hello and welcome to this special tribeca film festival edition of talking movies. i'm tom brook. gramme, with sections on gaming, television and virtual reality, is tribeca moving away from just being a film festival? we will always be about film, there is no question. that is in our dna. but this was a festival in which the wonders of virtual reality were fully on display. if you sit in a movie theatre and a character turns and looks at the camera, they call it breaking the fourth wall. but in vr, there are no walls. plus: tribeca had movies from around the world. a drama set in china, and the story of women's emancipation in switzerland in the 19705. they actually had these arguments in the 19705. they were like — if women do politics, it is apocalypse. then there were tribeca's political films, for politically charged, confusing times. we are living in a surreal time. i just don't know what to make of it. and a feature on people for whom the environment makes them ill. all that and more in this special, tribeca film festival edition of talking movies. new york's landmark radio

you made was authentically brilliant, and i really mean that, and that is so unusual.>>> the tribeca film festivalo screening the original film as well for "the godfather ii". >>> and the royal family celebrating the second birthday a prince charlotte privately at home. >>> our may day rally continues right now online on ktvu.com . >>> have a great rest of your afternoon. ♪ "turn around... every now and then i get a little bit hungry and there's nothing really good around. turn around... every now and then i get a little bit tired of living off the taste of the air... turn around, barry. i finally found the right snack."♪ "each with one hundred fifty calories or less, try our chocolaty brownies, tangy lemon bars, and creamy cheesecakes. fiber one, the toothpaste that helps new parodontax. prevent bleeding gums. if you spit blood when you brush or floss you may have gum problems and could be on the journey to much worse. help stop the journey of gum disease. try new parodontax toothpaste. ♪ dr. oz: 100-calorie snacks. are they your diet secret weapon sabotager? so what happens if people end up eati

robert de niro and his producing partner jane rosenthal launched the tribeca film festival in 2002. the annual event brought hundreds of independent films to wider audiences, fostering a vibrant creative community. mr. de niro: it's becoming a part of the fabric of the city, a tradition that will last forever. megan: while constantly expanding its artistic horizon. ms. rosenthal: you are still telling these great stories. megan: i sat down with these two legendary figures on the eve of this year's festival, and we discussed everything from partnerships -- mr. de niro: i said read this book, this is what we should be doing. megan: to platforms. to politics. mrde niro: he has debased the presency. megan: a conversation with robert de niro and jane rosenthal. i began by asking him how you approach the story of bernie madoff, who he plays in the upcoming hbo film he produced with rosenthal. mr. de niro: i always felt very strongly that the kids didn't know anything. i don't think his wife did either, really. he protected them. i don't see anything that says otherwise. but it was an inter

about their most -- cast and crew the film the godfather gathered in new york city at the tribeca film festival robert de niro, al pacino, robert of all, james conn, diane keaton and francis ford coppola with there. famed, frame portrait i should say of the late marlon brando -- marlon brando -- actors say they were honored francis ford coppola asked them to act. >> have not seen in 30 years something like that and i looked at one and all i can think of is i could not get over it. it was astonishing. it was so beautiful. everybody is so great and the music is so -- every choice you made was so authentically brilliant. >> [ applause ]. >> it's unusual. >> tribeca film festival also streamed the original film as well as godfather 2. >> my favorite film of all time. >> i saw it for the first time six month ago. you gave me your dvd. >> and i said, you need to see it. i know you don't necessarily always take my recommendations. for example, you will not watch top gun. >> no. >> i will let that one go. >> good. >> if you watch the godfather, are you happy you did? >> i am. it's brilliant as diane ke

robert de niro and his producing partner jane rosenthal launched the tribeca film festival in 2002. the annual event brought hundreds of independent films to wider audiences, fostering a vibrant creative community. mr. de niro: it's becoming a part of the fabric of the city, a tradition that will last forever. megan: while constantly expanding its artistic horizon. ms. rosenthal: you are still telling these great stories. gan: i sat down with these two legendary figures on the eve of this year's festival, and we discussed everything from partnerships -- mr. de niro: i said read this book, this is what we should be doing. megan: to platforms. to politics. mr. de niro: he has debased the presidency. men: conversation with robert de niro and jane rosenthal. i began by asking him how you approach the story of bernie madoff, who he plays in the upcomingboilm he produced with rosenthal. mr. de niro: i always felt very strongly that the kids didn't know anything. i don't think his wife did either, really. he protected them. i don't see anything that says otherwise. but it was an interesting

robert de niro and his producing partner jane rosenthal launched the tribeca film festival in 2002. event brought hundreds of independent films to wider audiences, fostering a vibrant creative community. mr. de niro: it's becoming a part of the fabric of the city, a tradition that will last forever. megan: while constantly expanding its artistic horizon. ms. rosenthal: you are still telling these great stories. megan: i sat down with these two legendary figures on the eve of this year's festival, and we discussed everything from partnerships -- mr. de niro: i said read this book, this is what we should be doing.

