Spirit by getting behind the wheel and heading for a drive through wonderland. Americas hilton welcome to the program the European Commission has now approved the use of the biotech pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine after its Medicines Agency recommended authorisation vaccine that scenes are slated to begin in most European Countries this weekend the shot is already in use in britain canada and the United States. Trucks arriving in the parting from a pfizer factory in belgium the drivers were probably there to collect the companys codes of 19 vaccine and theyre bound to be under pressure to deliver. So too with he used drug regulators the Pfizer Vaccine was authorized in britain and the United States weeks ago and calls have been growing for the use medicine watchdog to allow it but the organization defended the time it took saying it had refused to compromise public safety. And the agencys commitment. Our experts have worked tirelessly to reach a robust science based consensus from the switch from the start of the rolling review on to the final c hakan p. T. Day has been achieved in just 11 weeks when we would usually expect to spend a year or more in its report the european Medicines Agency said the vaccine was safe and effective officials added there was no reason to suggest it would not be equally effective against current new strains of the virus. Now the job can be delivered to Vaccine Centers already set up throughout europe to begin the massive task of immunizing millions of europeans across the e. U. Student medics were tired doctors pharmacists and soldiers are being drafted in for a vaccination drive of unprecedented scale. But the big question is how willing are europeans to be vaccinated on the streets of berlin most say theyre in favor but many have hesitations. Were low lows or. Just finished at the core and i think its a problem because. We need it its important at the moment. I dont know im thinking about it but it causes an allergic reaction and i have allergies and i have asthma i dont know if i see my own vaccine as some everybody try before me i dont want to be the 1st of. The Medicines Agency says the vaccine will not be a Silver Bullet that allows life in europe to quickly return to normal but its definitely a step in the right direction. Earlier we spoke to professor to be as kurth hes an epidemiologist and director of the institute of Public Health at berlin sharon tate hospital we asked him when infection rates are likely to start falling and when her to community could be reached. Because of the vaccine that will take some time because we need to big scene a lot of people in germany 1516000000 people and that will take certainly a lot of time if so we expect if we fast end of summer in the fall maybe but it could also take more time than that right now we have numbers that are far too high so we need to address this whether we said which is a lockdown and then see that the vaccine kicks in but that will certainly take time so we will look very closely at the incident rates and see whether these big peaks are disappearing over time and if thats happening then we have indication that a socalled herd immunity is kicking in. Countries from germany and france to india in saudi arabia have imposed travel bans on the u. K. Thats as britain battles a new strain of corona virus thats said to be much more contagious the measures are already causing havoc at airports and other travel hubs in the u. K. Which is now entirely cut off from continental europe. And 3 denied tracks headed from england to the european mainland forced to turn back after alarms were raised over the new coronavirus train the channel crossing to france is a crucial trade route Truck Drivers and their goods now stranded. By new. Glossy. This is good to like it this is what you need for the day to day yeah. I think. They. Travel at Londons Heathrow airport was also disrupted with some passengers left in limbo. Confused at this time is given out i appeared on board in december citrus and you see the situation is totally different its hard going to. Really put the strain on a lot of people but. I think overall were all just waiting on the opening up of all of the country. Nonsense to see our family get back together. And the new covert strain has already been detected in mainland europe and as far away as australia experts say the newly developed vaccines should still protect against the mutation. Prominent russian opposition figure alexina homie has published a recording of a phone call with a russian agent alleged to have been involved in his poisoning last summer the media have named the man as part of an elite team that trailed of only 4 years and all the claims his call with the agent revealed key Details Details about how he was poisoned the kremlin for its part has dismissed the recording as fake the latest accusation against the kremlin will now be even more difficult to deny. Last week journalists released names and pictures of russian f. S. B. Domestic security agents whom they allege could have carried out the poisoning of alexina valan the. Noun of all me himself has released a recording of a phone call of him talking to one of the operatives allegedly involved in the attack of all me had posed as a colleague in the conversation