..sporting greats, political trailblazers. .. order, order! order. ..and household names on both the big and small screens. all men are fools. and what makes them so is having beauty like what i have got. they ve been part of our shared experience, woven into the storylines and soundtracks of our lives. good evening and thank you forjoining us. welcome to the new series. what made their lives so extraordinary? the lasting legacies of lives well lived. elizabeth i has been played by some movie greats, from bette davis tojudi dench to cate blanchett. but for millions of television viewers in the 1970s, the role was defined by one actor glenda jackson. she played a queen, a king, and a real part in politics. i am not only a queen, walsingham, i am a tanner and a tinsmith, a collier and a shepherd. how will my trades prosper if you have your war with spain? bailey. ma am. the fleet is to be dismissed. madam, i must warn you that. no, sir, you must not. you must guard your rattl
# in pist ormai nessuno balla.# hello from new york, and welcome to our talking movies martin scorsese special. i m here in lower manhattan, in the neighbourhood of little italy. in the 19505 and 60s, it was home to martin scorsese, who is, without any doubt, one of america s most celebrated film makers. my name s tom. a0 years or so ago, prior to my move to live in new york, i was already a big scorsese fan. the director had made his mark with his defining films of the 19705 like mean streets. i m gonna pay him next week. i m gonna pay. ..taxi driver. you talking to me? ..and the soon to be released raging bull. there s no one else around wants to fight me. they re all afraid. ..all three starring robert de niro. the collaboration with de niro persists to the present day, but he s also worked closely with leonardo dicaprio on many memorable movies. she is a prim looking stargazer. gangs of new york. i d check my pockets if i was you. cos i do believe she lifted your timepie
..and the aviator. we don t care about - money here, mr hughes. well, that s because you have it. ..the departed. think about it, hot shot. ..which brought scorsese his first best director oscar, and the wolf of wall street. i want you to deal with your problems by becoming rich. in all, he s made more than 45 features, often crime films, and won numerous accolades. it s a very impressive body of work. his films have been influenced by his italian american background and by his catholicism. he nearly always features macho, posturing men and sometimes extreme violence. what i like about martin scorsese as a film maker is that his films are about something. they have moral weight. also, he s incredibly skilled as a director. he has his hallmark use of rapid editing at times, use of slow motion and freeze frames and ingenious use of contemporary soundtracks. when people first heard that you were making this film, they were surprised because they thought it was very different in
the 2024 election is quickly approaching in donald trump is showing no signs of tempering his dangerous rhetoric. for months, the disgraced ex president has spent his time on the campaign trail echoing the language of dictators like adolf hitler. you may be asking yourself, why is a former president stealing lines from history s worst figures? well, because it is working. i knew des moines register and nbc new post poll of likely iowa republican caucus goers reveals that voters are embracing trump s authoritarian language with a greer percentage saying they are more likely to vote for him after he referred to his political adversaries as, quote, vermin. even more concerning, they support his racist attacks on immigrants. including his remarks that they are, quote, poisoning the blood of the country, which he doubled down on this week. they come from africa, they come from asia, they come from south america, but not just south america, they re all over the world. they dump
one-man professional firing squad targeting lifelong republican chris krebs. krebs, of course, declared the election, quote, the most secure in american history that will cost him his job. the firing of the top expert has reportedly come under scrutiny by special counsel jack smith as he investigating every piece of the trump coup plot. and the new york times reports, the team led is asking witnesses about the events surrounding the firing of chris krebs. he was the top official in the 2020 election. mr. krebs selection that the election was secure with the assertion that it was, quote, a fraud on the american people. the special counsel reportedly issud subpoenas two weeks ago to staff members in the trump white house. a key focus for jack smith according to the times. the investigators appear focused on trump s state of mind around the firing of mr. krebs. as well as on establishing a time line of events leading up to the attack on the capitol by a pro-trump mob on janu