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but with a little >>> last night at the tribeca film festival brought back the cast of one of the mostnfluential movies ever made, can godfather. the stars were reunited to talk about the movie even revealing some behind-the-scenes secrets. >> i'll tell you i'm thinking of using you as michael. i thought he's really nuts. right away i'm thinking as an actor does, gee, not a good role. sonny is the part i can play. >> which is your favorite? >> first. whenever the godfather is on or dirty dancing. totally opposite movies. >>> a casket at the u.s. border crossing. >>> listen to the sound of that. >>> now on news 4 today, severe weather strikes parts of the country and it's headed our way. >>> shot down averted. the $1 trillion spending bill that should keep the government running until fall. >>> call it bitter sweet. why we are going sugar free all week and how you can still join us. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> if you dare. >> we're just getting started and i'm already feeling a little scared about this whole thing. >> 4:26. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilcrist. >> i'm eun

the cast and director of the godfather reunited last night at tribeca film festival in honor of the film's 45th anniversary. they joined director francis ford copla at the event. a framed portrait was prominently displayed. the reunion followed back-to- back screening of the godfather and godfather part 2. >> they played both the movies, just great. >>> all right, joe, it didn't work out for the giants today. >> work on that. the giants are in the if it can go wrong it will go wrong mode and a beautiful cove. they were spoiled late in the game by the san diego padres. >> they are going to take advantage of it. >> michael morris continues to be productive sips he rejoined the team. the opposite deal against the padres clayton richard in the 6th. hunter pence scores. giants with a 2-0 lead after seven innings of shutout baseball. and he was in line for the win. but once again they couldn't close. mark melancon with one out and one on. the pinch hitter for sanchez and the former giant with a drive that ties up the game suffering his first blown save since opening day. it will be 2-2 and with

and talking movies is at the tribeca film festival in new york.in half an hour — here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. social media companies are being accused of a "shameful" failure to tackle online illegal and dangerous content. a report by a group of mps says sites like facebook, twitter and google put more effort into protecting their profits than keeping the public safe online. the home affairs select committee branded the firms‘ lack of action as a "disgrace". asjonathan blake reports. twitter, facebook, and google. big brands and household names used by billions online every day, but accused again of doing nowhere near enough to tackle illegal, abusive, or extremist posts. i think both the richest and biggest companies in the world have both the ability and the responsibility to make sure that this kind of illegal and dangerous material is removed. i don't think they are taking this seriously enough, and i think they need to. the mp suggested fines for social media companies that aren't removing things quickly enough. the

andrew long won a million dollar grant to produce a screenplay which will premiere at the tribeca film festivalke lee is executive producing the film, and meagan fitzgerald shows us how his career is really about to take off. >> the first play i've ever seen, and i fell in love with it. >> reporter: movies and productions have been andrew long's passion for as long as he can remember. >> just by watching movies, and i didn't know that was something i could do for a living. >> reporter: that was until he came to howard university. this is where his dream of becoming a film writer became a reality. andrew co-wrote the screenplay nigerian prince with his friend. >> it's about a nigerian american teenager who is tricked into going to school the states, he teams up with his cousin who is an nigerian prince e-mail scammer. >> reporter: to get inspiration, he traveled to nigeria. >> when we got there, it was a scammer sitting there at the airport. i would talk to him more about the emotional side of just, like, what it's like to grow up in this place and how do you make it out. >> reporter: they submi

is acquiring projects, different documentaries, a couple of documentaries streaming at the tribeca film festivaldavis, and another about bad boy records. , puff daddy's record label. the idea is there have been two currents in the media this is over the past few years that apple has had to respond to. one is the rise in streaming music and this connection of music and video best encapsulated in youtube. and the other is this growing trend in silicon valley towards an interest in producing their your own video series. inspired by the success of seenix and amazon, we have google, facebook, and twitter have all jumped into this. apple only has apple music, which was supposed to be the competition for spotify and youtube, and it is now is using it as a testbed for different video projects. all of this is led by jimmy i ovine, a famous record executive. carol: you write in your article that this is about apple keeping people tethered to apple products and the iphone specifically. >> yeah, apple makes two dollars out of three dollars selling iphones. it is the house that steve jobs built. the best way

