always talking about changes that should be made to the oscars, i support this one, the best picture category. last year you had to have a minimum ten best picture nominees. this year, when the academy members vote, if that picture doesn t get at least 5% of the best picture vote, it doesn t make the cut. fantastic rule change because it means that you re not beholden to ten best pictures. you can have fewer than ten films and then up to ten films. speaking of the oscars, we saw a lot of natalie portman there last year for her role in black swan. in the role because she finally had that baby. we were talking so much about what she was wearing during the oscars because she was pregnant. had a baby boy yesterday. everyone is doing fine, healthy and haven t heard any more details beyond that yet. excellent lineup. i don t know if you saw, like looking off to the side.
nervy move so far of a guy who s got as mad light albright would have said big cajones, a $700 million budget deficit in the schools and this is one way he s going to try to fix it. he s on the high wire on this one, and even though the court of public opinion may be for him, this is really tricky. the previous mayors here for 22 years, richard daley was scared to bits about ever having a teachers strike because he knew it was a potential recipe for political disaster. i lived here for ten years, lived here your life. seen and heard today there was fear again about conventions coming to chicago because of all the difficulties with unions. that s one reason, but another reason he s trying to help that out is he negotiated a deal in the state legislature so it s possible, tamron, next time you ll back, you ll have a casino downtown, and get this, you ll have slot machines and o hare and midway airport. my mother would like that.
country against its citizens? what proof do we have there s large numbers of people in prison being radicalized as a result of being muslim? beyond the department of justice survey look at a number of high-profile cases. kevin james is the one that s chief among them. tamron, you know, the aryan nation doesn t threaten national security through this concerted enterprise that s worldwide that seeks to bring us down. i don t know how you can ask peter king to go about his job if he can t when there are legitimate issues that involve the islamic faith or those who are practitioners of it if he s permitted to then take a look at that. otherwise political correctness i sympathy going to kill us. well, i mean, and i m not by any stretch of the imagination saying that this is is about political correctness. it s about a balance. are we looking at all groups? we bring up this aryan nation. this is not an international organization as we ve seen the
winning award show after award show from the s.a.g. awards to the golden globes. they re expecting him to take home the big award in that category. although he ll be duking it out with jeff bridges, true grit, another impressive film. so we ll have to wait and see what happens. social network, the king s speech, they may go head to head. could be some surprises there. i didn t see black swan, but i did see the king s speech, definitely liked it. let s talk about the hosts, anne hathaway and james franco. what a great combination, just seeing all the clips of their pre-oscar fun, definitely looks like it s going to be fun. reporter: i think it s going to be a terrific show. and they call the chemistry they have promance. they re not an item, but they have that chemistry on camera. and we interviewed them this week and they talked about how excited they are, their families will be in the audience, and james franco, he s such a talent. not only is he hosting, but he s also u
the 83rd academy award nominations are a hot trending topic today, and they went largely as expected this morning, for the most part. kareen wynters is joining me from los angeles with all the snubs and surprises. can i just say i am so glad true grit got a little love. yay. that s one of your favorites. i have so many favorites and speaking of favorites, let s get right to the best picture nominees. ten contenders this year, just like last year, so this is the second year we re seeing this. it really opens up the field. the social network, no big surprise there, the popular movie about the launch of facebook followed by the king s speech. the fighter a little bit of a surprise, mark wahlberg, though nominated in the best picture category, mark wahlberg, some would say was snubbed, no best actor mention for him, and he actually got a nomination for the golden globes so people were really surprised by that. also true grit, your favorite,