the photos were taken by canadian actor ryan gosling. we know best of along accomplished films. some recent include the big short, lala land, grade runner, and 2049 in first man. ryan met john pendergast some years ago and inspired by john's work and several others has since traveled not only to congo but also to chad in uganda to promote change and conflict regions and helping call attention to the plate. also, part of the group this evening is chouchou namegabe a congolese radio journalist who has reported on the widespread rape as a weapon of war and has trained young women to be journalist in congo. she has written an afterword to congo stories. now for those of you not aware of the most realistic development congo faces a critical moment later this month. a national election scheduled two days before christmas to determine the successor of joseph kabila who is rolled assassination of his father 17 years ago. his term was ended two years ago but the vote has been delayed repeatedly. if it goes forward it would mark a powerful transition of power for the first time in congo's

the photos were taken by actor and director ryan gosling, who we all know best of a long list of accomplished films some of the most recent of course include lala land, blade runner, and first man. ryan met john prendergast some years ago and inspired by john's work and similar efforts by others have since traveled not only to congo, but also to chad and uganda promoting peace and change in conflict regions and helping call attention to their plate. also part of the group this evening is shushu namagabe, a radio journalist whose reported on the widespread use of rape as a weapon of war, and has trained young women to be journalists in congo. she's written an after word to congo stories. now for those of you not aware of the most recent developments, congo faces a critical political moment later this month, with national elections scheduled two days before christmas, to determine a successor, to president joseph kabila, whose ruled since the assassination of his father 17 years ago. his term was to have ended two years ago, but the vote has delayed repeatedly. if it goes forward, it would mark

has an exclusive look behind ryan gosling's first man ♪ >> i do about a tablespoon with jennifer garnerus a glimpse inside her kitchen but now it appear that is kitchen belongs to adam levine. the maroon five front man has reportedly paid -- wait for this figure -- $32 million for the estate owned by jen and her ex ben affleck. i did say $32 million. >> you did. >> it's massive. there's three compounds which covers more than three acres in pacific palisades. it has a pool, gym, basketball court and screening room. >> more babies on the way i'm sure. speaking . >>> speaking of expanding -- social media is buzzing over lifetime's docuseries on r. kelly because it has alarming new allegations of his sexual, mental and physical abuse. >> it's not all glitter and glory and fame like people think. sometimes we have down falls also. >> did he lock you up? 'cause we've heard stories. is that true? >> 50 people, including r. kelly's ex and several women who claim to be victims of sexual misconduct level shocking allegations against the r&b superstar. among the most damning? ♪ age ain't nothing b

damien chazelle and cinematographer linus sandgren used a variety of film formats as they followed ryan gosling'slose and personal home scenes on hand—held 16mm, then shifted to 35mm for the industrial nasa sequences, before moving to the stark imax clarity of 65mm for the expensive silence of the moon scapes. self—appointed space force cheerleader donald trump refused to watch first man, on the grounds that it didn't feature a rousing flag planting scene, something he called "a terrible thing." away from the blockbuster market, it's the smaller, more offbeat releases that made 2018 so interesting. my own favourite films released in the uk this year included jeune femme, the debut feature from leonor serraille, who won ballon d'or at cannes back in 2017. laetitia dosch dazzles in this superbly sympathetic and slightly comedic portrait of a young woman on the verge, pinballing around paris in search of an identity. writer—director serraille describes the film as a tale of metamorphosis from a girl into a woman, from object to that of a subject. i just thought it was a terrific movie. let me give y

congo stories is filled with captivating photos capturing life they were taken by ryan gosling who we all know best as a long list of accomplished films in the most recent include blade runner and first man. he met john some years ago and was inspired by his work in similar efforts and has since traveled not only to congo but to chad and uganda to promote peace in the conflict regions to help call attention to their plight. also part of the group this evening is a congolese radio show host reporting on the widespread use of race in his training young women to be journalist in congo. she has written an afterword to the stories. if you are not aware the most recent developments, congo faces a critical moment with national election schedules two days before christmas to determine a successor who has ruled since the assassination of his father 17 years ago. his term was to have ended two years ago but the vote has been delayed repeatedly. if it goes forward it is a powerful transition of power for the first time and congo's modern history. ladies and gentlemen, please join me to welcome o

at ten john prendergast, fidel and ryan gosling talk about the republic of congo in the u.s. and other global powers and over the past 500 years. the wrap up book to be a prime time at 1115 eastern on the bow of religion in the 21st century. that'll happen tonight on c-span2 book tb. forty-eight hours of nonfiction authors and books every week and. television for serious readers. reminders this weekend's full schedule is available on our website booktv.org. beginning now is chad miles. >> good evening, i would like to welcome you to tonight's program. for members i am so glad you're here at your support that make events possible.

