i'm tom brook. new york's rainbow room here in rockefeller center and california's beverly hilton will be co—hosting the golden globes, the first major film awards event of the year. in today's programme, we'll be looking at awards season right up to the oscars, at the actors and films emerging as strong contenders. but before we begin, a note on the globes themselves. the voting is done by the hollywood foreign press association, some 87 internationaljournalists based in the los angeles area. over the years, there have been numerous allegations attacking the integrity of the organisation, often that it is too much in the sway of the big hollywood studios. and very recently the group was put on the defensive when it was revealed that within its ranks was not a single black member. but having said all that, the globes do give some indication of the likely contenders in the oscars race. the frontrunner at the golden globes, at least in terms of nominations, is the picture mank. it's a tribute of sorts

tom brook, bbc news, new york.t to the lunar new year, the chinese space agency has released footage that shows mars. after six and a halfjourney through space, —— six and half month journey through space, they released footage. the footage shows the spherical outline of mars and even the moon of fritos on its surface. for everyone celebrating, a happy year of the 0x. you can get hold of me on twitter. hello there. for most of us, this week is going to feel bitterly cold. that's because we'll have very strong winds. it's going to be windy, pretty much both saturday and sunday. but by the end of the weekend, we'll start to see some milder air making inroads, particularly across more western parts. but we start this morning off on a settled and bright note across eastern areas. windy and very cold, mind you. further west, for northern ireland, some disruptive snow to move in through the morning period. accumulations up to 5—10 cm and that snow will be blowing around and the strong winds drifting in places. the snow w

tom brook reporting.ally, finally, finally, female directors have made it. what do you make of that? it is uuite an what do you make of that? it is quite an incredible _ what do you make of that? it 3 quite an incredible year, especially from the hollywood foreign who has had a bit of an issue in the past. remember natalie portman when announcing the awards but a bit of shade out there by saying all the male nominees, now in 2021 we have three female nominees, the first time two women of colour were nominated, the same three women were nominated, and two debuted —— erectors as well in that category as well, along with emerald fennell, you will know her from emerald fennell, you will know herfrom killing eve as emerald fennell, you will know her from killing eve as well, also called the midwife, which is where i know herfel, and then regina king 190 miami. it is great for netflix. what does that say about the company? netflix had an incredible year. of all the award shows that have happened this year they

tom brook, bbc news, new york. to covid health and safety protocols.— safety protocols. the nfl has invited seven _ safety protocols. the nfl has invited seven and _ safety protocols. the nfl has invited seven and a _ safety protocols. the nfl has invited seven and a half- invited seven and a half thousand vaccinated healthcare thousand vaccinated healthca re workers thousand vaccinated healthcare workers to fill the rest of what would be empty seats. the league has launched the fan in the stand cutout programme. it allows people to put a cutout of themselves to be printed, costing $100, with a portion of the proceeds donated to local charities picked by the fans�* home teams. would like to both of the teams and good luck to everyone who is a cardboard cutout. stay with us. hello there. winter is about to ramp up to another gear by the end of this week, certainly into the weekend. it�*ll be turning much colder with the risk of some disruptive snow in places. so for the next few days, it�*ll gradually be turning col

tom brook, bbc news, new york. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcmaryam.000 care workers to be at the game —— safety protocols. to fill the rest of the seats, the legal match the fanned in the stand cut out programme that lets people upload a photo. cut out cost $100 with a portion of the proceeds being to local charities picked up by the fans home team. unfortunately, the programme is already sold out. that's it from me. and you so much for watching. you're watching bbc news. bye—bye. hello there. winter is about to ramp up to another gear by the end of this week, certainly into the weekend. it'll be turning much colder with the risk of some disruptive snow in places. so for the next few days, it'll gradually be turning colder for all, and we'll see increasing snow particularly over the hills in the north. now for thursday, we've still got low pressure close by to the uk, it's the weather front across the north bringing further cloud, outbreaks of rain to northern ireland, much of scotland, northern england too, and here we'll see further snow over the sc

