hoping to get the world's most prestigious award an oscar. oh mr chu just thanks for being on our program hello let's start with the oscars why do you think russian films are often acknowledge its european film festivals whereas the u.s. academy hasn't really favored their films saw good or russian. what do you mean we have received oscars but not enough only seven in oscar history which we participate in one category only best foreign language film. tried to get a different award. you know this is the second time i have to you can pour it in this fight therefore my newly subtleties saw the film has the right to be nominated in all categories only when it shows in new york human infants in a foreign language i really wanted to nominate pledging our mushed off for best. but it didn't work out our film hasn't shown there yet is that can you even be nominated for awards like no there's just one category there's this discrimination or something and all this is just a lot of the u.s. academy and we have to follow it all. the romans do unless we ma

oscar and i think real situations can serve as a good foundation for us to win an oscar life in russia as it is without the silver lining with too often see in the russian movies i think the truth could win an oscar it should have more truth however it should still be a form of art but if i think we need some new movie directors who really understand the great russian soul and are able to interpret it in a way that could touch foreign hearts out i've got that here she's got a question for our guest but would you have a compromise to win an oscar. the generally speaking is winning an oscar a compromise or not well i believe that today's new highest award in international cinematography so it's not a compromise right you win an oscar because you have a certain standing not for a compromise you don't want i believe that some were good for one's standing as well as because you're worth something in filmmaking you know but it was like in spirit oscars are a matter of your rating mediately you either become a leader or you don't and you will remember mr me hell call telling me that having wo

would you have a compromise to win an oscar. the generally speaking is winning an oscar a compromise or not well i believe that the highest award in international cinematography so it's not a compromise right you win an oscar because you have a certain standing not for a compromise you don't want i believe that some were good for one's standing as well as because you're worth something in filmmaking you know but it was like in spirits oscars are a matter of your rating mediately you either become a leader or you don. remember mr me hell call telling me that having won his oscar his started finding budgets and producers for whatever films he wanted to make. this is most probably true. so what compromises are we talking about the muslims and there can be no compromise but you heard the majority of people in our survey say that we need the truth but that we should see the truth in films is anyone in the us academy really interested in that truth or do they prefer a story. well than a film with a russian american or even indian it c

our first guest tonight is an oscar-nominated actor who quit acting a year and a half ago, but it turned out that when he said he quit acting, he was acting. the result of that elaborate hoax is a new movie called "i'm still here." it is in select theaters now, and available everywhere there's an internet connection on itunes and ondemand. please say hello to joaquin phoenix. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you look so normal now. i don't know what to make. >> you look well, too. >> jimmy: thank you. i appreciate that.

he was nominated for an oscar but he never received one. he was the same as almost as much for the drama set he was involved in offspring as on. >> he had charm and good looks to spare and was widely known as a lady's man. it was long before -- it was not long before he realized he had something. >> not something special, but something different occurred >> he was nominated for an oscar and his role -- for his role "the defiant ones." in "some like it hot," he co- starred with marilyn monroe. >> he had all of that dark hair and blue eyes and he could kiss girls. a lot of energy, john around. how could do not go for me? i went for me. >> he played more daring roles as well. his private life was all walk on the wild side. he was married six times and suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction. still, curtis continue to work well into his later years. >> stay tuned, i am coming back with our in-depth report on chairman reunification. do not go away -- on german reunification. do not go away. >> welcome back. the change. the germans have a spe

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because the way i look at it, you can't be an oscar nominee and have roommates. it's against the natural order of life. >> i think i could have done it if that one dude wasn't weird. >> jimmy: you are living by yourself? >> yes, i do. like a big girl. >> reporter: you prefer that? >> yeah, it's got really good moments. it's scary and weird, like, because i live alone, all of my food spoils because i can't eat it fast enough. ha, ha, i see your joke. but i can't eat it. like -- >> jimmy: because you eat out, you're not home much? >> i'm pretty sure there's a burrito there from the first day i moved in. yeah, i'm lazy. but also, like, i -- it's weird to sleep there alone because, like, i'm not afraid, because i have, lots of security, but there's no security system that protects you from ghosts. i'm afraid of ghosts. >> jimmy: you've had a ghost problem? >> are you going to think i'm crazy if i answer yes, because yes. >> jimmy: you have? for real? for real? >> not in my current house. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i want to hear about this. >> i mean, not in my current h