he asked why the operation failed. The plane made an Emergency Landing the situation didnt develop to our advantage or had the plane been able to fly for longer everything would have turned out differently. In the collapse on board the plane after the aircraft landed an emergency doctor suspected poisoning and injected him with an antidote several days later of all he was allowed to be flown to germany. Dismissing the phone call as a fake president putin alleged of all me is supported by u. S. Intelligence services he said in cases like that its only natural for the f. S. B. To track him but joked that didnt mean he needed to be poisoned with. The w. Then went to the address of the man of all he says was interviewed in the phone call constantine coup the very outset and met the volleys lawyer there that you knew that if we had no way machine here however the outset had already supposedly called the police who were quickly on the scene and then took the lawyer into custody. And then drove her away to be a little bit of a. Lets take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. U. S. President elect joe biden has been given the bio on tech pfizer kovac 1000 vaccine and his home state of delaware age 78 mr biden is in a High Risk Group hes pledged to make fighting the coronavirus his top priority when he takes office next month the u. S. Is also began administering a 2nd covert vaccine developed by the American Drug major maker moderna. A court in england has found 2 men guilty of killing 39 men women and children from vietnam who suffocated in a sealed truck near london the driver and another man were convicted of manslaughter the deaths 2 years ago expose an illicit people smuggling trade. Here in germany a far right extremist has been sentenced to life in prison for attempting one of the countrys worst antisemitic attacks since the 2nd world war the 28 year old was convicted of murder and attempted murder after killing 2 people last year north warded attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of hama. His only regret is that he wasnt able to kill more people at times chiffon be smiled as the judge read out her verdict she called his crime cowardly and said he will spend the rest of his life in prison. Had he succeeded in his attack it would have been the deadliest hate crime in postwar germany but his attempt alone convinced many in germany that antisemitism has become a problem that authorities do not have under control. It was 2019 on yom kapoor the holiest day of the jewish calendar that more than 50 Community Members and guests were celebrating in the synagogue and hala. At midday stephon be heavily armed attacked the synagogue he fired shots at the door and threw hand grenades. But the synagogue solid wooden door withstood the attack and it saved the lives of those inside. Among them was max privoxy chairman of hollows Jewish Community the experience has left him traumatized. Well that is never had a problem with the fireworks on new years eve in the past but i noticed this year that they made me feel a bit. I wouldnt say they made me nervous but i really dont feel comfortable with. It because i associate them with the attack these are moms look. When he failed to enter the synagogue the right wing extremists shot a woman who had spoken to him while walking by he then storm to a snack bar and opened fire killing a customer. He filmed everything on a helmet camera streaming the attack live on the internet a sign in the window commemorates the 2 people who were killed. Next provide has twice found paper swats to goes left in front of the Jewish Community office. Once he saw a Police Officer quietly removing a swastika he finds this unsettling. Kinds. Of bullets when you cant feel completely sure that you can trust or depend on police or security authorities. And thats a bad thing. Politicians and hala and throughout germany stressed that combating antisemitism is their highest priority all the same many jews and hala say they are afraid to show their religious affiliation in public the synagogue door which saved their lives has been replaced with a new one that is even stronger. Germanys traditional Christmas Markets normally draw visitors from around the world but this year the pandemic is keeping tourists away and most markets are closed there are however some exceptions one town in the rhine has come up with a novel method of spreading Holiday Cheer a drive through christmas market. Its a magical Winter Wonderland filled with bright lights thrilling fairground rides and evocative christmas aromas old wine popcorn gingerbread and old they are to be enjoyed from the safety of your own car. As if we are just like a Real Christmas market weve got our men stuffy apples free chocolate whatever you want. Its not just germans in their millions who flock to Christmas Markets normally people come from all around the world just not this year thanks to the corona virus but this leisure park in western germany has come up with a way for visitors to have fun without risking infection. Views and ideas if were certain that were 100 percent virus free to get in their cars the entire times families dont even get out the whole trip is done in the car. As many as 650 carloads of visitors a day can take that 2 and a half a kilometer