[applause] steven spielberg. [applause] from "e.t."nd "jurassic park" to "saving private ryan" and "schindler's list," steven spielberg has established his place as one of history's most influential filmmakers. he has brought entire universes to life, broadened our horizons, and ushered iconic american characters into being. our world has been shaped by his stories and through his shoah foundation, he has helped thousands of survivors of genocide tell world-changing stories of their own. he represents the best of american culture and humanitarianism and we honor his timeless contributions to our national life. [applause] barbra joan streisand. [applause] for six decades, barbra joan streisand has used her extraordinary voice to bring life to the range and humor of the human experience. her talent, authenticity, and bold performances have left an indelible mark an american film, theater, and music, inspiring generations of fans and performers. as a philanthropist and powerful advocate for women's heart health, she encourages others to u

it's directed by steven spielberg. it's in theaters starting tomorrow. go check it out this weekend. then tom and i are going to perform some scenes together in a bit called "kid theater." it's a lot of fun. so stick around for that. plus she stars in the new movie "crimson peak," the lovely, the talented jessica chastain is here. >> steve: oh! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: looking good. we love jessica chastain. >> steve: lives in the neighborhood. >> jimmy: sorry, again steve oh, yeah, yeah. hashtags hashtags >> jimmy: you guys are on twitter, right? do you use twitter? it's fun. [ cheers ] we use twitter every single week on our show. if you watch the show, you want to play along, we do this thing every wednesday where i send out a hashtag, and we ask you guys to tweet out based on that topic. so since the democratic debates were this week and a few candidates gave some regrettable answers, i went on twitter and started a hashtag called #whydidisaythat? yeah, i asked you guys to tweet out something dumb or embarrassing that you've said. we got tho

steven spielberg. barbra streisand. james taylor. minoru yasui. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. >>> hello, everybody. please, thank you. thank you. everybody please have a seat. everybody have a seat. well, welcome to the white house, everybody. >> thank you. thank you, mr. president. >> a bunch of people were saying i was pretty busy today, which is true. but this is a fun kind of busy right here. today we celebrate some extraordinary people. innovators, artists, and leaders who contribute to america's strength as a nation. and we offer them our highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. let me tell you just a little bit about them, although i suspect people here already know their stories. growing up in west virginia, katherine johnson counted everything. she counted steps. she counted dishes. she counted the distance to the church. by 10 years old she was in high school. by 18 she had graduated from college with degrees in math and french. as an african-america

[applause] steven spielberg.applause] from et and jurassic park to saving private ryan and hasindler's list, he brought into our horizon and created iconic american characters. our world has been shaped by his stories and through his foundation he has helped thousands of survivors tell worlds changing stories of their own. he represents the best of american culture and humanitarianism and we honor his timeless contributions to our national life. [applause] barbara joan streisand. [applause] for six decades arbor joan herisand has used extraordinary voice to bring life to the range and humor of the human experience. her talent and authenticity and bold performances have left an indelible mark on american film and music. inspiring generations of fans and performers. as a philanthropist, and powerful advocate for women's health, she encourages others to use their own voices to make a difference. her legacy will endure any american narrative. [applause] [laughter] [applause] james taylor. [applause] for decades james

the article caught the eye of steven spielberg. he reached out to the young filmmaker, who reminded him of himself. today, spielberg is abrams' friend, collaborator, and a big fan. what first struck you about him? >> steven spielberg: he just reminded me of a cartoon character that was so full of magnetic energy and ideas coming like, sparks flying in all directions. he was just absolutely, deliriously, madly in love with the film business and with making movies. >> whitaker: the kid in abrams is on display at bad robot, his santa monica production company. grown-up version of his childhood bedroom-- with toys, an art area, and a place for special effects. here, about 90 employees churn out a constant stream of movies, tv shows, video games, and apps. he's kind of, like, all over the place. is it difficult? >> mcgrath: i don't even try. it can give you a bit of a have enough hobbies in your life, but he... >> whitaker: you're... you're not doing enough. >> mcgrath: no, no. and i'm doing plenty, by the way. but this is a whole other