who's been nominated for an oscar who said it's an honor just to be nominated. it is an honor just to be nominated. i thank the mayor for the nomination. i thank each of you for the time and consideration that you're going to give to my nomination. i'd like to spend a few minutes telling you today just a little bit about myself personally, professionally, as well as why i'd like to serve on the commission. and, of course, i welcome any comments or questions you have. i moved to san francisco about 20 years ago, coming up on the anniversary. as many transplants do, i fell quickly in love with the city. more importantly, i also fell in love with stacey who became my wife. in fact, we met here in city hall in 1992, i think. we have been married 12 years. our children were born here in san francisco. we're not going anywhere. this is our home. and we are happy and proud to be san franciscans. i don't know if i'm allowed to call myself that with only 120 years in. chairman campos: yes. >> i've lived on sunset, richmond, the marina area. my children go to school in mi

during his career curtis starred in more than 140 films and was nominated for an oscar for his role for an escaped convict in "the defiant one". >>> "some like it hot" and "sweet swell of success"y he was married six times and father of six children. he suffered cardiac arrest at his home in las vegas. his funeral is planned for monday. >>> new play structures at eight elementary schools are off limit after they investigate how six students got hurt on them. of it was installed at the beginning of this school year. the childrens injuries included broken arms, the equipment cost $1.6 million to install and kopl mys with safety standards but the district says the structures will remain off limits until the investigation is complete. >>> a massive toy recall is underway effecting millions of toys made by fisher price. a division of mattell. >> here at sweet dreams a berkeley retailer with a sister store says fisher price toys have always been a mainstay. today's recall of some 10 million toys raised few customer concerns. >> i think it adds to their credibility they are right there, they a

just because you won an oscar. >> sure. >> do it. >> i want to show a clip. you did something about sumo wrestling in japan. the question being, is it rigged? let's start with a clip from that part of the movie. >> irishi, entering the final and 15th match, with a 7-7 record, has far more to gain from a victory, than an opponent with a record of 8-6, has to lose. if a wrestler has eight wins under his belt, he's guaranteed to advance. even if he loses that last match. so, he can afford to take the fall. >> so, when you watch sumo wrestling, it's hard when you're watching it, to see if somebody's cheating. >> how would you ever know? >> i would never be able to know. so, you used data to figure it out. how exactly did you do that? or the "freakonomics" guys? >> what they did, as detectives, they looked at matches. each match or each tournament is 15 matches. and if you have a winning record, if you win eight, you make a lot of money. if you have a losing record, you don't. you drop way down. what they looked at in particular, was people who were on the bubble.

he was nominated for an oscar but he never received one. he was the same as almost as much for the drama set he was involved in offspring as on. >> he had charm and good looks to spare and was widely known as a lady's man. it was long before -- ititas not long before he realized he had something. >> not something special, but something different occurred >> he w nominated for an osca and his role -- for his role "the defiant ones." in "some like it hot," he co- starred with marilyn monroe. >> he had all of that dark hair and blue eyes and he could kiss girls. a lot of energy, john around. how could do not go for me? i went for me. >> he played more daring roles as well. his private life was all walk on the wild side. he was married six times and suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction. still, curtis continue to work well into his later years. >> stay tuned, i am comin back with our in-depth report on chairman reunification. do not go away -- on german >> welcome back. the change. the germans have a special term for the transformation th

who's been nominated for an oscar who said it's an honor just to be nominated. it is an honor just to be nominated. i thank the mayor for the nomination. i thank each of you for the

85 and his daughter jamie lee curtis was among today's speakers spewed tony curtis was no need for an oscar and appeared in about 150 movies over the course of his career as. >>> meteorologist mark tamayo is here to track a chance of showers. >> showers could be on increase but right now most of the activity is to the east of the bay area . right now we could see snow showers in this year is in the winter weather advisory in place for lake tahoe tonight into tomorrow morning. back here in the bay area we have some lingering clouds in the south bay. the weather story is space-bar tonight. changes for showers on wednesday and the extended forecast predict no major heat waves in sight. as far as temperatures the range for tomorrow is not much. about 75 to about 78 degrees. look at all of the activity to the east of the bay area. we have a lot of pressure over the state and partly sunny skies for tomorrow. there is a slight chance of a sprinkle convertible bump up the chances somewhat as we head into wednesday. temperatures remain on the cool side could lead to the east of the bay area es

grant, longshoreman, truck drivers are staging a one day work stoppage to attend an oscar grant rally. he was shot and killed by b.a.r.t. police officer on new year's day 2009. mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. he's now awaiting sentencing. his attorneys maintain it was an accident. labor has a long history of friction with police. >> where we come from, we have to stand together, show them we're not only working there at the ports, but also in this with you. >> the rally is scheduled this saturday from noon to 4:00 at oakland city hall. mehserle's sentencing on the manslaughter conviction is set for november 5th in los angeles. >>> police locked down an east oakland school this afternoon to search for two robbery suspects. they were wanted in connection with at least three armed robberies that were pulled off this morning. allendale elementary school was on lockdown for an hour and a half while police searched the area. >> the principal said everybody put your stuff in the classroom and lock the doors. >> because why? >> because somebody was out in the yard. >> it w