tom brook, bbc news, new york.ted 7,500 vaccinated healthcare workers and 14,500 paid attendance fans to be at the game. to fill the rest of the seats, the league launched the"fan in the stand" cutout program that lets people upload a photo of themselves or someone else. it will then be printed. the cutouts cost $100 with a portion of the proceeds being donated to local charities picked by the fan's home team. unfortunately, the program is already sold out! that's it from us. thank you so much for watching. that's it from us. thank you so much forwatching. bye—bye. hello there. winter is about to ramp up to another gear by the end of this week, certainly into the weekend. it'll be turning much colder with the risk of some disruptive snow in places. so for the next few days, it'll gradually be turning colder for all, and we'll see increasing snow particularly over the hills in the north. now for thursday, we've still got low pressure close by to the uk, it's the weather front across the north bringing further cloud,

tom brook there. shall we get stuck in? piya, the women, finally, are in charge. piya, the women, finally, are in charge-— in charge. they have come through- — in charge. they have come through. they _ in charge. they have come through. they have - in charge. they have come through. they have to - in charge. they have come j through. they have to say, in charge. they have come - through. they have to say, this is happening three years after natalie portman at the 2018 golden globes made that very pointed "all—male nominees" when she announced he would. it is good to see we have three women out in this category. there is a film that has shed a bit of light on these rather confusing rules about the eligibility or awards. they have tried to read the rules several times and have got completely lost. can you help me out? from what i understand and this is a problematic issue with awards, is that a film thatis with awards, is that a film that is designated foreign languages one that would have more than 50% of its dialogue in a l

i'm tom brook.s programme we're going to be looking at highlights of this year's sundance film festival. normally we would be reporting from snowy park city, utah, where the festival is normally held, but this year because of the pandemic, sundance was largely a virtual affair. of course, the ski slopes of park city in utah have for years provided the backdrop to sundance, and it remains one of the world's most celebrated showcases. this year, it was abbreviated and mostly online, offering a slimmed—down line—up of feature films. 0n the plus side, though, the festival's footprint went global, with some sundance content being made available to international audiences. like all the other film journalists and film critics accredited to sundance this year, i experienced the festival from my home here in new york, watching movies on my laptop, or, when i could make the connection work, on my television as well. it was a very efficient way of watching movies, but it was quite a solitary event, so, to comp

our entertainment correspondent tom brook has more. i'm not homeless, i'm just...y of a woman who leads a nomadic life in america's heartland. it's been playing at festivals and at their drive—in venues, and it's generated a lot of awards buzz. for 38—year—old zhao, this, her third film, is a major achievement. she's made history by becoming the first woman of asian descent to land a golden globe best director nomination. obviously, she's pleased by the recognition. i think it's great, i think it's very happy. i love what i do, and anything that can help me keep doing what i love to do, i'll take it. last year, the south korean movie parasite won the top best picture trophy at the oscars. now, with chloe zhao earning a golden globe nomination, it suggests that hollywood is becoming more open to embracing asian storytellers long marginalised by the industry, especially women. earlier i spoke to speak to jacqueline coley, who's a film critic editor at rotten tomatoes. i asked her reaction to three women being nominated for best director at this year's awards. it's a

our entertainment correspondent tom brook has been speaking to one of the nominees.—in venues, and it's generated a lot of awards buzz. for 38—year—old zhao, this, her third film, is a major achievement. she's made history by becoming the first woman of asian descent to land a golden globe best director nomination. obviously, she's pleased by the recognition. i think it's great. i think, yes, i'm very happy. i love what i do and anything that can help me keep doing what i love to do, i'll take it. last year, the south korean movie parasite won the top best picture trophy at the oscars. now, with chloe zhao earning a golden globe nomination, it suggests that hollywood is becoming more open to embracing asian storytellers, long marginalized by the industry, especially women. these things does, erm, inform, i think, investors and gatekeepers to look at what kind of stories and what kind of talent they invest in. if this means that people that look like me get to do it, then i think that's great. zhao also make history by becoming the first asian woman to be nominated fo

