steven spielberg, what did you make of it? i hadn't read the book. real life in the future is squalid and people spend a lot of their time in second life as avatars in this great big computer game called the oasis where they can get possessions and accrue things. but if they get killed in the game they will lose everything. easter eggs are hidden in the game, are hidden within it by its designer who is a benevolent figure who has now passed on. our hero, his avatar, in the game, is looking for the keys that will give him the domain of the game. however ben mendelsohn‘s slimy businessman in the real world is also trying to get those keys so you have the interplay between the avatar world, the unreal world, and the real world. and it works surprisingly well. here's a clip. wade owen watts born august 12th 2027. i know where you are, you were seen entering your trailer, three days ago and you haven't left since. what are you doing? with all going on in this world do you think anyone gives a damn about some explosion in some ghetto trash warren in columb

well, it is a steven spielberg film!eal world, unreal world — one of the things i liked about it is the interplay between the two worlds. the other thing is that the virtual world is packed with pop culture references from the ‘70s and ‘80s. early on, someone produces the spaceship from silent running. i was won over. then that is the delorean from the film back to the future. you think this could become just about spotting the references but it is a real popcorn sugar—rush thrill ride. you can tell spielberg loves the avatar world he has created. and you get emotionally engaged with the characters. it would be easy this to become just a technical exercise when you spot the references and look at the visuals, but you care about the story, the story makes sense — and believe me, if the story is set in a computer game and makes sense to me, it will make sense to anyone! i went in with trepidation and i watched everything with a huge smile, i laughed, i was excited, swept along by the action. i loved the constant pop cultur

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it's all downhill from here don't do better than steven spielberg and i was like isn't this fantastic'all talking about but hi steven good to be in your movie brother. >> jimmy: i was in a party oprah was talking to the weekend and i stood there about 45 feet away and finally just left. >> smart move. >> jimmy: you are on the show "master of none". [ cheers and applause ] you gave one of the great acceptance speeches. even if people don't know you from the show they know you from that speech. >> you the black girl that won the emmy. you the gay girl. i'm like yep. >> jimmy: you get a lot of people mentioning that to you. >> yeah it is interesting. with the awards some people get jaded but the truth is it means a lot to people. even if you don't watch movies you watch the oscars, you don't watch tv still watch the emmys. so it is important to know that that glass ceiling is broken and to know we have a long way to go in our industry if i'm the first black woman to win because i'm definitely not the first black woman to write a funny script. it's just a matter of the industry catching u

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. >> jimmy: tonight, from the new steven spielberg movie "ready player one" lena waithe is here.i hendrix songs covered by the great buddy guy from the mercedes-benz stage. [ cheers and applause ] buddy will be joined tonight by original henrix band member billy cox and the slide brothers. tomorrow night, will forte and vanessa bayer will be here, we'll have music from dirty heads. and on thursday, zach braff and music from borns. our first guest is a very funny actor and man, most especially man. he plays detective jake peralta on "brooklyn nine-nine," which returns to our national air this sunday night on fox, please welcome andy samberg. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> yeah. >> jimmy: how are you? >> good. >> jimmy: very good to see you. >> good to see you. thanks guys. that's more than nice. my tenth time on your show. >> jimmy: you know what it's actually your 11th time. >> my 11th time on your show. >> jimmy: which is good too. >> so what do i get for being on 11 times skbroo wh. >> jimmy: what did we give you for 10? >> nothing. >> jimmy: hm m, how do we top tt >> yes! >> jim

steven spielberg, what did you make of it. squalid and people spend their time in second life as avatars in this great big and accrue things. but if they get killed in the game they will lose everything. there are easter eggs in the game are hidden within it by its designer who is a benevolent figure who has now passed on. our hero, his avatar, in the game, is looking for the keys that will get him to the easter egg and give him the domain of the game. however ben mendelsohn‘s slimy businessman is also trying to get those keys so you have the interplay between the avatar world, the unreal world, and the real world. and it works surprisingly well. here's a clip. wade owen watts, born august 12 2027. i also know where you are, you were last seen entering the trailer, three days ago and you haven't left since. what are you doing? with all going on in this world do you think anyone gives a damn about some explosion in some ghetto trash warren in