. >> jimmy: it got you an oscar nomination. you were fantastic in that movie. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. >> jimmy: really, really awesome job. great job in that movie. you had to do the boston accent as well. >> i had to do the boston accent. >> jimmy: do you slip into it now and then or no? >> no. i kind of forgot it once that job was over. but i don't know. >> jimmy: you ended up doing "the office" after that -- [ cheers and applause ] you were phenomenal on "the office," too. >> oh, thank you. thank you. yeah, right after the oscar nomination i wanted -- i wanted to do something so different from that character. so i actually -- >> jimmy: a strung out single mom. >> yeah. i was tired. >> jimmy: getting a lot of those roles? >> more boston. you know, i tried to get that out of me. wicked. [ in a boston accent ] "wicked pisser." >> jimmy: "wicked pisser." >> you have i good "wicked pisser." >> jimmy: "wicked pisser." yeah, absolutely. >> did you have a "wicked pisser"? >> jon: yes, we had our fir share. i

and was a noble slave in "spartacus," and won an oscar nomination as a white racist handcuffed to sidney portier in "the defiant ones." born bernie schwartz in the bronx, tony curt was married six times. janet leigh was his first wife, actress jamie lee curtis, his daughter. this notorious ladies' man may have had his biggest hit disguised as a woman in "some like it hot" opposite jack lemon and marilyn monroe. as curtis aged and the film roles dried up, he bathed drugs and alcohol. but he found new success as a painter. >> it's so moving for me. and, you know, i've become, perhaps, a household word in a way. i've become part of everybody's memory. >> reporter: tony curtis was 85. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> couric: and did you know curtis was once a guest star on a cartoon show that turns 50 tonight? this is tony curtis providing the voice for stony curtis. >> nice place you have here, mrs. flintstone. up next celebrating the modern stone-age family. >> it's built a record of cbs 5 >> couric: all right, baby boomers, where were you 50 years ago tonight at 8:30? a lot of us were

she went on to win an oscar for the 1995 film "ghost." >> my name is sam. can you hear me? say my name. say it. >> leave me alone! >> reporter: she'd come a long way from the housing project where she grew up as karen elaine johnson. >> ladies and gentlemen, whoopi goldberg. >> reporter: by 199 4, hosting the oscars. >> there haven't been this many showbiz executives so nervous sweating over one woman since heidi fleiss, honey. >> reporter: still, whoopi confesses, hollywood's never been entirely easy for her. >> as it turns out, people keep reminding me that i'm black, so i have a different kind of career. i didn't know this, clearly, because i just thought i was just whoopi, but i'm black whoopi, as it turns out. so, i have to always find things to keep myself occupieoccupied. they're not looking for me. they got a lot of younger versions. and, you know, ones they can put with matthew perry and tom cruise. i think they would have a very hard time in their own minds thinking, oh, well, let's make her the love interest, because they're not interested in making love with me.

oscar for the "the defiant ones" and was the father of jammy lee curtis e died last wednesday at age of 85 from a heart attack. >>> a member of a reality show auctioning off that red dress. that's the red dress mi kale salahi wore when they crashed the dinner at white house. she says 80% will go for charities for haiti and ms. somebody will buy that dress. >> follow that. >> my. >>> all right. some good news for sports fans out there. >> we have new research that says little fantasy football at work may not be affecting your productivity level at all. >>> and a hardford -- harford community college basketball player collapses on the court and dies. bob ehrlich's real record on energy. lobbyists helped write utility regulations. we got stuck with a 72% rate hike. but martin o'malley got tough on bge, forcing them to pay back $2 billion to consumers. and what's bob ehrlich been doing the past four years? he got paid $2.5 million at a lobbying firm, a firm representing special interests and casinos right here in maryland. that's bob ehrlich-- a 72% increase for us and $2.5 million from

