matt damon and ridley scott, good morning, guys. good to see you. >> i was going to ask you about playing such a solitary role, matt, but now that i understand your relationship together, you >> no. >> in the desert or on the soundstage. you had this guy at your side. >> i had one of the greatest directors of all time next to me, so, yeah, it made it a lot -- you know, it kind of took -- handled the risk factor for me having ridley next to me. >> how does it work, ridley, as a practical snaert are you feeding him lines, talking back and forth with him? >> a bit of everything. there's a bit of communication and a very good spacesuit with a great hearing device. i can talk to him. and some of them are going to go out there and chat. or if i've got it i usually have to go out and say, you know what, i think i've got it. are you happy, and he says can we just do one more? >> okay. >> and a lot of times he says say it like this, dumb-dumb and gives me a line reading right into my ear. >> i don't care now. >> likewise, okay, ready. give h

couple of minutes, as an actor what's the ridley scott experience? >> it's really funny you should say that, well, first of all, he uses four cameras at a time on everything, even on quiet scenes like three people sitting around talking. there will be four cameras, and if you told me at the -- at the outset of this project that that could works would i he said that's just not true, be's mehowindf ableo do tha >>nd for you, ridly, the flip side of that. what's the matt damon experience. this is an actor who obviously >> not all actors are -- have all the everything being -- to be really agreeable, great fun, very talented and fundamentally does the whole thing and thinks very much as an artist actor and also as a mindset of a director, definitely going to do it. and -- and -- and as a producer, so it's a real partnership of practicality and artistry. >> i've got to throw something at you, matt. you've seen this, maybe you've not. this is going around online right now, and -- and someone has gone to the trouble of tallying up the total money spent resc

"mad max: fury road" and "the martian" also had strong showings, although martian director ridley scott failed to nab a nomination. suzanne marques has a look at all the surprises and snubs. reporter: blue ribbon it leaves the oscar race with 12 nominations, including best picture, best actor for leonardo dicaprio, and best director. mad max earned can nominations. >> begin abort procedure. reporter: the martian got seven, including best actor for matt damon but not one for director ridley scott. rounding of the best actor category are the big short, bridge of spies, brooklyn, room, and spotlight. bryan cranston surprised some of his best actor nomination for trumbo. rounding out that category was magel -- michael fassbinder. the critically acclaimed "carol" was shut out of best picture runy ma -- roonie mara was nominated. she will love against brie larson, jennifer lawrence, and charlotte rambling. >> i don't even out of doing here. reporter: sylvester stallone is anything but the underdog in the the academy snubbed his costar michael b jordan. that come along with idris elba for "bea

mars will come to fear my botany powers. >> matt damon and ridley scott, guys, good morning. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> congratulations on the nomination, best director, best actor in a musical comedy. >> yeah. >> i watched it this weekend with my 14-year-old son, and right about the point you're taking the antenna out of your gurkts i'm thinking this isn't a comedy. how did that happen. that's right when he cut out the musical number that was right there. we had a big dance. we had -- yeah. >> but do you like it in that categoryry do you think that that gives it a good shot, or would you rather see it elsewhere or does it snaert. >> it doesn't matter. i mean, it is -- it's certainly not up to us, so, you know, there's not anything really we can do about it. tonight we get to go and put on table together. >> get all dolled up. a lot of times actors or directors come here, ridly, and the awards season is about to begin and they count so much on the awards because they want people to get to the movie theater to see their project. this thing opened in october. it's

"mad max: fury road" and "the martian" also had strong showings, although martian director ridley scott failed to nab a nomination. suzanne marques has a look at all the surprises and snubs. < "the revenant" leads the oscar race with 12 nominations including best picture, best actor for leonardo dicaprio and best director for alejandro inarritu. who is going for his second win in a row. george miller's action epic "mad max: fury road" earned 10 nominations and "the martian" notched seven including a best actor nod for matt damon but not one for director ridley scott. rounding out the best picture category are: the big short bridge of spies brooklyn room and spotlight bryan cranston surprised some with his best actor nomination for trumbo. michael fassbender and eddie redmayne. the critically acclaimed "carol" was shut out of best picture but rooney mara earned a supporting actress nod and cate blanchett scored in the best actress category. she will go up against frontrunner brie larson for room, jennifer lawrence in joy, saoirse ronan in brooklyn and charlotte rampling in 45 years. sylv

