understand what people saw in shakespeare particularly the greater the claims made for shakespeare theaters and julius sees injure and above all king lear? he really could only just see a kind of worthlessly histrionic talent expended on nothing in particular. and tolstoy had an intelligence the size of the planet. we had misperception and it's an odd bee to have in his bonnet but tolstoy could have weird bees in his bonnet. this is not orwell's -- i would comment about the story of tolstoy that occurs to me that what -- and it really worked 'cause some of you, at least two you can go and read this essay. i hope so, philadelphia, you must. and it would spoil it 'cause the essay really does have a punch line and what orwell does is drops clues as the essay runs along like a great crime story as to why, in fact, tolstoy might have this view of shakespeare and particularly might have it of king lear. and when the answer is delivered, it's of a kind of brow-smacking accord which is the same thing when you discover that it was the gardener's 9-year-old who actually cut off the granny with a pair

shakespeare was a man who was a shareholder in his own theater, an actor in his own theater. the records were well known in shakespeare and were often the story of how quickly they came off if they did not work. they had to move on. tavis: there are more things that i want to ask you about. i should stop for a second and let you topline what the story line here is, for those who are not familiar. of thor is the prince isasgard asgard, son of odin, a family that runs the universe. in the beginning of the story he defies his father to prove himself willing and able to be king. his coronation is disrupted by an attack from the frost giants. thor defies his father to go see why they did it. in doing so he creates a kind of nuclear war. he defies his father once again and is banished to worth. without his powers. in the classic tale of odysseus, you go away, you lose your power, your friends, your family, and in this case he has to deal with the idea that it is trickier than he can imagine for god's to order coffee or find the easy acquired transport in new mexico. these are chall

and the question is why did he despise shakespeare? we couldn't understand. particularly the greater claims made for the shakespeare plays for the great tragedies of athello and hamlet and he could see a worthless history expended on nothing in particular. and they had an intelligent sign of the planet. it was very extraordinary, weird misperception. very odd. but it could have weird bees in his bonnet. this is not orwell. i will just say -- i'll come on to the story that occurs to me. that what -- and it really worked. because some of you, at least two of you are going to go and read this essay, and i hope say philadelphia. you must. and it will spoil it to deliver. because the essay really doesn't have a punch line. what orwell does is drop clues as the essay runs along, like a great crime story as to why, in fact, tolstoy might have the view of shakespeare and king leer. when it's delivered, it's a bro smacking which is a same thing when you discover it was the gardener's 9-year-old who actually gut off the granny with a pair of garden sheers. you should h

. >> "thor" -- is bringing moviegoers drama, just like a shakespeare play. >> shakespeare was also looking at what it took to be a good king, a good leader. "thor" has that kind of entertainment. the stakes are very high. >> what we have been doing is taking some of these lesser- known characters and turning them into household names. we have a reservoir of great material to pull from. remix let decisions about what we want to do. we try to find the stuff that we think resonates the most. >> the strategy of marble appears to be working. super hero universe -- never- ending return. >> to make a movie to entertain people, but also to prepare for the next movie and the next movie, and new comic books, new toys, and a video game. in hollywood, that's everything. >> significantly fewer people have been going to u.s. cinemas of this year. admissions and revenue are down. the hope is that these super hero movies will do the trick and bring in big dollars at the box office. >> that is it for the moment on bbc. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe

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. >> to continue with my shakespeare aim, it is cold and i am sick of heart. like to continue this discussion to the next time we meet. >> chris daly was tried to push this early on, let's get someone in their early on. there was pressure to get someone from the left tube lined up the vote. was it going to be a tom ammiano, david campos, an arin peskin, a former supervisor? >> but then mayor newsom said that he may delay his wearing him that as a lieutenant governors for a week. then the border supervisors, the modern new board with let the mayor. >> the question is when i do that. i have no charter obligations to do that. my term does not expire for another year-plus. so i have to resign first before a new mayor can take that oath of office. i have a role to play, even though the board of supervisors is the official who. >> mayor newsom, infuriatingly, frankly, kept his cards close to the best until the last moment. people did not know if he was going to stay in office to allow the new board to vote, people did not know if he was going to go to sacramento ear