trip through the winter playground open air christmas fun instead of being stuck at home its a big draw but still with social distancing. Here im not going to times attack but you got to have some fun as well its nice to get away from everything is in full all we just want to forget about the coronavirus for a while there are heavenly bodies to entertain the car bound visitors some more earthly creatures are also on hand. And if youre hungry there are fries from across the dutch border down the road. And jugglers ready to thrill with their daring exploits. Christmas markets are all about spreading a little happiness. Than the chance to put aside worries about the pandemic at least for a while. Thats all for now but dont forget you can get all the latest news information around the clock on our web site thats to the view dot com im aaron children brylin from me in the entire team thanks for watching. Im secure in the fire more than target and in the end this is a me youre not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. Are you familiar with this. With the smugglers were alliances of the whats your story. d on what numbers of women especially of victims of violence in. Part and send us your story your train or with understand this new culture. You are not a visitor in other years you want to become a citizen. In for migrants your platform for reliable information. This is the deputy is africa on the program today several countries have been close travel bans on south africa because a 5 years straight up call that 19 thats causing a higher number of infections and hospitalizations speaks of one of the countrys easing are legion. And told me its the 25 year old one day whos just won a big award for providing thousands of people with access to clean Drinking Water. Up. I go hear music from the sun how way a new initiative is making it possible bosses to send their choose all over the world. Its good to have your Company South africas a new strain of the corona virus is driving a 2nd wave of infections in the country experts say the news for rain appears to be more infectious than the original virus and that case is all spreading fausto it is still unclear if it is also more deadly Scientists Say the new variant is different from the one causing concern in britain the number of daily cases has doubled in south africa over the last 2 weeks. For more on this im joined by variety just professor barry shooby is the founding president of the african verona g. Association and is chairing south africas Ministerial Advisory Committee on the Coronavirus Vaccine Development Welcome to news africa prof we understand that this new variant of covert 19 in south africa that it seems to be spreading faster than the current one how worried are you about it. You know i to sidney a sense of concern this variant is gets called in 51 why is variant version 2 the 2 the vision one actually was in london in the u. K. Its also 5 to one else a bit different to go different mutations but like the one in england were all very concerned because dispiriting very rapidly in fact it is fought displacing the original code virus and this is really going to become the dominant virus in many parts of the country but during the in the south and eastern cape the western cape and wasnt all provinces this is really become the major dominant strain as a says responsible really for a steep increase in cases in a 2nd wave professor many people in south africa have travelled and will be gathering cripps over the Christmas Holiday how concerned are you about that in light of what you have to say that you know this is a problem we actually were anticipating a 2nd wave later in the probably even january favors come. For 2 reasons one of them is or you had a big super spitting event in whats called the rage festivals when the students who finished high school they have get togethers and many thousands of these jews get together and thats probably initiated the epidemic and now this new strain is actually employed fired it and this is really become now the dangerous as it is not in restrictions you know all the have they have the increasing risk that have increased some restrictions but he does a balancing act theyve got to balance whats the people need for their livelihood as he. Goes from trying to diseases the old lies of his livelihood equation. Increase some restrictions but balancing it against what to keep the economy going and what is the discovery of this new variant of the virus needful for Vaccine Development professor. Wells fortunately so far does not appear that this is what you hold and escape mutation other was that the either people had augie uniform previous infection or if they have the vaccine that they going not to be protected it doesnt seem to affect that that part of it the vaccine does appear to be effective suffered they are studies is ongoing but hopefully it will demonstrate that it is not affected by the by any changes in engine the city other words the essene identity right thats professor of a ship speaking to us in south africa thank you. Thank you. So before we move on we would like you to take a look at this. You have. Already congratulations. That was crystal the founder of the in geo water. Finding out that shes been awarded the cisco Youth Leadership