>> then steven spielberg on his new movie's set. >> how well did emily blunt and john krasinski knowach other? we put them to the test. >> he's lying. closed captioning provided by -- ♪ >> >> emily blunt and husband john krasinski leaving the four seasons in new york yesterday. the two are currently promoting their new horror film "a quiet place." and speaking of scary, carly, these two were a little terrified about working together. >> they were and we talked about that, but first i had to know about their vent date night with another hollywood super couple. >> you just had a double date with blake and ryan reynolds. >> yes, sort of yes. the truth of the matter is we went to an amazing premiere and when we were leaving it looked like we were going on a date, but really we were probably all just going home to crash, together -- no, kidding. >> i think a lot of fans were very excited about it cause it's just a lot of hotness and a lot of visual. >> really? >> yes. >> i mean when you're around ryan and blake there's a lot of hotness yeah. >> and you and emily i mean it's like a lot to

how was your -- steven spielberg? what's that like to be around steven spielberg?u didn't know you needed. >> seth: yeah, okay. >> and he's amazing. like, i always say he's a giant that doesn't make people feel small. >> seth: ah-ha. that's a great way of putting it, yeah. >> he's so cool. he let's you play, he let's you do your thing. and even when it's your fault when you mess up a take, he don't make you think it's your fault. he's like, "that's my bad, camera guy, bad camera guy!" "you messed up!" [ laughter ] he's like, "now we got to do it again." okay, lena, i apologize. he's so great. like he just always makes you feel right at home on the set. >> seth: i know it just premiered at sxsw. i know people loved it, great response. for those who don't know, what is the premise of the movie? because i heard it's described as sort of a nerdgasm for all the pop culture references in this film. >> yes, that's a fair assessment. but it's also about, like imagine social media times like 200. so it's like, you can literally go to another planet and be with your avatar p

so far to produce here in berlin they are by there because the story is also a berlin story steven spielberg wanted to shoot at original locations. but as a summer but another reason hollywood people like to shoot here is because it's so cheap. besides as kawhi knockoff chick tells me the stars enjoy being here next stop potsdamer platz here a blockbuster was shot in the sony center near approaching the n.l. by the way events vienna yes it is vienna there's an explosion here it's the bombing of u.n. delegates from captain america's civil war. is wrong to expand this and in. the movie was the most commercially successful film of two hundred sixteen. i stay at potsdam up lots to pay a visit to the dollar chiquita martini the museum for film and television it has one of the leading historical film collections in europe their journey into film history begins with a silent movie stars like katie paul and aston you'd seen. in addition to expressionist works there are also recordings of molina the diva became famous in one thousand nine hundred thirty with the movie the blue angel. a whole section

when you hear you got this job cast in the steven spielberg movie, what was that like?ike my kid on this film, you know? >> we had a good time. >> we had a good time. >> reporter: using motion capture technology, it took steven berg two years to craft this high-tech virtual reality world. how far off do you think that world is from today? >> make three. >> three years. >> maybe. >> oh, my gosh. that's -- as a parent, a little concerning, though, isn't it? i mean, you're a parent of seven. and i know how they get lost in those games. >> well, they get lost in the games right now. we're going through a generation where all of us, including myself, and all the kids are going to get bone spurs in their neck from looking down. >> reporter: but there is a real message in the movie, and that is that the best reality is the real world. it's not the virtual world, right? >> it's what i believe in. you cannot substitute being in love and being in life with your friends and your family. >> reporter: "ready player one" is also full of some real mementos from spielberg's old movies.

