members who are women and minority voters, and other reasons as well, so there is a fair bit of suspense. i should as well, so there is a fair bit of suspense. ishould mention as well, so there is a fair bit of suspense. i should mention two important films about racism in america, one is blachklansman by spike lee, and the other green book, about a road trip in the 1970s. and people look to the dir

vice and romney malek's passionate portrayal of the talented orbited freddie mercury is bohemian rhapsody the television ratings for the oscars broadcast have been shrinking for years and twenty teen was the worst year yet by including wardley diverse slate of dummies this year the film industry hopes to bring those numbers back up and give the academy awards more relevance robert oulds al-jazeera hollywood. type of sport now is far barren thank you so much it's a local darby that's watched by fans around the world liverpool versus match stand out it brings together the two most successful teams in english football liverpool have a chance to go three points clear at the top of the table with the game taking off shortly liverpool be united three one earlier in the season a result that prompted the firing of jos a marine yet since then united have been revived under the leadership of former player only gun arsenal share and the club's fans have already honored him with his own song. with only at the will in united of one eleven of their last thirteen games her now has the chance to drop int

invites and romney malek's passionate portrayal of the talented orbited freddie mercury in bohemian rhapsody. in the selection of black panther is the first. superhero movie this is remarkable on a number of fronts. not least of which is that it is a netflix production. to choose me that was to give another movie my apologies the selection of roma as a one of the best picture nominees is remarkable because it is a netflix production and many people in the cademy and in hollywood and in the film industry in general are white the fearful and distrustful of netflix because you of course live streaming is changing the whole way people watch movies and as we stand here on the carpet with those all this so many people boisterously yelling at their favorite celebrities it looks like it's really going to be kind of a wide open fields at night but definitely worth watching the stasi back to you al jazeera as rob reynolds with all the stars on the red carpet watching the oscars for us thank you rob. well mike sargent is the chief elm critic with ai radio and he joins us now from new york mike as we've

bohemian rhapsody is nominated.will introduce best picture noms, barbra streisand, serena williams, chef jose andres, and queen latifah, congressman john lewis, trevor noah and several what about the stage itself? production designer david coren is revealing this concept, it includes 1,600 cables, and 26,000 crystal beads, and 10,000 pearls and 40,000 real roses and it took 15 people 2,100 hours to build it all. that deserves an award of its own. but about sunday night's biggest actual awards, if you plan on putting money down most betting websites have "roma" as the frontrunner for best picture, followed closely by "green book,". a favorite in a more distant third. the biggest pay off for risk takers would be "vice," which seems least likely to win according to odds shark and vegas insider. for best actor put money on malloch, and actress, glenn close, and supporting actor is for "green book," and one of the safest bets of the evening, gaga going home with the gold for best original song"shallow." to put it in pers

has gone to a movie made by the streaming service netflix the freddie mercury by a fake bohemian rhapsody is up to seven of all its but one of its directors has been dogged by controversy over a section abuse allegations when it's go to los angeles where rob reynolds is on the red carpet for us rob tell us about why the run up to this year's oscar ceremony has been so full of controversy. well you mentioned a couple of those controversies with us here but basically what has happened is the t. karim with the format of the program itself has caused a lot of controversy so first the academy of motion picture arts and sciences that's the people who hand out the oscars they decided they want to have they wanted to have a new category for best popular film but there was a backlash against that some people thought it was just entering the start it was condescending to the audience so they dropped that idea then in order to streamline the broadcast which often goes overly long and is considered the boring by some they decided they wanted to cut out several categories from being awarded live on t.

this ceremony was that it was going to be either roma which won several awards or perhaps meehan rhapsody which also want to couple of awards but the winner of best picture here in the ninety first academy awards is green book this is the story of two men one a cultured black pianist classical pianist and the other a sort of shady white mob bouncer who go on a trip through the deep south in the segregated one nine hundred sixty s. other surprises in this academy award ceremony best actress going to a livia coleman for her role as the mad queen and in the favorite many many people here had thought that glenn close having been nominated seven times for academy awards would win this time but it was not to be in the best actor category rami maalik the young son of the gyptian immigrants who played the tortured rock star freddie mercury in bohemian rhapsody took away the oscar for best best actor so quite a night i would say here for diversity with both the best supporting actor actor shall ali and the best supporting actress. winning both of them of. african-americans so this is a quite of qu

friendships in green book and the like with the brilliant but troubled gay rock star in bohemian rhapsody. films and performances selected you know the nominated this year for the ska certainly reflects that hollywood has a greater understanding and is putting forth a greater commitment towards diversity and inclusion i think that's a good thing but the four other best picture nominees are vice a bio pic of former vice president dick cheney a star is born a remake of a venerable tale of fame fortune and fate with a helping of popular songs black klansmen director spike lee's comedy drama about a black policeman infiltrating the k.k.k. and the favorite a lavish dive into the intrigues b. trails and lesbian love affairs in the eighteenth century british royal court the best female actor nominees include yes you know in roma lady gaga in a star is born and will listen with. can you ever forgive me but there's a clear favorite i mean glenn close it's like finally i mean glenn has been the bride for. i think everybody is like. the best male actor award contest looks like a dead heat between ch