award at this is Global Citizen prize awards and all the prize was set up into an 18 to on a young people who have dedicated themselves to working towards human goals in this case off providing african communities with clean water up for n. G. O. S is a social enterprise that supplies of a 70000 people in rwanda with clean water on a daily basis now throughout the crystal has made sure water access one to has continued to operate by giving away free water to those who have become unemployed so they wouldnt lose axes all be forced to return to old and senate few ways of connecting russia. And im now joined by krista from her office in kigali welcome to news africa crystals so youre supplying clean Drinking Water to 75000 people every day and to some of them for free just tell us what inspired you to do this. Yeah what theyre what a crisis is its a huge crisis no work right now almost 2000000000 dont have access to reliable so forth and whats a some thing that affects everything about our lives humans are made of what are mostly. Up to 70 percent but it is what are but you also need whats out to leave for productive uses well of food to watch to keep it good i didnt see any tension and in 2020 most importantly we needed water for handwashing so we can fight against cooking 1000 cristela just to pick up on the note they will use a good access to what is a basic human right in your home country of one unicef say its only 57 percent of people have access to safe Drinking Water have your work is incredibly noble crystal but is this not the work off government to provide water to people yes it is the way of governments but governments private sector can support governments to increase this axis yes government has to do it is the access to infrastructure but as private sector was going to respond and decided just let the government do this this same way private sector is involved in creation of roads which end up benefiting companies in the economy at a large private sector can also be involved in the work of providing water what it is if your resources shed resource by the pipes in the infrastructure needed to access that what are not 3 or easy as it would be required financing and quite large projects sometimes so that people can end up with access to what to that they need right i guess you know there perhaps is a conversation about you know private sector involvement when it comes to industries at all what we call basic human rights whether or not private pay is their profit in the way that they shouldnt but im interested to know a crystal how the pandemic has impacted your work. Much like everyone else who wear heavy ethics it as a company but the biggest to fix came because our customers were affected so our mission at what access from these to provide what in a simple way to make it affordable but even affordable in a pandemic can become impossible so when we noticed a drop in demand we reacted very quickly we did a q. Days as a company we reached out and found who was traveling instead had to provide a visit come on to what. We also extended payment for customers who go for our more. Of the Services Like filters Irrigation Systems and so on crystal we sold excitement when when nick jonas told you about your having won that award but just tell us how important that recognition is. This recognition its great amazing its almost like winning the olympics of doing social way it is quite amazing in the dittrich admission it comes with money which the company will you put to very good use in improving us over says and i reach across africa but its also a testament to the work we really been doing in the a very mission focused culture what axis runga wind up on the mic he tries to keep tops open and to keep people employed. And that impact of division will drive forwards to in 2030 where we seek to have over 30000000 people using our services are its a pretty grand vision so having to support a Global Citizen in this i wade is a pretty big cuts at least for that moment where you sense that a vision well have to leave it there but thank you at crystal and congratulations to you and all the best for the with that you continue to do. Musicians in mali and other parts of africa face huge problems getting. Beyond their countries thats mainly because of the difficult. Files and it turns out that music lovers are happy to pay. For a recording session in his courtyard in bamako. Its a low tech session using a mixer and. Longing for his home town of. Town and. When hes happy with the sound. File whats happened to his producer at this time sounds like in the us. One day my producer asked me if i could record some song tracks with my phone and send it over what. So i said ok no problem ill do that. And thats how it started the 1st. Sahil sound then puts the tracks on line the idea behind the low tech production is to help musicians from the sad help to reach new audiences says the producer its just essentially an experiment to see you know how can we break down these barriers in truth for artists and were stuck with who really dont know access to things like. You know the credit card or how they can get on a lot of these digital platforms. Some im sad sounds artists are now ending henson sounds from fans who pay to download tracks its been really well though i mean the weve got artists typically artists are making between it say like 800 to one host artist made by 3000. 