like i, you know it was at the -- they premiered it at the tribeca film festival. long time. i am legit, you can vouch for it. a low-self-esteem guy from new jersey. like that's who i am. and hbo sent this real fancy car. and i was like, "i'm going to live the fancy life for once. and then sat in traffic 90 minutes trying to get through the midtown tunnel." and all i could think about was like, "john mulaney never has to deal with this." [ light laughter ] pete holmes, he is never late to his own premiere. like this is the most on brand chris gethard moment. [ light laughter ] this is like the biggest night of my professional life and i'm 20 minutes late. >> seth: it is very, not just on brand for you, on brand for the special, because the special is ve it's very open. it's very emotional and raw. you talk a lot about things you've gone through throughout your life. and so how have audiences reacted to it? because i know you've done it sort of all across the world before it became this special. did you find people reacted to it differently in different places? >> i

a at the tribeca film festival robert de niro a pacino diane keaton francis ford copy palla.er two person. >> i think most people are. >> are we going to say that at the same time. >> are we. >> we just did. >> aaare you a godfather two person. >> heck yeah. >> most say godfather one. >> those in the know say two. >> that's the classic but to get the back story about -- >> yeah, so good. >> young bobby de niro. >> that panel is available. one of the anecdotes that came out of the actual thing rolling stone was saying that diane keaton and a pacino got really drunk after filming that wedding scene in the first movie. very cool stuff there. we'll have more coming up today including charlie hunnam's reaction >> i wonder if chain smokers will that continue doing that. >> that's awesome. >> i'm more of a porky's two guy than porky's one. >> porky's two was very funny. [laughter] >> are we really going to have this conversation. >> when you talk about the godfather are you reeling really goingto do it. >> winds out of the south at 14. warm and humid today, low 80's nor daytime high

both recently at the tribeca film festival at an event for clive davis and aretha refused to hug dionare for. >> aretha said dion has never liked joan crawford. >> respect. >> if she wasn't there that is shady. >> if she knew that wasn't th there. >> row can't be here. >> next time they see each other walking down the street just walk on by. >> walk on by. >> i knew he was going there he even set it you. >> chris is feeding me lines. >> freedom. >> 10:22. coming up later on musical tribute to the godfather of soul on birthday number 84 starring someone who knew him and played with him personally. special performance from mousy thompson coming up. >> it is the big pay back. sin company d-e wash out much that's tucker and i had to say it. tucker coined that earlier. he is back with check on what could be a rainy holiday wee weekend. i like sin company de soaker. that's what erin came up with. plus d.c. eagles have names. we'll tell you what they are next. ♪ xt. ♪♪ ♪ >>> all right. 10:25. the results are in. d.c. newest egg let's now have names. drum roll, please. ♪ >> they will go by ho

original and the sequel, as well as robert de niro, who brought the cast back together for the tribeca film festivalt their touch. >> reporter: it was the offer five hollywood legends could not refuse, the chance to reunite for the 45th anniversary of one of the greatest movie franchises in history. >> leave the gun. take the cannoli. >> reporter: "the godfather." i was telling my friends in the office, and aside of their jealou jealousy, they were surprised to hear it was 45 years. does it feel like that, al? >> everything feels long to me now. everything is in the distance and i question whether i did it or not. that kind of thing. it's fine. it doesn't feel that long because it's in -- somewhat in the in conscious life, it's referred to a lot. it's ever-present, those movies. >> reporter: "the godfather" follows the epic rise and fall of the corleone crime family. >> don't take sides with anyone against the family again. >> reporter: at the helm, francis ford coppola, who se seamlessly weaved together horror and heartbreak. >> look at the mess of my boy. >> this may never happen again. and it's a

robert duvall, talia shire as well as robert de niro who brought the cast back together for the tribeca film festivaleir touch. >> it was the offer five hollywood legends could not refuse -- the chance to reunite for the 45th anniversary of one of the greatest movie franchises in history. >> leave the gun. take the cannoli. >> "the godfather." >> i was telling my friends in the office they were going to do this, aside from their jealousy, they were all shocked to hear it's 45 years. does it feel that long to you, al? >> well, everything feels long to me now. everything is, like, in the distance and i question whether i did it or not, that kind of thing. no, it's that long because it's somewhat in conscious life, it's referred to a lot, it's sort of ever present, those movies. >> "the godfather" follows the epic rise and fall of the corleone crime family. >> don't ever take sides with anyone against the family again. >> at the helm, a young director named francis ford coppola who seamlessly weaved together horror -- [ screaming ] -- and heart break. >> my boy. >> the truth of the matter is -- and this