. >> let's talk tinseltown. hollywood is buzzing with the nominations. movies are a big deal to the american economy. in 2011 arts and culture generated $504 billion or 3.2% of gross domestic product or gdp. given those numbers it's no wonder that some states are competing ladder to lure tv and film production from hollywood. one way to do that is offer tax credits. it's a controversial practice. it gives money away to production companies who don't create permanent jobs. missouri let its tax credit for films expire . north carolina where the hunger games from shot is debate building to add credits next year. but louisiana is lending expenditure to the state. owner of hollywood trucks, it was named as one of america's fastest growing companies. it was involved with "the butler butler";" 12 years a slave." >> it's important not only for the creation of economic development but to the state as a whole. it's a brand new industry for us. i think it's something that is fantastic. it's been growing. we're excited about it. right behind me as you can see . >> m

tinseltown breaking in with movies featuring guns. >>> hello, everybody. i'm uma pemmaraju in washington. a team of taliban terrorists bombed its way to a kabul restaurant, popular with westerners killing 21 people including two americans. u.s. troops prepare to leave afghanistan, more attack against civilians? we'll hear from colonel oliver north at the top of the hour. in the wake of the n.s.a. scandal, president obama unveiled the recommendation for reining in the government surveillance program. the president saying the program won't end. we'll hear from governor mike huckabee and independent senator from maine angus king to give us their reaction on the latest from the n.s.a. little miss popular making her debut. take a look. bao bao greets her adoring public in the nation's capital. we'll give you a close-up look at the little charmer. all of that and the rest of the story coming your way at the top of the hour on america's news headquarters in moments. join us then. >> remember when greenpeace used the creepy santa to push the green agenda? >> there

back to britain iran's leader has some rouhani worry investors for a post sanction era out of it tinseltown too with goldie hawn teaching us all about the importance of meditation in amongst these things we had surveillance global warming the most is of the universe in between the smoke kind of payson go to champagne they want to focus on the global financial recovery seem to take a bit of a backseat they should often get me but we're not exactly in a booming economy just now so this is a sense of complacency coming into this when i spoke to the head of the o.e.c.d. and i asked him what concerns him the most complacency the fact that people feel comfortable that they have lost the future that they have lost the sense of urgency and the defeat we're out of the woods we're not out of the woods growth is very slow on a problem it is historically high. inequalities are growing there's a great loss of trust in everything that we have built in a hundred years in all our institutions so we're not out of the woods good to cross is not over show let's continue to work hard don't feel complacent now

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back to britain iran's leader has some rouhani worry investors for a post sanction era out of it tinseltown too with goldie hawn teaching us all about the importance of meditation in amongst these days we had surveillance global warming the muscles of the universe in between the smoke kind of payson go to champagne they want to focus on the global financial recovery seem to take a bit of a back see they should and i forgive me but we're not exactly in a booming economy just now so this is a sense of complacency coming into this when i spoke to the head of the o.e.c.d. and i asked him what concerns him the most complacency the fact that people feel comfortable but they have lost a few but they have lost the sense of urgency and that they think we're out of the woods yet we're not out of the woods growth is very slow.

. ♪ ♪ >>> let's talk tinseltown. about the oscar nominations announced on thursday. nine movies in the running for best picture including american hustle. 12 years a slave and gravity. movies are a big deal to the american economy. in 2011 arts and culture generated $504 billion. or 3.2% of gross domestic product. gdp. given those numbers, it's no wonder that some states are competing hard for lure tv and film production from hollywood. one way of doing that is to offer tax cred and it's other financial incentives. it's a controversial practice that crit i critics say gives y away to production companies that don't create permanent job. missouri let their contract expire, north carolina where the hung irrelevant games is shot is debating whether do eliminate credits next year. but louisiana is fighting hard and gives a 30% tax credit for all production expenditure in the state. a spoke with a business owner capitalizing on that. the owner of an entertainment transportation company, hollywood trucks, it was named one