00 a month. For trailering as well as making money this is a chance to expand his horizons beyond bamako i. Was. A label from mali cant get you to the United States are going on International Tourists and kamaka doesnt have that possibility and. Hes hope now is that others will also hear his music and help him to hit the big time. And on that musical notes thats labeled leave it for todays program be sure to check out all of the stories on dot com forward slash africa were also on face full add on to this that will see you next. Shake up. To. The last minute christmas champion reclaiming the. Christmas gift on top of that. Jordan so 1st a major blow and loses to. 60 minutes on t. W. What secrets lie behind. Discover new adventures in 360 degrees. And explore this amazing World Heritage sites of the. W World Heritage 360 getting up now. The same. New strains of the corona virus prompted countries around the world to impose travel restrictions on the United Kingdom on Science Africa our reporters speak to passengers whose Holiday Travel plans have been scarred birds by the new rules. Also coming up u. S. Lawmakers reach a deal on a 900000000000 dollars stimulus package to address the Economic Hardship caused by the pandemic but do the measures go far enough. To germanys pretty christmas locked and is a major blow to retailers to fear they may not be able to survive without the usual Holiday Spending spree. This is the best now so im Kate Ferguson thanks for joining me to new potentially more infectious strains of the corona virus has been identified one in england and the other in south africa the news prompted governments around the world to restrict travel in the 2 countries and forced thousands of would be passengers to abandon their whole day plans. German flag carrier lift tons of continued flying passengers to britain on monday but its planes are returning to germany empty travelers and doso dorf and frankfurt agreed that something had to be done but were sympathetic towards passengers stuck in britain just days before christmas its just awful for everybody who wants to return now and celebrate christmas with their families of course its really bad theyre all stranded. It had to be done and its good that it wasnt strictly as possible and then its with britain and theyve got brits as well that comes on top of it but theres nothing you can do. With. The fast changing restrictions and frequent Flight Cancellations due to the pandemic have left many travelers frustrated. It was really hard to find a plane at 1st because like they say there is a plane but it could be cancelled any time so i was always like afraid like is it going to get cancelled or no but in the end like i got the plane and im coming im coming home today. Im slowly getting fed up with it ive had enough the flights here are really empty. It used to not be like that when people were flying yeah i hope it will eventually be over so we regain our freedom by. The week before christmas is one of the busiest and most lucrative of the year for the Airline Industry and the sector is bracing for even more turbulence ahead as new coronavirus trains pop up in other countries many Truck Drivers are also stranded france barred ferry connections with britain and shut the euro tunnel only unaccompanied containers are allowed across london and paris said they are working on lifting the ban quickly. The emergence of new more infectious strains of the virus have of course unsettled Global Markets as well lets go to detail these financial correspondent caught in new york high end what are the markets making of all if theyre well i mean clearly the imitation of the virus did cause some confusion early on on no wall street blue chips at the beginning of the week traded lower by a good 400 points and specially the. Industry the Tourism Sector i mean theres there is quite some concern that if you have business could actually worsen also dont just look at stocks look at oil prices for instance which this mutation there was all this concern that we might see a slowdown of the Global Economy and at least at some point prices drop by 4 or 5 percent by the end of the day by the way we even did close slightly in positive territory it was the Dow Jones Industrial average it was one of the biggest turnarounds of the year here on monday and that was partly because the Federal Reserve firm had their stress tests done for the u. S. Banks and now they gave the green light that banks are allowed to buy back their own stocks for the 1st time since march and that really put the financial industry on fire and that was one of the reasons why stocks did turn positive by the end of the tools ok and stay with us for a moment because i want to talk to you about a nother Big Development in the United States where lawmakers have reached a deal on a 900000000000. 00 stimulus package it will be the 1st federal aid package since the cares act back in march the simonis measures include 600. 00 direct payments to individuals and an additional 300. 