i'm ten feet away from ridley scott. >> basically delivering the lines to him. so he was my scene buildy. >> and he's been here over 100 times over the years and gotten to know him pretty well. how did you survive being alone with him on a soundstage hour after hour after hour? >> well, it's -- it's a very beautifully putdown play h.the words are lovely and humorous and you have to be able to reflect as to what he's going to do next and there lies the humor. we came up with a solution so you can have apt character with him, something with him. it was a gopro, 24 little cameras in the habitat and thinking and pondering what he's doing and suddenly he's talking to the gopro so suddenly there's a changed international because >> it snepd. >> and because there's the other line and pl and jessica chastain and the rest of my team trying to get back to me so two exciting story lines so if i'm getting really boring he has something to get back to. different than what tom hanks did in "castaway" or sandy in "gravity." and they were on their open and had to hold screen fo

carrey: the martianmany people at the golden globe awards made light of the fact that director ridley scott's cosmic adventure "the martian" made its way into the comedy category.but despite some jabs during the ceremony and plenty on social media, the film was named best comedy or musical the year.it's star, matt damon, was named best actor in a comedy.matt: when something like this happens and people really respond to the movie and critics really respond to the movie and there's that kind of perfect storm reaction, its great brie scene, but won the award for best actress in a drama for "room".while jennifer lawrence - this time for best award - this third globe garnered her while jennifer lawrence garnered her third globe award - this time for best actress joy, with her frequent jlaw david has been my champion for years and i've been his and now i get all of his attention cuz i"m the only cast member tonight so it's my real dream come true. stallone: what a priviledge! both winners in the supporting categories were stunned to hear their names called.kate i'm still standing here and thinking

gray says: "i was stunned that ridley scott director of the martian was not nominated i mean i would have bet money he was going to win. i also was glad star wars got like 5 nominations but it did not get a best picture." (nat) all eyes will be on frontrunners "the revenant", mad max which garnered 10 nods, and the martian which nominations total. all of the big winners will be announced at the 88th academy awards february 28th. in new york, julie banderas, fox news. today's oscar announcements are also coming under fire for a lack of diversity. all twenty contenders in the actor categories - are white. the entertainment world is also mourning the loss of alan rickman. the british actor passed away... following a battle with cancer. rickman was known for a smooth, distinctive voice - and won several awards - including a golden globe. his most famous roles were as the lead villian in the original "die hard" - and professor snape in the "harry potter" series. alan rickman was 69 years old. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty we have a series of storms moving over

. >> many made height of the fact that ridley scott cosmic adventure made its way into the comedy category. of the year. when something like this happens and people respond to the movie and critics respond to the movie. there is a perfect storm reaction, it is great.great. >> while jennifer lawrence garnered her they ared global globe award. robert has been my champion for years and i have been his. now i get all his attention. it is like my real dream come true. >> what a privilege. the not happening. you are kidding. >> just the mere fact that inkred bl incredible people -- in life, it is never over until it is over. >> also trending tonight, college football excitement will come to a head. the national championship game. the tigers and the crimson tide are the only teams to win at least 10 games each in the last five seasons. clemson and alabama kick off tonight at 8:30 in glendale arizona. >> no one matched all six numbers for saturday night powellball jackpot worth $950 million. will be for 1.3 billion dollars, the biggest prize in u.s. history. right now, the cash pout is more than 8

steve carell, will smith, director ridley scott. >> the biggest surprise at the oscars is where is the biggest movie of the year, "star wars"? >> we need a pilot! >> we have one! >> we nominated "mad max" and "the martians." why wasn't the force with star warsz wars? >> and #oscarsowhite. for the second year in a row, no people of color nominated. >> i hope this isn't discouraging for anybody. >> i'm chris rock and hosting the oscars. >> the one osc prediction you to skewer the all-whi oscars. >> for me a bit of a hea scratcher. "straight outta compton" didn't get a nod. >> i can't get over will smith not getting a nod. but this could finally be leo's year. coming up, we're doing a deep dive into leonardo dicaprio's long road to oscar. >>> let's move on to troubling news. nick carter had everything going his way, a great run on "dancing with the stars," a baby on the way, he told us he was sober. well, it seems that all of that went out the window last night when backstreet boys guy was arrested after a bar brawl in key and it was all caught on tape. >> relax. [ bleep ] >> that's nicol