i'm tom brook.but before we begin, a note on the globes themselves. the voting is done by the hollywood foreign press association, some 87 internationaljournalists based in the los angeles area. over the years, there have been numerous allegations attacking the integrity of the organisation, often that it is too much in the sway of the big hollywood studios. and very recently the group was put on the defensive when it was revealed that within its ranks was not a single black member. but having said all that, the globes do give some indication of the likely contenders in the oscars race. the frontrunner at the golden globes, at least in terms of nominations, is the picture mank. it's a tribute of sorts to old hollywood, set behind the scenes during the making of one of the greatest movies of all time, citizen kane, directed by orson welles. mank has been put together by top american film—maker david fincher, and it stars the oscar—winning british actor gary 0ldman, who most definitely has awards heat

tom brook, bbc news, new york.or it, you can say, right, family night, we are going to pay for this, cinema night.- pay for this, cinema night. partly because they _ pay for this, cinema night. partly because they haven't _ pay for this, cinema night. partly because they haven't done i pay for this, cinema night. partly because they haven't done the i pay for this, cinema night. partly i because they haven't done the same promotional stuff around the films, i'm sort of thinking i have not heard about quite a few of those films. that is to look forward to. forward to. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. i'm sonja jessup. an inquiry into the crossrail project warns that a "forensic focus" will be needed if it's to be completed within its revised budget and timescale. the new railway is already more than two years late, and set to cost £4 billion more than the original plan. the london assembly transport committee has urged transport for london and the mayor to make sure past mist

thing to keep in mind is republicans, senator tom cotton and senator mitt romney put forward their own bill raising the federal minimum wage to $10, brookeu. a big difference between $15, $10. phased in? regionally different? depending where you live? all the questions they need to get into. but number one, the thing that has to happen first, get that ruling from the parliamentarian if they can even move forward with that under reconciliation. >> thank you. you aced setting up my next conversation >>> let me bring in a global business columnist and associate editor at "the financial times." rona, good to see you. i want to start with this proposed minimum wage hike. you know, this would be the first minimum wage increase in more than a decade. what are the implications of raising the minimum wage to 15 bucks? does the good outweigh the bad because the cbo says it would cost 1.4 million jobs over the next four years while lifting 900,000 people out of poverty. >> right. you summed up the stats well. i think what we have to remember, yes, if you raise the minimum wage, you're going to be essentially raising wages in areas like restaurants,

tom, it's a lot of snow, in a lot of places. who gets the worst of it? what are the biggest concerns? >> well, there's a lot of concerns right now still, brooke.orm. it's pretty. i'm sure it's beautiful where you are. it's always beautiful until someone loses power and then that beauty vanishes. so far, so good on that front. take a look at the radar. this is such a massive storm. if you start at the edge of your screen to the left, chicago, greatest snow in suction years, milwaukee got a foot. we had snow, i did here, in north georgia. winds here are howling. wrap-around snow columbus, cleveland, even in detroit. washington, d.c. had their heaviest snow fall in two years. they could see a dusting to an inch. this is where it gets dangerous now. well over a foot of snow for several states. areas of maryland, west virginia, pennsylvania, new jersey, new york, up into connecticut. it's still going to come down. even into tonight just blinding conditions. we've had some blizzard conditions with winds already, coastal new jersey, long island, coastal connecticut at 50 miles per hour. you could see this area of red, even in purple around new york c

brook silva-braga has the story. >> reporter: if you can, remember back to "top gun." that 1986 burst of american swagger. tomruise in his aviator glasses and leather jacket. ♪ well, when a trailer came out for the upcoming sequel, the jacket was different. the japanese and taiwanese flags over there on the right had been replaced with nondescript rectangles, more pleasing to a certain government. >> for the big, blockbuster films, you do need the china market. >> reporter: usc film professor stanley rosen points out that just 34 foreign films are allowed into china each year giving hollywood good reason to sel self-censor what beijing doesn't like. american studios, distributors, your sense is they're making that deal with china, or they're standing up to them? >> no. nobody's standing up to china. if you want to have any access to the china market, you don't stand up to china. >> reporter: in 2014, hacked sony emails revealed the script for pecixels counted for the grt wall to be blown up. >> it will happen in northern india -- >> reporter: until executives switched the target to india's taj mahal hoping it