he was climbing over chairs, if you remember, stepping on steven spielberg's head, it was crazy!h, that. -finally, i can fix your -- your italian. -it's true. here is a new song adapted from the bittersweet theme to "la vita bella." and in english, andrea, we call it -- -"life is beautiful." correct? -exactly! -♪ vai ♪ ♪ sorridi amore e vai ♪ ♪ hai ♪ ♪ negli occhi gli occhi miei ♪ ♪ vai ♪ ♪ con questa mia canzone ♪ ♪ intrisa di emozione il mondo aspetta ♪ ♪ il tuo sorriso vai ♪ ♪ blu ♪ ♪ il cielo e' ancora blu ♪ ♪ tu ♪ ♪ coloralo di piu ♪ ♪ vai ♪ ♪ in questa confusione ♪ ♪ milioni di persone ♪ ♪ il mondo e' vuoto se non ci sei tu ♪ ♪ vai ♪ ♪ sei bello come un re ♪ ♪ si ♪ ♪ bello come il ritornello ♪ ♪ di questa canzone che io canto per te ♪ ♪ ma ♪ ♪ si nasconde anche il dolor ♪ ♪ nel dolcissimo rumore della vita intorno a te ♪ ♪ fai ♪ ♪ la tua strada e' fra la gente ♪ ♪ falla innammoratamente ♪ ♪ come quando eri con me ♪ ♪ e allora vai ♪ -♪ sorridi amore vai ♪ ♪ so ♪ ♪ che mi sorprenderai ♪ ♪ vai ♪ ♪ con questa mia canzone ♪ ♪ che intrisa di emozione ♪ ♪ infonde al mondo la felic

but first, indiana jones fans listen up, during an interview with a french radio station steven spielberg hinted at a new adventure featuring the fictional archaeologist. spielberg says he's hoping to make indy 5 before harrison ford is 80 and the actor turns 74 next summer. running out of time here. we'll be right back. proud of you, son. ge! a manufacturer. well that's why i dug this out for you. it's your grandpappy's hammer and he would have wanted you to have it. it meant a lot to him... yes, ge makes powerful machines. but i'll be writing the code that will allow those machines to share information with each other. i'll be changing the way the world works. (interrupting) you can't pick it up, can you? go ahead. he can't lift the hammer. it's okay though! you're going to change the world. thinking of new ways to make treat time fun. (vo) at the friskies playhouse, the cats and us are always busy. that's how we came up with new friskies pull 'n play. with tender string treats cats can eat. that part was their idea. lucy always thought strings should be edible. chloe thought the same.

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steven spielberg, francis, you gave each other awards all the time.eorge lucas: i hate to say this. there are thousands of award shows every year. i will take the ones that are meaningful, like the kennedy center. charlie: is there a competition between you and steven? george lucas: sure. charlie: what is it? george lucas: who can do the better work. it is the "oh wow" factor. i don't resent how many times, i just enjoy the fact that i can a movie and he can one up me and say, "that is unbelievable." charlie: american graffiti is one of the best films "ever made" according to him. george lucas: that's easy to say. it was exuberant and had a lot of underpinnings of the kinds of things that a filmmaker wants to have in their movie. a lot of observations. philosophical musings. it was in the guise of entertainment. most people pay attention to that stuff. critics have a tendency to be extremely glib. they look at a movie a day or two with a and rattle off in an hour with their feelings are. as a result, you get ideology. charlie: i'm asking you though, a

>> this is the movie that steven spielberg described as an instant classic. think there's going to be any possibility it's going to suck. >> by now they've got too much invested in it not to like the movie. brian rooney, abc news, hollywood. >> i'm afraid his prediction did not hold true. whether he said it's a thing to tell their grandkids about, i imagine when they tell their grandkids, they will have said tell me you didn't queue up for the phantom menace. >> get in line. >> seriously. >> some of the hollywood celebs have waited. shonda rhimes tweeting holy crap, the force awakens so good in the best old school way. >> is that technically a breach of the embargo? >> no, no. shonda wouldn't do that. >> that's it for their half. >> remember to follow us on facebook, wnnfans.com. welcome. always a friendly hello. always a perfectly flaky crust. always mrs. smith's flaky crust pies. the only one made with real butter and abundant seasonal fruit. warm and welcoming and fresh from your oven with our flakiest crust ever. you're always welcome at mrs. smith's. >>>

steven spielberg was left off the best list and michael keeton always came up short. can see who comes out on top when ricky gervais hosts the 73rd golden globe awards. "searle" ular podcast is back. sara konig announced it. >> the high profile case is different from the first season which focused on the little known case of adnan sayed a baltimore man accused of the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend. devin is back with y

lucas, andrd, george steven spielberg. all hitting the red carpet for the highly anticipated film that people know very little about. was four years old when my dad first showed me it, and i was loved it. >> this movie brings back the nostalgic characters. "the force awakens" will open later this week on over 4000 screens. start of thehe franchise, it opened in less than 50 theaters, no red carpet premiere. sure thatas was so it would flop, he was vacationing in hawaii. back then, harrison ford said when he first played the role of han solo, he could not imagine the success star wars would have now. >> i'm really excited to get this movie out there for the audience. the highest grossing film so far was 1999's "the phantom menace." alison: it is "star wars" week on "good morning washington," so and in to win prize packs tickets to the movies. that starts bright and early at 4:24. this morning on the show. we don't have that, but we have steve. leon: that is how far we have fallen? steve: oh, boy. we are talking about a cool

