i'm tom brook and welcome to talking movies.today's programme, in the wake of the academy awards, we look back at the changing face of hollywood, the efforts that are being made to bring about greater diversity and inclusion. with the oscars now over, the film industry is reflecting on how it all went. the first academy awards ceremony took place in this landmark hollywood hotel in 1929. 95 years on, the oscars is facing challenges. wings was the very first movie to win an academy award for best picture. a silent film, a story involving world war i combat pilots in love with the same woman. the oscars ceremony that year was attended byjust 270 people at the hollywood roosevelt hotel, and it lasted just 15 minutes. # i can feel it coming in the airtonight... i arrived in los angeles to cover the oscars for the first time in the 1980s with the late great bbc film critic barry norman. i can see that the party's taking over here now, barry... in subsequent years, american film reviewer david andsen, who wrote for newsweek, joined ba

tom williams, bbc news just a quick update from the masters brooks koepka is losing by five shots theree for our weather watcher in monmouth. now, i can't promise it's going to stay this sunny through the rest of the weekend. there will still be some sunny spells, but generally a bit more in the way of cloud and some rain arriving later in the weekend. now, on the earlier satellite picture, you can see a lot of cloud that's been lurking in the north sea. some of that now is rolling inland and out towards the west, frontal systems waiting in the atlantic, which will eventually bring some outbreaks of rain. so as we go through tonight, we will see more of this cloud rolling in across eastern scotland and eastern england. and at the same time, some fog patches could develop through parts of the midlands and down into southeast england. elsewhere, some clear spells which will allow temperatures to drop. we're going to get quite close to freezing in places, so some of us will see a touch of frost to start saturday morning. but on balance, saturday, still a fine looking day. some spells of su

brooks, who was a congressman from texas. >> right. >> enjoyed the support of the nra in every election he was ever in. and tom foley, the speaker of the house from washington. they both told me when the senate put in the assault weapons ban, which i wanted, if i signed it, we would lose the house. and we did they lost their seats. because of the ability of the nra to terrify people, but also because we were beginning to lose touch with each other across cultural divides that had always exist but hadn't been barriers you couldn't breach it is not rational that we should have a dramatically higher death rate among school-aged children because of gun violence than any other country in the world you know, a lot of people get mad about this thoughts and prayers. but if you believe that you have to -- if you believe you were compelled to let kids die in order to keep your freedoms, that's sort of the way this debate is. >> reverend al, it's easy for a podcaster to talk about guns and ta ta take an extreme position, or other people publicly. they may have listeners that follow but what we've seen, not only in the gu

talking across this divide i remember when jack brooks, who was a congressman from texas, and enjoy the support o the nra and every election h was ever in, and tom fully, th speaker of the house fro washington, they both told m that when the senate put in th assault weapons ban in the crime bill, which is what wanted, that if i signed it, w would lose the house and we did and they lost their seats. because of the ability of th nra to terrify people, but als because we were beginning to lose touch with each other across cultural divides that had always existed, but hadn't been barriers you couldn't breach >> don't you think that' changing of it with, whether it's republican extremism on guns, whether it's republica extremism on abortion, you loo at happen in kansas, would hav been in wisconsin, wha happened in michigan, don't yo think voters are finally, swin voters are finally sayin enough >> yes, i think if you look at the roe v. wade appeal, th people that went, like i michigan, went straight to the ballot box and in kansas, went straight to the ballot box, think if i urges approach we are back in the 90s on tryin to restrict assault weapons,