At scandalous rumors over why the pope is actually leaving. And were going oscar crazy this morning, looking at the likely winners and the long shots. Silver linings playbook won big at the Spirit Awards last night. Is that a precursor of whats to come tonight . Just hours to go before the curtain goes up on hollywoods biggest night. Hey, good morning, everybody. Weve got a live shot of the red carpet in the hollywood. In a few hours, its going to be crawling with stars, including our own Robin Roberts and lara spencer. Who will leading our coverage at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. The Spirit Awards were held overnight where Silver Linings playbook cleaned up. Does it fore shadow a big win for that film . Ron claiborne Still Holding out for les miserables. It was a huge night for Jennifer Lawrence. For Silver Linings playbook. Lot of people were talking about that, does she win best actress award . Also coming up not great news, 11 states in the nations heartland are getting ready for another bl
Argo, man, come on. We love that argo. We do. This is a long opening. Its a long one. Heres to all the losing works of art from lincoln to amour to the disappointed actors wondering what they dressed up for now the real performance starts with phony smiles it was cute. It was funny. Just cut it off and rush it out. They did the entertainment well. Somebody said to me, its the first time ive laughed that hard at the oscars in a really long time. He made it a show. Very different. New producers, new host. I thought they did a good job. Thanks, guys. I certainly appreciate you joining us for our special edition of starting point. Cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins right now. Well see everyone back here tomorrow. Happening now in the newsroom, the clock is ticking. Its a terrible way to cut spending. Food safety inspectors, air Traffic Controllers, teachers all staring down as the budget cut looms. Theyre inflicting more pain on the middle class. The president should be calling us. Pl
Pounds in just three weeks. Wow, that is very impressive. But were going to begin this morning with that terrifying crash at the Daytona International speedway. Sight of todays premier race, the daytona 500. Abcs matt gutman joins us now from the scene. Good morning to you, matt. Reporter good morning, bianna, nearly 200,000 people were on hand here to watch that nearly physicsdefying crash. A 3500 pound stock car launched into the air, disintegrating as it launched into the fence. Parts sprung into the crowd, 28 people hurt, including a child. All of them this morning are in stable condition. This morning, fans and drivers, alike, recovering from neardeath at nascar. Stuff was flying everywhere, it was like you were in a war zone. Reporter this massive shotgun blast of debris in the stands came after this tangle of cars on the last lap. And contact reporter watch these cars heading toward the finish line, when kyle larsons number 32 is launched airborne. The front of the car was gone.
Affleck being passed over in the best director category. Jennifer lawrence speaks about her stumble to the stage, and the southeast Seth Macfarlane moments that everybody is talking about. We come to you live this morning from the Roosevelt Hotel in los angeles. Good morning, welcome, everybody. Our starting point this morning, the morning after hollywoods biggest night. The 85th oscar has lots of song and dance, a couple of upsets and a few surprise endings as well. Also history being made. Daniel daylewis winning his third best actress award and revealing how he nearly lost the role of lincoln to another screen legend. I think he was joking, lets listen. Before we decided to do a straight swab, i had actually been committed to play Margaret Thatcher. And and meryl was stevens first choice for lincoln. And i would like to see that version. We would all like to see that. Cnns Nischelle Turner joins us now. She watched it all. And now for the moment we have all been waiting for First La