. >> this year's lineup features a champions league list of directors -- steven soderbergh, sophia coppola, the cohen brothers, and of course, as women, who opens this year with a 3-d blockbuster period piece -- of course, baz luhrmann. it appears after three weak years, the festival is determined to set down a marker to prove that it still the greatest film festival in the world. >> the oil painting "cathedral squirm along" was purchased by a private american collector for nearly 29 million euros. -- "cathedral square milan." we will be having more on the trial of the surviving members of a suspected neo-nazi group at the top of the hour. stay with us for that. >> be sure to keep it here. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> welcome to "newsline." . it's thursday, may 16th. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. members in tokyo have approved a political resolution that calls for a resolution in syria. despite some holdouts they have condemned the regime of assad said in he's carrying out attacks on indiscriminately on civilians. >> it is adopted. >> qatar's re

and as steven soderbergh has not already optioned the movie rights for this heist, somebody should text tonight, antwerp is spelled a-n-t-w-e-r-p and it is pronounced heist. heist. >> the sentencing phase begins today. >>> plus, emotions ran hig

and as steven soderbergh has not already optioned the movie rights for this heist, somebody should textonight, antwerp is spelled a-n-t-w-e-r-p and it is pronounced heist. heist. now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." have a great night. >>> today in washington, here in washington, senator elizabeth warren introduced her first piece of legislation. tonight, senator elizabeth warren will join me in a last word exclusive. we will also have the latest from cleveland and a review of what we learned in today's hearing about benghazi. >>> we are learning chilling new details in the case of the three cleveland women. >> kid nanapping case out of cleveland, ow

and as steven soderbergh has not already optioned the movie rights for this heist, somebody should text him tonight, antwerp is spelled a-n-t-w-e-r-p and it is pronounced heist. heist. now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." have a great night. >>> today in washington, here in washington, senator elizabeth warren introduced her first piece of legislation. tonight, senator elizabeth warren will join me in a last word exclusive. we will also have the latest from cleveland and a review of what we learned in today's hearing about benghazi. >>> we are learning chilling new details in the case of the three cleveland women. >> kid nanapping case out of cleveland, ohio. >> amanda berry has just returned home. >> stop. >> back up. >> stop. >> it has been a long time since i've seen a crush of cameras and reporters like that. >> i would encourage everyone to give them a little space. >> meanwhile, we're getting new disturbing details. >> the women were bound in chains, kept isolated from each other. >> there are questions today about the cleveland police department itself. >> whethe

steven soderbergh came to you about ten years ago. >> 2000, when we were doing "traffic."hank you very much. i love would to think about it. >> reporter: a decade later, a script materialized. matt damon signed on to play his lover. and voila. >> we started off with a piano player. i'm not going to be able to get to speed. he's going so fast. let me get the hands right. >> reporter: you copied his hand movements? >> yeah. classical piano players always wore black tuxedos. plain, black tuxedos. >> reporter: all of the furs and the makeup scenes and the capes? >> no. >> i think, hmm. black piano. black tuxedo. who's going to see me in this giant clamshell? well, i ask you, can you see me now? >> you know, as far as making out with matt, you know, it's not so bad. >> reporter: did you rehearse at all? >> the scenes, yeah. we rehearsed the scenes. >> reporter: the kissing scenes? >> you know, for me, i guess the thrill the first time i saw it. after a few minutes, i really forget it's matt. matt and mike, you know? i think it's just -- forget it's us. >> reporter: he was reall

magic mike 2" is, in fact, being wring, people, as we speak according to the original director, steven soderberghlved in the sequel because and i can relate to this "magic mike" is very near and dear to his heart and indicates all the stars including one matthew mcconaughey is on board. yes -- >> i do. i just -- you say being written, was there much writing in the first one? >> very deep and provocative story, sam. >> subtlety and nuance of at least one of those. >> sometimes there are no words. >> oh. >> that's "pop news." >> thank you, lara. >>> we have no video to cover so, ladies and gentlemen, you'll see the walk. you'll see the walk by the desk. this is me going outside. >> hula. >> i'm afraid to open this door because you never know when you open the door what's going to be outside today. oh! to hawaii, ladies and gentlemen. wait, wait, turn this around. turn this around. you guys, i love it, i love it. while you guys get a shot of that, where are you guys from? >> texas. >> texas. >> texas. >> texas. >> texas. >> baltimore. >> baltimore. good morning, you guys. you have a ring side view o