. >> reporter: starting with chapter books and building to shakespeare, jim continued reading to alicest parents give up on story time. well into high school. that's right. while the other kids were leaving parties to get beer.... >> i don't know that i was particularly popular. >> reporter:... alice was leaving for king lear. >> and i didn't drive either. so it was like i would have to burden someone at a party to take me home to get read to and then drive me back. >> reporter: and yet she and her dad kept it up every night until the first day of college. after unpacking her things at rutgers jim and alice sat in the stair well of her dorm and shared one last read. >> it was a hard thing to bear to know that after almost nine years that we were now doing the last time. >> he put in every night for years. he didn't have to do that. he's selfless. >> reporter: alice ended up graduating top of her class with a degree in-- you guessed it-- english literature. and thanks to all that reading her dad did, alice is now able to read to him from her own book. >> well, my father read to me. >> r

by the age five she was reading shakespeare. they found what they were looking for in paris.rature, new ideas of how to live. the cafes were full of talk and every chair was filled by a poet, a writer, a painter or a patron of the arts or by someone posing as one or the other. writers wrote in public. painters painted in public, art was in the streets, and radical new books were everywhere. and gertrude stein apartment became one of the centers. she didn't announce that she was a lesbian but sheer she did not have to hide it. pablo picasso painted a picture of her, when she said it didn't look like her. he said don't worry it will. ernest hemmingway was an admirer. you are all a lost generation she told them. another reader dreamed of the avid life in paris. she was alice, when she made a daring trip to paris, she met stein. stein proposed to alice. at older age,gertrude looked less and less like a female. and toward the end of their tour, gertrude took alice on a nostalgic visit to oakland. it was supposed to be nostalgic: but the town had become a city and everything had ch

. >> jimmy: you did "shakespeare in the park." >> i did shakespeare in the park.york city. i was honored to be asked. i don't audition anymore. offer only. but it was with al pacino which was amazing and terrifying at the same time. yeah. it was very, very exciting. >> jimmy: was al familiar with your work from the show? >> i don't think initially. i think as the rehearsal process went on people would come up to me, other cast members be like, i watched your show tonight and he was like what's going on with this boy? so, he found out as the rehearsal progressed that he wasn't the only famous person in the show. no, but he is so awesome. it's like -- i don't know if you remember this. we're actually at the season finale tonight. but last year at the season finale we did this sort of tribute to "the godfather" where i was killing a bird in the house and it was all in slow motion, and it was over cameron singing the "ave maria." and it was our tribute. our tribute to "the godfather." i was proud of this sequence. i told al about it. i was all nervous. we did this sor

. >> shakespeare has got nothing on you. >> thank you. >> all right, thanks a lot, roberta. >> one of the nation's biggest banks is warning customers to watch their accounts. citygroup says hackers broke into its computer systems last month. the hackers were able to view the information of about 200,000 city bank credit card accounts. the bank says the hackers were not able to access social security numbers but they could see customers' names, addresses and phone numbers. city says it is notifying affected customers and it may issue them new credit cards. >>> apple putting the brakes on any apps that help drunk drivers avoid police. reviewing applications that tell users the locations of dui check points and banning any similar app from its store in the future. in march some senators urged apple, google and research in motion to remove apps that contain check point information. that company r.a.m. agreed right now. now apple is updating its gills. no word yet from google. >>> and speaking of dangerous driving. the u.s. supreme court ruled today that leading police on a high speed chas

down when you know we're more concerned with you know being answered with the stars than watching shakespeare or something like that. you know i know i'm all in favor of freedom of speech but you know so church springer want television programs he should be able to do that but bothers me is that americans are willing to watch your instructor oh i think we're in agreement here that the government should basically not have any role in determining what information is available to children and in a sense that that needs to be if anybody the responsibility of the of the of the parents and there's to be no restrictions on speech from the government but is there anything that you that takes that responsibility that said have the government actually helping parents if you're saying that it's not the child's individual responsibility that the child doesn't have the right to make that decision about what information they are consuming on their own because you have a sixteen year old kid who's using the internet who has access to everything you know if there's going to be restrictions there if the paren