an oscar nomination for "the defiant ones." >> you should have got what's coming to you. >> reporter: and perhaps his most famous role, in "some like it hot" with jack lemmon and marilyn monroe, proving he would do anything to get the girl. even dressing up like one. >> would you quit stalling? we're going to miss the train. >> reporter: battling an addiction for decades. six wives and six children. this newborn, actress jamie lee curtis. 140 movies in all. "i don't want to become an elder statesman," he once said. "i want to end up with the girl all the time." and he always did. john berman, abc news, new york. >>> and coming up, if you hate seeing american jobs go overseas, travel with bill weir to his hometown. are you one of them? remember when you had more energy for 18 holes with your buddies? [ glass shatters ] more passion for the one you love? more fun with your family and friends? it could be a treatable condition called low testosterone, or low t. c'mon, stop living in the shadows. you've got a life to live. [ male announcer ] so don't blame it on aging. talk to your doctor

grant in it an officer mistook his gun for his taser and shot a man in the back that officer though, was not proos cuted. we will have more on this including reaction from the grant family attorney, on ktvu channel 2 news at 6. >>> the second man convicted in the 2008 shooting death of city councilman matt garcia was sentenced, he was given 15 years to life in prison in june he was convicted of second degree murder for his part in the shooting the man who pulled the trigger, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to 50 years to life in prison. councilman garcia was shot and killed in a case of mistaken identity. >> state supreme court upheld the governor's orders to furlough hundreds of thousands of state workers it cut their pay and impacted state services for all of us. live in san francisco with today's decision and what is to come. jim. >> reporter: gasia, state dmv closed their doors for the day a few minutes ago. a union lawyer is interpreting the court's decision in a positive light but furloughs are still legal. the furloughs effect about 200,000 state employees,

she has only one four tonys, an oscar, grammy, two golden globes and an emmy. this incredible new cd is really not new. it was recorded a while ago. but what a story. it's called "confessions." what is this? how do you and a piano come together for this? >> well -- >> larry: well. >> first of all, billy stritch was the accompanist, and he plays like no one else, you know? and we had bruce roberts. >> larry: old friend. >> and we have, you know, lots of people. and who had written songs over the years that i as a child listened to. so when day i sat down with billy and we started to sing and play at my house in l.a. i hadn't been to my house in a while. i had to work there. bruce said, why don't you come down to my house? i'll tape it for you. so we did. >> larry: for fun? >> yeah. so went to his house and spent, you know, an evening singing every song we really liked. and quietly. because when there's no audience you're not performing your part of the music. you know, you can really experiment and do things. and bruce said, well, you're a real jazzer. i said, w

this is a guy who won a nobel peace prize, he won an oscar, the bbc described him this way::clausic playwright, journalist. a sind scintillating public speaker. arts reviewer. campaign socialist. this is what everybody adores from shaw. this. watch. >> say sir or madam. be kind enough to justify your existence. if you can't justify your existence, if you're not pulling your weight, if you're not producing as much as you consume, or more, then clearly we cannot use the deorganization of the society. or keeping you alive because your life does not benefit us. and it can be of use to you either. >> glenn: it's not useful to you or the society. it's horrifying stuff. yet i guarantee you, your son or daughter has never heard a bad thing about this man. critically acclaimed by the establishment. it may be tough for them to swallow but he is a monster. no one talks about the genius of hitler's good ideas like the volkswagen. the good ideas don't balance out the bad ones. the man was a monster. shaw was a famous playwright. but he was also a strong believer in eugenics. it was george bernard shaw, ask

our first guest tonight is an oscar-nominated actor who quit acting a year and a half ago, but it turned out that when he said he quit acting, he was acting. the result of that elaborate hoax is a new movie called "i'm still here." it is in select theaters now, and available everywhere there's an internet connection on itunes and ondemand. please say hello to joaquin phoenix. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you look so normal now. i don't know what to make. >> you look well, too. >> jimmy: thank you. i appreciate that. good to see you. >> you, too. >> jimmy: for those who don't know, you were -- you had -- it seemed like you lost your mind about 18 months ago. but it turned out that was not the case at all. you were pulling a prank of everyone. >> we were trying to make a film. a prank sounds like we were doing it for our own kicks and it really wasn't about that. we wanted to do a film and we wanted it to be as authentic as possible. and so we were maybe a little deceitful. >> jimmy: a little bit. that's all right, though, in the name of entertainment, i think. >> i think that you do