steven spielberg i think this dates from when he was shooting the movie on the bridge here he was at the time doing the twilight zones series and for me to do one part and foolish enough refused and only years later three four years later did i really that come to the united states but not to hollywood i came to new york to do with this of a salesman right which is one of my favorite stores i think it's a it's a it's such a powerhouse this play why am i trying to become but i don't want to be what am i doing in the internet i just think you know contemptuously taking all of myself when all that i want to stop you know waiting for me the minute i say i know who i am now why can i say that when i don't feel like that's why i don't want i am going to touch and show you. to be in new york and to work with often miller and to work on a daily with dustin and john malkovich was such a way to immerse in american culture. that i think that will stay with me forever i have to ask we mention return to montauk you film at the very beginning of that there's a scene where the writer says there are

a virtual gaming world off as the only way out at least that's how it's described in steven spielberg's new cycling through ready player one in the film most of the characters escape to a digital world that seems to have no boundaries. it's an alien vision reality already. whoever wants to try themselves can play the retro looking games from the movie online time more and more of these arcade games will be installed on the movies and company website. but be careful traveling into the future means going back to the eighty's here. which was our snapshot for more on the digital world visit our facebook page d w digital for all the latest digital news and trends interesting apps. and as always we leave shift through the exit. our internet find of the week today twenty four hours in the gaming world challenge to the imagination of a game designer you could wake up to such as. you. was a lame malcolm cop put together a short film from downstairs computer games the us filmmaker combined multiple genres to create an atmospheric story. pledge. it's not an easy feat for the plan. those who succes

steven spielberg casting him again this is getting something of a hobbit. really although he wasn't in the post the last film which would be difficult to cost him and not to be honest but he obviously did love as an actor in fact he austen thirty years ago to appear in the sun run and said no then he offered him a bigger role in empire of the sun and still said no thirty years down the line in twenty fifteen he persuaded him to be a bridge of spies as the russians rudolf abel and ron is brilliant i think is so understated and rightly won the oscar for. best supporting role in a better then. in a slightly larger role is the big if she the big friendly johnson roald dahl's story he played the johns of course and for the first time i actually used motion capture and he said he enjoyed the experience now in this film he's the inventor of . the oasis and indeed he's he's shed jewel to be in the next could be the next film with spielberg you never know because he stopped making this film to make a post this is a film called the kidnapping of a good more tara and

it is a steven spielberg film!ay between the two worlds. the other thing is that the virtual world is packed with pop culture references from the 70s and 805, early on someone produces the spaceship from silent running. i was won over, then that is the delorean from the film back to the future. you think this could become just about spotting the references but it is a real popcorn sugar rush thrill ride. you can tell spielberg loves the avatar world he has created. and you get emotionally engaged with the characters. it would be easy for this to become just a technical exercise, when you spot the references and look at the visuals but you care about the story, the story makes sense and believe me if the story is set in a computer game and makes sense to me, it will make sense to anyone! i went in, with trepidation and i watched everything with a huge smile, i laughed, i was excited, swept along by the action. i loved the constant pop culture references, some i got, some i didn't, it didn't make a difference. i thou

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steven spielberg's latest production is hitting movie theaters this weekend.st selling novel, "ready player one". rick damigella has a preview of how it may do at the box office, along with this week's other new releases. (nat whoosh)"a whole virtual universe."(nat music "let me take you on a trip.")steven spielberg takes you on a trip inside the oasis in "ready player one." billed as "an adventure too big for the real world," "ready player one" follows a group of young people in a dystopian future, attemping to find an easter egg which will give them control over the virtual world known as the oasis. the hollywood reporter's box office experts say "ready player one" will bow to between 45 and 50 million dollars over the easter holiday weekend, while variety says it could go a bit lower....in the 38 to 42 million dollar range. those numbers would easily place "ready player one" at the top of the weekend box office."you know me. you know i can be the devil."taraji p. henson stars in "tyler perry's acrimony," about a woman out for revenge after her husband's ser

steven spielberg was in between me and rachel. person taking the photo said, oh, can we move, because the light's not good. so we were ordering spielberg around! oh, an oscar! now all that remains is to find out if there will be a hollywood happy ending. on sunday night, maisie could get her hands on a real one of these. colin paterson, bbc news, los angeles. and finally a quick update on those stranded motorists on the a3! in hampshire — the police now say it's a major incident and the military are being called into help. that's all from us — now the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm will perry. the headlines tonight: arsenal's problems continue after another 3—0 defeat against manchester city. we'll find out how phil neville‘s getting on in his first match in charge of england's women. great britain's men grab gold at the track cycling world championships thanks to a teenager labelled the next bradley wiggins, while laura kenny claimed silver on her return to competition. and laura muirfinishes completes th