00 per week in unemployment benefit bus critics say its come too late to avoid a major slowdown in the labor market. Lets see what you make of all of this hans will this be another for the millions of americans who are really struggling right now well its helping and i think its really important to understand this money is meant to be to bring us from here to there its a pick its not necessarily is Stimulus Program but it is really to help americans so while their Health Situation is still a grim and still a lot of businesses are basically under water so it is in a pick it is important for millions of americans but its not going to be sufficient to fully recover the u. S. Economy but yeah definitely i mean if you look around so many businesses are closing during their winter months so we just might see more layoffs restaurants might have to shut down entirely so it is definitely a very welcome to help even if some of the economists pointed to the fact that it would have been nicer to get that money earlier out so that people in the u. S. Could spend just for the holidays. To in a very christmassy new york thank you very much. Electric car maker tesla has joined the prestigious s. And p. Market index where its been valued at over 600000000000. 00 the company had a ready being listed on the tecton natured mousa where its share price has skyrocketed over the past few months tesla which sold 140 fives in the vehicles last quarter is now the most valuable car maker in the world. Since the beginning of this year tesla share price has been going from record highs to record high even though the company lost 1100000000 dollars last year as investors piled in to get a piece of the the mobility action even on musks electric vehicle companys share price shot up by a stunning 700 percent this year alone. The recent prospect of an s. And p. 500. 00 listing turbo charged the stock as a result tesla is now worth more than rivals General Motors Ford Toyota Honda chrysler and vokes wagon combined and that despite the companys comparatively low production numbers. Well see if the growth aspirations that must continue to unfold as as many people expect you know im in the more cautious camp i think that the valuation its really stretched here but the enthusiasm for electric cars is very high as it should be given the long term growth the test is going to be a fun one to watch over the next few years but now that tesla has managed to accelerate product to pretty and generate surprisingly high profits over the last 4 quarters critics have generally fallen silent for the time being but some investors do appear to think tesla is overvalued as the us markets coast on monday tess i was actually the main drag on the s. And p. 500. 00 falling off its record high to lose over 6 percent and close just over 650. 00. Here in germany nonessential businesses have been closed for almost a week as the country struggles to contain it rising infection numbers the decision is an especially big blow to retailers after anna reddy highly difficult here. These days local residents here in dusseldorf only go out to buy groceries or perhaps pick up some flowers the rest of the stores have shut their doors due to the lockdown shopkeeper done the elop iraq has followed suit even so she comes in almost every day and she still sells some of her Sustainable Clothing and other products on line chat from sites vitals and sits in an online shop so ive had an online shop since 2017. Luckily i didnt have to start from scratch this year so that helped that it had it would go but that doesnt make up for the losses incurred by a locked down shot at sources are going up one order has arrived this morning by email the customer will pick up the perfume later Online Shoppers are mainly locals. Almost all of the retailers and germanys most luxurious shopping street the clinics on the end dusseldorf have closed their doors Shopping Centers are nearly deserted. But there is still work to be done at least for this jeweler sonia kies is designing a piece for a client the pandemics Global Impact has hit her business especially hard her family shop creates custom me jewelry. I dont need unique gems which we carefully select in person as uncut stones at the mines but i cant get over there so i cant fulfill my orders now. At foodland her husband shows images from the last trip to a sri lankan mine in march. Theyve already cut this stone. But more are needed for the order luckily the client is patient an exception to the rule. Our industry isnt great distress many of us are down 30 percent. Done at least was able to sell the perfume before noon the customers stopped by thats how many retailers are operating right now shes prepared should the lockdown go on for longer at least until the end of january. And finally we take you to finland snowy far north where visitors would normally be flocking to visit santa claus under the current travel restrictions however crowds in the la plan tired of revenue and we have to when told even the Winter Wonderland looking abundant but santa too has adapted to working from home hes been communication with children and via video instead quite the Business Savvy individual hes been charging feather t. 9 bureaus for a 5 minute call functional hopefully used to help his elves whether these turbulent times. That rocked the fire so bad so i think. That 77 percent. Are younger but. Thats me. And. You know what time all forces. In the 77 percent. For all