it wasn't long before hollywood came knocking and tapped oscar isaac to star in ridley scott's "body of lies" and "robinhood." >> he has no filter and you do see a journey from a person that feels he's been given the short end of the stick and so is like, fine, and rebelling, and then gets the things he's always wanted but has so much easily manipulated. >> there's guards everywhere. >> in 2011, oscar played an orderly with bad code of ethics in "sucker punch." >> it's about imagination and escape through imagination and how imagination is ultimately the most empowering thing and that's the one thing that your captors can't get at. >> oscar's career took off, getting offered big roles in films like "drive," "we," "the bourne legacy" and the drama, "won't back down." >> my character is less focused on the ideology and the political aspect of it and really tries to zero in on his classroom where he feels he can make a difference and explicitly, even after a romantic relationship with jamie, maggie's character, will not join the movement simply because it is anti-union and he would neve

steve carell, director ridley scott, they were left out. >> biggest surprise at the oscars is where is "star w >> we need a pilot. movies, "mad max" and martian". >> here is a tag we're seeing, #oscarssowhite. people of color nominated in the acting category. >> i h this isn't discouraging for anybody and film makers in particular. you just keep moving along. >> i'm chris rock and i'm hosting the oscars. >> the one oscar prediction you can make is that chris rock is going to skewer the all wh oscars. >> for me, it's a bit of a head scratcher. >> i still can't get over will smith not getting a nod. but this finally be leo's year. coming we're going a deep dive into leo' long road to oscar. >> yes, indeed. >>> let's move on troubling news. nick carter had everything going his way. a great run on "dancing with the stars," a baby on the way. he told us he w sober. well, it seems that all of that went out the window last night arrested after a bar brawl key west and it was all caught on tape. [ beep ] relax. >> that is nick laying on the ground outside this key west saloon with a friend. >>

directors todd hnes who directed carol, ridley scott for the martian, they were left out, as well. roxanne vargas, nbc 6 news. >>> check out your favorite movie, you can head to nbc6.com, there you will find an entire gallery from today's november nation ceremony. >>> whether you're good at math or not, the skills of a man who appeared on ellen just don't compute. >> ready, go. >> 568? >> he blew ellen away with his ability to ad quickly. he can till thekcan tell you the sum of ten two digit numbers. and he's in the guinness world record books. >> is he from miami? >> yea impressive. >>> still ahead on 6, surprise scolding. >> and armed robber gets a whole lot more than he bargained for. >> i keep lectureing him like a parent would. >> lesson and morals on the other side of this break. >>> and then tonight at 6:00, thousands of florida teachers march into the capital in tallahassee today, a front row they'r . >>> didn't foe the go the way a thief had planned. >> a store clerk shaming nim into leaving the story empty handed. >> here he comes. >> armed robber you see there with his f

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but it is like something out of a ridley scott war. these guys are following this volkswagen closely from above. they get along left-hand side, the guys look up and see this chopper and the guy with one simple hand movement makes himself very clear. immediately stops, they see the helicopter gun ship. and before the chopper can even land, from inside the car, they are flat on the ground. i'm sorry, where was it? i'm sorry. don't shoot me. that would be great. >> this is not the time to test your chances. pulls around the car, there are people -- of course, i guess a helicopter pulling over a car in attract attention. toward the end of the video, pretty much everybody comes out for the carnival. >> look at this. >> and then like, yea, yea. yea! >> i love watching the military videos from brazil because they are no joke. >> they're sending that message out. >> we're going all the way to catalina island, california, where these two are about to get engaged. >> she doesn't know she's about >> right. go. they're going to take a helicopter t

this year's host, chris rock. out of compton was not nominated for a best picture nor directly ridley scott for the martians. see who wins on nbc. >> by the way, catch the oscars here on newschannel 5 on february 28th. >>> and as we continue still ahead, ohio governor john kasich is preparing for tonight's republican presidential debate. flow here's jason. >> and we are preparing for warmer weather. it's all moving our way. look at this, 55 in st. louis. the temperatures in the 30s and 40s elsewhere. we're going to tap into this warm air. . >>> the murder of an american woman in italy, it was a copdom and cigarette butt that led prosecutors to make an arrest in the case. it's the case of ashley olson of florida, whose body was discovered saturday morning by her boyfriend. marcy gonzalez has more on the story. >> reporter: italian investigators say they now know who killed american ashley olson in her apartment in florence. arresting the suspect and revealing what they believe led death. >> and in this case, it's rich probably fingerprints, think witnesses. >> reporter: investigators said ea