oscar nomination for "benjamin button." he directed "fight club," "seven," "zodiac." >> jimmy: yeah, he's an amazing director. >> and, as a matter of or fact, it's not intuitively, at first glace, a logical marriage of director and material because david -- what he's most known for is being peerless as a visual director, and i write people talking in rooms. so, he came in and he absolutely embraced the fact that it was a story told with language, and he brought his distinctive visual style to it. got great performances out of the actors. but in cutting the movie, he makes scenes of coding and hacking look like it's a bank robbery. plus, trent reznor from nine inch nails scored the movie. >> jimmy: it's a fantastic score. everything's -- i'm on the edge of my seat. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: it's well-done, i mean -- but the lines -- i gotta give it to you -- well, you're here, i gotta compliment you a little bit. there's so many -- there's a couple lines -- one line i loved is like -- 'cause this guy invents this little thing

our first guest is an oscar-nominated actress who's starred in such hits as "unfaithful" and "the perfect storm." her latest, "secretariat," is in theatres everywhere this friday. please welcome the beautiful and talented diane lane. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> love it. thank you so much. >> jimmy: welcome. welcome to our show. you look gorgeous as always. >> thanks for having me. so nice to be here. >> jimmy: we actually have a little thing in common. >> okay. >> jimmy: we have a bowling league here on our show. >> uh-huh. >> jimmy: and a bunch of us get together, and we formed teams of four and i was on a team called the -- what was i again? stars and strikes. >> okay, that's a good title for the team. >> jimmy: the bowling stones. we had other names. come on i want to lane ya. gutter fingers. strikasaurus. bowl movement. but one team we played against was the diane lanes. >> oh! >> jimmy: that's them. [ cheers ] >> i'm flattered. how'd they do? >> jimmy: seth herzog, he goes shirtless when he bowls. the record was -- they ranked 16th out of 16 teams at the end. >> well, there you ha

had he a string of aclaimed hits that included an oscar nomination for the defiant one. the. >> from now on the best of everything is good enough for me. you should have got what is coming to you. i can do fetes of magic. >>reporter: tony curtis battled alcohol and drug addiction and lived through 6 marriages and 5 divorces. he died of a heart attack. tony curtis was 85 years old. died of a heart attack. tony curtis was 85 years old. fichlt we'll i want you to >> mm, my water just broke! except i'm at a grery store.ch. i was ju standing here with a carton of oj, and all of a sudden, it was all over the oor. the water, not the oj. and i'm not near my doctor and i'm not really sure what ihould do... clean up on aisle three! [ inhales deeply ] ugh. [ male announcer ] when thenexpected happens, yoneed a health plan you can trust. 3.4 million californians trust us with their health coverage eds. blue shield. >> it seems that penguin didn't always boast tuxedo black and what it markings. hunters unearth the remains of giant pre-historic penguin that waddled across the planet 3

they will take part in an oscar grant rally at oakland city hall bridging their reputation for hard work with a long history of tough stands. "nbc bay area news." >> the port of oakland says long shoremen take one thursday off for meetings. this month they moved it to saturday for the protest. the port does not expect the action to have much impact. >>> governor schwarzenegger made state disaster relief official for san bruno. today he signed a bill providing help for families, schools and the local government affected by september's pipeline explosion. the money will help victims rebuild their lives, there are property tax and income tax xemgtss for certain homeowners. >>> the movement to repeal california's land mark global warming law is causing debate. one of the biggest talking points is who is behind that initiative. prop 23 would suspend the global warming law until unemployment dropping to 5 p.5% for four consecutive quarters. it's only happened three times since 1980. contributions come largely from petroleum industry. now, opponents say that points to the true intent the initia

. >> jimmy: going for an oscar this year? [aughter ] electric avenue. >> oh, yeah, electric avenue. we had about 30 or 40 950,000 volt stun guns hanging in different intervals down a hall with spinning cattle prods and -- man, the boys got ally smoked onhat one. [ laughter ] they don't like -- they don't like -- i don't like it either, the getting shocked. >> jimmy: yeah. that's the toughest thing. >> it's really tough. and i -- i hate for, you know, to bring ehren mcghehey out here in a little bit maybe -- >> jimmy: test something out, maybe. >> you guys wouldn't mind if we brought ehren out here? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: first, tell me about the brozilian. [ laughs ] yeah. that didn't make the movie, but it -- [ laughter ] it's gonna -- we shot two films worth of footage, and in january we're coming out with "3.5," and brozilian will be in "3.5." we were just sitting around the hotel one day, which is how most ideas, you know, start out. why don't we get wolfy a brozilian. we got him -- >> jimmy: the guys nickname is wolfy? >> yeah, yeah, greg wolf. >> jimmy: oh, okay. i