home of the oregon shakespeare festival. we start ted theater. we saw a lot of shows. >> how does that work? is the season all year long or plays just a few times a year? >> it's actually about nine months long. you can see it online. we'll give you the website to check it out and see the schedule of shows. 18 shows a year that rotate in three main theaters and it's fantastic. world class. i got to interview anthony if you saw "silence of the lambs" he was the creepy doctor. he's amazing. not creepy at all in real life. you'll recognize actors from tv and movies. that's ashland. >> what a unique experience. after you saw these great plays, where did you getting too? >> we headed out and went to medford. there are vineyards everywhere. 150 in southern oregon. people have no idea. it's like napa valley 30 years ago. very charming. quaint. some of them are big. just uncrowded. great wines. we started in medford. then we did the applegate valley which is like this. long, winding valley back there. hills. it's all green. great wine back there too. >>

been stories and the new testament uses parables' and abraham lincoln was raised on the bible and shakespeareboth their narratives. we have lost the art and we need a back and need to learn from the left to fight them and we can do it. we can fight the battle we need your money and your time and your talent. come to hollywood we have to end prime-time propaganda up. thank you very much. [applause] her. >> i had two thoughts during this you gave me a reason to like ladybird johnson. [laughter] and then i can imagine recasting as conservative broadcasting service. we will take questions and then we will take the rest of them. >> and the people who watch the shows that are highly rated rp their middle-of-the-road or conservatives? then why aren't they doing good things for the advertisers of they are offended every step of the way? >> >> looking at what conservatives and liberals watch they tend to watch american an "idol" and in cis. they are less liberal than the alternative. it used to be more conservative the guy who produces is conservative but it has moved to the left and "american idol" i

so active mentoring and then you're excited about other things like shakespeare or whatever. i mean, i've enjoyed having a well-rounded player, or am interested filming different things. i try to convey it a little bit in the book. >> i think you did. >> there so many things that are unbelievably fascinating in the world, whether it's literature or art or the ocean, you could keep going on. you could go on and on forever. any of those you can get john into if you've got somebody pushes you to wait that's that's excited about it for experience project museum in seattle. we tried like i think this museum is doing to show young people that you know, hey, try playing the guitar and if you can make a couple of notes, maybe you want to learn to play guitar into the same thing with hopefully two more things here to get young people program. >> another question. what do you see as the next big thing and why? >> that's a hard one. i mean, i think eventually some of these a.i. type systems and recently we fallout in jeopardy. eventually those things would be so much better for understa

it's from shakespeare "merchant of venice," "the quality of mercy is not strained.peth as the general rain from heaven on the place beneath. it is twice blessed. it blesseth him that gives and him that takes." >> i'm so, so sorry for what i did to you and your family. >> i want you to tell me why. >> the truth is there was no reason. it was just -- it was just senseless. they took me off drugs and i realized what i did. it made me sick. >> reporter: it's the reason he made the movie, this scene. why is that moment one that still makes the emotion come into your eyes. >> sitting in front of ake? >> reporter: yes. >> i think it was so revealing. i look back and just building this coat of armor and that was killing me and it was killing my marriages, my, you know, whatever, friendships. at the end of the day, it was protecting me, but it was keeping me away from people that i love. >> reporter: there's another scene in the movie. a flashback to the night of the crime and maybe this was the scene he needed to play, to finally move on. [ gunshots ] [ screams ] >> reporte

you're a better person if you know what shakespeare was talking about, if you know what beethoven struggled're better. because it's just, like, you get to speak with the wisest people who ever lived. >> safer: maestro marsalis speaks his universal language with his band, swinging in the rain with marsalis sounding for all the world like louis armstrong, new orleans' other favorite son. but this is london. it's a moment that tells you all you need to know about the music's infectious appeal. >> marsalis: i want us to give 100% all the time. we know that we're here to serve-- serve the music and to serve everyone who comes to check our music out. ♪ ♪ ( cheers and applause ) >> safer: when we come back, we'll be checking in with the band as it moves on to that forbidden city to most americans, havana. >> welcome to the cbs sports update presented by pfizer. at the travelers championship, sweden's frederick jacobsen shot a final round 66 to earn his first pga tour victory by one over ryan moore and john rollins. in major league baseball, roy halladay improved to 10-3 on the season, a complete-g

and then the future, excited about other things like shakespeare or whenever. is so important. i enjoy having a well-rounded life. i mean, i tried to invade a little bit in the book. >> i think you do. >> some many things that are unbelievably fascinating in the world. the merger are art or the ocean. i don't know. music. you could go on and on forever. any of those worlds you can get drawn into if you have somebody had shows you the way, is excited about it, or experiences seattle and deliberately tried like to think this person is doing, to show young people, you know, try playing a guitar. if you can make a couple of notes, maybe you want to learn and you can do the same thing and hopefully do more things here to get people interested in programs. >> another question. what do you see as the next big thing and why? >> that is a hard one. eventually some of these systems, i recently saw lots in jeopardy. so much better. in terms of things happening in the cloud over never, i can't think of anything but ticket. >> at an early age it enables you to recreate your life anyway you