steven spielberg was left off the best director's list, and acting heavyweights like michael keaton and johnny depp also came up short. you can see who comes out on top sunday, january 10-th, when comedian ricky gervais host 73-rd golden globe awards. i'm jeremy roth reporting. an old janis joplin song asked if god would buy her a mercedes benz. but in real-life, the singer bought herself a porsche -- and now, it's for sale. joplin bought this 19-64 porsche 356 as a used car in 1968. she had it painted candy apple red with a colorful mural on top. it's being sold by the auction house r-m sotheby's. the car is expected to bring in between 400-thousand- and 600-thousand- dollars, several times what a '64 porsche would normally sell for. the car has been in the rock and roll hall of fame in cleveland for the past twenty years. the joplins are hoping to use proceeds from the sale to support social programs in their sister's this is the channel 13 news at hey! this holiday, u.s. cellular's giving you 15 gigs of data for just $70! but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] you're getting data. pony-sized

for decades a top producer on steven spielberg's acclaimed films. >> i did pose this provocative idea is luke skywalker, that that would be something that was said by one of our characters. >> why was who is luke skywalker such a fascinating question? >> i guess because it spoke to a new generation. it was that idea there would be young people for whom luke skywalker was essentially a myth. >> reporter: in crafting and casting "the force wakens" set 30 years after "return of the jedi," abrams wanted its characters young. even bad guys like kylo ren. >> i will finish what you started. >> and kathy's like adam driver. i'm like mike drop. >> reporter: john boyega was cast as the ex-storm trooper finn. >> are we really doing this? >> while daisy ridley was the choice for rae. >> when she came in and read you just know. and literally i had to not giggle from behind the camera becauses i was amazed at what she was doing. >> abrams hoping this film will have the same emotional punch as the 1977 one had on him as a child. >> the thing i felt when i was a kid when i left the tater was the worl

we need the george lucases, and steven spielbergs, and the jj abrams of the world. think that we need both. ♪ emily: your father spent time in jail for murder. how did you overcome that? ♪ later, i was interning at bad boy entertainment. emily: 1999, something big happened. you met eve jeffers. who happens to be eve. troy: originally, i met eve when she was about 16 years old. she was my first management client. emily: you worked with her for over eight years. troy: we had an incredible run. we went from -- the good thing is, working with will, i had seen his blueprint of you can take an artist who is a rapper, and they can do television, they can do film. so my job was just to execute on the blueprint. emily: and then your relationship ended kind of abruptly, another stumbling block for you. what happened? troy: she wanted to go to another level. at that time, there was not a lot of faith that i could get her there. it was a bit of a heartbreaker. you spend eight years with somebody, you become really close. and it caught me off guard, top of the financial crisis.

for decades top producer on steven spielberg's acclaimed films. >> i did pose this provocative idea of who is luke skywalker that that would be something that was said by one of our characters. >> why was who is luke skywalker such a fascinateing question? >> i guess because it spoke to a new generation. it was that idea that there would be young people for whom luke skywalker was essentially myth. >> reporter: in crafting and setting thes for awaken, abrams wanted the characters young, even bad guys like ky. >> he's like, adam driver, really? mike drop. >> one of the things that we talked about very early on was that the villain in the movie b b young. he's in the midst offed a less 70 angst. >> that's new because there's a the villains in previous "star wars." >> you were right about me. >> reporter: months of auditions yielded the lead. john boyega was cast as the exstorm trooper fnn while daisy ridley was chosen for rey. >> when she came in and read you just know. and literally i had to not giggle too loudly from behind the camera because i was amazed at what she was doing. >> repo

. >>> indiana jones fans listen up, steven spielberg hinted at a new indianaa jones. >> oh, my gosh.e. real scientists and real engineers on staff on the ship. it's fake real as opposed to the millennium falcon which is fake fake. >>> on "the tonight show" jimmy let philly native, the roots poke fun at their winless 76ers. >> the 6ers are so bad they're now named after how many people are in the crowd. >> the 76ers are so bad that the hipe music is the new adel album. >> 76ers are so bad they're the flu vaccine is the only shot they got. >> 76ers are so bad they're the real reason the fresh prince left philadelphia. coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax. theraflu expressmax combines... maximum strength medicines available without a prescription... ...to fight your worst cold and flu symptoms... ...so you can feel better fast and get back to the job at hand. new theraflu expressmax. the power to feel better.tm ♪ just head around the corner to walgreens when you're searching for that perfect