. >>> the best actor nod -- after not format damon, not one for direct to ridley scott. >>> rounding out the best short, -- brooklyn room and spotlight. >> bryan cranston surprise them with his best actor nomination for trumbull, rounding out that category, michael fassbender and at the -- eddie redmayne. >>> the critically acclaimed carol was shot out of the best picture but rooney mara and earned a -- and cate blanchett scored in the best actress category, she will go against reno larson for both, jennifer lawrence enjoy, -- in brooklyn and charlotte rambling in 45 year. >>> sylvester stallone is anything but the underdog and the be supporting actor category. his to nominations for playing the iconic rocky balboa from nearly 40 years apart, the academy snubbed his costar michael b jordrd, that along with absence of idris elba for -- have already sparked a backlash, as old -- all the acting nominations get to white performers. >>> a lot of movie watching. >>> next, the idea of them midlife crisis and red sports car's may be a myth. researches what had to say about that. >>> to win b

. >> some were surprised straight out of compton was not nominated or ridley scott for the martian. see who wins oscar gold february 28. >> british actor allen rickman has died. sources say he had been battling cancer. he was known for his rule as hans gruber in die hard and professor snake in the harry potter series. he was 69 years old. >> a dessert features apples. it will i drive a golf ball. i drive to the hoop. i drive a racecar. i have a driver. his name is carl. but that's not what we all have in common. we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto . xarelto is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. xarelto is also proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. you know, taking warfarin, i had to deal with that blood testing routine. i couldn't have a healthy salad whenever i wanted. i found another way. yeah, treatment with xarelto . hey,

the funny think i think ridley scott was the other one basically getting a lifetime achievement award like leo is this year. >> what about sylvester stallone? >> oh. >> love that. >> you know, just for a moment there you wonde if harrison ford was going to get nominated too. same sort of role but, yeah, big night for stallone >> that's the toughest category to predict, best supporting actorecause stallone has not gotten the previous indicators like azags.a.g. nomination. >> did get a golden globe. >> you always look at s.a.g. and stuff. >> mark ruffalo is a rl puncher's chance, this could be his year. >> can i ask about -- >> "spotlight" got a lot of nominations.s. and michael kton so are you surprised he didn't get recognized. >> i am a little surprised. i think it was tough. so many were going up in the supporting categories. i think maybe he could have gone for best arc and had a shot but decided to go supporting. >> they all split the vote. >> and jennifer lawrence. >> yeah, she did it again. >> j. law. >> cannot be stopped. >> coming up, more about the nominations. >> brie larson

the surprise there is ridley scott not getting nominated. >> exactly. >> for "the martian." >> he got a lot of love. >> did well. >> anything jump out. >> brie larson is a lock. i think leonardo dicaprio is a lock. i think they can prepare to dance at the governors ball right now. >> do you think this is the year for leo. >> this is absolutely his year. the funny think i think ridley scott was the other one basically getting a lifetime achievement award like leo is this year. >> what about sylvester stallone? >> oh. >> love that. >> you know, just for a moment there you wonder if harrison ford was going to get nominated same sort of role but, yeah, big night for stallone >> that's the toughest category to predict, best supporting actor because stallone has not gotten the previous indicators like azag s.a.g. nomination. >> did get a golden globe. >> you always look at s.a.g. and stuff. >> mark ruffalo is a real puncher's chance, this could be his year. >> can i ask about -- >> "spotlight" got a lot of nominations. >> and michael keaton so wonderful in that film. are you surprised he di