she gave steven spielberg a cookie, and he ate it.hich really goes to show you, even when you're 50 years old and hosting the academy awards, you can still be embarrassed by mommy at work. [ cheers and applause ] but we had fun. that show is a lot of work. it's a monster production. i want to thank the staff and producers and the crew at the academy for all their hard work. i want to thank our producers here at our show who pitched in. and especially i would like to thank my amazingly talented writing staff who put in months of hard work and late nights to write not only the academy awards but also this overcongratulatory statement i am currently reading off of the teleprompter. [ cheers and applause ] thanks to them. one of the dumb ideas we came up with was to give a jet-ski to the person who gave the shortest speech. that's literally the amount of thought that went into this. but then once we decided to do it, because technically it was a contest, the legal department had to come up with rules and guidelines for it. like do we star

steven spielberg says netflix movies should not qualify for oscar nomination. he says once it's formatted for television. they might deserve an emmy but not oscar. netflix was the first streaming service to earn eight oscar nominations this year. >>> taking a wrong turn in san francisco can land you in big trouble. just ask this driver. sky7 was over market and church street when this uber wound up on the steps of a church. uber's driver said the app told him to go down the stairs and i guess he just followed it. >> what did his common sense tell him to do? >> i don't know. but apparently he had two passengers in the car. >> no, he didn't! >> yeah. reroute, reroute. >>> from all of us at abc7 news, thank you for joining us. >>> "who wants to be a millionaire?" is next. we leave you with a look at san francisco. thanks for joining us. bye-bye. >> welcome, everybody, it's whiz kids week. we've scoured america for its greatest young minds, and now we're giving them a chance to win a million dollars today, right here on "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and

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steven spielberg says netflix movies shouldn't qualify. once it's committed to a television format it should be considered a tv movie and says that if those works are good maybe they deserve an emmy but not an oscar. netflix was the first streaming service to earn eight oscar nominations this year. he brings up an interesting point. >> but doesn't netflix produce movies also in the theater? you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> i can't wait to hear that answer. what's going on outside, maybe you'd like to hear this answer. you are asking for sunshine, right, and warmer temperatures. i think people were. we need the rain. i know we need more. but 18 days out of 26 that were full of wetness, we deserve a little bit of a break. a look at san rafael where it's clear this morning, 58 degrees. high uv index today. yeah, the burn factor is back. above average highs today. still need a jacket at night. the heater may still run a little bit and remains dry through the weekend. you can see portland northward to

. >> do you have a favorite steven spielberg movie? >> there's so many of them.s love "jaws". >> "e.t." >> those are the two that come to mind. >> i think mine might be "jurassic park". >> yeah, but then other ones where he got really deep like "schindler's list," i like that one, too. >> i like the action ones. >> happy monday, everyone. thank you for joining us. from all of us at abc7 news, >> welcome to whiz kids week. we've invited some of the smartest kids in the country to come play our game today. will one of them walk out of here rich beyond their wildest dreams? it's time to find out. let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ hey, everybody, welcome to the show. you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] very special week. one of my favorite weeks. let's welcome our first whiz kid, who's 14 years old. he has won seven spelling bees. that is almost--well, it is-- seven more than i've ever won. from fort worth, texas, will lourcey! [cheers and applause] it's also seven more than i've ever ev