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. >> a made-up co-star are minor details in tinseltown when the heart of the movie's message remains difference when it comes to hollywood. the facts are the very specific incidents that occurred. the truth is woern those incidents added up to a larger story. >> we have two skiff, approaching with armed intruders. >> captain phillips cast won no awards. perhaps a result of being hijacked by controversy. >> the story we tell is of captain phillips in command of a ship that's attacked by somali pirates. captain phillips who ensures that his crew is safe by himself getting in the lifeboat. >> despite the director's best efforts, tom hanks heroic portrayal did not stick with everyone. especially not with some of the men who lived through some of the true events. >> he was advised to change course by competent deck officers and he overruled them. >> so you take great creative liberties and those liberties become the narrative as opposed to the film. then you're really in trouble. >> is all this legal, absolutely not. >> the wolf of wall street stuck closely to the details of his past. twa

and the reason is because in 2014, tinseltown's just cranking out some movies of biblical proportions as "noah." >> a great flood is coming. we build a vessel to survive the storm. we build an arc. >> noah as you see there, yeah, that's russell crowe and the film has a whopping $330 million budget. >> then in february, a son about jesus called "son of god." >> your sin are forgiven, my son. >> i thought god only forgave. >> which is easier to say his sins are forgiven or -- >> there's more. brad pitt is reportedly playing the man who had jesus crucified in upon theous pilot and christian bale is playing moses in "exodus." >> we've listed the films. the question is why? why so many books about the bible and why now? joining us to answer that question, film critic tom o'neil and professor brent strong who teaches religion and theology and he is also an ordained united methodist minister. tom, start with you. why is hollywood now investing so much in these biblical films? >> well, the bible miniseries on the history channel last year set new cable viewing records. i think that was a wake

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. >> michael tammero spending another all nighter in tinseltown. thank you very much. some headlines and he was just talking about the olympics and that's where you're starting. >> and the security threats plaguing the lead up to the winter olympics. the state department telling americans not to wear their team usa gear outside of the olympic venues. former secret service agent dan was part of the security detail at the 2002 salt lake games and traveled to russia. he's worried about the threat to russians and russia's response to them. he was on "fox & friends" earlier this morning to tell us what he thinks the u.s. should do about it. >> we should be demanding, demanding, not "for an international security audit right now. there is still time to fix it. but we need to demand an international audit. our ability to have our people go and test it today or holes are never going to be found. >> the al-qaeda leader in pakistan has now called for a global jihad on the olympic games. >>> grim follow-up to the execution of kim jong-un's uncle. now the leader reportedly ordered

let's go out to tinseltown right now. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, everybody. good morning.joining us for these exciting announce ams celebrating the mirror rows -- heros of movie making and lucky for us, we have a super hero here with us today. ladies and gentlemen, the very talented chris hemsworth. >> thank you very much. good morning, everyone. >> let's get right to it. the 2013 nominees for best performance by an actor in a supporting role are "captain phillips." bradley cooper in "american hustle." michael fastbendser in "12 years a slave." jonah hill in "the wolf of wall street." and jared letto in "dallas buyer's club." >> thank you. the best performance by an actress in a supporting role, the nominees are sally hawkins in "blue jasmine." jennifer lawrence in "american hustle". "12 years a slave." julia reports in "august: osage county." and "nebraska." >> for best original song, the nominees are "alone yet not alone" from" alone yet not alone". "happy" from "despicable me 2". music and lyrics by farel williams. "let it go" from "frozen." music and lyrics by kristen

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the obama administration has gotten together with tinseltown to brainstorm how to portray obamacare positivelynd film. for those of you keeping score at home, this is known as propaganda. in fact, it's the textbook definition of that term. >> so how this is going to unfold is at a roundtable discussion in hollywood at this panel hearing on basically the affordable care act. in an e-mail invitation sent out by the writers guild of american going out to invite people who will be a part of the affordable care act comedy dinner, comedy drama and reality dinner panel where they will discuss among other things how to portray the affordable care act in television shows that they work on and in movies going forward. so everyone can sort of get on the same page about how to sell this to the american people. >> and you saw that cms spoke about julie fattal being there, is this going to be both-sided or pop begropaganda? people know to be successful, you can't stray far from the democratic party. >> hollywood portrays itself as a community of artists. and implicit in that is the idea they are truth telle