ridley scott, michael schaefer and mark huffam, producers, "the revenant," or nandz mill shonn, steve golin, alejandro inarritu, mary parent and keith redmon, producers. "room," ed giney, producer and "spotlight," michael sugar, steve golin, nicole rocklin and blye pagon faust, producers. >> for the complete list of all the nomination, please visit oscar.com. >> and join us sunday night, february 28th to celebrate these incredible artists and films at the oscars with our host chris rock. see you then. [ applause ] >> "star wars" and "straight outta compton." >> we are back now with jess and chris, what jumps out to you right away, chris? >> no "star wars" or "straight outta compton." particularly "straight outta compton," i was surprised. success is sometimes a liability with the oscars, it's become the oscars underdog but a lot of people were hoping, obviously, nobody at abc and disney, "star wars" is nominated but i would like it to be nominated. >> five nominations for "star wars" all around, 12 for "the revenant," that leads the way. tom hardy getting a supporting actor nomination

summer surprised "straight out of compton" was n ' t nominated for best picture or ridley scott for "the martian." awards sunday, february 28 at 5. emily: parts of new york state getting slammed with more snow. up to eight inches of snow fell in areas around buffalo last night. the bulk of it falling in just a three-hour time span. another inch or so is expected there today before a weekend warm-up. a rare and impressive feat in the event the ocean today. tropical storm alex is now a hurricane. his the first atlantic hurricane to form in january since 1938. hurricane season runs from june 1 through november 30 so any hurricane in january is certainly significant and really rare. mike: very unusual. you see it right there. in the target to hurricane season will start with b name. let me show you what it looks like. it' s way out in the atlantic. the azores are close to it but it will be tracking its way really towards agreement more than anything else. if more of a disturbance in the ocean. 85 news 5 line --85 news 5 miles per hour winds. a little sunshine of it is a cold day. 27 degre

some were surprised "straight outta compton" wasn' for best picture nor director ridley scott for "the martian." see who wins oscar gold, brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. adam: as you just heard, the on february 28. t forget, you can watch the awards live right here on wmur news 9. they show begins at 7:00. >> now, meteorologist kevin forecast. kevin: a little bit of a switcheroo through the morning hours were where we saw flurries, of north, use all sunshine overnight and cold temperatures. some northern areas had temperatures fall into single digits below 0. you will start adding clouds through the afternoon, and eventually the chance of a snow shower of north later on today and even early this evening. otherwise, a blend of sunshine and clouds, a seasonably chilly day. temperatures 20' close to the average, and a fairly mundane wind as well p are only around 5 miles an hour as opposed to the gusts yesterday, 40 miles an hour and higher across areas of opportunity. from there -- of upper terrain. from there, some areas may have the occasional overcast or flurry around. all eyes ha

"the martian," directed by ridley scott, took best motion picture comedy honors, and its star matt damon won best comedy actor. patrick: congratulations. i am looking forward to seeing those. we are three weeks away from the start of the iowa caucus in the race is getting close on both sides. nikole: the latest polls show a donald trump ted cruz are locked in a tight battle in iowa with ted cruz up by four points while donald trump holds a much wider lead in new hampshire. only a few points separates hillary clinton and bernie sanders in iowa and new hampshire. clinton and trump continue to go after each other. in washington, i'm nikole killion. allyson: thank you. a short break from the campaign trail. hillary clinton is on "el "ellen" today. geoff: coming up at 6:00 here, we will give predictions from to concentrate about the big game hey buddy, let's get these dayquil liquid gels and go. but these liquid gels are new. mucinex fast max. it's the same difference. these are multi-symptom. well so are these. this one is max strength and fights mucus. that one doesn't. uh...think fast! you

"straight outta compton", also there's lots of internet buzz about the best director category, ridley scott was not nominated for the martian and steven spielberg for his directing in bridge of spies. >>> a lot of cheers for it could finally be his year. >> we're hoping so. >>> for a complete list of all the nominations, head over to our website, cbsnewyork.com. >>> why are they singing a spice girls hit? the forecast.hearing loss can make you feel left out disconnected from life's every day moments causing a lot of friction and unnecessary stress. introducing totalcare, exclusively from hearusa- a revolutionary hearing program unlike anything you've ever experienced. our licensed hearing experts even use advanced as part of the most complete and accurate hearing check up available today. you're going to be amazed by our advanced hearing aids. wow! thanks to hearing usa, i'm hearing things that i've missed out on for years. grandpa. i feel like my self again. so when it comes to your hearing don't trust anyone but hearusa. call today for your free video otoscopic hearing check up. free demo