He is an absolute feast. Then as he went into his story, and he told me of his experiences, i knew that i had to play him in this movie. I thought hollywood was a very powerful agent of change, a very powerful platform to propagate the truth. So i t tk my story, i gave o or my life rights to a producer, David Wolthoff in 2009, and he ran with it. It took him 5 years to finally meet with ridley scott who thought the story was powerful, who had so much faith in my fake journey, and here we are today. In this is the story of a nigerian iigrant that comes to and snowy pittsburgh to tell america the truth about itself. Its an extraordinary story. David versus goliath, man versus american tale. The hollywood news report caught up wiwi eddie redmayne, amber heard, a acia vikander and oscarwinning director tom it be hooper to chat about their criticallyacclaimed biopic the danish girl. I first read the script about 3 or 4 years ago, and whats been amazing is that only since weve wrapped the fi
Mask off and is on a mission of his own. Music kevin hello, everyone. Music kevin hello, everyone. Im kevin frazier. Welcome to ea sports Game Changers. You know, one of the most interesting players in the nfl is Houston Texans defensive end jj watt. In just three years, this twotime pro bowler has really proven himself as a leader both on and off the field. Its a character trait that he displayed early on in his life. Kevin there are more than two Million People living in houston, texas; and on nfl sundays, most of those two million folks have their eyes on this man. Justin james watt is one of the most impressive defensive players in football, dominating green gridirons all around the league. In his first three seasons, jj racked up 36. 5 sacks, two pro bowl appearances, and the 2012 ap defensive player of the year award; but on this day, jj is on a different kind of field playing a different sport and giving some of his biggest fans an experience they will never forget. The day star
Transportation security issues. Now the new president of the Kennedy Center for the performing arts, Deborah Rutter, outlines her u future plans and emphasizes the importance of arts and education and cultural diplomacy, from the National Press club, this is an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome. My name is myron delkheim, the Washington School of media and Public Affairs and former International Bureau chief with the Associated Press and the 107th president of the National Press club, the National Press club is the worlds leading committed to our professions future through our programming, with events such as this, while fostering a free press worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please visit our website at press. Org. On behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journal iists who are cb members, if you hear applause in our audie
And youve got five trillion dollars of outstanding obligations now that somebody has to deal with. Thats in the current of housing finance. Thats not in the future. So, somebody has got to deal with that. And whether its fannie or freddie or somebody else, i mean, thats, i think, a decision that congress has to make, not fhfa. Let me switch topics here for just a minute. That has to do with the mortgage debt relief act. Director watt, i dont think any state has felt the impact of falling home values more than the state of nevada. Congress passed mortgage debt relief act to ensure those who owe more on their mortgages than they do on their homes are now worth would not be hit with additional income taxes. Im not going to ask your opinion on the irs or thank you. On income taxes. But i think its unfortunate. No one gets hit more than lowincome, middleincome families. I think its unfair and i think most would concur that its unfair, that individuals would have to pay taxes on income that
Committed to our professions future through our programming, with events such as this, while fostering a free press worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please visit our website at press. Org. On behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journal iists who are cb members, if you hear applause in our audience, note that members of i would also like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences, after our guest speech concludes, well have a question and answer period and well ask as many questions as time permits. Now its time to introduce our head table guests. I wou i would like each of you to stand as your name is announced. Elizabeth smith brownstein, a member of the press clubs history and Heritage Committee and a writer of our online newsletters this week in the National Press club history. Doris margolis, president of Edito