parties to flash from housing boom boom time this is where. Welcome to the 77 percent. This weekend d w. The story of producer propaganda. They were called the rhineland bastards born after the 1st war. He was an illegitimate child there were many of them from. Their mothers living in the occupied drawing land their fathers. Soldiers from the french colonies. The self protection piece afro german children had a hard time and because they were reminder of the german defeat. They grew up in a climate of wounded National Pride and racism. The european population felt that it was important to be white and to stay right by sublight. Exclusion and contempt culminated in forced sterilization under the nazis. This documentary examines the few traces that remain of their existence they called them the joke of. Storage genuinely 11th on d. W. As 2025 always draws to him and you can hollywood is placing bets on oscar contenders people around in time like mexican jumping the world sums of money money goes well netflix finally when best picture thats coming up on arts and culture and later on the show. Musical genius would be fun beethoven reimagined as a comic book hero. And odd introspective often dark prose by one of germanys top actors enjoying time behind the camera. First in a normal year this would be whats called oscar season the time when studios packed the cinemas with their best movies that was back in the day of course before kind of a 19 now things are a little different still hollywood is watching the last movies of the year with wide eyes and the speculation is heating up heres more from our film reporter scott rocks. Piece and you know what are you concerned about an overreaction from a. 2021 could be the year netflix finally wins the oscar battle for best picture. Streaming giant has 3 big films in the running the trial of the chicago 7 set in 1968 gives an alternative spin on hippie history. And the plan was. I swear revolution looks like real what is going on is what you should gary oldman stars as the man who wrote film classics citizen kane in manc dissection of 1930 s. Hollywood from new york i removed any distraction eliminated every excuse. And viola davis is a wild 1920 s. Blues singer and model raineys black bottom which features the final performance of the late actor chadwick boseman. Go for it if you can but of the contenders for summers biggest on or have never looked so diverse. Oscar favorites include judas in the black messiah about the f. B. I. Is in full trace in of the black panther party. One night miami portrait of 4 civil rights giants as well including malcolm x. And muhammad ali. Because they are writing a lot. And minorities in which director Lee Isaac Chung tells his own immigrant story. Redefine words the way his family moved from korea to arkansas on the 1980 s. Become farmers. Through thing or in the acting categories pay close attention to Anthony Hopkins who turns in a late career master class as a patriarch suffering from dementia the father a bit confused something wrong. And in our night 2 kate winslet and social ronan as 1900 centuries fossil hunters and secret lovers. But the big oscar front runner is no mad land from director. Frances mcdormand is eyeing her 3rd best actress award with a bare all performance as a woman living as a modern day nomad travelling the American West ringback in a camper van. Theres no fun no madeleine one the Venice Film Festival and its the odds on favorite to take oscars top prize next year. Is just. Down the. Road im joined now by our film guy scott roxboro scott so the nominations are being announced in february the awards in april but already it looks like this could be the 1st best picture oscar for a netflix movie but do you think that it will be. Yeah im not quite sure i mean netflix has come really close before to winning the top prize winning best picture oscar i mean 2 years ago with roma they were within a hairs breath of it but this year i think theyre going to also fail the final hurdle i mean theyve got a lot of great films of the running this year but i think i think its going to be nomad land. Is in my opinion the best film of 2020 and i think its going to win best picture oscar and i definitely money on Frances Mcdormand winning or 3rd oscar or 3rd best actress oscar for this role i mean she plays a woman literally on the edge of society and her performances is astounding i mean most of unvarnished real and powerful performance ive ever seen from and i think everybody else can just basically pack up and go home because Frances Mcdormand has this one in the bag ok so you if you were a betting man your money would be on mcdormand for best actress are you ready to place bets in the best actor category. Yeah this ones a little bit harder but i think the smart money has to be on a chav but those men. Are a nice black bottom. Both but of course stark black panther tragically died this year and this is a very final performance and its a real knock out and he plays a 920. 