hollywood s biggest night, oscars and stars arriving on the red carpet right now. the 84th annual academy awards at hollywood and highland center. billy crystal making a return visit after an eight here absence. he s back to host oscar night for the 9th team. other favorite. meryl streep could the third academy awards. george clooney. brad pitt, rosemary close to. casey, moments ago, sasha barons cohen was there dressed as a dictator. no he was not banned. and we re trying to see him. but i want my photographer to go off me. look who we ve got coming up here. live, gary oldman, nominee for best actor, going to talk to us, tinker tailor, soldier, spy. a tap dance. gary, we re live on fox, can
you can fit into it. let me tell you what s going on. they have just removed the plastic covering on the red carpet. they re vacuuming it, as well as the plastic covers over the oscar statuettes and this is not technically the kodak theater anymore, since kodak filed for bankruptcy last week, lost its rights and it s the hollywood and highland center. and it s turning out like it s going to be a predictable night, unfortunately. you always want it hear good controversy, but the artist won at the last awards before the oscar season and looking like it will take home a bunch of awards. kind of lackluster year as far as the box office. out of the nine best picture nominees only one of them made over $100 million dollars and that was the help which probably would have been my choice for best picture. regardless, tens of millions of people worldwide will be watching the show tonight, and
hospitalized, we ll have the latest on the 93-year-old s condition. a scene that reminds many of black friday, these people are running for a bargain, i ll explain the frenzy. from the cnn center, this is cnn saturday morning. we begin with breaking news out of afghanistan, two u.s. officers have been killed, possibly in response to nato troops burning qurans. it happened at the afghan interior ministry in kabul. let s go to nick paton walsh, nick, what are you learning? reporter: a lot that is unclear, what we do know is two americans were shot dead in the interior ministry here in kabul. that should be one of the safest places, frankly, for them in the country. we do also know the taliban have claimed responsibility for this attack. naming the man they refer to as their holy warrior, saying he shot four american personnel, obviously at times they tend to exaggerate their claims of their acts here. unclear at this point from a senior security source, exactly who was
another as opposed to being at their own little podium. their own little podium. yeah. makes it a little more intimate as they jab each other. like you and i. exactly. also this morning, a major medical headline. an fda panel approves the first new drug to treat obesity in years. while this is a major advance, the pill will be prescribed with some major safety warnings. and later this half hour, after last year s oscar hosts failed to amaze to put it mildly, billy crystal, oscar legend, was lured back to the stage this year. we ll look at the role of the host on hollywood s biggest night. i think a lot of folks are happy to see billy crystal back. i think behind bob hope he is the second most frequent oscar host, and he s always been so good. he s always money. he s always good, man. he s always good. he looks mahvelous. remember that joke, from saturday night live ? yes, i do. all kinds of good snl jokes we could do right now. but first, it s back to the campaign
hey, insomniacs. you re watching world news now. sleep is overrated. i m not saying that. you saw that great acting. let s talk about some more. the oscars are just three days away now. i ve been told, though, it s the super bowl for women. i know how you guys like your leading men. i actually prefer the super bowl. don t tell anybody, though. you re a sports anchor. i get that. okay. one of hollywood s biggest sensations who melted many hearts, though, wasn t even nominated and now he s finally barking out or speaking out.