nicholas sparks published the notebook in 1996 and became a hit film in 1990 - - 2004 starting ryan gosling and rachel mcadams and it will be turned into a musical. and he will talk to you - - at your heartstrings. this is a symbol - - i heard so much about it. >> one endorsement here. >> she's married has a little girl in a husband and - - signing on to promote a dating at. coming up what she says is what it's all about empowering women to be in control of every aspect of their lives. >>> live at levi's stadium, food fit for a football championship. i will explain what each of these - - we will go back to this kitchen and play. after the brakes. >>> i am guessing that our meteorologist has a match easier commute today then there meteorologist in poland. snow piled up right outside the door. they had to go to work and they took their skis and they managed to dig their way out of the shelter. they were able to leave the building once every six hours because they had to take measurements of all the snowfall because of the cold weather and an average, the snow was really piling up. you came to

chasez, ryan gosling, britney spears. >> that's like the 1927 yankees in terms of pop. ♪ oh baby baby of that girl? >> the end of the '90s is a really precarious strange time for music because mtv stops playing music videos and starts doing some more kind of reality television programming which everyone's like that's never going to take off. >> music would be as much or more in people's lives than it ever had been, but the economics of it would vanish. ♪ another turning point ♪ a fork stuck in the road ♪ time grabs you by the wrist ♪ directs you where to go >> the '90s represented being who you are. this is the kind of music i'm going to make and i don't care who likes it and who doesn't like it, and i'm not going to sound like anybody else. this is who i am. >> people were starving for authenticity, they were starving for what the real experience was, the messy, chaotic, fallible experience of being human. and the '90s gave complete green light permission for that to be explored. >> you talk about this band a lot. then you go oh, wait a minute. you can't talk about the '90s without t

i think ryan gosling was masterful in this film.s the nominations with six which is a bit of a surprise. i'm trying to figure out about all these movies. when voting closed, the screeners, they hadn't really gotten out yet. so it was very interesting. but the hollywood foreign press loves christian bao and amy adams. they do love those stars, but i was interested when i saw this because i was like, hold on a second, where were these screeners. >> i think we have a scandal brewing. do they inform the oscars, or are they completely spotted on different sets? >> it is only about 90 journalists from around the world and critics making those picks. it is silliness that 90 people have that much power, but it is the kick off to award season. you know, and i'm curious to see what kind of big movies get nominated for the oscars. this is a huge year, 2018, at the box office, despite pred predictions about the death of the box office. >> and, michelle, my boyfriend, andy samberg, is hosting. he doesn't know yet. but i love him. he's so funny.

. >> in a version of "the wiz" with, of course, ryan gosling. who else would be in "the wiz"?e is that he's a scarecrow. you cannot tell it's him, and he spent like six hours in makeup all the time to get into it. [ laughter ] >> the best is everyone calls me "black scarecrow." and i'm like, "it's just scarecrow." [ laughter ] >> seth: you were in a scientology ad, jost? >> i was -- scientol -- yes. >> seth: you're very believable. >> i know. that's really one of my finest. >> seth: you played lester holt on the show. >> yes. >> seth: which was wonderful, but then there was an article -- the title of the article is "watching history: find out all the familiar tv faces covering the final lap of the 2016 election." and so this was an actual newspaper article, or online newspaper article. anderson cooper, megyn kelly, and then you. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> seth: your lester holt was so good -- >> yeah, shout out to the makeup department. [ laughter ] >> seth: this is very -- you did -- this was a bit you did on "update" where you played gretchen. >> yes. >> seth: you went underco

if ryan gosling says, can i go see those rocks, they'll let him in there and i can go hey, he needs a historian to advise him. it was cool. it's fun personally, but it's also, like i said, we're weighing these things of how much truth is truth and when do we, you know -- and ultimately they're going to make the movie they want to make anyway. it's a question of whether we cooperate with them a lot or a little. >> one of the things that we've done in the last couple weeks was read books about space and space policy directives. that's what we do. >> it's important. >> we read lots of policy. can you tell us about space force and what that means for reorganization at the pentagon and if nasa has any involvement in that. >> yeah. actually, when i went to that wedding in rhode island that's the question i got most from people. you're going to be in space force now. the current -- our current nasa administrator formerly a congressman from oklahoma, when he was in congress he thought creating a space force would be a good idea. he's been talking about it a lot. that has led some people to be