you worked with steven spielberg. >> i did. >> seth: how was it?d to be pushed up anymore. >> and i'm -- you know, look, i mean, the guy -- he's the bomb. you know? he is -- yeah, he's awesome. >> seth: i've heard he's just the greatest guy to work with. and is egoless. >> yeah, it is. yeah, it is. and you don't expect it. you expect someone that's going to get all king of the castle on you. like, "do that! and go there! better!" because that's, you know -- >> seth: that's how you'd do it. >> yeah well that is how i do it. but no, he's -- he's beautiful to be around. and no one has quite the feeling for film. you can see -- he doesn't even know what he's going to do when he gets there. you know what i mean? like he's making this stuff up as he goes along. >> seth: that's incredible. >> right? >> seth: yeah. >> there it is. >> seth: he made a -- he made a movie that had a great effect on your life being an australian and living in australia. "jaws," true story, "jaws" was very difficult for you? >> yeah. i mean cause -- look, i don't know if you all

ready to play a one on the new film from steven spielberg which is released in the us today and around the was in the next few weeks robin measure from a cause to desk is here to tell us more welcome to all of those historical dramas the post and before that the biggest spy stevens. is back into science fiction mode he's an e did say at the premiere he's going back to the future. and he's happy to be doing that again this story's actually sets not two fathers in the future in twenty forty five in columbus ohio the world's in a mess after a global energy crisis amongst other things and the film blurs the lines ridley between sort of fantasy and reality. because the real world so terrible the idea is put on your virtual reality glasses and go into another nicer world it's a it's an interesting premise and it's not too far away from you know our lives today perhaps it's not the first time he's been the subject of a film but of course this one has the added. magic dust sprinkled by spielberg let's see some won't. if you. set in the not too distant future ready player one follows a group of

. ♪ ♪ steven spielberg >> jimmy: steven spielberg?my: okay, now -- stop right there. [ cheers and applause ] then why are you making -- that's real. >> these are actual recordings? >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: these are real -- real recordings. yeah. >> steve: that's how he choose to make an album. >> jimmy: i would go see -- i'd go see if there was and lu-chinnio and wolfsuka in concert. [ laughter ] i would go see that. i just don't know who would open for who. [ light laughter ] oh, were down to our last song here. >> aw. >> steve: aw. [ audience ohs ] >> jimmy: this last one is called the "avocado song." [ laughter ] and it's by a singer named alton eugene. or maybe it's eugene alton. that sounds more like a name, right? [ light laughter ] okay, here we go. let's take a listen. "the avocado song" let's take a a listen. ♪ ♪ you can put it on toast put it on your salad ♪ ♪ any way you want you can you can have it you can get it on the side ♪ ♪ get it any time you can fix it up any way you want to have it ♪ ♪ avocado yeah avocado yeah ♪

in twenty fifteen hollywood director steven spielberg used the bridge as an authentic location for his oscar winning film bridge of spies in it tom hanks plays an american lawyer sent to negotiate a spy swap. for . this and other stories are featured at the german spy museum in berlin. tourists come to berlin because of its history and of course espionage played a major role especially during the cold war here in the capital of spies. one highlight of the exhibition is a tragedy fitted with infrared cameras it allowed east germany stasi to spy on its own citizens. the german spy museum has hundreds of items on display in an area covering three thousand square meters including these radios used by secret agents during world war two. and an original enigma machine used by the nazis to encrypt messages. but the museum also addresses the current state of espionage displaying examples of digital surveillance technology the start of spring after the german spy museum is the only museum that deals with the history of espionage and that means that worldwide there are only very few examples tha

steven spielberg's jurassic park was released in 1993 and has since unearned more than 1 billion worldwide. >> is this a movie where. >> now this dilophosaurus is part of a monster sale. >> would comes in though and buys something like this and says i would really like to have sth in my living room, i don't know. >> why not, it was a fantastic conversation piece. >> i feel like i would maybe get up in the middle of the night and scream seeing this. >> martin nolan, executive director of julian's auctions says cashing in at the box office often means higher prices for movie props. >> what does something like a dinosaur for jurassic park go for. >> this one we estimate 15 to 25,000, conservative auction. >> the sale including vintage lobby cards and posters spanly nearly a century of hollywood clationics, this one advertised the opening of king kong in 1933. no one says what they're really selling is nostalgia, connecting with a piece of hollywood history that reminded you of the way a film made you feel. nolan believes many of the items may be bought by new seems including the penguin from