martin scorsese's first family film on is the history of cinema itself.a british cast, homage is paid to the pioneers who brought with the director calls the magic to life. >> the feeling of it was it being always, more and less, and invalid when he was a child because of the asthma. >> you had asthma? >> yes. and it led to being kept away from sports, nature, anything green. and certainly animals. no running, no hysterical laughter. so i was in the movie theaters a lot. whatever cannot do or be part of in the life around me, somehow in the imagination and the spirit of the cinema, i experienced it. and i shared it with my father. i shared it with my father mainly. >> the message from "hugo" in all to modern 3-d is that for getting the past only kills the present. kingsley is a great director, now reduced to running a toy shop, his film work disregarded as the move is of moved on. history, says scorsese, is the key to understanding >> you are a human encyclopedia. >> it is just that i was able to see many of these films at the time when i was home alone,

it is impossible to imagine martin scorsese and sir ben kingsley in something that does not work. that is our show for tonight. thank you for watching. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with legendary hollywood filmmaker roger corman. that's next time. we will see you there. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day 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. [captioning made possible by kcet public television]

he has worked with francis ford coppola, martin scorsese, and some anymore. his new movie, exploits of hollywood rubble. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day 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. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] the lighted -- tavis: and delighted to welcome roger corman to this program. he is responsible for more than 500 films the movie is called, exploits of a hollywood rubble. here are now scenes from his world. >> i started my own company for a variety of reasons. >> i said, i will make it myself. >> we shot it in seven days, including spe

descendants with george clooney and new martin scorsese film hugo. here is the raving reviews while talking with our own tucker barnes on friday. he begins with the take on hugo. >> until now, until seeing this movey, i never thought 3-d was a necessary tool in telling a story. >> it's a butte of the picture. >> absolutely beautiful. cost over $100 million to make. a film that starts off like a child adventure and then becomes a beautiful 3-d love letter to film making. a 30 second tv spot or two minute trailer does not give the movie what it's worth. you to see it in theaters. stick with it. it's a movie that will move you. it is absolutely beautiful. martin scorsese amazing. >> the descendant. >> a film he will be nominated for an academy award. this is actually opening up wider i believe it's at amc titans and a bunch of theaters. a guy by alexander pain and a film that deals with raw human emotion and george clooney's best performance to date. normally when we watch movies we see george clooney. we don't see the character he is playing. >> he is

in hollywood next month. >> another mystery. >> scorsese who directed hugo will be honored when the show airs live on vh-1 january 12th. >> lady gaga headed to the white house yesterday but not for a performance. the pop singer met with administration staffers to discuss ways to stop bullying against kids. and that's your eye on entertainment. bigad shaban, cbs news, los angeles. >>> we begin 9news now at 6:00 a.m. by declaring today a severe weather alert day. good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> thanks a lot for joining us, i'm mike hydeck. here's monika samtani with lots to talk about in traffic. it will affect your commute. >> right now, howard does have our weather first with what the severe weather alert day means to all of us. >> flooding will be the concern today. one, two, main three inches could cause flooding. we have a flood watch in effect for the metro and out to the west and then tonight, a little bit of snow. that's not as big a concern as the flood potential. 59 degrees at national. some areas are in the lower 60s. we'll.dropping much closer to the average by this aft

your available sources that it knows about and find any movies by martin scorsese. and this is going to be a big part of how it will compete supposedly next year with apple's of it with the apple tv with the siri with the voice commands. we won't be using remotes, i want to watch this or that. this is the connect technology and also another thing is they are using cloud now. for you gamerslove to save your game settings, no more taking them around on a thumb drive to your friends' console or whatever. >> that's so last year. >> right. no one does that anymore. you just have it saved in the clouds. it will say cloud saved games and do your game saves right there and pick up the action somewhere else. so this update is free starts coming out today when you log into you xbox next time. >> it's not just about games. >> very much about entertainment. >> i have done some of these updates before. problems, bugs? >> we'll see. when people first get it we'll see issues and reports. if we hear a lot of issues, it will be on the cnet.com. and if we find workaround, those will

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while "hugo" is morton sco scorsese's own movie. >> happy endings only happen in the movies. >> reporter year are full of history. filmmakers hoping the luster of the past is the gold of the future. >> cut. >> reporter: kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. >>> that that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. coming up next "football night in america" followed by "sunday night football", the ravens versus the chargers. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com makes it easy for anne to view her finances from anywhere. like gate d12 for the next three hours. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. really? [ male announcer ] kate uses her citibank debit card

while "hugo" is morton sco scorsese's own movie. >> happy endings only happen in the movies. >> reporter year are full of history. filmmakers hoping the luster of the past is the gold of the future. >> cut. >> reporter: kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. >>> that that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. coming up next "football night in america" followed by "sunday night football", the ravens versus the chargers. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

also competing for best drama -- martin scorsese's "hugo," the baseball chronicle "moneyball." >> this is wide open, this category. there are a lot of winners that might be here or not, like "dragon tattoo." >> "30 rock," "for walt empire," and "glee." the big winners are the 90 journalists from the hollywood press association. typically, this is a preview for the best picture nominees at the academy awards. >> all rights. still ahead this weekend's new releases. >> and i knew crash test. >> and a young woman attacked from behind and grabbed by her hair and nearly 50 feet >> you are watching abc7 news at 5:00, with leon harris alison starling, chief meteorologist doug hill with weather weathertim brant with sports. >>> a woman is recovering tonight after a stranger at dr. from behind and dragged her by the year nearly 50. >> it happened in gaithersburg. the assailant was charged with kidnapping. with out more on what happened. >> she is extremely grateful to those who rescued her. she was walking down to georgetown to buy a shirt for the caps game. as she was walking back, everything w

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you have george clooney, steven spielberg, "war horse," brad pitt, "moneyball," martin scorsese," hugoood foreign press to find the big stars and give them the acknowledgment they deserve. in best actor, three of the a-list actors in hollywood. george clooney, "the descendants," leo dicaprio, for "j. edgar." and brad pitt, for "moneyball." >> we have shailene woodley on the phone. she is in "the descendants." she was on "good morning america" just a few weeks ago. her first film. now, you have the nomination. >> thank you. it's crazy. >> good morning, shailene. >> what were you wearing when you heard you got nominated? >> my pajamas. >> being on the set with george obviously gives you a chance to study one of hollywood's most talented actors. what do you think you learned from him while watching him work during "the descendants"? >> oh, my gosh. not only did i get to know him as a human being. but he's such a good actor. never in his trailer. always on-set. i'm so lucky. >> and shailene, it's been an incredible ride for you to get this on your first, first film. is it something you wer

also in the running for best drama "hugo," martin scorsese's 3-d fantasy about a boy living in a paris train station. "moneyball" starring brad pitt and "war horse," steven spielberg's world war i story set for christmas release. actor gerard butler announced the nominees for best comedy and musical. in addition to the artist -- >> "50/50," "bridesmaids," "midnight in paris" and "my week with marilyn." >> if you're going to do it, do it. >> reporter: two actors got dual nomination. ryan gosling for ides of march in drama. best comedy or musical performance for "crazy stupid love." >> on my purchase of your business. >> glenn close was nominated for best dramatic actress in "albert knobs" and for writing the lyrics for the film's tune "lay your head down," best song nominee. globes will be handed out sunday, january 15th. ricky gervais will be the host for the third time running. it'll all be right here on nbc. ann? >> george lewis, thank you so much. >>> just ahead, michael jackson's daughter talks about her unusual upbringing and having to wear masks in public. we're going to have her