>> ray fines and steven spielberg's shinder's list. >> c-span: jennifer >> guest, in your book, you wrote, "i am the granddaughter of a mass murderer." how hard was that? >> guest: to find out was very difficult. now, to live with it is ok because a long time passed and i came to terms with the fact. today, i think that yes, it is a big responsibility, but it's not a burden anymore. >> c-span: your book, which is called, "my grandfather would have shot me," has all of the characters in your life and i want to put on the screen what - there's the book on the screen, but i also want to put on the screen the chart that shows your family and have you briefly explain, and we'll come back and talk about it, there you can see up at the top is your grandfather on the right, amon goeth. who was he? >> guest: my grandfather was a war criminal. he's known to millions of people because he was depicted in the move, "schindler's list," but he was not a movie character. i mean, he was a real person and he was put on trial in poland after the war. he was convicted of the murder of thousands of people and

we need the george lucases, and steven spielbergs, and the jj abrams of the world. i think that we need both. emily: your father spent time in jail for murder. how did you overcome that? ♪ emily: you had a complicated and difficult childhood. how did you overcome some of the things you have to go through, which no kid have to go through? troy: we grew up in a really tough neighborhood. we went to sleep to gunshots every single night. it was something regular. my mom worked 30 years at children's hospital in philadelphia. she got up to go to work every day, 5:30 a.m. we would pour out the penny jar, and count out the pennies to be able to put into the bus, so that we could go to school in the morning. we had to boil hot water because we did not have hot water sometimes. that gave me a drive to really make my family proud, to work really hard. emily: your father spent time in jail for murder. how did you overcome that? troy: that was definitely tough growing up. not having a dad there, and looking for that figure, that void was always there. it took a long time for me

en guatemala que afectÓ a ese paÍs entre 1960 y 1996 el proyecto de la fundaciÓn del director steven spielbergrte. >>> abrieron fuego los militares pues allÍ se muriÓ mi papÁ. >>> le pusieron la bala aquÍ en la cabeza y se cayÓ de una vez se muriÓ de una vez ¿no? allÍ se quedÓ tirado y los perros empezando a comer el cerebro porque mucho sol. >>> es la primera vez que la fundaciÓn trabaja en amÉrica latina ya habÍa hecho este trabajo de recompilaciÓn de testimonios del holocausto nazi genocidios de armo uniÓs y en rou ruanda. >>> la navidad causa il ciÓn a los niÑos pero la situaciÓn de algunos familia sus estÁn difÍcil que no se pueden ni imaginar empezar a celebrar. >>> asÍ es, en el salvador un grupo de niÑos que ayuda a sus padres en la producciÓn de la sal recibiÓ una visita que los hizo olvidarse de asÚsteme prans obligaciones diarias samuel nos cuenta de que se trata. >>> una sorpresa de navidad reuniÓ a decenas de niÑos y sus padres quienes habitan en las sally neras marinas de oriente del salvador. >>> estos pequeÑos trabajan a diario bajo el sofocante calor tropical dividen el tiempo

of course, steven spielberg, "king kong," they've done a lot to mystify the beast, but it's really terrifying it's really exciting. sarah: you've convinced me. i'm going to go and check it out. >> happy to give you a tour. sarah: thank you very much. we appreciate it. we have to take a short break. when we come back -- the special one no longer. jose mourinho is sacked as chelsea manager. who will replace him? our sports reporter will give us all the details. that's all we have time for. we are back in a minute. stay with us on dw. sarah: welcome back. you are watching "dw news." it's the end of the year. in russia, that means vladimir putin's press conference. he had some choice words for turkey, not surprisingly. he questioned if turkish forces shot down a russian were playing in return for the u.s. ignoring turkish military action in iraq. >> for the kremlin, it is one of the biggest press shows of the year and a chance for vladimir putin to present himself to the world as he wants to be seen, as a popular and independent leader. a full 1400 vetted journalists were in attendance, a new rec

steven spielberg is coming home. back to where he got his start, universal studios.versal is one of our sister companies and announced a five year deal with spielberg's partners. it is expected to produce four to seven films a year. >> how about a sequel to e.t. >> that would be a good one. >>> netflix and hulu ant streaming them and right now they are only available for purchase in digital version. >>> dwayne the rock johnson has a new pebble. they welcomed their first child wednesday morning. >>> can the jackson thriller has the first album to go platinum 30 times. and check out this. a new kind of santa on jimmy fallon last night. >> time new santa claus. >> what are you talking about? >> look bru, the chris cringeal we all grew up with is old and lame. dude looks like someone's weird grandpa. kids today are demanding a newer hipper more bad [ bleep ] santa claus. so you're welcome. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax. theraflu expressmax combines... maximum strength medicines available without a prescription... ...to fight your worst