00 s. Blues musician whos whos really ambitious and striving to get ahead a really sort of a powerful powerful performance and because this is a boesmans last performance because this is the last chance the academy has to honor this amazing actor i dont think were going to miss out on this and i think hes definitely has his performance is definitely going to win best actor interestingly this is a netflix film and another netflix film could win best actor best supporting actor and another africanamerican actor could take that prize im speaking of delroy lindo he stars in the 5 blood film from spike lee playing a furious vietnam that whos also an avid trump supporter its a real raging performance thats gotten a lot of critical support and i think its a pick to win best supporting actor next year ok scott so we could see for the 1st time 2 africanamerican actors take our top prizes thanks so much always a pleasure. Well if youve been watching d. W. Arts and culture you know that this is beethoven youre marking 250 years since the composers birth and illustrator horse is looking at the musical genius from a new angle comic book out in german is called god your a golden boy. Larger than life a hero one of musics greats thats how we think of Ludwig Van Beethoven today bought berlin cartoonist mikhail ross has now taken the musical giant down off his pedestal and 10000 into a comic hero. In november so this is with frozen fingers since its winter but what i find amazing is that all of the images we have of beethoven show him looking grumpy. To help people get an idea of beethoven ross turned to the composers childhood in bone a big source of inspiration with the accounts of beethovens then neighbors got freed and Cecilia Fisher does. Their incredibly direct theres so much detail beethoven is described as a serious child who doesnt laugh much the one who doesnt have much to laugh about and then suddenly when he gets piggy back he freaks out and then hes totally happy and cant stop laughing because going to fuss with pen and ink ross paints a picture of a childhood marked by a sometimes violent father a 2nd great tenor who drank the familys earnings away at the local tavern. In that side during beethovens time the idea of the von dickey indoor child prodigy 1st appeared. Beethovens father thinking his son is fairly talented fairly good on the piano things can make some money with this one ill turn this one into avant akin to him so he comes up with the concept of the golden boy he came up with this whole plan without realizing the true scope of his sons talent so his new talent for the show. The only person in the whole story whoever forbade beethoven from playing his own music was his father that organise their accounts that the boy liked to improvise on the piano but his father was against it and banned him from doing it and he said stick to the notes and do not improvise listen to his ear. But how do you to pinch the music of a brilliant composer. Mikaela ross does it with just a few strokes. Of an inflatable i listen to the music to see what images were there but then i had the problem that when it comes to beethovens music in 20 minutes there are just 5 images of music but 35 for the 1st 5 of them the story of a gifted child capable of creating whole worlds with sound but whose ears and digestion fail in a very human hero. Worthy of applause. As one of germanys top actors i think that is used to applause and several movies a year as stage performances sell out within minutes and as if that werent enough hes also put out a book of photography. A trainee manicured almost beyond recognition shimmering forest on the back of a trailer. Photos that capture the absurdity of the big city and natures battle with the human world. Photos taken across the globe by one of germanys top actors plus. He captures these moments with his mobile phone some of them just odd others tragic. Intimate and i remember that moment with the man in front of the Mattress Store he was snoring and. Thought i mean thats what it was so embarrassing standing there in the cold knowing that my hotel room was 5 minutes away and heres someone sleeping on the street and just a major away on the other side of this glass there are a 5 unused beds in from the bed and. We meet up with lars iding at the museum for photography in his hometown berlin by doing a says people wouldnt be so interested in his photos if you werent already a famous actor. It was pretty smart of me to place my bits on acting for 20 years so that i could finally put out a photo book. In German Television films and theaters i did his face is everywhere he published his photos on instagram under the pseudonym or to stick disco. The photos point out flaws and weaknesses in. Our human existence despite our best efforts were vulnerable everything weve achieved our lives and the lives of all beings are at risk if we cant curb our appetite for more. Dollars and better managing these images you cant escape because were all part of the system isnt a were also in tangled in capitalism so how come we havent looked at it from the outside and denounce it because but a little was. The seemingly harmless images that one Second Glance reveal painting. Just as when hes on the theater stage last iding a brings the world to loss in its contradictions and tiny failures perfection is out of reach. And we are out of time thats it for this edition of arts and culture but you can find us online and to double your dot com slash culture very talented parents. Are. Going to. Kick ass. In. 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