are trying to prove that shakespeare smoked weed.hat explains that one original line -- "to be or not to be -- wait, what was thy question?" [ laughter ] i was just reading this, a first edition charles darwin book was returned to a library in australia 122 years late. you could tell it was a darwin book, because it actually evolved into an ipad. [ laughter ] a couple college kids out there go "yeah, yeah, i know. about time he did a darwin joke!" this isn't good, you guys. a new study found that 10% of toddlers are overweight. that explains the most popular new stroller on the market -- a wheelbarrow. [ laughter ] "have you met --" can't even think of what his name would be. what's a new hip kid name? >> steve: ezekiel? [ laughter ] jebidiah? i've been in amish country, so i don't know. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. that's not new. >> steve: garth? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i just saw this -- [ laughter ] garth? >> steve: yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no. >> steve: trent. >> jimmy: i don't know, i don't have an answer. i was just asking. >> ste

in the hebrew bible and uses parable's read abraham lincoln was raised on texts, the bible and shakespearelost the art. we need it back. we need to learn from the left to fight them the and we can fight the battle. we need your help, your money and time and talent to read come to hollywood and make it open. we have to end the prime time propaganda. thank you free much. [applause] >> we will be glad to take questions. i have two thoughts. number when you give me a reason to actually like lady bird johnson. then i can't imagine recasting cbs conservative broadcasting service by ensure there are a few around here that would like to do that. we will take questions. we have a microphone if you but identify yourself let's start over here and then takes the rest of them. >> you said that people who watch these shows that are highly rated r either middle-of-the-road or conservative. why are they watching and doing good things for the advertisers if they are being offended every step of the way? there's a disconnect between what you said and the reality of the advertising which is you need to actua

and this book here is books about shakespeare of one short or another. this is an area where i made use of my entrance hall. and i put as many bookshelves in as mrs. mcalister will allow me to put in. but i have in these two shelves, these are my civil war collection. like, i think, southerners are different than other americans in that -- that we're really more concerned with our history. and the question keeps coming up, you know, why don't you folks get over this civil war. well, i think we're over the civil war but what we aren't over is american heritage. and we have so much more history available to us about the civil war period than we do, for example, the revolutionary war period. here's one that shows the savannah connection. this fellow sneaden was a map maker and was captured as a p.o.w. and then was transferred over various parts of the south. and frequently he was at liberty and was able to make drawings and all. here's a drawing he made of the confederate p.o.w. camp in savannah. he was here in september of 1864. if he had been here in dece

i have my studs turk l who i'm a big fan of, and this bit here is books about shakespeare of one sort or another. this is an area are where i made use of my entrance hall, and i put as many book shelves as mrs. mcallister will allow me to put in. but i have in these two shelves, these are my civil war collection. like i think southerners are different than other americans in that we're really more concerned with our history. the question keeps coming up, you know, why don't you folks get over the civil war, well, i don't -- i think we're over the civil war, but what we aren't over is american heritage. and we have so much more history available to us about the civil war period than we do, for example, the revolutionary war period. here's one that, you know, kind

researchers at a south african facility are scheduled to open william shakes pierce's gave -- william shakespeare's grave. >>> if you ever wanted it to -- wanted to see what it's like to run at 70 miles an hour, now is your chance. animals at the san diego do -- at the san diego doent, the cheetahs run along -- zoo, the cheetahs run along the pack. >>> the fair for today's ticket 2s day, the fair is celebrating 99 years and there's plenty to do, includeing the rights, the concert, the horse raising and competitive eating. go to ktvu.com, do it before midnight and scroll down to the "right now" tab and put in the secret mass word -- password "fireworks." >> always a lot of excitement there. >>> we want to check in with sal one more time. >> this commute is very unusual for the last part of june --up. we have rainy weather and it's so rainy. let's move along to san francisco. the rain has not reached downtown yet. the traffic is moderate, if you are driving at the peninsula, it tends to be the slowest traffic there. >>> to the south, partly sunny, partly cloudy, to the north there's been moderate hea